BLACKPINK blast off into space in the effects-heavy video for the K-pop quartet’s English-language single “Go.” In the intergalactic visual for the song from the group’s new EP, DEADLINE, we watch as members JISOO, JENNIE, ROSÉ and LISA pose in ethereal, shimmering caves in high-fashion dresses and jewelry as ROSÉ sings, “I’m on a mission/ I’m in control/ I want your body/ I want your soul.”
The 3:21 second clip that mixes nautical, space and dancing themes bounces from the members practicing their moves on a ballet barre in all-black outfits, to shots of them holding rowing paddles and being strapped into what look like sleep pods on a space ship.
Less than a minute in, the song’s glitchy, pulsing beat explodes and the screen fills with the image of a silvery pod spinning in a void and a group of masked rowers propelling a sleek racing shell through the void. The song, co-written by the four women along with Danny Chung, Henry Russel Walter and Coldplay’s Chris Martin, was produced by Cirkut and the group’s longtime collaborator Teddy; it also marks the first time in their 10 years together that BLACKPINK have all gotten songwriting credits on the same track.
LISA, wearing a space-age white outfit, spits hard on the verse, rapping, “Go get it, I’mma go get it/ Never gonna settle for second, I need a gold medal/ Get up on the floor, tell me when to go, no slow jams,” before JENNIE pops in and adds, “Oh, no, I go when I wanna go, I’m so gone/ Go reckless, go off, like, What could go wrong?/ I’m goin’ all in, you should know that’s my go-to/ My whole crew with me, if I go, then they go too.”
The dystopian visions continue, with the members getting crushed by stones, strapped into ominous machines and singing the song’s uplifting chorus while glass wings sprout from their backs and they hurtle through empty space chanting: “BLACKPINK, BLACKPINK, BLACKPINK!”
After taking time off to work on solo projects, BLACKPINK reunited to record the five-track DEADLINE EP, which marks their first major music release since they topped the Billboard 200 chart in 2022 with Born Pink. They previewed the effort in July with the Diplo-assisted “JUMP,” which hit No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. And while “JUMP” was in Korean and English, the other four songs on DEADLINE are all in English.
Watch the “Go” video below.