Sorry there was no 2nd post last week; I didn't manage to get it finished in time. :) A couple of months ago I wrote a post about the solo careers of the members of Korean girl group BLACKPINK . It ended up being quite a long post, so as with similar posts, I split it up into two parts. Part 1 covered JENNIE and ROSÉ, and you can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/07/blackpink-girls-solo-careers-part-1.html Now here is Part 2 featuring LISA and JISOO. :) LISA 6 months after ROSÉ, the group's main rapper LISA (real name Lalisa Manobal, formerly Pranpiya Manobal) made her own solo debut (the 3rd member to do so). She released her debut single album LALISA in September 2021 . The single album became the best selling album by a female soloist at the time and broke the record for the highest first-week sales for a female K-pop soloist, which was previously set by ROSÉ (see Part 1). In turn, LISA's reco...
This week's music video is ARIKE Remix by Kunmie , Simi and Mabel . It's a remix of Kunmie's single ARIKE. Kunmie (full name Oluwabukunmi Ariybi) is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He grew up in the church and stared playing drums when he was 8, later becoming a songwriter for other Nigerian artists. Kunmie has shared that he got into music during a difficult time in his life and it helped him to escape from loneliness. His breakthrough came with the release of Arike in February. It went viral on TikTok and reached No. 2 on the Spotify Viral 50 Global playlist. In March, Kunmie released his debut EP Before We Became Strangers. His music is Afrobeats and Nigerian R'n'B. It has been described as soulful and filled with Youruba-inspired drum patterns . Watch the music video for the original Arike here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgsa2p0lIPY Arike is about romantic relationships. For the remix, Kunmie teamed up with fellow Nigerian singer Simi a...