Ariana Grande, Drake, Halsey, Harry Styles, Diplo, Kendall Jenner and many more celebs are joining BLACKPINK’s Blink fandom.
BLACKPINK‘s fierce hip-hop/pop combination and powerful group identity have inspired a huge fandom around the world and, now, in Hollywood.
With a major festival moment at Coachella 2019 and 2023, plus a slew of celebrity supporters showing up at their current In Your Area tour, its become common to see a few famous faces supporting the girl group.
Most recently, actor Hugh Grant revealed what a big fan he is after attending BLACKPINK’s BST Hyde Park concert in London Sunday night (July 2). “Very grateful to three eleven year olds for taking me to see @BLACKPINK yesterday,” the Notting Hill actor tweeted after the event. “Am rabid Blink now. Slept with my heart hammer.”
See below for the slew of stars who are outspoken fans of Rosé, Jisoo, Lisa and Jennie.
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Dua Lipa
One of the K-pop star’s first overseas supporters, the “New Rules” diva met some of the members during a trip to South Korea and eventually reached out to them for a collaboration. “Kiss and Make Up” is a special track on the deluxe edition of the singer’s self-titled, debut album, and with more than 200 million streams on Spotify, we’d say this is a very powerful friendship.
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Ariana Grande
In a now-viral tweet, the “7 Rings” chart-topper told a fan via Instagram message that she not only knew who the K-pop stars are but hoped to watch their performance during Weekend 2 of Coachella 2019.
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Harry Styles
The “Sign of the Times” star was in attendance at the Los Angeles kickoff date of BLACKPINK’s In Your area tour. He also follows member Jennie on Instagram.
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Halsey
There’s a lot of mutual love between BLACKPINK and Halsey. When member Rosé shared a special cover she recorded of Halsey’s “Eyes Closed,” Halsey showed loads of appreciation for her take on the track and has since interacted with the band multiple times on social media — including rocking out to the group’s “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” during a glam session.
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James Corden
After the girls appeared and performed on The Late Late Show, Corden announced himself a member of BLACKPINK’s official fandom, the Blinks.
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Diplo
The super-producer played his Coachella set after BLACKPINK and made sure to snap a pic with the girls — wearing the band’s namesake colors like the best kind of fanboy.
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Kendall Jenner & Hailey Bieber
The models made sure they had prime viewing for BLACKPINK at Coachella.
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Pharrell
When BLACKPINK met up with Pharrell for this (very cute) backstage photo, the group added another famous producer to their fanbase.
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Jaden Smith
Noted K-pop stan Jaden Smith made sure to link up with BLACKPINK at Coachella to take some photos and share hugs with the members.
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Todrick Hall
The always-viral performer supported the group’s new Hot 100 hit “Kill This Love” by sharing his take on the choreography with Chester Lockhart.
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DJ Snake
Another day, another hitmaking producer snapping photos with BLACKPINK. DJ Snake was also showing love at the group’s Los Angeles concert.
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James Charles
The makeup artist and Covergirl model announced he is “officially a stan” and “beyond obsessed” with the ladies.
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LANY
The L.A. band’s frontman, Paul Klein, said the BP babes were “actually the sweetest girls I’ve ever met.” Fun fact: Rosé is a big LANY fan and shared an adorable photograph with just herself and Klein captioned “I’m alive.”
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Benny Blanco
Pop fans’ mouths began watering at the thought of what a Benny Blanco x BLACKPINK collaboration would sound like. The “Eastside” hitmaker uploaded a photo with the group saying, “Last night I met my idols.”
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Drake
When Drizzy followed BLACKPINK on Instagram, it set off a wave of wonder and intrigue over whether the two could potentially collaborate and the impact their team-up could have on the music scene.
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IU
The chart-topping K-pop solo star gave an early co-sign to BLACKPINK’s vocal gem Rosé when she picked the 22-year-old as the singer she’d most like to collaborate with in 2017.
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Selena Gomez
Gomez has always been a fan of BLACKPINK, and the girls solidified their friendship with their fun 2020 collaboration, “Ice Cream.”
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Niki
The Indonesian singer under 88rising met up with her good friend and BLACKPINK rapper Lisa while the group was in L.A.
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Irene Kim
The Korean supermodel shared that BLACKPINK is one of her “muses” and has met up with the members at different fashion shows and events.
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KARD
The co-ed K-pop group has mentioned BLACKPINK multiple times, saying that they are not only fans but would love to collaborate in the future.
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Charli XCX
The always forward-thinking pop star included the quartet as one of the artists she called the “motherf—ing future” alongside Troye Sivan, King Princess and more.
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Steve Aoki
After collaborations with BTS and Monsta X, the DJ/producer says he’s been reaching out to BLACKPINK for another global K-pop hit.
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Zedd
Member Jisoo performs a cover of Zedd’s “Clarity” during the group’s tour, and the producer responded with heart eyes when a fan alerted him to the cover.
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Hugh Grant
After watching BLACKPINK’s BST Hyde Park concert in London with his 11-year-old daughter Tabitha, the Notting Hill actor named himself a “rabid Blink.”
This story originally appeared on Billboard