BLACKPINK on Music Bank, have you seen them there? In the K-pop world, music show promotions are one of what the fans look forward to. Different outfits, the stages, and, of course, the fantastic performances of idols. But isn’t it interesting to know why BLACKPINK has never stepped foot on the stage of Music Bank? Well, will they ever appear on the music show? Here’s what the netizens say.
BLACKPINK on Music Bank: Will they appear?
K-pop groups and soloists, especially those big ones, usually showcase their new releases through music show TV programs. SBS’s Inkigayo, MBC’s Show! Music Core, Mnet’s M Countdown, MBC M’s Show Champion, and KBS’s Music Bank.
Undoubtedly, BLACKPINK has become one of the shining stars of K-pop around the globe since their hit DDU-DU DDU-DU in 2018. After seven years in the industry, a netizen noticed they had never seen the four-member girl group on KBS’s Music Bank, even with their solo debut and releases.
The K-netizen started the topic on the discussion site, theqoo, which has already garnered more than 72,000 views. And we’re pretty sure you want to know why, right?
- One netizen mentioned that the reason that BLACKPINK on Music Bank never happened was because of the feud between YG Entertainment and the music show. This long-time feud affected the YG artists who debuted after 2015 (the last YG group to attend the Music Bank was BIGBANG). They added, “YG allows artists to appear on other KBS shows, but never Music Bank.”
- Among the comments, a few K-netizens explained the beef between YG and Music Bank. It started during YG’s BIGBANG promotions. Some mentioned Music Bank’s worst stage lighting during one of the boy group’s stages. They scheduled the group’s broadcast without permission and robbed one award show win from BIGBANG. From then on, the feud began.
[ notpannchoa ] BlackPink has never appeared on Music Bankhttps://t.co/ysFZire5C2 pic.twitter.com/O9i0sciIt9
— notpannchoa (@notpannchoa2) October 24, 2023
Until the years-running fight between YG and Music Bank doesn’t get resolved, we’re guessing never to see any BLACKPINK on Music Bank, even other YG artists.
Netizens react
Under this BLACKPINK on Music Bank discussion on theqoo, there are a lot of uninitiated netizens about the feud between the two parties. Some netizens brought up that even AKMU and TREASURE never appeared on the music show.
- Some talked about the cause of their fight and why the agency decided not to let their artists appear. Others sarcastically said that they were not kids, so they wondered why it got big, which led to other artists being affected by past situations.
BLACKPINK may not have even had the chance to appear on Music Bank, but they have won a couple of times in the music show as a group and soloists. In case the time happens that the girl group sets to see their first Music Bank stage, we expect the fans to go wild and thrilled about it.
