Jennie Kim who is popularly known as Jennie, is a South Korean singer, rapper, and actress. She was born and raised in South Korea and Jennie studied in New Zealand for five years before returning to South Korea in 2010. When she was eight years old, she went on a trip with her family to Australia and New Zealand. When her mother asked her if she liked New Zealand and wanted to stay, Jennie replied yes. One year later, she was sent to study at Waikowhai Intermediate School in Auckland and lived with a home-stay family. During her adolescent years, she dreamed of becoming a ballet dancer, after completing intermediate, she enrolled at ACG Parnell College. Jennie auditioned for YG Entertainment with Rihanna Take a Bow, succeeding in joining the label as a trainee. She was the only trainee fluent in English at the time, along with her native Korean; she also knows basic Japanese and has learned French.
Four: SOLO
Solo is the debut solo single by South Korean singer and rapper Jennie. It was released through YG Entertainment and Interscope on November 12, 2018. The song was written by Teddy and composed by him alongside 24. Solo is a dance, pop, and hip hop song and it has garnered over 1B views on it’s Official Music Video on YouTube and over 650M streams on spotify. Internationally, it made Jennie the first lead female K-pop soloist to top the Billboard World Digital Songs chart in the United States, and
debuted on the charts of several other countries, including Canada, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Scotland, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
FYI
- On April 12 and 19, 2019, Jennie became the first Korean solo artist to perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, where she performed Solo during Blackpink set at the festival.
Three: You & Me
You & Me was released on October 6, 2023. It marked Jennie first solo single in five years after Solo (2018). This song is a dance-pop track with romantic lyrics about being in love. It has garnered over 183M views on it’s Official Music Video on YouTube and over 220M streams on spotify. The song marked Jennie final solo release under YG and Interscope, following her departure from the labels in December 2023. You & Me was a commercial success and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Global 200 and number one on the Global Excl. U.S., becoming Jennie first number-one hit on the
latter chart.
Two: Mantra
Serving as Jennie latest release is a song called Mantra. It was released through Odd Atelier and Columbia Records on October 11, 2024, as the lead single from her upcoming debut studio album, it is also Jennie first release under her own label and her first solo single since departing YG Entertainment and Interscope Records as a solo artist in 2023. It has been described as a dance-pop and R&B song that incorporates a disco bassline, with lyrics that celebrate girl power. It has garnered over 51M views on it’s Official Music Video on YouTube and over 45M streams on spotify. The song was written and composed by various contributors, including Jennie, Claudia Valentina, and Zikai, and was produced by El Guincho, Jelli Dorman, Jumpa, and Serban Cazan.
Awards/Nominations
- In 2018, Jennie received the award for the Best Female Solo Artist at the Philippine K-pop Awards.
- In 2019, Jennie was awarded Artist of the Year – Digital Music (November) at the Circle Chart Music Awards, also in 2019, she was awarded Best Digital Song (Bonsang) at the Golden Disc Awards.
- In 2021, She also received the Starlight Hall of Fame (Korea) award at the Weibo Starlight Awards.
- In 2022, Jennie won the Advertising Model of the Year – Female Award at the Brand of the Year Awards.
- And in 2024, she received the Best Song Award at the K-World Dream Awards.
Discography
-Solo (2018)
One: One Of The Girls by The Weeknd ft. Jennie & Lily-Rose Depp
One of the Girls is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, South Korean singer and rapper Jennie, and French-American actress and singer Lily-Rose Depp. It was released on December 8, 2023, and it has garnered over 1.3B streams on spotify and over 220M views on it’s Official Music Video on YouTube, serving as a huge success in Jennie career as an artist. The song relates to the storyline of The Idol and addresses themes of control, fame, desire, and Stockholm syndrome. Commercially, One of the Girls saw a surge in popularity after going viral on video sharing platform TikTok. It peaked at number ten on the Billboard Global 200, becoming the Weeknd 11th, Jennie second, and Depp first top-ten hit respectively.
