Let Blackpink Put You in Your Place with Their New Song 'Shut Down'
Blackpink are back in your area. The K-pop group returned with a midnight drop of their new album, Born Pink, their second official full-length release and the follow up to 2021's The Album. While the superstar quartet dropped their spicy lead single “Pink Venom” ahead of today's drop, seven more tracks arrived in the new LP, including their next buzzy single, “Shut Down.” Loaded with confident lyrics and high energy, the song lives up to its title: throughout the track, the girls take turns telling their haters and doubters to take a seat.
“Praying for my downfall, many have tried, baby,” they sing in one line. “When we pull up you know it’s a shutdown,” they boast in another.
You can probably get away with saying that if you're Jennie, Lisa, Rosé, and Jisoo, Blackpink's four members. Since forming in 2016, the girls have broken records and achieved milestones left and right, including becoming the first K-pop girl group to perform at the VMAs and dropping the most-watched music video of the year (so far).
Behind all those achievements is a lot of hard work, though. “These days, we have no boundaries when it comes to work,” Jennie told ELLE last year. “Even on our days off, we’re basically at the studio recording.” Rosé jokingly added, “Life is work, and work is life!” Listening to “Shut Down” and Born Pink, it's clear that all their efforts have paid off.
For the cherry on top, the girls also released a new music video for “Shut Down,” complete with a bold wardrobe, color scheme, and attitude. A perfect match for the song.
Read the full lyrics to “Shut Down” below.
Blackpink in your area
Blackpink in your area
??? ?? ?? ? ????
???? ?? ??? ? ???
(It's not a comeback since we've never left
Heads turning, careful you'll strain your neck)
???? ?? (Pink ice) drip drip drip freeze ‘em on sight
Shut it down what what what what
??? ?? ? ?? ????
??? ? ?? ??? ? ???
(It's not a game since we've never lost
The leash on your neck is mine)
???? ?? (Flooring the gas) pedal we go two zero five
Shut it down uh uh uh uh
?? ?? ?? ?? ?? (Make it rain) Don’t trip, baby
???? ?? ???? (Be humble) Just sit, baby
Praying for my downfall, many have tried, baby
Catch me when you hear my Lamborghini go vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom
When we pull up you know it’s a shutdown
?? ??? ? ?? (Pull the shutter, lock the door) shut down
Whip it whip it whip it whip it
Whip it whip it whip it whip it
It’s black and it’s pink once the sun down
When we pull up you know it’s a shutdown
?? ??? ? ?? (Pull the shutter, lock the door) shut down
Whip it whip it whip it whip it
Whip it whip it whip it whip it
Keep watching me shut it down
Nah
You don’t wanna be on my bad side that’s right I’m slidin’ through
Bunch of wannabes that wanna be me, me three if I was you
Been around the world, pearls on ya girl, VVS's we invested uh
Need a lesson see the necklace, see these dresses
We don’t buy it we request it uh
A rockstar, a popstar but rowdier
Say bye to the paparazzi, get my good side, I'll smile for ya
Know it ain’t fair to ya, it’s scarin’ ya like what now
Blackpink in your area, the area been shut down. It’s a shutdown
? ?? ???? ??? ? (You're looking at your next answer key) don’t sleep baby
???? ?? ???? (Flip it over it's the price tag) ain’t cheap baby
Stay in your own lane ‘cause I’m ‘bout to swerve
Catch me when you hear my Lamborghini go vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom
When we pull up you know it’s a shutdown
?? ??? ? ?? (Pull the shutter, lock the door) shut down
Whip it whip it whip it whip it
Whip it whip it whip it whip it
It’s black and it’s pink once the sun down
When we pull up you know it’s a shutdown
?? ??? ? ?? (Pull the shutter, lock the door) shut down
Whip it whip it whip it whip it
Whip it whip it whip it whip it
Keep watching me shut it down
Shut it down Blackpink in your area
Shut it down woah woah woah woah
Shut it down Blackpink in your area
Keep talking we shut you down
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