It has been a landmark year for BLACKPINK — both as a group and as four individual powerhouses. After reuniting for their third mini album DEADLINE in February, which broke the Hanteo first-day sales record for any K-pop girl group with 1,461,785 copies sold, Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé have each returned to building solo careers that span music, film, fashion, and business. Here is a full update on where every member stands right now.
💗 Rosé — Grammy Nominated, Global Fashion Icon
Rosé is arguably having the biggest solo moment of any BLACKPINK member in 2026. Her collaboration with Bruno Mars, "APT.," made history as she became the first K-pop artist to receive a Grammy nomination in the general field categories — earning nods for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. She opened the 2026 Grammy ceremony with a live performance of the track, bringing down the house. On the fashion side, she continues as a Saint Laurent global ambassador, sitting front row at the Spring/Summer 2026 show and generating a reported $550M in cumulative earned media value across her brand partnerships. At the 2026 Met Gala on May 4, she walked the red carpet in black Saint Laurent — her third Met Gala appearance.
💗 Lisa — Las Vegas Residency, FIFA World Cup, Acting Career
Lisa is operating at full speed across multiple industries simultaneously. Following her acting debut in HBO's The White Lotus Season 3 and her solo album Alter Ego, she debuted a new collaboration with Italian producer Anyma — "Bad Angel" — at Coachella 2026, where she performed a solo headlining set. She is also set to perform at the FIFA World Cup 2026 opening ceremony in Los Angeles in June. Her "Viva la Lisa" Las Vegas Strip residency at Caesars Palace is underway, marking another first for a K-pop artist. On the business side, her company LLOUD recently launched a gym collection with pop-up shops in Tokyo. At the 2026 Met Gala, she served on the host committee and arrived in a custom Robert Wun look featuring 3D-printed arms modeled from her own.
💗 Jennie — Festival Queen and Fashion Mogul
Jennie is on track to become the first K-pop solo artist to headline seven major global festivals in a single year — with confirmed performances at Governors Ball, Roskilde Festival, Open'er Festival, Mad Cool Festival, Lollapalooza, and Summer Sonic. Her debut solo album Ruby established her as a fully self-sustaining Western-style pop performer, and her label ODD ATELIER continues to grow. A single Calvin Klein capsule drop reportedly generated $8.6M in earned media value alone. At the 2026 Met Gala she arrived last, stealing the carpet in a shimmery silver Chanel gown by Matthieu Blazy made of 15,000 sequined leaves. "I feel like a mosaic artwork come alive," she told Vogue on the red carpet.
💗 Jisoo — Netflix Star, Dior Ambassador, Solo Album Coming
Jisoo has been anchoring her 2026 career in acting and fashion. Her Netflix K-drama Boyfriend on Demand, co-starring Seo In-Guk, is now streaming, while she also recently starred in Newtopia. She made her Met Gala debut on May 4 in a custom Dior gown by Jonathan Anderson — a sparkly pink floral creation she described as taking "four to five hours" to put together — alongside a vintage Cartier necklace. At Canneseries, she was named the recipient of the Madame Figaro Rising Star Award. A new solo album is also in the works: Jisoo has confirmed it is being prepared and will arrive after her group and drama commitments settle. "Wait for it," she told fans. "It's coming."
The BLACKPINK Reunion Nobody Planned — But Everyone Noticed
Perhaps the most talked-about BLACKPINK moment of May came not from a scheduled event, but from a coincidence. All four members attended the 2026 Met Gala — not as a group, but individually as luxury brand ambassadors for Dior, Chanel, Saint Laurent, and Robert Wun. It marked the first time all four had attended the same Met Gala, sparking a wave of fan reactions and renewed calls for a full-group comeback. The moment captured everything BLACKPINK has become: four singular global forces who, even when apart, manage to dominate the same room.
With contracts active through the 2026 cycle and all four members at career peaks, BLACKPINK's next chapter — solo and collective — is one of the most anticipated storylines in global pop music.
