# Jisoo
**Jisoo** (김지수; born Kim Ji-soo in 1995) is a South Korean singer and actress, best known as the oldest member of the girl group BLACKPINK, in which she serves as lead vocalist and visual.[1](https://kpop.u-jeverse.com/en/artists/blackpink) She made her solo debut in 2023 with the single album *Me* and its hit "꽃 (FLOWER)", and releases her solo work through her own label, Blissoo.[2](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jisoo/1548008317) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3255458/?showAllCredits=true)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name / birth | Kim Ji-soo (김지수), born 1995 in Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea[1](https://kpop.u-jeverse.com/en/artists/blackpink) |
| Group role | Lead vocalist and visual of BLACKPINK, which debuted on August 8, 2016 with the single album *SQUARE ONE* ("Whistle", "Boombayah")[1](https://kpop.u-jeverse.com/en/artists/blackpink) |
| Solo debut | Single album *Me*, March 31, 2023, led by "꽃 (FLOWER)"; the last BLACKPINK member to release solo music[2](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jisoo/1548008317) |
| Sales records | *Me* became the best-selling album by a solo female artist in South Korea and the first to sell more than 1 million copies; "FLOWER" made her the first female K-pop soloist with 1 million preorders[4](https://press.warnerrecords.com/sites/g/files/g2000014901/files/2025-10/WARNER_%20JISOO-ZAYN-EYES%20CLOSED-PR-FINAL.pdf) |
| Own label | Blissoo, launched February 2024; first EP *Amortage* followed on February 14, 2025[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3255458/?showAllCredits=true) • [4](https://press.warnerrecords.com/sites/g/files/g2000014901/files/2025-10/WARNER_%20JISOO-ZAYN-EYES%20CLOSED-PR-FINAL.pdf) |
| Acting | Lead roles in *Snowdrop* (2021), *Newtopia* (2025), and *Boyfriend on Demand* (2026); film debut in *Omniscient Reader* (2025)[5](https://asianwiki.com/Kim_Ji-Soo_%28Blackpink%29) |
| Fashion influence | Global ambassador for Dior, Cartier, and Dyson; $227 million in earned media value for fashion brands in 2024, the highest of any individual that year[4](https://press.warnerrecords.com/sites/g/files/g2000014901/files/2025-10/WARNER_%20JISOO-ZAYN-EYES%20CLOSED-PR-FINAL.pdf) • [6](https://blinkarea.synology.me/bp_data/455687) |
## Early career and BLACKPINK
Jisoo was born in Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, and became a trainee under [YG Entertainment](https://www.edgepedia.org/yg-entertainment) in 2011.[2](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jisoo/1548008317) She debuted on August 8, 2016 as one quarter of BLACKPINK, alongside Jennie, [Rosé](https://www.edgepedia.org/rose-singer), and [Lisa](https://www.edgepedia.org/lisa-rapper), with the single album *SQUARE ONE*, whose tracks "Whistle" and "Boombayah" established the group on Korean charts.[1](https://kpop.u-jeverse.com/en/artists/blackpink) • [7](https://www.melon.com/artist/detail.htm?artistId=995174) Within BLACKPINK she holds the lead vocalist and visual positions.[1](https://kpop.u-jeverse.com/en/artists/blackpink)
The group became one of the most popular girl groups of all time, with hits including "DDU-DU DDU-DU" and "Kill This Love", collaborations with [Dua Lipa](https://www.edgepedia.org/dua-lipa), Lady Gaga, Cardi B, and [Selena Gomez](https://www.edgepedia.org/selena-gomez), and, in 2023, the first Coachella headline slot for a Korean act.[2](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jisoo/1548008317) Jisoo helped write the lyrics of "Lovesick Girls" (2020), a hopeful track about girls who have been hurt in relationships yet still look for love, and contributed to "Yeah Yeah Yeah" on the 2022 album *Born Pink*.[2](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jisoo/1548008317) Within the group she is the oldest member and is often described as its mood-maker, known for a quirky sense of humor and on-the-spot song invention.[8](https://time.com/5562946/blackpink-k-pop-everything-to-know/)
