Ddu-Du Ddu-Du

## *Square Up* Chronology

**"Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"** (Korean: 뚜두뚜두, ddu-du ddu-du) is a song by South Korean girl group BLACKPINK. It is the first and title track in the group's first mini-album *Square Up*. The single and its music video were released on June 15, 2018.

## Composition

The song is described by Billboard, as a "fierce hip-pop track overflowing with charisma" which "features a prominent trap beat". Forbes noted, the song has "combining crisp trap beats, breezy synth hooks and infectious vocal melodies." It was written and produced by Teddy and co-produced by Bekuh Boom, 24 and R.Tee.

## Music Video

On June 15 at 6 pm KST, "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" was released along with its music video through several music portals, including Melon in South Korea and iTunes for the global market. As of July 5, 2018, the music video has reached 142 million views on YouTube, making it the fastest music video by a kpop group to hit the milestone.

On June 18, the dance practice video for "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" was released on both Black Pink's official YouTube and V Live channel.

The music video became the most viewed online video in the first 24 hours by a Korean act and second by an any worldwide music video with more than 36.2 million within 24 hours after release.

On November 11, 2019, Ddu-Du Ddu-Du's music video hit 1 billion views. Blackpink is the first K-pop group, second girl group, and fourth music group overall to accomplish this.

On February 23, 2021, DDU-DU DDU-DU's music video broke another record and passed the 1.5 billion mark.

## Background and Release

On June 11, 2018 teaser photos were released for the upcoming mini-album Square Up throughout June 13. On June 14, their teaser video for the music video was released. On June 15, BLACKPINK attended a press meeting. The members stated some things they had to do for the comeback and more about it. Jisoo described the song as a song that will leave a "good impression".

On June 16, it was official that after 24 hours after release BLACKPINK broke the most viewed K-pop girl group music video record at a total of 33 million views. The song only fell behind being the most viewed by BTS's "Fake Love" which reached 35 million views.

## Charts

### Weekly charts

 China (QQ Music)
 France Download (SNEP)
 Japan (Japan Hot 100)
 Malaysia (RIM)
 New Zealand Heatseekers (RMNZ)
 Russia (Tophit)
 Scotland (OCC)
 Singapore (RIAS)
 South Korea (Hot 100)
 South Korea (Gaon)
 South Korea Download Chart (Gaon)
 UK Singles Chart
 US Billboard Hot 100
 Top Triller US (Billboard)
 US World Digital Songs (Billboard)

### Mid year charts

 Chart (2019)
 South Korea (Gaon)

### Year-end charts

 South Korea (Gaon)
 Chart (2019)
 South Korea (Gaon)

