▲ This photo, provided by YG Entertainment, shows BLACKPINK Jisoo.

 

SEOUL, April. 3 (Yonhap) -- The title song "FLOWER," the first solo album released by girl group BLACKPINK Jisoo on the 31st of last month, has ranked sixth in the "Daily Top Song Global Chart" on Spotify, the world's largest streaming platform.

 

According to the agency YG Entertainment on Sunday, "FLOWER" has recorded 4.67 million streaming times on the first day of its release. The number of Spotify artist page followers has more than 330,000.

 

YG introduced, "The global chart ranking of Spotify Daily Top Songs, the number of streams on the first day, and the number of followers on the first day of the artist page are all the best among K-pop female solo artists."

 

Major foreign media have praised Jisoo's solo song.

 

NME, a famous British music magazine, said, "From the first line of the lyrics of ‘FLOWER,’ you can see that Jisoo has clearly expressed herself as a soloist," adding, "It is full of poetic and beautiful metaphor, but it clearly conveys the theme of the song to the listener."

 

They added, "It's a fresh music that's never existed before," adding, "It's a dynamic song that contains all of Jisoo’s unique elegance and creativity, modern elements, and traditional beauty."

 

Billboard said, "Jisoo has clearly proved her ability as a solo artist with this album," and Rolling Stone predicted, "Starting with ‘FLOWER,’ the world will pay attention to Jisoo’s future moves."

 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)

 

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