## Solo music
**Solo debut, 2023.** Jisoo was the final BLACKPINK member to release her own music, doing so seven years after the group's debut, and the delay did not hinder her success.[2](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jisoo/1548008317) Her first single album *Me*, released on March 31, 2023, featured the midtempo, finger-snapping hit "꽃 (FLOWER)".[2](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jisoo/1548008317) The song's music video passed 100 million views within about a week of release.[9](https://yg-life.com/archives/182680?lang=ko) Commercially, *Me* immediately became the best-selling album by a solo female artist in South Korea and the first such album to sell more than 1 million copies.[4](https://press.warnerrecords.com/sites/g/files/g2000014901/files/2025-10/WARNER_%20JISOO-ZAYN-EYES%20CLOSED-PR-FINAL.pdf) "FLOWER" made Jisoo the first female K-pop solo artist to reach 1 million preorders, produced the highest first-week sales by a female solo artist to date and the highest 24-hour viewership of any K-pop music video in 2023, and set records for the highest-charting hit by a solo Korean female on the [Canadian Hot 100](https://www.edgepedia.org/canadian-hot-100) and the UK Singles Chart; it reached number 2 on the [Billboard Global 200](https://www.edgepedia.org/billboard-global-200) and number 1 on the Global Excl. U.S. chart.[4](https://press.warnerrecords.com/sites/g/files/g2000014901/files/2025-10/WARNER_%20JISOO-ZAYN-EYES%20CLOSED-PR-FINAL.pdf) The album went on to reach 1 billion streams on [YouTube Music](https://www.edgepedia.org/youtube-music).[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3255458/?showAllCredits=true)
**Blissoo and *Amortage*, 2024–2025.** In February 2024 Jisoo launched her personal label, Blissoo, while BLACKPINK's group activities continued under YG Entertainment.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3255458/?showAllCredits=true) Her debut mini album *Amortage*, released on February 14, 2025 with the title track "earthquake", takes its name from a fusion of "amor" and "montage" and explores the emotional stages of a relationship across four songs.[4](https://press.warnerrecords.com/sites/g/files/g2000014901/files/2025-10/WARNER_%20JISOO-ZAYN-EYES%20CLOSED-PR-FINAL.pdf) It debuted at number 1 on the South Korea Albums Chart and generated nearly half a billion streams in under six months.[4](https://press.warnerrecords.com/sites/g/files/g2000014901/files/2025-10/WARNER_%20JISOO-ZAYN-EYES%20CLOSED-PR-FINAL.pdf) In 2025 she won "Best Solo (Female)" at the Asia Star Entertainer Awards.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3255458/?showAllCredits=true)
**Collaborations and 2026 comeback.** On October 10, 2025, Jisoo released the duet "EYES CLOSED" with the British singer ZAYN via [Warner Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/warner-records), a single about diving into new love without looking back.[4](https://press.warnerrecords.com/sites/g/files/g2000014901/files/2025-10/WARNER_%20JISOO-ZAYN-EYES%20CLOSED-PR-FINAL.pdf) In August 2026 she announced a surprise solo comeback for September 4 of that year, releasing a teaser video for a new song titled "Click".[10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIOl6av_NAw) She has said she hopes fans see more of her personality on the new album.[11](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/topic/blackpink)
## Acting
Jisoo built an acting career alongside music. She made cameo appearances in the dramas *The Producers* (2015) and *Arthdal Chronicles* (2019), then took her first leading role as university student Eun Yeong-ro in the JTBC historical romance *Snowdrop* (2021), set amid the political upheaval of late 1980s Korea.[5](https://asianwiki.com/Kim_Ji-Soo_%28Blackpink%29) • [12](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/boyfriend-on-demand-cast/) The role earned her the "Outstanding Korean Actress" award at the Seoul International Drama Awards.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3255458/?showAllCredits=true)