## Awards and nominations

### **Melon Popularity Award**

 July 16, 2018

## Lyrics

 Jisoo   Jennie   Rosé   Lisa

* Hangul
* Romanization
* English

착한 얼굴에 그렇지 못한 태도

가녀린 몸매 속 가려진 Volume은 두 배로

거침없이 직진 굳이 보진 않지 눈치

Black 하면 Pink 우린 예쁘장한 Savage

원할 땐 대놓고 뺏지

넌 뭘 해도 칼로 물 베기

두 손엔 가득한 Fat check

궁금하면 해봐 Fact check

눈 높인 꼭대기

물 만난 물고기

좀 독해 난 Toxic

You 혹해 I’m foxy

두 번 생각해

흔한 남들처럼 착한 척은 못 하니까

착각하지 마

쉽게 웃어주는 건 날 위한 거야

아직은 잘 모르겠지

굳이 원하면 Test me

넌 불 보듯이 뻔해

만만한 걸 원했다면

Oh wait til’ I do what I do

Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du

Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du

지금 내가 걸어가는 거린

BLACKPINK 4 way 사거리

동서남북 사방으로 Run it

너네 버킷리스트 싹 다 I bought it

널 당기는 것도 멀리 밀치는 것도

제멋대로 하는 Bad girl

좋건 싫어하건 누가 뭐라 하던

When the bass drop it’s another banger

두 번 생각해

흔한 남들처럼 착한 척은 못 하니까

착각하지 마

쉽게 웃어주는 건 날 위한 거야

아직은 잘 모르겠지

굳이 원하면 Test me

넌 불 보듯이 뻔해

만만한 걸 원했다면

Oh wait til’ I do what I do

Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du

Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du

What you gonna do

When I come come through with that that uh uh huh

What you gonna do

When I come come through with that that uh uh huh

뜨거워 뜨거워 뜨거워 Like fire

뜨거워 뜨거워 뜨거워 Like fire

뜨거워 뜨거워 뜨거워 Like fire

뜨거워 뜨거워 뜨거워 Like fire

Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du

chakan eolgure geureochi motan taedo

ganyeorin mommae sok garyeojin Volume-eun du baero

geochimeopshi jikjin guji bojin anchi nunchi

Black hamyeon Pink urin yeppeujanghan Savage

weonhal ttaen daenoko ppaetji

neon mweol haedo kallo mul begi

du sonen gadeukan Fat check

gunggeumhamyeon haebwa Fact check

nun nopin kkokdaegi

mul mannan mulgogi

jom dokae nan Toxic

You hokae I’m foxy

du beon saenggakae

heunhan namdeulcheoreom chakan cheogeun mot hanikka

chakkakaji ma

shwipge useojuneun geon nal wihan geoya

ajigeun jal moreugetji

guji weonhamyeon Test me

neon bul bodeushi ppeonhae

manmanan geol weonhaettamyeon

Oh wait til’ I do what I do

Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du

Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du

jigeum naega georeoganeun georin

BLACKPINK 4 way sageori

dongseonambuk sabangeuro Run it

neone beogisriseuteu ssak da I bought it

neol danggineun geotto meolli milchineun geotto

jemeottaero haneun Bad girl

jogeon shireohageon nuga mweora hadeon

When the bass drop it’s another banger

du beon saenggakae

heunhan namdeulcheoreom chakan cheogeun mot hanikka

chakkakaji ma

shwipge useojuneun geon nal wihan geoya

ajigeun jal moreugetji

guji weonhamyeon Test me

neon bul bodeushi ppeonhae

manmanan geol weonhaettamyeon

Oh wait til’ I do what I do

Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du

Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du

What you gonna do

When I come come through with that that uh uh huh

What you gonna do

When I come come through with that that uh uh huh

tteugeoweo tteugeoweo tteugeoweo Like fire

tteugeoweo tteugeoweo tteugeoweo Like fire

tteugeoweo tteugeoweo tteugeoweo Like fire

tteugeoweo tteugeoweo tteugeoweo Like fire

Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du

My face is kind but not my attitude

Thin body frames with hidden volume twice as much

We go forward without holding back, no need to be cautious

Black then Pink, we’re pretty savages

If I want it, I’ll take it from you straight up

Even if you want something, it’s like cutting water with a sword

In my hands is a fat check

If you’re curious, do a fact check

My standards are way up top

Like a fish in water

I’m kind of intense, I’m toxic

You fall for me, I’m foxy

Think twice

Cuz I can’t act nice like everyone else

Don’t misunderstand

My easy smiles are for myself

You still don’t really know

But if you really want me, test me

It’s obvious, like looking at fire

If you wanted something easy

Oh wait til’ I do what I do

Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du

Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du

The path I’m walking on right now

Is a BLACKPINK 4 way intersection

East, West, North, South, all around, we run it

All of your bucket lists, I bought it all

When I pull you, I do it from far away

When I push you away, I do it legit like a bad girl

Whether you like it or not, no matter what anyone says

When the bass drop it’s another banger

Think twice

Cuz I can’t act nice like everyone else

Don’t misunderstand

My easy smiles are for myself

You still don’t really know

But if you really want me, test me

It’s obvious, like looking at fire

If you wanted something easy

Oh wait til’ I do what I do

Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du

Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du

What you gonna do

When I come come through with that that uh uh huh

What you gonna do

When I come come through with that that uh uh huh

Hot hot hot like fire

Hot hot hot like fire

Hot hot hot like fire

Hot hot hot like fire

Hit you with that ddu-du ddu-du du

## Video Gallery

* Teaser
* Music Video
* Behind the Scenes
* Dance Practice
* Performances
* Other

BLACKPINK - ‘뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)’ M V TEASERMV Teaser.

BLACKPINK - ‘뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)’ M V

BLACKPINK - '뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)' M V MAKING FILMMV Making Film

BLACKPINK - '뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)' DANCE PRACTICE VIDEO (MOVING VER.)"Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" Dance Practice (Moving Ver.)

