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BLACKPINK's Jennie was raised in New Zealand and is now in one of the biggest K-Pop groups in the world, so how did she get her big break?
Jennie is a K-Pop superstar from the four piece girl group BLACKPINK who is both a singer and rapper within the band. Picture: Instagram
Jennie is 24-years-old and was born on 16 January 1996, making her a Capricorn. The other members of BLACKPINK are 25 (Jisoo), and 23 (Lisa and Rosé). Picture: Instagram
Jennie is originally from South Korean, but she moved to New Zealand when she was 8-years-old where she lived and studied for five years, returning to South Korea in 2010. She was meant to study in Florida after New Zealand, but her parents allowed her to return to South Korea to pursue a career in k-pop. Picture: Instagram
K-Pop stars are notoriously private about their personal lives and banned from having relationships whilst actively in their groups, a rule her label, YG Entertainment has in place. However, idols still date secretly and Jennie is the only confirmed band member to have had a relationship with EXO/ SuperM member Kai (Google him, he has been carved by angels) who she dated between October 2018 and January 2019. Picture: Instagram
Jennie has Instagram, often posting selfies of her enviable make-up and endless fashion looks and has a whopping 33.6 million followers. When she first got an account back in 2018, she went from 0 to 2 million followers in just three days and almost broke the record for most people watching an Instagram live, however, it only last a mysterious 6 minutes. Picture: Instagram
As the biggest girl band in the world, BLACKPINK have earned tens of millions from streams, touring and merch but have also had some extremely lucrative brand deals with the likes of Kia, Sprite and high end fashion and jewellery lines. They have an estimated collective net worth of $35 million, but also earn money individually from deals they do alone. Picture: Instagram
Jennie is 1.63 m tall, or 5 ft 3! Picture: Instagram