The girl band BlackPink was successful with their mini album entitled Square Up. The single Ddu-du Ddu-du on the album managed to dominate the entire charts in South Korea and dominated the iTunes charts in various countries.
But it turned out that Black Pink's success had to be hampered because one of their songs on the Square Up album was banned from appearing on KBS TV stations. The song is titled See U Later.
According to Allkpop.com, the song is prohibited from appearing because the lyrics contain swear words. Besides that it is also considered to contain insulting meanings for others.
Luckily, in addition to See U Later, other BlackPink songs on the Square Up mini album are allowed to air on KBS stations. A similar fate was experienced by United Cube. Their song titled Mermaid is also banned. By reason of having sensual lyrics.
Blackpink is now a girlband with the highest number of video clips in a day. Ddu-Du Ddu-Du is watched more than 30 million times.
"Starting from June 16 at 18:00 South Korea time (16.00 WIB), 24 hours after the release, this video clip has been witnessed 33,713,799 times," as stated by the Soompi website on Saturday, June 16, 2018.
This achievement made Blackpink shift his old record. Before the video clip of Ddu-Du Ddu-Du aired, Blackpink's As If Your Last had a similar success. The video clip released in 2016 was watched 13,316,290 times a day.
Ddu-Du Ddu-Du also ranked first in the trending video on YouTube Indonesia. Even the latest Blackpink video clip can beat the 2018 World Cup review collection on the site.
Ddu-Du Ddu-Du is a Blackpink mainstay single from the album Square Up. This comeback has been awaited by fans for a long time. Because, Square Up is the first mini album