Comeback Stage BLACKPINK - DDU-DU DDU-DU , 블랙핑크 - 뚜두뚜두 Show Music core 20180616Show Music Core 180616《Comeback Special》 BLACKPINK(블랙핑크) - DDU-DU DDU-DU(뚜두뚜두) @인기가요 Inkigayo 20180617SBS Inkigayo 180617HOT BLACKPINK - DDU-DU DDU-DU , 블랙핑크 - 뚜두뚜두 Show Music core 20180623Show Music Core 180623《POWERFUL》 BLACKPINK(블랙핑크) - DDU-DU DDU-DU(뚜두뚜두) @인기가요 Inkigayo 20180624SBS Inkigayo 180624HOT BLACKPINK - DDU-DU DDU-DU , 블랙핑크 - 뚜두뚜두 Show Music core 20180630Show Music Core 180630BLACKPINK - ‘뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)’ 0701 SBS Inkigayo NO.1 OF THE WEEKSBS Inkigayo 180701HOT 쇼음악중심 BLACKPINK - DDU-DU DDU-DU , 블랙핑크 - 뚜두뚜두 Show Music core 20180707Show Music Core 180707HOT 쇼 음악중심 BLACKPINK - DDU-DU DDU-DU , 블랙핑크 - 뚜두뚜두 Show Music core 20180714Show Music Core 180714시선을 사로잡는 블랙핑크의 카리스마 무대 ‘뚜두뚜두’ @슈퍼콘서트in수원 2회 20181101SBS Super Concert 181101믿고보는MMA 예쁜애 옆에 예쁜애 블랙핑크(BLACKPICK) - 뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)Melon Music Awards 2018BLACKPINK - 'SOLO' '뚜두뚜두(DDU-DU DDU-DU)' 'FOREVER YOUNG' in 2018 SBS GayodaejunSBS Gayo Daejun 2018BLACKPINK Performs 'Ddu-du Ddu-du'The Late Show with Stephen ColbertBLACKPINK - '뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)' 2019 Coachella Live PerformanceCoachella 2019

BLACKPINK - 'SQUARE UP' JENNIE MOVING POSTER"Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" Jennie moving poster.BLACKPINK - 'SQUARE UP' LISA MOVING POSTER"Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" Lisa moving poster.
## Trivia/Achievements

