Ice Cream

**Ice Cream** is a collaboration between BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez. It was released on August 28, 2020. It serves as the second pre-release single and the second track of BLACKPINK's debut Korean studio album, The Album.

The song is described as an "electro/bubblegum pop track comparing the sweet charms of the five singers to ice cream, telling that even it’s cold on the outside, they are feisty when you taste it."

The dessert-themed video also finds Selena dressed in a sailor suit as an Ice-Cream truck’s employee, with the K-Pop stars in stylish and colorful outfits, showcasing their choreographed moves.

## Music Video

The music video for "Ice Cream" was directed by frequent director and collaborator Seo Hyun-seung. It garnered 79.08 million views in its first 24 hours, marking the third biggest 24-hour debut for a music video on the platform. BLACKPINK's scenes were filmed in South Korea, while the scenes featuring Gomez were filmed separately in the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Background and Release

On July 23, 2020, a teaser poster for a new collaboration single between BLACKPINK and an unnamed artist , set to be released in August was posted on BLACKPINK's social media accounts. Later, on August 12, 2020, the unnamed artist was revealed to be American singer Selena Gomez. On August 21, 2020, it was revealed that the title of the collaboration would be "Ice Cream".

## Lyrics

* Hangul
* Romanization
* English

Come a little closer 'cause you lookin' thirsty

I'ma make it better, sip it like a Slurpee

Snow cone chilly, get it free like Willy (Oh)

In the jeans like Billie, you be poppin' like a wheelie

Even in the sun, you know I keep it icy

You could take a lick, but it's too cold to bite me (Haha)

Brr, brr, frozen, you're the one been chosen

Play the part like Moses, keep it fresh like roses (Oh)

Look so good, yeah, look so sweet (Hey)

Lookin' good, enough to eat

Coldest with the kiss, so he call me ice cream

Catch me in the fridge, right where the ice be

Look so good, yeah, look so sweet (Hey)

Baby, you deserve a treat

Diamonds on my wrist, so he call me ice cream

You could double-dip 'cause I know you like me}}

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream chillin'

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream chillin'

I know that my heart can be so cold

But I'm sweet for you, come put me in a cone (In a cone)

You're the only touch, yeah, that get me meltin'

He's my favorite flavor, always gonna pick him

You're the cherry piece, just stay on top of me, so

I can't see nobody else for me, no

Get it, flip it, scoop it, do it like that, oh yeah oh yeah

Like it, love it, lick it, do it like la-la-la, oh yeah

Look so good, yeah, look so sweet (Hey)

Lookin' good, enough to eat

Coldest with the kiss, so he call me ice cream

Catch me in the fridge, right where the ice be

Look so good, yeah, look so sweet (Hey)

Baby, you deserve a treat

Diamonds on my wrist, so he call me ice cream

You could double-dip 'cause I know you like me

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream chillin'

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream chillin'

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream chillin'

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream

Chillin' like a villain, yeah, I ra-ra-ra

미친 미친듯한 속도 in my La Ferra'

너무 빨러 너는 삐끗 원한다면 그냥 지름

Millis, billis 매일 벌음 한여름 손목에 얼음

Keep it movin' like my lease up

Think you fly, boy, where your visa?

Mona Lisa kinda Lisa

Needs an ice cream man that treats her

Keep it movin' like my lease up

Think you fly, boy, where your visa?

Mona Lisa kinda Lisa

Needs an ice cream man that treats her (Hey)

Na, na-na-na-na

Na, na-na-na-na (Hey)

Ice on my wrist, yeah, I like it like this

Get the bag with the cream

If you know what I mean

Ice cream, ice cream, ice cream chillin'

Na, na-na-na-na

Na, na-na-na-na (Hey)

Ice on my wrist, yeah, I like it like this

And I'm nice with the cream

If you know what I mean

Ice cream, ice cream

Ice cream

Come a little closer 'cause you lookin' thirsty

I'ma make it better, sip it like a Slurpee

Snow cone chilly, get it free like Willy (Oh)

In the jeans like Billie, you be poppin' like a wheelie

Even in the sun, you know I keep it icy

You could take a lick, but it's too cold to bite me (Haha)

Brr, brr, frozen, you're the one been chosen

Play the part like Moses, keep it fresh like roses (Oh)

Look so good, yeah, look so sweet (Hey)

Lookin' good, enough to eat

Coldest with the kiss, so he call me ice cream

Catch me in the fridge, right where the ice be

Look so good, yeah, look so sweet (Hey)

Baby, you deserve a treat

Diamonds on my wrist, so he call me ice cream

You could double-dip 'cause I know you like me

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream chillin'

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream chillin'

