Jennie, a founding member of Okay-pop quartet BLACKPINK, has formally introduced her debut solo album, Ruby.
Slated for launch on March 7, the extremely anticipated undertaking boasts a formidable lineup of collaborators, together with Infantile Gambino, Dua Lipa, Doechii, Dominic Fike, FKJ, and Kali Uchis.
The album and its star-studded roster of visitor artists had been revealed on the singer’s social media on Jan. 21 by way of a teaser video and pre-order launch by way of her unbiased label, Odd Atelier.
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Ruby will function 15 tracks, together with her October 2024 single “Mantra,” which reached No. 2 on the Billboard International Excl. U.S. chart and No. 3 on the Billboard International 200.
The one marked a turning level in her solo profession, setting the stage for what Jennie beforehand described as her “album journey.”
In a latest interview with Billboard, Jennie mirrored on the deeply private course of of making Ruby. “It’s not good to be somebody who’s at all times like, ‘I’m sorry, I can’t say something,’ ” she mentioned of the undertaking she started in early 2024. “I wish to say I’m nearly there.” Acknowledging the challenges she confronted alongside the way in which, she added, “I’m simply going to say, ‘I don’t do properly with time.’”
Since debuting with BLACKPINK in 2016, Jennie has been a part of their stratospheric rise to world fame. BLACKPINK’s groundbreaking achievements embrace changing into the primary Okay-pop lady group to carry out at Coachella in 2019 and the primary South Korean lady group to high the Billboard 200 with their second album, Born Pink, in 2022.
In late 2023, Jennie launched Odd Atelier and partnered with Columbia Data, giving her the inventive freedom to pursue her solo aspirations.
“Whereas I used to be on my final BLACKPINK tour, I couldn’t cease myself from beginning to plan forward,” Jennie mentioned. “I listed out the issues that I need in my life and began pinpointing, or prioritizing, what’s my very subsequent step. And immediately, I used to be like, ‘I nonetheless haven’t achieved the dream of releasing a solo album.’ I needed to fulfill myself by reaching that objective.”
Along with releasing long-awaited solo music, Jennie additionally made her performing debut again n 2023 within the HBO drama sequence The Idol and was named an honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire. In March 2024, she additionally teamed up with Brockhampton’s Matt Champion to launch a collaboration, titled “Gradual Movement.”
