BLACKPINK is without doubt one of the most well-known bands on the planet, however there’s a motive we don’t know a lot about their romantic lives. BLINKs imagine lack of understanding round BLACKPINK’s courting historical past is due to YG Leisure’s “courting ban,” which prohibits some YG Leisure artists, equivalent to BLACKPINK, from having romantic relationships whereas within the band.
BLACKPINK confirmed this in an interview on JYP’s Occasion Folks in 2017, the place the band additionally revealed that they’ll’t smoke, drink, go to golf equipment or get tattoos or cosmetic surgery. Nevertheless, Jennie did notice that there’s an exception to the ban, which is that any rule may be damaged so long as YG Leisure’s former CEO Yang Hyun-Suk offers his permission.
This exception was evident when the members instructed the hosts of Occasion Folks that they went to a membership and drank for the primary time since their debut after they visited Park Jin Younger on a club-like set. (Although it wasn’t an actual membership, the members had been nonetheless very excited.) “We broke two taboos at this time, consuming and clubbing. It’s a historic day,” Jennie mentioned on the time, whereas Lisa added, “It’s my first time at a membership.”
That mentioned, we perceive why BLACKPINK‘s members have put their romantic lives on the again burner for the previous few years. As one of the crucial well-known acts in Okay-pop proper now, it is smart that BLACKPINK is extra centered on their profession. Although that hasn’t stopped the numerous, many courting rumors about them over time. Discover out all the pieces Lisa, Jisoo, Jennie and Rosé have mentioned about courting and relationships forward.
Jennie
The rapper and singer dated EXO’s Kai from October 2018 to January 2019. SM Leisure, EXO’s administration firm, confirmed the couple’s relationship in December 2018 after the 2 had been photographed on a date collectively. (Followers began to invest about their relationship in October 2018 after Kai and Jennie each posted romantic images in entrance of the Eiffel Tower in Paris across the identical time.) Nevertheless, by January 2019, the romance was over. SM Leisure confirmed towards the tip of the month that the 2 had been no lengthy courting. “It’s true that Kai and Jennie have lately parted methods,” the corporate mentioned in a press release. As for why they broke up, a supply instructed Naver on the time that the 2 cut up due to their schedules. The insider claimed that Kai and Jennie wished to deal with their careers however they ended their relationship as buddies.
In February 2021, Dispatch, a South Korean media outlet, reported that Jennie and BIGBANG’s G-Dragon had been courting for a yr. The 2 beforehand collaborated on his 2013 music “BLACK.” In line with Dispatch, G-Dragon had a private car parking zone and a non-public elevator at his penthouse, which Jennie would use go to him in secret. The outlet reported that Jennie would usually go to G-Dragon’s home after her each day schedule for BLACKPINK. In line with Dispatch, YG Leisure knew of Jennie and G-Dragon’s relationship. The outlet additionally reported that Jennie’s supervisor, in addition to G-Dragon’s supervisor, would usually drive her to and from his home. Dispatch first noticed Jennie leaving G-Dragon’s home on January 31, 2021, the day of BLACKPINK’s on-line live performance, “The Present.” The outlet reported that they noticed Jennie leaving G-Dragon’s home that morning to go to the live performance venue. G-Dragon’s automobile was additionally seen on the venue, in accordance with Dispatch. “Fairly lots of people at YG have observed their relationship,” a supply instructed Dispatch. “Jennie’s mom can also be conscious of her relationship with G-Dragon. She’s grateful that he takes particular care of her.”
In response to the rumors, YG Leisure launched this assertion: “We cannot affirm something about our artists’ private lives. We ask to your understanding.”
Jennie was rumored to be courting V of BTS in 2022 and a part of 2023. Rumors began to unfold when V adopted Jennie on Instagram on December 6, 2021. The reported motive why V and Jennie reportedly broke up is due to his upcoming enlistment-which is smart as a result of in South Korea, each able-bodied man should enlist for navy service by the age of 30 and serve for 18 to 21 months.
Lisa
Because the youngest member of BLACKPINK, Lisa has been shipped with many idols. In a 2018 interview with Airrang Radio, Lisa stunned her members when she revealed that she prefers older males, which is smart contemplating that she’s the youngest member of BLACKPINK. Aside from that, there hasn’t been a lot details about Lisa’s courting life, which is probably going due to YG Leisure’s strict guidelines round its artists courting.
Lisa hasn’t confirmed any of her relationships but, however she’s rumored to be courting Frédéric Arnault. Arnault is the CEO of LVMH Watches. Lisa additionally has ties to the style powerhouse, since she was additionally appointed as a worldwide Louis Vuitton ambassador.
Rosé
Rosé has by no means revealed the names of the individuals she’s dated up to now, however throughout her Rosie album press cycle, she’s defined that she likes up to now. “I’m like, extra of a relationship-er, which is why individuals say ‘Rosie, you’re nonetheless so younger’ – Like, I’m very severe about courting,” she instructed i-D.
She additionally instructed Zane Lowe that her music “gameboy” was a few previous ex. “I’d by no means just like the particular person to find out about it however I’d speak about it a lot. Don’t need to give credit score to the particular person, however I’d speak about it and it’s simply the best. It was the best. I wanted to get it off my chest. And we speak about it on a regular basis, they’d be like, ‘What are you speaking about? Are we speaking concerning the ex? The Ex?’ ‘Yeah, yeah, once more.’ And so they’d be like, ‘Okay, Rosé, do it once more.” I’d be like…Yeah. So it wasn’t that troublesome. Yeah, it was good. It was straightforward.’”
In an interview with Name Her Daddy’s Alex Cooper, Rosé confessed that she would put on disguises to maintain her relationships a secret. She “studied how aged ladies would costume on the road,” and would proceed to identical sorts of garments, plus a brief darkish wig, and put on it to go to her then-boyfriend.
“I’d go to his home, as a result of we will’t go anyplace,” she defined. “I’d journey that approach simply in case any individual [saw me].”
“For some time in my home I had a complete part of grandma garments, as a result of I went wild. I simply ordered, like, light-blue flowery lengthy skirts.” She recalled she did it for “no less than six months,” as a result of she was “so dedicated to maintain the key.”
She additionally mirrored “poisonous” ex. I used to be younger,” she instructed Cooper, laughing. “It was simply not a superb match — however we appreciated one another, so we simply stored it going for a bit.”
Jisoo
In a 2016 interview, Jisoo defined how strict YG Leisure and Yang Hyun-Suk had been about courting. “The primary time I met Yang-Hyun Suk, he requested me, ‘Do you occur to have a boyfriend proper now?’ On the time, I used to be sporting a hoop, and he even requested what that ring was,” she mentioned. “I didn’t have a boyfriend, and It was only a ring.” Jisoo even defined that YG schedules its trainees to eat at totally different instances so female and male trainees don’t spend an excessive amount of time collectively. “Even the consuming instances of trainees are totally different. At YG’s cafeteria, if the boys eat at 6 o’clock, the women will eat at 7 o’clock,” she mentioned on 2017 episode of Radio Star.
Jisoo was confirmed up to now Korean actor Ahn Bo-hyun in 2025 however broke up after three months of courting. “The 2 are attending to know one another rigorously with a superb feeling. We might respect it in case you watch them with heat eyes,” a press release from Ahn’s firm FN Leisure learn.