I know that my heart can be so cold

But I'm sweet for you, come put me in a cone (In a cone)

You're the only touch, yeah, that get me meltin'

He's my favorite flavor, always gonna pick him

You're the cherry piece, just stay on top of me, so

I can't see nobody else for me, no

Get it, flip it, scoop it, do it like that, oh yeah oh yeah

Like it, love it, lick it, do it like la-la-la, oh yeah

Look so good, yeah, look so sweet (Hey)

Lookin' good, enough to eat

Coldest with the kiss, so he call me ice cream

Catch me in the fridge, right where the ice be

Look so good, yeah, look so sweet (Hey)

Baby, you deserve a treat

Diamonds on my wrist, so he call me ice cream

You could double-dip 'cause I know you like me

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream chillin'

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream chillin'

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream chillin'

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream

Chillin' like a villain, yeah, I ra-ra-ra

michin michindeutan sokdo in my La Ferra'

neomu ppalleo neoneun ppikkot wonhandamyeon geunyang jireum

Millis, billis maeil beoreum hanyeoreum sonmoge eoreum

Keep it movin' like my lease up

Think you fly, boy, where your visa?

Mona Lisa kinda Lisa

Needs an ice cream man that treats her

Keep it movin' like my lease up

Think you fly, boy, where your visa?

Mona Lisa kinda Lisa

Needs an ice cream man that treats her (Hey)

Na, na-na-na-na

Na, na-na-na-na (Hey)

Ice on my wrist, yeah, I like it like this

Get the bag with the cream

If you know what I mean

Ice cream, ice cream, ice cream chillin'

Na, na-na-na-na

Na, na-na-na-na (Hey)

Ice on my wrist, yeah, I like it like this

And I'm nice with the cream

If you know what I mean

Ice cream, ice cream

Ice cream

Come a little closer 'cause you lookin' thirsty

I'ma make it better, sip it like a Slurpee

Snow cone chilly, get it free like Willy (Oh)

In the jeans like Billie, you be poppin' like a wheelie

Even in the sun, you know I keep it icy

You could take a lick, but it's too cold to bite me(Haha)

Brr, brr, frozen, you're the one been chosen

Play the part like Moses, keep it fresh like roses (Oh)

Look so good, yeah, look so sweet (Hey)

Lookin' good, enough to eat

Catch me in the fridge, right where the ice be

Look so good, yeah, look so sweet (Hey)

Baby, you deserve a treat

Diamonds on my wrist, so he call me ice cream

You could double-dip 'cause I know you like me

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream chillin'

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream chillin'

I know that my heart can be so cold

But I'm sweet for you, come put me in a cone (In a cone)

You're the only touch, yeah, that get me meltin'

He's my favorite flavor, always gonna pick him

You're the cherry piece, just stay on top of me, so

I can't see nobody else for me, no

Get it, flip it, scoop it, do it like that, oh yeah oh yeah

Like it, love it, lick it, do it like la-la-la, oh yeah

Look so good, yeah, look so sweet (Hey)

Lookin' good, enough to eat

Coldest with the kiss, so he call me ice cream

Catch me in the fridge, right where the ice be

Look so good, yeah, look so sweet (Hey)

Baby, you deserve a treat

Diamonds on my wrist, so he call me ice cream

You could double-dip 'cause I know you like me

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream chillin'

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream chillin'

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream chillin'

Ice cream chillin', chillin', ice cream

Chillin' like a villain, yeah, I ra-ra-ra

Going at a crazy speed in my La Ferra'

It's so fast, you don't want a detour

Millis, Billis every day, night and summer ice on your wrist

Keep it movin' like my lease up

Think you fly, boy, where your visa?

Mona Lisa kinda Lisa

Needs an ice cream man that treats her

Keep it movin' like my lease up

Think you fly, boy, where your visa?

Mona Lisa kinda Lisa

Needs an ice cream man that treats her (Hey)

Na, na-na-na-na (Hey)

Ice on my wrist, yeah, I like it like this

Get the bag with the cream

If you know what I mean

Ice cream, ice cream, ice cream chillin'

Na, na-na-na-na

Na, na-na-na-na (Hey)

