Square Up

* Digital/Pink Ver.
* Black Ver.

**Square Up** is the first Korean mini-album by BLACKPINK. It is available in two versions and contains 4 tracks, with "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" and "Forever Young" serving as the album's double title tracks. "**Square Up**", which means "*stick together*" and "*prepare to fight*", has a message of "*let's stand up to the challenge*", exploring a mature concept. The album was released digitally on June 15, 2018, and physically on June 20, 2018.

## Track list

#### Digital version:

1. "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du (뚜두뚜두)" - 3:29
2. "Forever Young" - 3:57
3. "Really" - 3:17
4. "See U Later" - 3:18

#### Physical version:

1. "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du (뚜두뚜두)" - 3:29
2. "Forever Young" - 3:57
3. "Really" - 3:17
4. "See U Later" - 3:18
5. "As If It's Your Last" (마지막처럼) - 3:33 - Physical Edition Hidden Track

#### ****Square Up**** - Physical Edition Hidden Track

5. "As If It's Your Last" (마지막처럼) - 3:33 - Physical Edition Hidden Track

## Background And Release

On April 24, 2018, CEO of YG Entertainment, Yang Hyun-suk raised expectations of the group's comeback via SNS stating that by the end of this year Black Pink will return with new music soon. And on May 17, he revealed the month of June for the release while answering fan asked questions on SNS. It wasn't until May 25, he confirmed the date June 15 and revealed the album.

On June 1, the album's moving poster was unveiled, followed by full track list on June 5 and the individual moving poster of the members simultaneously.

## Promotion

In the afternoon of June 15, Black Pink held a press conference for the release of "Square Up" at M-CUBE, Sinsa-dong, Seoul. On the same day, one hour prior to the EP's release a countdown special live was broadcast on Naver's V LIVE broadcasting site featuring Black Pink discussing the new music. It garnered over 850,000 viewers. On June 16, "Blackpink Area", a Square Up concept pop-up store was made public to the fans, at the same location where Blackpink House was filmed, for 9 days. It was further announced that the group will be appearing as guests on JTBC's Idol Room to promote their EP, making their debut on the show.

Black Pink held their comeback stage on MBC's Show! Music Core on June 16 and on SBS's Inkigayo on June 17 featuring performances of both title tracks "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" and "Forever Young", and will further continue promoting on various music programs in Korea.

## Charts

### Weekly charts

 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)
 Canadian Albums (Billboard)
 French Albums (SNEP)
 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)
 Japanese Albums (Oricon)
 Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)
 Japan (Oricon)
 South Korean Albums (Gaon)
 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)
 US Billboard 200
 US Digital Albums (Billboard)
 US Independent Albums (Billboard)
 US World Album (Billboard)

### Year-end charts

 US World Albums (Billboard)
 Chart (2019)
 South Korean Albums (Gaon)

## Links

### Videos

#### Official

* BLACKPINK - ‘뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)’ M/V TEASER
* BLACKPINK - 1st MINI ALBUM 'SQUARE UP' SAMPLER
* BLACKPINK - '뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)' M/V MAKING FILM
* BLACKPINK - '뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)' M/V
* BLACKPINK - '뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)' DANCE PRACTICE VIDEO (MOVING VER.)
* BLACKPINK - 'Forever Young' DANCE PRACTICE VIDEO (MOVING VER.)
* BLACKPINK - ‘SQUARE UP’ FAN SIGNING DAY IN GOYANG
* BLACKPINK - ‘SQUARE UP’ FAN SIGNING DAY IN YEOUIDO

#### Moving Poster

* BLACKPINK - 'SQUARE UP' ROSÉ MOVING POSTER
* BLACKPINK - 'SQUARE UP' JISOO MOVING POSTER
* BLACKPINK - 'SQUARE UP' JENNIE MOVING POSTER
* BLACKPINK - 'SQUARE UP' LISA MOVING POSTER

#### Focused Cam

* BLACKPINK - LISA '뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)' FOCUSED CAMERA
* BLACKPINK - JENNIE '뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)' FOCUSED CAMERA
* BLACKPINK - ROSE '뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)' FOCUSED CAMERA
* BLACKPINK - JISOO '뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)' FOCUSED CAMERA

* "뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU)"
* "Forever Young"
* "REALLY"
* "See U Later"

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## Trivia/Achievements

* Square Up has over 1 billion streams on Spotify. It's the third album by a Korean female act to reach this milestone, joining Kill This Love and The Album as the only albums to do so.
	+ It's also the second album by a Korean female act to surpass 500 and 600 million streams.
	+ Square Up gained 199,168,486 streams in 2020 on Spotify. It's the fourth most streamed female K-pop group album in 2020.
	+ It gained over 182 million streams in 2021, making it the seventh most streamed album in 2021 by a Kpop female artist.
* With 412 million streams, Square Up is the most second most streamed/liked album by a female group on MelOn after The Album.
* Square Up is the first and only album by a female group where all the tracks (4) surpassed 50,000 likes on MelOn.
* Square Up has over 2.2 billion digital points on Gaon. It's the first album by a Korean girl group to achieve this.
* Square Up got 52 #1's on iTunes. It's the third album by a Korean girl group and fifth by a girl group with the most #1's.
* Square Up spent 1 week on the Billboard 200.
* Square Up has been certified Platinum by Gaon for over 250,000 copies sold.
* Overall, Square Up has sold 400,000 copies on Gaon. It is the fourth best selling physical album by a YG artist overall.
* Square Up has sold over 100,000 equivalent album units worldwide in 2021 so far.
* Square Up is the second most streamed K-Pop girl group album with over 3.2 billion total global streams.
* Square Up is the 14th most streamed album by a female artist released in 2018 on Spotify.
* Square Up (437K) is the best selling album by a female group on Gaon released in 2018.
* Square Up sold over 2.7 million equivalent album units worldwide, making it the 28th best-selling album released in 2018 worldwide.
* Square Up spent 22 weeks on the Billboard World Albums chart.
* Square Up has over 45,000 likes on MelOn.
* Square Up spent 446 days on the Worldwide Apple Music Album Chart, making it the second longest charting album by a Korean female act.