Playing with Fire (Blackpink song)

"Playing with Fire" (Korean: 불장난; RR: Buljangnan) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released on November 1, 2016, together with "Stay", as a digital single titled Square Two, by YG Entertainment. The song was written by Teddy Park and composed by Teddy and R.Tee.

"Playing with Fire"
Single by Blackpink
from the album Square Two
A-side"Stay"
ReleasedNovember 1, 2016 (2016-11-01)
GenreTropical house[1][2]
Length3:17
LabelYG
Songwriter(s)
  • Teddy
  • R.Tee
Blackpink singles chronology
"Whistle"
(2016)		 "Playing with Fire"
(2016)		 "Stay"
(2016)
Music video
"Playing with Fire" on YouTube

Background and release

In October 2016, a teaser image of Jennie was revealed, along with the name of one of the title tracks, "Playing With Fire", followed by teaser images of Lisa, Rosé, and Jisoo the next day. On October 31, the behind-the-scenes video for "Playing With Fire" was released.[2]

Promotion

The group had their comeback stage for both songs on November 6 on SBS's Inkigayo and on Mnet's M Countdown on November 10, 2016.[3] They received two music show wins for "Playing with Fire".

Music video

The music video for "Playing with Fire" was directed by Seo Hyun-seung,[2] who previously worked with the group and directed the music video for "Boombayah", and it was released on Blackpink's official YouTube channel at midnight on November 1, 2016 KST. As of July 2nd 2020, the video has over 520 million views.

Blackpink also released the dance practice video for "Playing With Fire" on their official YouTube channel on November 4, 2016. It was choreographed by Kyle Hanagami, who had worked with them for "Boombayah" from their previous single album Square One.[4]

Commercial performance

"Playing with Fire" debuted at number 3 on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart, with 203,263 downloads (landing at number 2 on the component Download Chart) and 3,825,893 streams (debuting at number 4 on the component Streaming Chart). The following week, it fell to number 4, before reaching number 3 again in its third week. As of September 2018, it has sold over 2,500,000 digital downloads in the country.[5]

The song also debuted at number one on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart, selling over 2,000 copies in the US in its first week. It became their second number one entry on the chart.[6] "Playing with Fire" also entered the Canadian Hot 100 at number 92, making Blackpink the first South Korean girl group and only the fifth South Korean act (after Psy, EXO, CL, and BTS) to enter the chart.

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2016) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] 92
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[8] 81
South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart)[9] 3
US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[10] 1

Monthly charts
Chart (2016) Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart)[11] 3

Year-end charts
Chart (2016) Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart)[12] 71
Chart (2017) Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart)[13] 32

Accolades
Awards
Year Organization Award Result Ref.
2017 Gaon Chart Music Awards Song of the Year – November Won [14]

Music program awards
Program Date Ref.
Inkigayo (SBS) November 27, 2016 [15]
December 4, 2016 [16]
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References
  1. Herman, Tamar (November 1, 2016). "BlackPink Releases Two New Songs on Halloween". Billboard. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  2. "With Two Days to go Until its Comeback, BLACKPINK Reveals the Behind-the-scenes Video of its "STAY" MV". Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  3. "[단독] 블랙핑크, 11월6일 '인기가요'+10일 '엠카' 연속 컴백 확정". 29 October 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  4. https://www.instagram.com/p/BMhW1XpBUPH
  5. C., Daniel (September 12, 2018). "Gaon's 관찰노트" [Gaon's Observation Notes] (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  6. Benjamin, Jeff (November 9, 2016). "Blackpink Earn Second No. 1 on World Digital Songs, Debut on Social 50". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  7. "Blackpink Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  8. "Blackpink Chart History (Japan Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  9. "Gaon Digital Chart (Week 45)". Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  10. "Chart Search "Blackpink"". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  11. "Gaon Digital Chart (November)". Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  12. "Gaon Digital Chart (November)". Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  13. "Gaon Digital Chart (November)". Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  14. Yoon, Min-sik (February 24, 2017). "EXO, BlackPink, Twice win big at Gaon Awards". The Korea Herald. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  15. "'인기가요' 블랙핑크, 1위 발표의 순간 포착 '감격'". Ten Asia (in Korean). November 29, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  16. "블랙핑크, '인기가요' 1위..젝스키스 달콤한 컴백무대(종합)". Star News (in Korean). December 4, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
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