Ice on my wrist, yeah, I like it like this

And I'm nice with the cream

If you know what I mean

Ice cream, ice cream

Ice cream

## Trivia/Achievements

* Ice Cream is tied for 3rd as the longest charting song by a Korean girl group in the U.K.
* Ice Cream debuted at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100. Making it their highest charting single in US and also the highest charting song by a K-Pop girl group.
* Ice Cream is BLACKPINK'S 8th music video to reach 500 million views.
	+ Ice Cream is the 15th most viewed official music video by a female group of all-time on YouTube (558.6M).
* Ice Cream ranks at #3 in the top 10 of all time M/V streams (79.8m views) in 24 hours of release.
* Ice Cream remained on the Billboard top 100 for 3 weeks in a row.
* Ice Cream is the longest charting song for a Korean girl group in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, spending 8 consecutive weeks on the chart. This surpasses their own record where "Kill This Love" was on the charts for 4 consecutive.
* Ice Cream officially landed in the top 20 in the Mediabase pop radio charts.
* Ice Cream sold over 50,000 units in the U.K.
* Ice Cream was featured in Just Dance 2021.
* Ice Cream joins How You Like That and Sour Candy as the only songs by a Korean act to receive a Gold certification in Canada in 2020.
* Ice Cream sold over 500,000 units in the United States.
* Ice Cream surpassed 313 million streams on Spotify. It's the fifth most streamed song by a K-pop girl group.
	+ It is the second fastest song by a female group to hit 100 million streams on Spotify. (33 days)
	+ It is BLACKPINK’s fifth song to achieve this.
	+ It's the 16th most streamed all-female collaboration on Spotify.
* Ice Cream sold over 6 million units globally.
* Ice Cream spent 100 days on Spotify's Global chart. It's BLACKPINK's second song to achieve this in 2020.
* Rolling Stone ranked Ice Cream at #13 on their best songs of 2020 list.
* Billboard ranked Ice Cream at #74 on their 2020 Year-End List.
* Ice Cream surpassed 16 million likes on YouTube. It's their 4th music video to do so and the first all female collaboration in history to achieve this.
* Ice Cream surpassed 2.1 million unique listeners and 28.9 million streams on MelOn.
* Rolling Stones named Ice Cream as one of the best pop collaborations of 2020.
* Elite Daily ranked Ice Cream as the 9th Most Jaw-Dropping Music Video Of 2020 You'll Never Stop Re-Watching.
* Rolling Stones India named Ice Cream as the best K-Pop music video of 2020.
* Ice Cream has been certified 2X Gold by QQ Music China.
* Selling 1,405,780 digital copies, Ice Cream is the best selling collaboration song in China in 2020.
* Ice Cream sold 900,000 units in the US.
* Ice Cream was added to Apple Music 'K-Pop Hits: 2020' playlist at #13.
* Ice Cream gained over 111 million on-demand streams in the US.
* Ice Cream has over 1 billion combined streams across YouTube and Spotify.
* Ice Cream is the #1 most streamed female K-pop song and M/V in the US Apple Music.
* Ice Cream Dance Performance (in Zepeto) has surpassed 100 million views on YouTube. It is BLACKPINK’s 10th dance practice/performance video to achieve this and the first and only animated dance performance video in history.
* Ice Cream spent 15 weeks in the top 100 on MelOn weekly chart, making it BLACKPINK's 11th longest-running song.
* Ariana Grande added Ice Cream to Apple Music's "Who Runs The World" playlist.
* Ice Cream is eligible for Platinum in the United States for selling over 1 million copies.
* Ice Cream has 100 million on-demand audio streams in the United States.
* Ice Cream debuted at #2 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart.
* Ice Cream debuted at #8 on the Billboard Global 200.
* Ice Cream debuted at #6 on the Billboard Global 200 EXCL. US.
* Ice Cream has over 1.2 million unique listeners and 14.9 million streams on Genie.
* Ice Cream is eligible for diamond certification in Brazil.
* Ice Cream debuted at #1 on the Worldwide iTunes Chart.
* Ice Cream has surpassed 100 million views on YouTube in 2021 alone. It is BLACKPINK's 8th video to reach this milestone.
* Ice Cream is the 16th most streamed female collaboration on Spotify.
* Ice Cream surpassed 906,000 streams on Shazam.
* Ice Cream is the sixth song for a female act with the most #1’s on iTunes. (55)
* Ice Cream has been certified Silver for over 30 million streams in Japan. It becomes the group’s 7th song to score a RIAJ streaming certification

## References

1. ↑ Ice cream tops charts in the U.K.
2. ↑ Blackpink on Billboard's top 100
3. ↑ Ice Cream ranks in the top 8 M/V's to reach 500m views
4. ↑ Ice Cream streams in 24 hours
5. ↑ Ice Cream on the Billboard top 100 charts
6. ↑ Ice Cream enters top 20 in pop radio
7. ↑ Rolling Stone Best songs of 2020
8. ↑ Billboard: Top 100 Best Songs of 2020
9. ↑ Rolling Stones Best Collaboration 2020
10. ↑ Elite Daily 10 jaw-dropping m/v's in 2020
11. ↑ Rolling Stones India Best and Worst of 2020