The long-awaited solo from BLACKPINK's Jennie came along and was very well received by BLINKs everywhere.
2019, "Experience The Best Of 'Hallyu' With Globe", BusinessMirror, 26 January 2019, page A9:
This February 2, it is finally time for BLINKs to experience the K-pop revolution with Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa, as Globe brings the highest-charting female K-pop group BLACKPINK to Manila for their In Your Area tour.
2019, "7 reasons why we'll never forget BLACKPINK in Manila", Edge Davao, 20 February 2019, page A2:
BLACKPINK's first concert in Manila was definitely one for the books and BLINKs can only hope the four girls can come back sooner with brand new hit songs!
2019, Yuan Jun Chee, "K-pop has well and truly arrived on America's shores", The Tufts Daily (Tufts University), 24 April 2019, page 5:
Fandoms like BTS' ARMY, EXO's EXO-L, BLACKPINK's BLINKS and TWICE's ONCE provide individual fans with a community to interact with like-minded peers.
2019, Kevin Song, "BlackPinks comeback confirms they're here to 'Stay'", Falconer (Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, California), 26 April 2019, page A8:
Many Blinks frantically refreshed multiple tabs of the ticket sales site on several devices just to secure a ticket to BlackPink's world tour in a cutthroat battle against thousands of other Blinks.
2019, Larissa Barreto Cavalcante, "Blackpink Makes its Mark in America", The Skyline View (Skyline College, San Bruno, California), 2 May 2019, page 6:
It was also during the festival that people got to know some famous Blinks (fans of the group).
A treat for all Blinks, the smartphone comes with Blackpink themes and stickers, there's also a free CD in its specially-designed box.
2020, Ricky Gallardo, "SB19, Blackpink soar higher than ever", BusinessMirror, 5 July 2020, page B4:
The Korean quartet are also the most-subscribed music group artist on YouTube, with just a little less than 40 million subscribers who call themselves as Blinks.
