《告示牌》雜誌 2019年第5期
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Inside Blackpink's U.S. Takeover:
How the K-Pop Queens Are Changing the Game
探究BLACKPINK的攻美之旅：
K-Pop皇后們正如何改變遊戲
On a modest stage inside a tent in downtown Los Angeles, the four members of the South Korean girl group Blackpink assume a diamond formation and aim their fingers like guns at the audience as they launch into the chorus of their breakout hit, “Ddu-du Ddu-du”: “Wait till I do what I ... Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du!”
在洛杉磯市中心一座帳篷內的簡單舞台上，當她們的爆紅歌曲《Ddu-du Ddu-du》進入副
歌時，以鑽石陣形排列的南韓女子團體BLACKPINK成員，將手指化作手槍對準觀眾，高唱：
“Wait till I do what I ... Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du!”
It’s the afternoon before the Grammys at Universal Music Group chairman/CEO Lucian Grainge’s annual showcase, where he presents the company’s prospective superstars to a crowd of record executives and industry types. (Past performers have included Ariana Grande, Halsey and Shawn Mendes.) With their intense choreography, dance-heavy beats and Clueless-esque high-fashion looks, the four women offer the kind of bells-and-whistles pop production that makes them an anomaly not just on today’s
lineup, where rappers like 2 Chainz and Lil Baby abound, but also on the charts, where women like Grande serve up their divadom with an extra dose of realness.
這是環球音樂集團主席兼執行長Lucian Grainge，在葛萊美獎典禮前1天下午舉辦的年度
展示舞台，以向唱片業與相關產業的高層介紹旗下的未來巨星們（Ariana Grande、
Halsey和Shawn Mendes等，過去都曾在這個場合表演）。隨著她們的強力舞蹈、動感節奏
，以及帶有電影《獨領風騷》風格的時尚裝扮，這4位女性帶來的花俏流行演出，不僅有別
於2 Chainz、Lil Baby等當今熱門的饒舌歌手，與排行榜上Grande那些於曼妙歌藝中注入
額外真實元素的女歌手們也有所不同。
The showcase marks Blackpink’s first stateside performance, though the band made history long before: “Ddu-du Ddu-du” became the highest-charting single by a Korean girl group on the Billboard Hot 100 when it peaked at No. 55 last June, and this April the act will be the first Korean girl group to play Coachella, before embarking on a North American arena tour. “Ddu-du Ddu-du,” sung mostly in Korean, is a boastful warning to those who underestimate Blackpink, with a hook (meant to imitate
the sound of bullets flying) that’s also a canny invitation to non-Korean listeners