Getting real! BLACKPINK‘s Jennie Kim has started to open up about her life as a K-pop idol and being apart of the biggest girl group in the world. Keep reading to see her honest quotes on BLACKPINK, fame and the world of K-pop.
Who Is Jennie Kim?
Jennie was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, on January 16, 1996. She moved to New Zealand when she was just 9 years old, before moving back to South Korea at age 14 in order to achieve her dream of becoming a K-pop star.
The K-pop singer debuted as a member of the South Korean girl group BLACKPINK in August 2016 under the music label YG Entertainment. Jennie was the first member of BLACKPINK to be revealed, followed by Jisoo, Rosé and Lisa.
A main rapper and singer of the group, Jennie quickly rose to fame for her stage presence, visual and fashion sense. She became the first member to debut solo in November 2018, with her aptly named song “SOLO.”
Along with music and acting, Jennie is also instrumental in BLACKPINK’s fashion image and has been nicknamed “Human Gucci” and “Human Chanel” by fans. A regular at fashion shows, Jennie is the global brand ambassador for Chanel. Jennie told Elle in September 2020, “Fashion definitely empowers us [BLACKPINK] as much as music does.”
She made her acting debut in HBO’s The Idol in June 2023, where she played a character named Dyanne.
Lisa (Lalisa Manobal) wearing Celine, Jisoo (Kim Ji-soo) wearing Christian Dior, Jennie (Jennie Kimm) wearing Chanel and Rose wore Saint Laurent with Tiffany & Co jewels and Rosé (Rose, Roseanne Park) of BLACKPINK arrive at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Prudential Center on August 28, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
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The Korean artist opened up about the tight restrictions K-pop stars often face while speaking to Dua Lipa on her BBC Sounds “Dua Lipa: At Your Service” podcast.
“Starting my career in Korea as a K-pop artist has restricted so many sides of me, where it wasn’t just allowed to be shown because I’m a K-pop idol,” she told Dua. “And I was scared, I think, also to express myself. And as things grew, over time, I was able to express myself and people would see it as breaking the boundaries rather than ‘she’s doing something that she’s not allowed to do’ and being able to open a new chapter for people that are starting in the business in Korea.”
She continued, “That’s when I realized I want to break more boundaries for people in my culture to understand that expressing yourself as however you want – there shouldn’t be a standard. There shouldn’t be a reason to judge, and [rather to] just see it as, ‘oh, that’s how that person expresses themselves.’”
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On K-Pop Trainee Years
For those who don’t know, all K-pop stars go through intense dancing, singing and performance training before debuting. The BLACKPINK rapper explained how she became a K-pop star during the July 2023 podcast episode.
“I’ve actually never really broken down how I did it. But the people who knew the importance of keeping their own identity and character within the training system are the people that are in the group right now,” she began.
“A lot of people got lost on the way because we were so focused to satisfy the people that we were working with, but we weren’t sure who we were doing it for, and how it can identify us in the future. Because it’s literally years of training, it’s not just a couple of hours. So you get really drawn into the lifestyle that they put us in.”
Jennie of BLACKPINK makes a deep impression with photos taken alongside a Porsche car designed by herself.
On August 3rd, Jennie shared her recent status by uploading multiple photos to her Instagram account.
In one of these photos, Jennie can be seen posing on top of the hood of a Porsche car, displaying intense charms that resemble a cute “racing girl”. Another photo also shows Jennie wearing a sporty cap and a sleeveless dress as she sat in the driver’s seat, evoking envy.
An engraving of Jennie’s English name, “Jennie Ruby Jane”, on the side of the car, can be clearly seen in another image, easily grabbing attention.
It is known that the vehicle in Jennie’s photos is none other than Porsche’s “Taycan 4S Cross Turismo for Jennie Ruby Jane”, which is designed by none other than the female idol herself.
Last year, Porsche and Jennie joined hands in directly designing this car. According to Jennie, she took inspiration for the vehicle design from the image of pure clouds within the intense black.
Thus, the car uses the colors of black and blue as its major colors, and the interior creates the feeling of floating in the clouds with white seats.
Meanwhile, netizens who saw the photos of Jennie with her self-designed Porsche showed enthusiastic responses. They also left comments such as, “Truly rich and pretty”, “It’s amazing that even her name is engraved”, and “It matches Jennie’s image perfectly.”
