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Saturday, March 22 2025

BLACKPINK is a K-Pop girl group who made it big in the United States around 2018 after signing with Interscope Records. The group consists of four young women; Jisoo (vocalist), Jennie (rapper/vocalist), Rosè (dancer/vocalist), and Lisa (rapper/dancer/vocalist). Surprisingly, Jisoo is the only member who was completely born and raised in Korea. All of the other members were Third Culture Kids (TCKs) and are now Adult TCKs.

TCKs Within the Group

Jennie was born in Seoul, Korea, but moved to New Zealand at the age of 10, according to marieclaire.com. She then moved back to South Korea at the age of 15 when she decided she wanted to be a performer.

Rosè is a New Zealand citizen who has also spent a considerable amount of time growing up in Australia. She moved to Korea when she was 16 to begin her music career.

Lisa is originally from Thailand. She is fluent in multiple languages including Japanese, English, Thai, and South Korean according to capitalfm.com. She, like the other girls in the group, moved to South Korea to start her music career.

BLACKPINK’s Global Mobility

This K-Pop group is one of the first and biggest to reach the U.S. with their music. From having their songs go viral on TikTok, to playing at Coachella in 2019. Some of this success may be because they signed with Interscope Records a few years ago, just before they blew up. In an interview with Forbes, John Janick (CEO of Interscope Records) says ““BLACKPINK are global superstars in the making. The music and visuals are so immediately striking and so different from anything else happening in pop music. We are beyond excited to partner with YG in pursuit of their vision for BLACKPINK world domination.”

As we can tell, there are multiple language barriers that these girls can break. as a group. We can also see that their TCK identities have contributed to this. When you have a group that is well traveled and diverse, it makes global and cultural mobility easier to accomplish. It is likely that any of these girls could have been successful on their own, but have become a powerhouse together.

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Jessica Powley

Jessica is a TCK adult and felt a strong connection to Culturs Magazine as soon as she saw it. Her first thought was "I didn't know so many people could relate to me, I feel like I could contribute to this!" Growing up, she went to school in America for her most developing years. But during those years, she spent months each summer living in Japan. With a mother who was born and raised in Japan and a father who grew up in America, she didn't realize her cultural identity was different from her peers until her later teen years. Jessica also lived and studied in Australia in her later teen years, forming strong emotional ties with the country. After moving back to America, she found a strong desire to travel and experience different cultures. Other than returning to her two host countries, university made it hard to travel the world. But the desire and the memories of her host countries still persist.

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