Jennie Kim (Korean: 김제니; born January 16, 1996), known mononymously as Jennie, is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in South Korea until 2004, Jennie later lived in New Zealand before returning to South Korea to successfully audition for YG Entertainment in 2010. She debuted as a member of Blackpink in August 2016. She made her acting debut under the stage name Jennie Ruby Jane in the 2023 HBO television series The Idol.
In November 2018, Jennie released her debut single "Solo", which topped South Korea's Circle Digital Chart and the US Billboard World Digital Songs chart. The music video for "Solo" was the first by a Korean female soloist to surpass one billion views on YouTube. Her 2023 singles "You & Me" and "One of the Girls" achieved commercial success worldwide, with "You & Me" reaching number one on the Billboard Global Excl. US chart. After establishing her own label named Odd Atelier in 2023, Jennie earned her second number-one single in South Korea with "Spot!" and signed with Columbia Records in 2024. Her debut studio album Ruby (2025) sold one million copies worldwide and tied as the highest-ranked album by a Korean solo artist on the UK Albums Chart. It spawned two top-five hits on both the Circle Digital Chart and the Billboard Global 200, "Mantra" and "Like Jennie"; the former broke the record for the highest-charting song by a Korean female soloist on the UK Singles Chart.
Jennie Kim was born on January 16, 1996, as an only child. She was initially reported to be born in Cheongdam-dong, a ward of Gangnam District, Seoul, but she later revealed in episode three of Apartment 404 that she was actually born in Bundang in Seongnam. She initially attended Cheongdam Elementary School in Seoul before moving to New Zealand. 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.
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She is a cute girl and was my favorite in the Blackpink group, but they fell off for me in the past few years as their contract wound down. I didn't care for her 1st solo song during BP's heyday, and her recent stuff has been just garbage to my ear. Obviously I'm in the minority with that opinion, but I'm sticking to it.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I do appreciate her appearance still, so pics are always nice :D