Jennie, a member of BLACKPINK, has just made her first appearance on a podcast, featuring in Dua Lipa’s new series, ‘At Your Service’.
The news that the K-pop star would be joining Lipa surfaced a few weeks ago, and fans were eager to hear more about her acting debut in Sam Levinson’s ‘The Idol’.
Speaking about her acting career and why she felt it was the right time to explore it, Jennie told Lipa, “I think acting was definitely one of the things I wanted to explore. But when I do something, I decide to fully commit to it. I know I need to do it right, and first and foremost, I wanted the new acting part of my life to be authentic, rather than just trying to seize any opportunities that came my way.”
“I was really patient with my first-ever acting job, which means that when I spent some time in LA last year, I actually got to meet Sam (Levinson) in person, and he talked me through the role that he envisioned for me and everything. It felt really authentic and real. It moved me, and it gave me the courage to believe that this was the right thing to do,” she continued.
In addition to playing the character of Dyanne, Jennie recently experienced another life-changing event: making history with BLACKPINK by becoming the first K-pop group to headline Coachella. “It was the most exciting and nerve-wracking thing that happened in our lives, and this happened in the middle of our tour, so that was also a big challenge,” she tells Lipa.
“But personally, the hardest part was that we performed at the Sahara Tent four years ago, so I already had an idea of what Coachella was like. Four years ago, I thought it was a festival where people just have fun, and if they like your music, they would dance along. At first, I couldn’t believe it, and I had to sit down with the girls and say, ‘Guys, this is happening.’ I think it was the first time I cried as soon as I got off stage. It was so emotional. I was so proud of the hard work we put in and the overwhelming feeling we got from the crowd. It was a lot of emotions,” the singer adds.
Returning to her own experiences in BLACKPINK, Lipa and Jennie discuss the concept of artists being “pigeonholed” as rappers and experiencing burnout as a result. “I’ve never really said this anywhere, but I’ve wanted to,” the artist begins. “After our debut, we did like six songs where I would just rap seriously. Along the way, I got confused because I came to realize that there’s a big part of me inside that loves to sing, but I actually never had the chance to really explore that as a trainee because I was told that I should be a rapper, you know? So there was a phase where I would hate to rap. I was like, ‘This isn’t me. This isn’t the journey that I envisioned in my head. I don’t think I’m a rapper.’ So there was definitely burnout.”
Finally, the duo seemingly begins to explore a new chapter for Jennie, as fans have noticed a shift in the way she expresses herself. Amid rumors of her leaving the group, fans appear to be noticing a change in the way Jennie performs one particular song. Speaking about “Tally,” Jennie explains, “Starting my career in Korea as a K-pop artist has limited so many sides of me that weren’t allowed to be shown because I’m a K-pop idol, and I was scared to express myself. Over time, I was able to express myself, and people saw it as breaking boundaries rather than doing something I wasn’t allowed to do.”
She continues, “That’s when I realized I want to break more boundaries for people in my culture to understand that you can express yourself however you want. So I think the song ‘Tally’ was one of the first songs where we actually say the F-word, and at first, when I started performing the song, I couldn’t even say it out loud. I was like, ‘Oh, what will people think? This is not right,’ you know? But more fans loved the song, and I connected with Blinks. When I was on stage singing that song, they were like, ‘Yeah, do your thing,’ and they were the ones who gave me the confidence and support to really enjoy the song.”
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