BLACKPINK‘s Jennie released her first solo full-length album, ‘Ruby’, through various music sites at midnight (Korean time) on the 7th.

‘Ruby’ contains a total of 15 tracks of various genres, including the title track ‘like JENNIE’. Jennie produced the album herself, containing her own identity and infinite musical possibilities.

Jennie said, “This album is very meaningful in that it tells my story as a solo artist with my own voice and perspective. Inspired by Shakespeare’s play ‘As You Like It’, it contains the themes of birth, love, belief, and peak. Opening the curtain of the theater symbolizes the beginning of a new chapter in my musical life. “Working on this album was a precious process for me to grow as an artist and find my true voice,” she said about releasing her first full-length solo album.

‘Ruby’ includes ‘Intro: JANE with FKJ’, ‘like JENNIE’, ‘start a war’, ‘Handlebars (feat. Dua Lipa)’, ‘with the IE (way up)’, ‘ExtraL (feat. Doechii)’, ‘Mantra’, ‘Love Hangover (feat. Dominic Fike)’, ‘ZEN’, ‘Damn Right (feat. Childish Gambino, Kali Uchis)’, You can feel Jennie‘s unique musical color with ‘F.TS’, ‘Filter’, ‘Seoul City’, ‘Starlight’, and ‘win’.

In particular, it also includes collaborative songs with world-class artists such as Childish Gambino, Doechii, Dominic Fike, Dua Lipa, FKJ, and Kali Uchis.

The physical album includes the ‘JENNIE Only Audio’ version. ‘JENNIE Only Audio’ is a version that does not include any featuring artists, and is composed of tracks in which Jennie performed all the vocals alone, making it a special gift for fans.

The music video for the title song ‘like JENNIE’ will be released today (the 7th) at 2 PM, and a pop-up ‘Rubify’ where you can experience Jennie’s first solo full-length album ‘Ruby’ will be held at the Hyundai Card Music Library Vinyl & Plastic in Yongsan-gu, Seoul until the 13th.

Reporter Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com jhj@donga.com

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