BLACKPINK's Jennie talked about her newly-founded label OA for the first time, and revealed that she may release an album by the end of this year.
On Tuesday, BLACKPINK's rapper JENNIE made her apperance on the newly-formed music talk show, 'The Seasons: Lee Hyori’s Red Carpet.' With JENNIE establishing her own label, OA, she had a lot to dish out. While the activities that the label will conduct have not yet been revealed, fans are still happy for her. All we know so far is that the label is aiming to create different and unexpected things.
Now, during the talk show, JENNIE, for the first time, talked about her label in a public forum. She said (translated), "It's called ODD ATELIER. Honestly some staff that came have worked with me for a long time and I think I just wanted to do something freely. All activities. So I named it this way which means that I will do well even if the path I go is strange and different from others. It's my first time showing it to the public with a microphone so it feels strange. I feel good to be able to do it in front of you."
While she's embarking on this new journey, she's also grateful for all that she learnt under former label, YG Entertainment. "I learned a lot and since it was a company which I was with since my trainee years, I especially learned a lot there. But the last few years I asked myself, 'Are you someone who can do things on your own?' So I decided to have the courage and think after trying it out myself," she exclaimed.
Lee Hyori, the host, went on to ask the idol if she would get other artists to sign under her label. She reinstated that her focus right now is herself. "I actually have never dreamed about things like that. It was kind of fun while establishing this company. Imagining things like that. But I will try to take good care of an artist named JENNIE first, and maybe if there are good events in the future," she said.
Lastly, the 'You & Me' singer shared her goals for this year, which made fans go frenzy on social media. She revealed that her "dream is to release my first solo full-length album to the world this year. I hope to become a JENNIE who can come back with good music within this year."