"Pink Venom" is a fiery hip-hop-flavored track that celebrates the contradictions at the heart of Blackpink. Rosé compares herself (in Korean) to a "venomous flower" in the pre-chorus. On the hook Lisa and Jennie also portray themselves as musical femme fatales. Straight to ya dome like ah, ah, ah Taste that pink venom The two girls liken themselves and their music to an irresistible surge of pleasure that goes straight to your head like a drug.
"Pink Venom" contains several interpolations. BLACKPINK, BLACKPINK BLACKPINK, BLACKPINK The girls' chant intro nods to Snoop Dogg's chant melody on the chorus of "I Wanna Rock." Jennie opens the first verse with a reference to Chanel founder Coco Chanel. The BlackPink artist has been Chanel's brand ambassador since 2018. Kick in the door, waving the coco Jennie plays on a line from the Notorious B.I.G.'s Kick In The Door." Kick in the door, wavin' the .44 Later, Lisa briefly sings the lyrics and melody to a line in Rihanna's 2005 debut single, "Pon De Replay": One by one, then two by two
The K-pop group released "Pink Venom" on August 19, 2022 as the first single from their second studio album, Born Pink. "Since our album's title is Born Pink, we wanted to relay our identity in the song as much as we could," Jennie said. "Since 'pink' and 'venom' have contradicting images, we thought they were kind of reminiscent of us... we are named Blackpink and contradiction is our charm - we wanted to show that. It's pink venom, a lovely poison, it's words that most express us."
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