THE ALBUM

"THE ALBUM" is the first Korean studio album and second album overall by South Korean girl group BLACKPINK. It was released on October 2, 2020, through YG and Interscope, with "Lovesick Girls" serving as the title track.
==Background==
On May 18, 2020, YG Entertainment revealed BLACKPINK would be doing a three-part comeback. It began in June with the pre-release single "How You Like That" and ended in September. YG revealed that BLACKPINK had recorded more than 10 new songs for their upcoming album. Their first song was to be released in mid-June as a pre-release single. The second song was scheduled to release in late July or August. Finally their full length album was originally revealed to be released in September with no exact date.
On July 23, it was revealed that BLACKPINK were preparing for another single in their three-part comeback after the successful release of "How You Like That". YG released a teaser with the girls above and an empty space with the word "Featuring". It is the second part in the three-part comeback. Reporters also suspected they would collaborate with Selena Gomez, but no official statement had been announced. Later, the song was confirmed to feature Selena Gomez, proving theories right. On August 21, the song's title was revealed to be "Ice Cream". Ariana Grande and Victoria Monét both revealed that they had helped write lyrics for the song.
On July 28, YG dropped a teaser image and the album cover for their long awaited studio album, titled THE ALBUM set for release on October 2, 2020. It will be the final part for their three-part comeback after "How You Like That" and "Ice Cream".
On September 27, it was announced that BLACKPINK will be holding a comeback live event on October 1. On September 28, it was announced that "Lovesick Girls" will be the title track on their upcoming album.. Later that day they also released the album's track list, which revealed that both Jennie and Jisoo participated in writing the lyrics for "Lovesick Girls".
BLACKPINK explained that "THE ALBUM" shows a more mature part of the group, through singing not only about love, but diverse emotions experienced by girls growing up.
==Track listing==
#"How You Like That"
#"Ice Cream" 
#"Wild Wings"
#"Pretty Savage"
#"Lovesick Girls"
#"Bet You Wanna" 
#"Crazy Over You"
# "Love To Hate Me"
# "One of Us"
#"You Never Know"
==Outtakes==
BLACKPINK recorded over 10 tracks for THE ALBUM but many didn't make the final cut. Some songs have been either leaked or teased at some point.
*"More Than You Know"
*"Maybe"
*"So Sorry"
*Unknown Song
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