BlackPink facts



              BlackPink is a 4 member girl group under the company YG entertainment. Their members include; Jennie Kim, Park Chaeyoung, Kim Jisoo, and Pranpriya Manoban, also known as Lalisa. Jisoo is the only Korean that has been in Korea the whole time before entering the company. Jennie stayed in Netherlands, Rose stayed in Australia, and Lalisa or also known as Lisa, is from Thai and was the only person the pass the audition held in Thailand, which means Lisa was the only person to have met, or exceeded their expectations for a trainee. All the members have trained for at least 5 years before debuting as a group together, the only exception is Chaeyoung. Only Lalisa and Chaeyoung use stage names; Lalisa's stage name is Lisa, while Chaeyoung's stage name is Rose.


Jennie Kim



              Jennie Kim is the main rapper and vocalist of the group. She was born in South Korea on January 16, 1996. Though she was born in South Korea, she attended school in the Netherlands, and then she studied abroad in New Zealand at ACG Parnell College. She trained as a trainee for 5 years and 11 months as of August 2010. Jennie speaks fluent Korean, Japanese, and English. She was the first member to be revealed to the public. She is known as 'the YG princess' by her members, and 'YG secret weapon' by BIGBANG's Seungri back in 2013. She is close friends with Gfriend's Yerin and Twice's Nayeon, similar to Jennie. According to Jennie, Jisoo is the mood setter of the group.


Park Chaeyoung



              Park Chaeyoung is the main vocalist of Blackpink. Her nationality is Korean but she was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and raised in Melbourne, Box Hill in Australia , where she attended Canterbury Girls Secondary School. She was the last member revealed and was placed first place in the YG auditions held in Australia, her voice is YG's favorite. Rose is the only member to been a trainee for under 5 years, her training time is 4 years and 2 months starting from May 2012. She can play the piano and the guitar. She's close friends with Twice's Chaeyoung and Tzuyu.


Kim Jisoo



              Kim Jisoo is the lead vocalist and visual of the group and is the oldest. She was born on January 3, 1995, in Seoul, South Korea. Shes the shortest member at 163cm (5'3"). She trained for 5 years staring from the July of 2011, and was the third member revealed. She is able to speak Korean and Chinese, though Jisoo can't speak English well, she can understand it very well. She can play the guitar and drums and likes making nicknames for random people. She's friends with Twice's Nayeon.


Lalisa



              Lalisa is the lead rapper, main dancer, vocalist and maknae. She was born on March 27, 2017, in Bangkok, Thailand. She has been childhood friends with GOT7's Bambam for 11 years as of 2017. She was the only person to be accepted into YG during the YG audition in Thailand 2010. She trained for 5 years and 3 months before debuting. She can speak Korean, English, Japanese, and Thai. Lalisa's birth name is Pranpriya Manoban. Her nicknames are Lalice, Laliz, and Pockpack. Lisa is voted as the best at aegyo by the rest of the group. She appeared in BIGBANG's Taeyang's 'Ringa Linga', and acted in 'NONA9ON'.