# Fallen Angel (Jennie EP)
**Fallen Angel** is the first solo EP by South Korean singer JENNIE of BLACKPINK, released digitally on August 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM KST (12:00 AM EDT) through her own label OA Entertainment (ODD ATELIER) and [Columbia Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/columbia-records).[1](https://weverse.io/jennie/notice/38516) • [2](https://neonmusic.co.uk/jennies-fallen-angel-finds-beauty-in-a-surreal-fantasy) The digital edition contains three tracks, "FALLEN ANGEL", "HEAVEN", and "Less than a Lover", running eight minutes in total, and a six-track physical edition followed on October 30, 2026.[1](https://weverse.io/jennie/notice/38516) • [3](https://music.apple.com/us/album/fallen-angel-ep/6804046952?uo=4) • [4](https://en.koreaportal.com/articles/54747/20260831/jennie-fallen-angel-%E2%80%94-three-songs-one-genuine-detour.htm) OA Entertainment described the EP as coming from "JENNIE's very personal place in her heart and the truest self-expression" and framed it as a gift to fans.[1](https://weverse.io/jennie/notice/38516) • [5](https://www.soompi.com/article/1864448wpp/blackpinks-jennie-announces-comeback-date-with-teaser-for-digital-ep-fallen-angel)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Artist / release | JENNIE's first solo EP, released digitally August 28, 2026, 1:00 PM KST[1](https://weverse.io/jennie/notice/38516) |
| Labels | OA Entertainment (ODD ATELIER) and Columbia Records[2](https://neonmusic.co.uk/jennies-fallen-angel-finds-beauty-in-a-surreal-fantasy) |
| Digital tracklist | "FALLEN ANGEL", "HEAVEN", "Less than a Lover"; 3 songs, 8 minutes[1](https://weverse.io/jennie/notice/38516) • [3](https://music.apple.com/us/album/fallen-angel-ep/6804046952?uo=4) |
| Physical edition | 6 tracks, released October 30, 2026, adding three CD-exclusive songs[4](https://en.koreaportal.com/articles/54747/20260831/jennie-fallen-angel-%E2%80%94-three-songs-one-genuine-detour.htm) • [6](https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/JENNIE/info/586952) |
| Preceded by | Debut solo album *Ruby* (2025); "Less than a Lover" released as a single in July 2026[3](https://music.apple.com/us/album/fallen-angel-ep/6804046952?uo=4) • [2](https://neonmusic.co.uk/jennies-fallen-angel-finds-beauty-in-a-surreal-fantasy) |
| Live debut | "FALLEN ANGEL" premiered during JENNIE's headlining set at Lollapalooza Chicago on August 1, 2026[7](https://peakmusicreviews.com/releases/fallen-angel-jennie) |
| Reception | Won a Billboard weekly best-new-music reader poll with more than 82% of the vote; critical response was divided[4](https://en.koreaportal.com/articles/54747/20260831/jennie-fallen-angel-%E2%80%94-three-songs-one-genuine-detour.htm) |
## Background and release
Fallen Angel is JENNIE's first solo project since *[Ruby](https://www.edgepedia.org/ruby-jennie-album)*, her 2025 debut studio album, a 15-track record released after nearly a decade in the public eye as BLACKPINK's main rapper and lead vocalist.[3](https://music.apple.com/us/album/fallen-angel-ep/6804046952?uo=4) Before any studio release, she previewed the new material live during a global summer festival run, debuting "FALLEN ANGEL" during her headlining set at Lollapalooza Chicago on August 1, 2026; the performance spread widely on social media, and fans pressed for a studio version.[7](https://peakmusicreviews.com/releases/fallen-angel-jennie)
The EP was officially announced on August 20, 2026, eight days before release, with the first music video teaser following on August 21.[8](https://inmusicblog.com/reviews/jennie-fallen-angel-ep-review-songs-ranked/) • [5](https://www.soompi.com/article/1864448wpp/blackpinks-jennie-announces-comeback-date-with-teaser-for-digital-ep-fallen-angel) "Less than a Lover" had already been released as a single in July 2026.[2](https://neonmusic.co.uk/jennies-fallen-angel-finds-beauty-in-a-surreal-fantasy) On release day, JENNIE issued the EP together with a music video for the title track.[5](https://www.soompi.com/article/1864448wpp/blackpinks-jennie-announces-comeback-date-with-teaser-for-digital-ep-fallen-angel)
