YG Unveils 2025 Plans: BLACKPINK Comeback and New Rookie Group

By AnJee, Jung

May 26, 2025

YG Unveils 2025 Plans BLACKPINK Comeback and New Rookie Group



YG Executive Producer Yang Hyun-suk presented YG's new master plan to accelerate the launch of rookies along with strengthening the activities of artists such as Blackpink, Baby Monster, and Treasure.

YG Entertainment posted 'BLACKPINK, BABYMONSTER, TREASURE, AND UPCOMING ROOKIES | YG ANNOUNCEMENT' on its official blog on the 26th. This is the first interview video of executive producer Yang Hyun-seok this year, which contains YG blueprints to fill the second half of 2025.

Yang, who appeared after seven months, excited global music fans by saying that he would be able to deliver the news of BLACKPINK's new song release soon. BLACKPINK's last new song is released on November 1, 2024.




Yang said, "'HOT SAUCE' is a hip-hop song from the mid-to-late 1980s. It is a song that is very addictive and is released like a gift in the hope that you will enjoy this summer. I tried it thinking, "What would it feel like to sing the early hip-hop genre of 40 years ago for Baby Monster, an average teenager?" and I got a very satisfactory result.

YG Unveils 2025 Plans BLACKPINK Comeback and New Rookie Group
Treasure will also release a new mini album on September 1. Director Yang said, `We will do our best to support TREASURE to release more than two albums and continue to meet with fans every year" he said. Following their comeback, Treasure plans to start their new world tour in October.

Yang surprised music fans by telling them not only the schedules of his singers, but also the composition of YG trainees and their plans to announce rookies for the first time.




Director Yang said, `Now YG has two male and two female teams preparing to debut, and I really want to launch a boy group next year" signaled a willingness. In particular, there is a team that wants to launch a new girl group as soon as possible, and it is said that the number of members has been confirmed with four members.

YG will release the practice videos of the four members sequentially from the 28th. Yang said he would show the practice videos of the next rookies in advance, as Baby Monster did before its debut, adding, `I want you to see and evaluate their skills as they are, as they are, as they are, as they are, as they are."

However, as Yang said he wants to focus more on the growth of Baby Monster by the end of next year, the official debut period of YG's new girl group is expected to be after that.




YG is expected to spend the second half of 2025 busier than ever with the news of BLACKPINK's upcoming new song release, a large-scale world tour starting July 5, Baby Monster's July single and October mini album release, Treasure's September 1 mini album release and October world tour schedule.

At the end of the interview, Yang emphasized that YG's internal system has changed and developed significantly over the past year. He made it his top priority to accelerate the debut of rookies to increase their IP, saying, "We will show you YG's upgraded system from the second half of this year." expressed his determination.

Meanwhile, in the video after the interview, 'THE FIRST MEMBER OF YG'S NEXT GIRL GROUP. The caption 'STAY TUNED' was inscribed. As Yang expressed extraordinary confidence, global music fans are paying attention to the first member of the four-member girl group, which will be unveiled on the 28th.



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