Blackpink is back in your area—if “your area” is the top of the digital charts around the world.
The South Korean girl group received an overwhelming response to its long-awaited new single, “How You Like That,” released on Friday. The eminently catchy trap-pop anthem got off to a roaring start on the digital front, debuting at No. 5 on the global Spotify chart with 4.073 million streams and No. 10 in the U.S. with over 762,000 streams. “How You Like That” marks the biggest girl group debut in Spotify history, breaking a record that Blackpink set themselves less than a month ago with their Lady Gaga collaboration “Sour Candy.” The track also topped the iTunes charts in 64 countries, the most for any song by a girl group, once again dethroning “Sour Candy.”
“How You Like That” also proves that the success of “Sour Candy” (which gave Blackpink a career-high Billboard Hot 100 placement of No. 33) was not simply a result of a Lady Gaga collaboration. Gaga has dominated the Billboard charts for more than a decade, and her presence on “Sour Candy” certainly increased Blackpink’s visibility, but the collaboration was no act of charity on Gaga’s part. The track was mutually beneficial, and it set Blackpink up to beat their own debut records with subsequent solo releases, which they have already accomplished with “How You Like That.”
Even if blackpink isn’t in my area, they are always in my heart ❤️ I really love their comeback “How you like that” plus their music video that has so much meaning in it. Everything is a work of art!