Blackpink is South Korea’s biggest girl group and this documentary takes a look behind the curtain of sparkling outfits and perfect dance routines to the members themselves and their rise to stardom. They are preparing to record their debut album and they meet with their producer/songwriter Teddy Parks, a former K-pop group member himself. They go through each of the members’ lives and how they ended up in Blackpink, and how all the girls get on within the group.
It explains the brutal process of training that each girl goes through which sounds like the longest audition for an acting role that one could imagine. And the prize? A world tour and chart-topping singles, recognition across the globe in this case. There is some commentary on the history of K-pop and the company that brought them together, AG Entertainment, and how diverse their fanbase is as the Western market has opened up to music in different languages over the past few years.
The documentary takes a typical look at popstars’ troubles with overworking, fame and life’s uncertainties, but what makes this one different is the look into the manufacturing process and tough training that it takes to create these groups.
‘Blackpink: Light Up The Sky’ is available to stream on Netflix.
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