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YG Entertainment girl group BLACKPINK revealed the one thing that separates them from other contemporary girl groups like TWICE and GFriend.
According to Kpop news website Soompi, BLACKPINK revealed in a press conference on Nov. 2 the one thing that their group has that other groups do not. Lalisa Manoban said that they have to pick their group's specialty, it would be their performance. BLACKPINK makes sure that they give the best and impeccable performance. YG is affiliated to Los Angeles-based dancers that train the girls.
"Because we're a rookie group, we're currently focusing on our team. We're hoping there will be opportunities to study songwriting and lyric writing in the future. If we had to pick our group's specialty, it would be performance. We've learned a lot of dance genres that a lot of girl groups tend not to learn, and we think those things will be a point of differentiation when we perform on stage."
Members admitted that they are open for training and opportunities to study essential things to be excellent in their chosen career. YG is also known for sending some of its idols for acting lessons like TOP, Sandara, Kang Seung-yoon, and Nam Taehun. Thanks to YG's resources, its artists can get training on skills they want to specialize on.
BLACKPINK as 2NE1 2.0
The girls also responded to accusations that they were just a copycat of their sunbae group from the same agency 2NE1. Instead of being disappointed from the comparisons between them and 2NE1, BLACKPINK members felt flattered and said that they look up to 2NE1 as they were a huge influence to them.
"We're in the same company as 2NE1 and we get our songs from the same producers, so the influence is natural. Since they've done a lot of things before us, we want to emulate them. But at the same time, we hope there will soon be an opportunity to show our own unique color. We want to succeed with our own unique color," Manoban said.
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