BLACKPINK’s 2026 solo era has turned into the group’s busiest stretch of individual music yet, with Jennie, Lisa, Jisoo, and Rosé each releasing new solo music within weeks of one another. The run started right after BLACKPINK’s 10th debut anniversary on August 8, 2026, and by mid-September all four members had dropped a song, with three of them landing within an eight-day window alone. Each release sounds completely different, from Jennie’s hushed acoustic-pop confession to Rosé’s playful pop-rock detour, which is exactly what makes this BLACKPINK solo season worth breaking down. Here’s what actually came out, when, and why BLINKs everywhere are still comparing notes.
Why 2026 Became BLACKPINK’s Biggest Solo Year Yet
BLACKPINK marked ten years since their 2016 debut on August 8, 2026, celebrating with a small fan event capped at just 40 attendees at the National Museum of Korea, a scale that drew some criticism from fans hoping for something bigger. Jisoo was seen in tears at the event after receiving handwritten letters from fans. With the group’s “Deadline” world tour and third EP wrapped, the four members turned their attention back to their own projects, and unlike earlier hiatus periods, this time all four run mostly independent schedules. Rosé still releases through YG Entertainment, while Jennie, Lisa, and Jisoo have each built their own labels. No agency has confirmed the four solo runs are building toward a group project of any kind; as of this writing, the overlapping timing appears to be a coincidence of each artist’s own album cycle rather than a coordinated rollout.
Jennie’s “Fallen Angel”: A Quiet, Personal EP
Jennie opened BLACKPINK’s 2026 solo run on August 28 with “Fallen Angel,” a three-track digital EP released through her own label Odd Atelier and Columbia Records, about a year and five months after her debut solo LP “Ruby.” The label called it “a gift from JENNIE, with love,” and the tracklist leans intimate: the acoustic-pop title track “Fallen Angel,” the lo-fi alternative ballad “Less Than a Lover,” and “Heaven.” A physical CD edition arriving October 30 expands the project to six songs, adding three previously unreleased tracks, “Sweet Tooth,” “Lock It Down,” and “Face.” Compared to the sharper, more image-driven rollout around “Ruby,” this release feels deliberately low-key, more like a personal diary entry than a big pop statement, and that tonal shift is a big part of why fans have been calling it one of her most vulnerable projects yet.
Lisa’s “SaWaDiKa”: Thai Roots, Hip-Hop, and a Movie Premiere
Lisa followed on September 3 with “SaWaDiKa,” released at 9 a.m. KST through her own label Lloud Co. and RCA Records via Sony Music Entertainment Korea. The title comes from the Thai greeting “sawatdee ka,” or “hello,” and the hip-hop-driven track leans directly into her Thai heritage, with a rollout that included red “HELLO SAWADIKA” billboards across Thailand. It’s the lead single from her upcoming six-track EP “Press Play,” due October 23, 2026. Lisa isn’t stopping at music this era, either: her feature documentary “Always Lalisa” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival between September 10 and 20, and is set for a limited global cinema and IMAX release on October 12 before streaming on YouTube Premium. She’s also opening her first concert residency, “Viva La Lisa,” at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on November 13, making this easily her busiest multi-format era since going solo.
Jisoo’s “Click”: Her First Full-Length Album Begins
Jisoo closed out the crowded early-September window with “Click,” released at 1 p.m. KST on September 4 through her label Blissoo and Warner Records. It’s her first solo music since 2025’s EP “Amortage” and her synth-pop duet “Eyes Closed” with Zayn Malik, but more importantly, it’s the first pre-release single from her debut full-length solo album, an untitled project her agency says will include several more songs. The music video, directed by Joseph Kahn (known for Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” and “Wildest Dreams”), reimagines “Click” as a surreal, glitching amusement-park story with animatronic figures, and Blissoo describes the song itself as capturing an instinctive attraction between two people who know they shouldn’t be drawn to each other but “naturally click” anyway. With three of BLACKPINK’s four members dropping new solo tracks in an eight-day span, “Click” ended up being the closing act of the busiest week of BLACKPINK solo activity so far in 2026.