* The single is peaked number 1 on iTunes in 44 countries and peaked number 1 on all Korean charts.
* It is the first single released by a Korean girl group to enter the UK official singles chart.
* The single was ranked number 1 on the China's QQ music chart.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du is BLACKPINK's second song to get a PAK (Perfect All Kill).
* With 93 Perfect All Kills (PAK), Ddu-Du Ddu-Du is the 14th song with the most PAKs.
	+ It is the second song with the most PAK (Perfect All-Kills) for a female group overall.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du debuted at #55 in the US Billboard Hot 100, being the third K-Pop act and the second girl group in the history of K-pop.
* The Ddu-Du Ddu-Du dance practice has over 400 million views on YouTube.
	+ It's the first dance practice by a K-pop act to reach 100 million views.
* Ddu-Du-Ddu-Du is featured in Just Dance 2019.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du has over 1.9 billion views on YouTube. It's the first K-Pop Group M/V to hit 700, 800, 900 million, 1 billion, 1.4 billion, 1.5 billion 1.6 billion, 1.7 billion, 1.8 billion, and 1.9 billion views.
	+ The music video reached 36.2 million views in 24 hours, setting the record for the sixth most viewed K-pop female group music video in its first 24 hours.
	+ It hit 10 million views in just 6 hours and 15 minutes, making it the second fastest time to reach the milestone for a Kpop music video released in 2018.
	+ The music video reached 100 million views 10 days after being released, making it the seventh fastest Kpop music video by a female act. It's also the fifth fastest music video by a Kpop female act to reach 200 million which did it in 33 days.
	+ It' the 25th most viewed video by a female artist on YouTube.
	+ It's the most viewed music video by a K-pop Group on YouTube.
	+ It's the second most viewed music video by a K-pop act after 'Gangnam Style' by PSY. It's also the 29th most viewed female music video.
	+ It's the BLACKPINK’s fastest music video to reach 1 billion views. (514 days)
* Ddu-Du-Ddu-Du is the first K-pop girl group song to be certified Gold in the United States.
* The M/V surpassed 21 million likes on YouTube. It is BLACKPINK’s third most liked song on the platform.
	+ It is the 15th most liked music video on YouTube overall.
	+ It's the first music video by Kpop girl group to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 , 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 million likes on YouTube
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du has 235.6 million streams and 5.9 million unique listeners on MelOn. The song has the third highest unique listeners by a Kpop female group.
	+ It got 1,015,669 unique listeners in the first 24 hours, making it BLACKPINK's second highest unique listeners in the first 24 hours.
* The single is the second most-streamed girl group song on MelOn, and is currently the most-streamed 2018 girl group song.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du has over 500 million streams on Spotify. It's their 4th song to do so.
	+ It gained 100 million streams on Spotify in 2020 alone.
	+ It’s the 12th most streamed song by a female group on the platform.
	+ It’s the eighth most streamed song by a K-Pop artist on the platform.
	+ It's the 13th most streamed song by a Kpop female act in 2021.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du was the most downloaded 2018 group song in 2020 on Gaon Download Year-End Chart.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du surpassed 245,000 likes on MelOn. This is BLACKPINK’s most liked song on MelOn. It's also the second most liked song for a female group on MelOn.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du surpassed 2.839 million unique listeners on Genie. It’s the only song released in 2018 by a female group with the most unique listeners.
	+ It has the most unique listeners for a song released in 2018 by a Kpop group.
* With over 83.5 million streams, Ddu-Du Ddu-Du is the most streamed song by a female group and the fifth most streamed song by an idol group on Genie.
	+ It's the 32nd most streamed song on Genie.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du spent 90 weeks on Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart. It's the first song by a 3rd generation K-pop female group to achieve this.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Duv spent 30 days at #1 on MelOn's daily chart.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du spent 50 weeks in the top 100 on MelOn weekly chart, making it BLACKPINK's third longest-running song.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du spent 327 days in the top 100 on MelOn daily chart, making it the 10th longest-running song by a girl group.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du spent 38 weeks in the top 50 on MelOn weekly charts, making it the sixth longest running song by a female group.
* Ariana Grande added Ddu-Du Ddu-Du to Apple Music's ‘Who Runs The World’ playlist.
* Ddu-Du-Ddu-Du is the fourth song with the most days in Melon’s top 10 for a 3rd generation group. (108 days)
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du spent 1659 hours in the top 5 on Genie.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du spent 64 weeks in the top 100 on Genie weekly chart, making it the sixth song with the most weeks by a female group.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du has over 128 million on-demand streams in the US.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du ties with How You Like That in spending 16 weeks in the top 10 on MelOn weekly chart, making it BLACKPINK’s second song with the most weeks on the chart. It's the fourth longest charting song by a girl group.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du has been certified for Platinum Streaming by Gaon for over 100 million streams.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du has been certified for Platinum Download by Gaon for over 2.5 million downloads.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du enters the Top 100 most viewed music videos of all time. BLACKPINK is the only K-pop group in the top 100.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du debuted at #9 on the Worldwide iTunes Chart.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du has over 1.3 million shazams on Shazam. It's the fourth most shazamed song by a Kpop female act.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du sold over 200,000 units in the UK making it certified silver. It is BLACKPINK’s third song to achieve this.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du has been certified in 4 countries (US, Japan, UK, South Korea) out of the 10 biggest music markets. It's the only Korean female act song to do so.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du has sold over 1 million units in the United States, making it eligible for Platinum.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du has sold over 6.5 million units in China.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du spent 72 days on Spotify Global Daily chart. It's the seventh longest charting song by a Korean female act.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du debuted at #64 on the Spotify Daily Global Top 200 Chart.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du has been certified Gold in Poland.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du -KR Ver.’ has been certified Gold by RIAJ in Japan.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du ranks at #13 on MelOn Top 100 K-Pop Masterpieces list. It’s the highest for a 3rd generation girl group.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du spent 12 weeks in the top 5 on Gaon Digital Chart, making it the longest charting song by a Kpop group.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Global Excl. US chart, making it the sixth longest charting song by a Kpop female group.
* Ddu-Du Ddu-Du spent 72 days in the top 200 on Global Spotify, making it the ninth longest charting song by a Kpop female act.

## References

1. ↑ BLACKPINK kicks off on long awaited comeback
2. ↑ BLACKPINK comments on long awaited comeback
3. ↑ **Ddu-Du Ddu-Du** becomes most viewed girl group m/v in 24 hours
4. ↑  BLACKPINK Makes History As “DDU-DU DDU-DU” Becomes 1st K-Pop Group MV Ever To Hit 1.8 Billion Views