**A split release.** The digital and physical editions differ substantially. The physical EP, released October 30, 2026, contains six tracks, adding "Sweettooth", "Lockitdown", and a third exclusive song to the three digital tracks.[4](https://en.koreaportal.com/articles/54747/20260831/jennie-fallen-angel-%E2%80%94-three-songs-one-genuine-detour.htm) • [6](https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/JENNIE/info/586952) Sources differ on that third song's title: koreaportal and InMusic call it "Face", while Sony Music Japan's announcement lists "Faith".[4](https://en.koreaportal.com/articles/54747/20260831/jennie-fallen-angel-%E2%80%94-three-songs-one-genuine-detour.htm) • [8](https://inmusicblog.com/reviews/jennie-fallen-angel-ep-review-songs-ranked/) • [6](https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/JENNIE/info/586952) The Japanese CD (catalog number SICP-6866) was priced at 2,800 yen plus tax, with a signed photocard (three of nine types inserted at random), a double-sided poster, and two jacket stickers as first-press bonuses.[6](https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/JENNIE/info/586952) Reviewers noted the strategy's effect on the digital edition: holding three tracks back for the CD meant the streaming release read as a fragment of the project rather than a complete statement.[4](https://en.koreaportal.com/articles/54747/20260831/jennie-fallen-angel-%E2%80%94-three-songs-one-genuine-detour.htm)
## Songs
**"FALLEN ANGEL"** opens the EP. OA [Entertainment](https://www.edgepedia.org/entertainment) describes it as minimalist acoustic pop driven by a lyrical guitar melody.[2](https://neonmusic.co.uk/jennies-fallen-angel-finds-beauty-in-a-surreal-fantasy) Apple Music's editorial notes call it a bedroom-pop track on which JENNIE asks a lover to stay, claiming "without you, these wings are of no use" over dreamy folk instrumentals.[3](https://music.apple.com/us/album/fallen-angel-ep/6804046952?uo=4) [Deb Never](https://www.edgepedia.org/deb-never), Daniel Aged, and Romil Hemnani produced and arranged the song, with JENNIE, Deb Never, Daniel Aged, Jelli Dorman, Romil Hemnani, and [Saya Gray](https://www.edgepedia.org/saya-gray) credited as songwriters.[2](https://neonmusic.co.uk/jennies-fallen-angel-finds-beauty-in-a-surreal-fantasy) JENNIE is credited as a co-writer on all three tracks.[8](https://inmusicblog.com/reviews/jennie-fallen-angel-ep-review-songs-ranked/)
**"HEAVEN"** continues the melancholic register with a song about indulging in a toxic dynamic, built on the lines "When we're good, yeah, we're good / But we fight so hard / Crash and burn / That's my favorite part".[3](https://music.apple.com/us/album/fallen-angel-ep/6804046952?uo=4) Reviewers heard dream-pop and soft-rock elements, with distorted guitars giving the dreamy production an edge that echoes the lyrics.[9](https://ratingsgamemusic.com/2026/08/28/jennie-fallen-angel-ep-review/)
**"Less than a Lover"** is the lightest track, built around bossa nova-inspired guitar, breezy percussion, and a relaxed groove; its lyrics describe wanting a summer fling rather than a full romance.[8](https://inmusicblog.com/reviews/jennie-fallen-angel-ep-review-songs-ranked/) • [3](https://music.apple.com/us/album/fallen-angel-ep/6804046952?uo=4)
Across the EP, JENNIE moved away from the maximalist production and sharp pop energy of parts of *Ruby* toward acoustic guitars, restrained percussion, ambient textures, and spacious arrangements.[8](https://inmusicblog.com/reviews/jennie-fallen-angel-ep-review-songs-ranked/)
## Music video
The title track's video was written and directed by sunburnkids and produced by AEDIASTUDIO, with Shin Jam as director of photography and Mural Life on set painting.[2](https://neonmusic.co.uk/jennies-fallen-angel-finds-beauty-in-a-surreal-fantasy) It places JENNIE in a surreal world of winged children, swans, butterflies, and fire, and the Brillante Children's Choir rises behind her voice in the song's closing section.[2](https://neonmusic.co.uk/jennies-fallen-angel-finds-beauty-in-a-surreal-fantasy) Soompi summarized the video's theme as finding freedom by confronting one's newly discovered true identity.[5](https://www.soompi.com/article/1864448wpp/blackpinks-jennie-announces-comeback-date-with-teaser-for-digital-ep-fallen-angel) Spanish-language coverage read the imagery as a dark fairy tale about fame, identity, and personal transformation, in which the burning house at the climax represents the destruction of expectations and earlier versions of the protagonist.[10](https://los40.com/2026/08/28/fallen-angel-de-jennie-todas-las-referencias-ocultas-de-su-ep-mas-personal/) JENNIE said she wore wires to film a sequence in which she floats above a lake before sinking beneath the water, calling it one of the shoot's most challenging shots.[2](https://neonmusic.co.uk/jennies-fallen-angel-finds-beauty-in-a-surreal-fantasy)