Rosé’s “new trick”: The Lightest Song She’s Written Yet
Rosé became the fourth and final member to join the 2026 solo wave, releasing “new trick” at 8 a.m. KST on September 18. Written shortly after the Met Gala, the playful pop-rock track is a deliberate change of pace from the heartbreak-heavy storytelling of her 2024 album “Rosie,” and Rosé herself has described it as one of the lightest, cutest songs she’s ever written. Unlike her three groupmates, who each now run their own independent labels, Rosé still releases her solo work through YG Entertainment, the same agency that manages BLACKPINK as a group. Her arrival rounded out a run where all four members released solo music within about six weeks of each other, following Jennie’s “Fallen Angel” (August 28), Lisa’s “SaWaDiKa” (September 3), and Jisoo’s “Click” (September 4), and gave BLINKs a genuinely full month of new music to dig into from every member at once.
Which BLACKPINK Comeback Are Fans Loving Most?
With four totally different sounds landing back to back, comparison polls have taken over BLINK social media. One widely shared Instagram poll simply asked, “Which BLACKPINK member released the best comeback song this year?” and drew tens of thousands of votes across Jennie, Lisa, Jisoo, and Rosé, with no single member running away with it. Reactions have split along genre lines as much as member loyalty: fans drawn to Jennie’s stripped-down songwriting on “Fallen Angel” tend to prefer it over the more production-heavy “SaWaDiKa” and “Click,” while others say Rosé’s “new trick” is the most replayable simply because it doesn’t take itself too seriously. Not every reaction has been glowing, either. When Lisa posted a short preview clip ahead of “SaWaDiKa,” one fan on X pushed back on her “diva boss baddie” persona, while other BLINKs defended the song, arguing a 15-second teaser wasn’t enough to judge a full track. That kind of real-time debate, four artists, four aesthetics, one shared fandom arguing it out in the comments, is exactly what’s made this stretch feel like BLACKPINK’s most engaging non-group era yet.
Frequently Asked Questions About BLACKPINK’s 2026 Solo Releases
Is BLACKPINK doing a group comeback in 2026?
Not officially, as of this writing. No BLACKPINK label has confirmed that the four members’ overlapping solo release windows are building toward a group project; Billboard and Yonhap have both reported the shared timing is, so far, the only thing that’s verified. It follows the group’s 10th anniversary and the wrap of their “Deadline” world tour and EP.
Which BLACKPINK solo song of 2026 came out first?
Jennie’s three-track EP “Fallen Angel” was first, releasing August 28, 2026. Lisa’s “SaWaDiKa” followed on September 3, Jisoo’s “Click” landed September 4, and Rosé’s “new trick” closed out the run on September 18, meaning three of the four songs arrived within a single eight-day stretch.
Where can I stream all four members’ 2026 solo releases?
All four songs are available on major streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music, listed under each member’s own solo artist page rather than BLACKPINK’s group page. Jennie’s “Fallen Angel” is under Odd Atelier, Lisa’s “SaWaDiKa” under Lloud/RCA, Jisoo’s “Click” under Blissoo/Warner, and Rosé’s “new trick” under YG Entertainment.
Four members, four labels, four completely different sounds, all landing inside the same six-week stretch: that’s the real story of BLACKPINK’s 2026 solo era. Whether you’re team Jennie’s hushed vulnerability, Lisa’s Thai-rooted hip-hop swagger, Jisoo’s cinematic pop, or Rosé’s playful new direction, there’s genuinely something here for every kind of BLINK, and with Lisa’s “Press Play” EP and Jisoo’s debut album still ahead, this stretch of solo output isn’t even finished yet.
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Source: Korea Herald coverage of BLACKPINK’s solo comeback lineup
