BLACKPINK recently released a new episode of their reality show, "24/365 with BLACKPINK", to YouTube. There, the members reminisced about the hardships they faced during their trainee days and all the horrible living conditions they endured at the time.
Jennie revealed that group was very poor at the time, as they had no income. Their living expenses were all covered by the company at the time. Jennie revealed that they ended up eating less since they didn't have money.
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Jennie said, "We didn't have much money back then. So we pretty much lived on eggs and strawberry jam. We would always have scrambled eggs and strawberry jam at least once a day." The girls expressed pity over what their past selves had to endure.
Jennie went on to expose more of their past life. There, she revealed that they basically lived with cockroaches. Rosé and Jisoo confirmed this, with Rosé even saying they lived with huge centipedes. Jisoo would say that they had trouble catching all of them; every time they caught one, there would be another right beside it.
Jisoo then went on to reveal that brave and courageous Lisa was the one who would catch them with her bare hands.
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She said, "When Lisa would catch them, we would put them on a piece of paper and send them outside."
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Despite those hardships, BLACKPINK endured it all and are now one of the biggest and most successful Korean girl groups in the game. Gone are the days they lived on eggs and with bugs; now, the girls live in a nice apartment with their own rooms. They are even ambassadors of luxury brands! BLACKPINK has truly rose against their hardships.
Watch them talk about their difficult trainee life here:
BLACKPINK debuted in 2016 under YG Entertainment. Upon debut, they were a massive success, with their two debut singles "Whistle" and "BOOMBAYAH", being their first number one hit in South Korean charts and the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart.
The group is the highest-charting Korean girl group on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 33. They had also charted on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 24. They are the first K-Pop girl group to enter the Billboard's Emerging Artist Chart and the first K-Pop girl group to top the Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart three times.
BLACKPINK has broken numerous records throughout their career - both the music videos for "Kill This Love" and "How You Like That" both broke the records for the most-viewed music video within the first 24 hours of its release. They are also the fastest K-Pop group to reach double platinum in China's biggest streaming platform, QQ Music. They were recognized by Forbes Korea as being one of the most powerful celebrities in 2019. They were also included in the Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia. They are also the most followed group on Spotify an the most subscribed music group on YouTube.
