Forever Young (Blackpink song)

"Forever Young" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Blackpink and is the second track in the group's first mini-album Square Up. It was written by Teddy and produced by Teddy, Future Bounce.[2] According to Gaon, the song has already sold 2,500,000 digital downloads in Korea, making it the group's fifth song overall to achieve the milestone and their second to achieve a Platinum certification from the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA).

"Forever Young"
Song by Blackpink
from the EP Square Up
Language
  • Korean
  • English
ReleasedJune 15, 2018 (2018-06-15)
Recorded2015[1]
Genre
Length3:57
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Teddy
  • Future Bounce
[2]
Audio video
"Forever Young" on YouTube

A Japanese version of the song was included in the group's first Japanese studio album, Blackpink in Your Area.

Background and composition

The song was recorded in 2015, even before Blackpink's official debut in August 2016. An old Instagram video from 15 November, 2015 resurfaced, which showed the song being played from outside of YG Entertainment's building in Seoul, South Korea. The video features members Rosé and Lisa singing their lines from the first verse.[1][3][4]

"Forever Young" was written by Teddy and produced by Teddy, Future Bounce.[2] It runs for three minutes and fifty-seven seconds.[5] Tamar Herman of Billboard characterized "Forever Young" as a beachy, moombahton-based song, within which they declare that Blackpink is "the revolution". She also noted the use of English-language profanity in the song, which she called a rarity in music put out by K-pop girl groups.[6]

Dance practice video

On June 20, the dance practice video for "Forever Young" was released on Blackpink's official YouTube channel. As of December 2019 it has over 122 million views and 1.9 million likes on YouTube.[7]

Commercial performance

The song peaked at no. 2 on the Gaon Digital Chart and stayed in the chart for 25 weeks. The song also reached no. 2 on most real-time charts in Korea, most notably on MelOn. It also peaked at number 2, 4, 10 and 36 on the K-pop Hot 100, the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart, the RMNZ Hot Singles chart and Billboard Japan Hot 100 respectively.

The song was certified platinum (download) by Gaon and KMCA, for selling 2.5 million digital downloads.

Live performances

During the 2018 SBS Gayo Daejeon, held on December 25, 2018, Blackpink performed a medley of "Solo", "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" and "Forever Young".[8] On February 12, 2019, Blackpink performed "Forever Young" with Ddu-Du Ddu-Du on Good Morning America and on January 23, 2019 on the 8th Gaon Chart Music Awards.[9][10]

Japanese version

Blackpink's first Japanese album, "Blackpink in Your Area", was released digitally on November 23, 2018, and physically on December 5, including the Japanese-language version of "Forever Young".[11]

Accolades

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[13]

Personnel
  • Blackpink - Vocals
  • Teddy - Lyricist, composer, arranger
  • Future Bounce - Composer, arranger
  • R.Tee - Arranger

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[14] 36
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[15] 10
Malaysia (RIM)[16] 5
Singapore (RIAS)[17] 2
South Korea (Hot 100)[18] 2
South Korea (Gaon)[19] 2
US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[20] 4

Year-end charts
Chart (2018) Position
South Korea (Gaon)[21] 32

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
South Korea (KMCA)[22] Platinum 2,500,000*
Streaming
South Korea (KMCA)[23] Platinum 100,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various June 15, 2018 Digital download, streaming YG Entertainment, Genie Music [24]

See also

References
  1. "BLACKPINK Started Recording "Forever Young" Before They Even Debuted". Soompi. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  2. "BLACKPINK's "Forever Young"". kkbox. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  3. "K-Pop songs that took years to be officially released". Allkpop. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  4. "Fans discover BLACKPINK's "Forever Young" is originally from 2015". Sbs. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  5. "Forever Young". Spotify. August 23, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  6. "BlackPink Release 'Square Up' EP Fronted by Sharp-Shooting 'Ddu-Du Ddu-Du' Music Video". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  7. "BLACKPINK - 'Forever Young' DANCE PRACTICE VIDEO (MOVING VER.)". June 20, 2018 – via YouTube.
  8. BLACKPINK - 'SOLO' + '뚜두뚜두(DDU-DU DDU-DU)' + 'FOREVER YOUNG' in 2018 SBS Gayodaejun, 2018-12-25, retrieved 2019-12-26
  9. Good Morning America – GMA (2019-02-12), BLACKPINK Performs 'Forever Young', retrieved 2019-02-12
  10. BLACKPINK - "DDU-DU DDU-DU" + "FOREVER YOUNG" in 8th GAONCHART MUSIC AWARDS 190123, 2019-01-23, retrieved 2019-12-26
  11. "Forever Young -Japanese Ver.-". YGEX (in Korean). YGEX. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  12. "8th Gaon Chart Music Awards announce nominees". SBS PopAsia.
  13. "Forever Young/Blackpink – TIDAL". YG, Genie. June 15, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2019 – via Tidal. Note: Click ⓘ to view credits.
  14. "BLACKPINK Chart History (Japan Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  15. "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 22 June 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  16. "Top 20 Most Streamed International & Domestic Singles In Malaysia" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Malaysia. Recording Industry Association of Malaysia. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  17. "Singapore Top 30 Digital Streaming Chart – Week 46" (PDF). Recording Industry Association (Singapore). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  18. "BLACKPINK Chart History (K-Pop 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
  19. "Digital Chart – Week 25 of 2018" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  20. "BLACKPINK Chart History (World Digital Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  21. "Digital Chart – 2018" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  22. "South Korean single certifications – Blackpink – Forever Young" (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association (KMCA). Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  23. "South Korea single certifications – Blackpink– Forever Young (Streaming)" (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association(KMCA). Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  24. "SQUARE UP – EP by BLACKPINK". Retrieved June 17, 2018.
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