Blackpink: Light Up the Sky
Netflix
*ing: The band members: Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa
Rated: 5.5/10
K-pop made its presence felt back in 2012 when Psy released his single — Gangnam Style. The song had gone viral and propelled Psy into instant stardom. Since then K-pop has become a must-listen for all music lovers. So it is not surprising that when the all-woman band came into the scene with their debut album Square One after a gap of seven years launched by YG Entertainment, the group won its first award during a musical programme for Whistle at Inkigayo, becoming the girl group that won the award the fastest. Since then the album’s tracks have since surpassed 1.73 billion streams worldwide.
This and much more is revealed in Black Pink: Light Up the Sky, a documentary that follows the lives the girl group and how they reached where they are today given that each one of them came from a different background.
But the thing binding them was and is their love to perform and sing.
The documentary introduces the girls collectively and individually which gives us a little peek into what makes them tick. But the real emotions come into play when their guards are down and they talk about missing their family and experiences that a 15-16-year-old would normally be part of.
The whole, now that we are so successful, how do we live up to the expectations of the fans is real. Where they will be when they are 42-44 — married with kids? How long will this success last? It gives a glimpse of real fears and reiterates that all that glitters is not gold.
