Blackpink icon Jennie has opened up on how much one of the group’s songs really means to her after fans noticed her crying during a recent performance of it.
The four-piece K-pop group headlined American Express presents BST Hyde Park earlier in July, and fans noticed Jennie appeared to be crying while performing girl power anthem Tally.
Now, speaking on pal and former collaborator Dua Lipa’s BBC podcast, Jennie has revealed exactly why the song Tally means so much to her.
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On the song, Jennie sings lyrics including: “Sometimes I like to go play dirty / Just like all of the f***boys do / That’s my choice and there’s no one I’m hurting / But that’s not girly.”
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Speaking on the latest episode of Dua Lipa: At Your Service, Jennie said: “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, and I was scared to express myself.
“As things grew over time, I was able to express myself and people would see it as breaking boundaries rather than doing something that I’m not allowed to do.
“That’s when I realised, I want to break more boundaries for people in my culture to understand that you can express yourself as however you want.”
She added: “I think the song Tally was one of the first songs that we actually say the F-word and at first when I started performing the song, I couldn’t even say it out loud.
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“I was like, ‘Oh, like what do people think, this is like not right’, you know?
“And then more fans were loving the song and I was connecting with Blinks, like while I was on stage when I was singing that song, they were like ‘yeah, do your thing’ and they were the ones who gave me my confidence and support to really enjoy the song.”
Jennie also admitted to feeling “burn out” after having to rap so much on the group’s earlier releases, as she had seen her career going a different direction.
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She told Dua: “I’ve never really said this anywhere, but I’ve wanted to.
After our debut, we did like six songs where I would just rap like, seriously rap and along the way, I kind of got confused because I came to realise that there’s a big side of me inside that loves to sing, but I actually never had the chance to really explore that as a trainee because I got told that I should be a rapper, you know?
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“So there was a phase where I would hate to rap.
“I was like, ‘This isn’t me like, this isn’t the journey that I envisioned in my head like, I don’t think I’m a rapper.’ So there was definitely a burnout.”
Listen to all episodes of Dua Lipa: At Your Service here.
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