After a gap of several years she returned to television in 2025 as Kang Young-joo, the female lead of the Coupang Play zombie comedy *[Newtopia](https://www.edgepedia.org/newtopia)*, which entered the top 10 in 54 countries and set a record for the highest cumulative viewership in Coupang Play series history within ten days of launch.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3255458/?showAllCredits=true) • [5](https://asianwiki.com/Kim_Ji-Soo_%28Blackpink%29) She made her film debut in *Omniscient Reader* (2025), playing Lee Ji-hye.[5](https://asianwiki.com/Kim_Ji-Soo_%28Blackpink%29) In 2026 she starred as Seo Mi-rae in the Netflix romantic comedy *Boyfriend on Demand*, which she has described as a story about a woman who longs for love but finds dating challenging.[5](https://asianwiki.com/Kim_Ji-Soo_%28Blackpink%29) • [12](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/boyfriend-on-demand-cast/)
## Fashion and influence
Jisoo is a global ambassador for Dior, Cartier, and Dyson, and was named the face of ALO Yoga in 2024; that year she was the most-mentioned celebrity on social media during [New York Fashion Week](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-york-fashion-week).[4](https://press.warnerrecords.com/sites/g/files/g2000014901/files/2025-10/WARNER_%20JISOO-ZAYN-EYES%20CLOSED-PR-FINAL.pdf) Her market influence can be quantified: in 2024 she produced $227 million in earned media value for fashion brands, a total no other person matched that year.[6](https://blinkarea.synology.me/bp_data/455687) Her Instagram account, with over 79 million followers, is influential enough that a single upload can create a large buzz; she once crashed Vogue France's website when fans flocked to her cover, the magazine's first featuring an Asian woman.[4](https://press.warnerrecords.com/sites/g/files/g2000014901/files/2025-10/WARNER_%20JISOO-ZAYN-EYES%20CLOSED-PR-FINAL.pdf) • [13](https://magazine.weverse.io/article/view/697?lang=en) She also runs the YouTube vlog channel HAPPY JISOO 103%, which passed one million subscribers within ten hours of its first video.[13](https://magazine.weverse.io/article/view/697?lang=en)
## The name "Jisoo"
The stage name is shared by other performers. Lee Jisoo (이지수) is the only Korean member of the Japanese seven-member girl group HANA, formed through producer CHANMINA's audition program *No No Girls*; the group performed at the 76th [NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen](https://www.edgepedia.org/nhk-kohaku-uta-gassen) and released hits including "Rose" and "Blue Jeans", and Lee Jisoo made her own solo debut with the single "MISMATCH" on September 8, 2026.[14](https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20261004_0003814086) References to "Jisoo" in music coverage most often mean the BLACKPINK member, but the two are unrelated.[14](https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20261004_0003814086)
## References
1. [BLACKPINK profile: members, debut and discography, PopNote](https://kpop.u-jeverse.com/en/artists/blackpink)
2. [JISOO, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jisoo/1548008317)
3. [Kim Jisoo, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3255458/?showAllCredits=true)
4. [JISOO and ZAYN unite for duet "EYES CLOSED", Warner Records press release (October 10, 2025)](https://press.warnerrecords.com/sites/g/files/g2000014901/files/2025-10/WARNER_%20JISOO-ZAYN-EYES%20CLOSED-PR-FINAL.pdf)
5. [Kim Ji-Soo (Blackpink), AsianWiki](https://asianwiki.com/Kim_Ji-Soo_%28Blackpink%29)
6. [V Magazine interview with Jisoo, BLINK AREA archive](https://blinkarea.synology.me/bp_data/455687)
7. [지수 (JISOO) artist channel, Melon](https://www.melon.com/artist/detail.htm?artistId=995174)
8. [Everything to Know About K-Pop Group BLACKPINK, TIME](https://time.com/5562946/blackpink-k-pop-everything-to-know/)
9. [JISOO – '꽃(FLOWER)' M/V hits 100 million views, YG LIFE](https://yg-life.com/archives/182680?lang=ko)
10. [BLACKPINK's Jisoo announces solo comeback, MBC News (August 26, 2026)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIOl6av_NAw)
11. [Blackpink topic page, Channel News Asia](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/topic/blackpink)
12. [Meet the 'Boyfriend on Demand' cast, Marie Claire](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/boyfriend-on-demand-cast/)
13. [All about the world of JISOO, Weverse Magazine](https://magazine.weverse.io/article/view/697?lang=en)
14. [Interview with Lee Jisoo (이지수) of HANA, Newsis (October 5, 2026)](https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20261004_0003814086)
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