Blackpink Close Out London Run With Cover of Spice Girls’ ‘Wannabe’
BLACKPINK perform at the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 22, 2023.
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Blackpink performed at Wembley Stadium in London on Friday and Saturday, and as the first K-pop girl group to headline the venue, they made sure to give fans what they really, really want.
On Saturday, they paid tribute to a fellow girl group sensation who preceded them, performing Spice Girls’ 1996 smash debut single, “Wannabe.” Fan clips show Blackpink dancing and singing along to the hit, having fun, and enjoying their final moments headlining the venue for the first time.
It appears to be one of Jennie, Lisa, Jisoo, and Rosé’s favorites to perform, as they have previously covered the track. In 2023, Blackpink were guests on The Late Late Show’s “Carpool Karaoke” with James Corden. During their car voyage where they sang the song, Lisa divulged her obsession with the girl group while she was growing up, and Jennie added that the Blackpink members “really like how [the Spice Girls] have their own individual characters and that was something we were aiming for, and it was such an iconic girl group that we grew up listening to.”
On Friday, Rosé surprised Blinks with an appearance from FKA Twigs. During Rosé’s solo segment, screens in the venue showed the two playing the Korean drinking game that inspired her single “APT.” Rosé and FKA Twigs drank shots and indulged in snacks backstage before Rosé performed “APT.”
The group are in the midst of their Deadline World Tour, with their second London date wrapping a European leg of the tour. Blackpink next head to Taiwan and Thailand in October, before they continue through Asia in November, with shows in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore
From Rolling Stone US.