## Reception
Response was divided. In Billboard's weekly best-new-music reader poll, "Fallen Angel" took more than 82% of the vote against new releases from [Olivia Rodrigo](https://www.edgepedia.org/olivia-rodrigo) and [Alex Warren](https://www.edgepedia.org/alex-warren), and at least one reviewer described the title track's opening as genuinely exciting.[4](https://en.koreaportal.com/articles/54747/20260831/jennie-fallen-angel-%E2%80%94-three-songs-one-genuine-detour.htm) Ratings Game Music gave the EP an A, ranking "FALLEN ANGEL" first (5/5), "HEAVEN" second (4.5/5), and "Less than a Lover" third (4/5).[9](https://ratingsgamemusic.com/2026/08/28/jennie-fallen-angel-ep-review/)
Critics less convinced pointed to the hushed, low-key production. The Bias List scored the title track 7.5 with a grade of C, placing it within a broader pop trend toward subdued, playlist-oriented music while crediting JENNIE with taking its textural tropes in a less predictable direction than most of her peers.[11](https://thebiaslist.com/2026/08/27/song-review-jennie-blackpink-fallen-angel/) One widely read K-pop review blog suggested JENNIE is drifting further from her K-pop roots with each release.[4](https://en.koreaportal.com/articles/54747/20260831/jennie-fallen-angel-%E2%80%94-three-songs-one-genuine-detour.htm) A recurring criticism concerned length and completeness: with only three songs, one soft track reads as a third of the record underperforming, and several reviewers argued the EP should have included more material.[4](https://en.koreaportal.com/articles/54747/20260831/jennie-fallen-angel-%E2%80%94-three-songs-one-genuine-detour.htm) • [9](https://ratingsgamemusic.com/2026/08/28/jennie-fallen-angel-ep-review/) On the listener-review site Album of the Year, one reviewer called the rollout confusing and questioned the three-track digital format, since the performed songs "Lockitdown" and "Sweettooth" were delegated to the physical edition only.[12](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/theaquamarine/album/1987506-fallen-angel/)
## References
1. [Notice: 'Fallen Angel (Digital EP)' Release Notice, OA Entertainment via Weverse](https://weverse.io/jennie/notice/38516)
2. [JENNIE's 'FALLEN ANGEL' Finds Beauty in a Surreal Fantasy, Neon Music](https://neonmusic.co.uk/jennies-fallen-angel-finds-beauty-in-a-surreal-fantasy)
3. [Fallen Angel - EP, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/fallen-angel-ep/6804046952?uo=4)
4. [JENNIE Fallen Angel — Three Songs, One Genuine Detour, KoreaPortal](https://en.koreaportal.com/articles/54747/20260831/jennie-fallen-angel-%E2%80%94-three-songs-one-genuine-detour.htm)
5. [Watch: Jennie Searches For Love As A "FALLEN ANGEL" In Dreamy New MV, Soompi](https://www.soompi.com/article/1864448wpp/blackpinks-jennie-announces-comeback-date-with-teaser-for-digital-ep-fallen-angel)
6. [JENNIE: 最新EP『Fallen Angel』の日本盤CDが10月30日（金）発売決定, Sony Music Japan](https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/JENNIE/info/586952)
7. [Fallen Angel by JENNIE — Reviews & Ratings, Peak Music Reviews](https://peakmusicreviews.com/releases/fallen-angel-jennie)
8. [JENNIE 'Fallen Angel' EP Review: All 3 Songs Ranked, InMusic](https://inmusicblog.com/reviews/jennie-fallen-angel-ep-review-songs-ranked/)
9. [JENNIE – Fallen Angel (EP Review), Ratings Game Music](https://ratingsgamemusic.com/2026/08/28/jennie-fallen-angel-ep-review/)
10. ['Fallen Angel', de JENNIE: todas las referencias ocultas de su EP más personal, LOS40](https://los40.com/2026/08/28/fallen-angel-de-jennie-todas-las-referencias-ocultas-de-su-ep-mas-personal/)
11. [Song Review: Jennie (BLACKPINK) – Fallen Angel, The Bias List](https://thebiaslist.com/2026/08/27/song-review-jennie-blackpink-fallen-angel/)
12. [JENNIE - Fallen Angel review by theaquamarine, Album of The Year](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/theaquamarine/album/1987506-fallen-angel/)
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