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Blackpink to make comeback in August, hold world tour by year-end

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Blackpink during its online concert last January 31, 2021. Photo: Twitter/@BLACKPINK" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/entertainment/02/08/blackpink.jpg"/><figcaption>Blackpink during its online concert last January 31, 2021. <em>Photo: Twitter/@BLACKPINK</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The long wait is over, Blinks!</p><p>Top K-pop girl group Blackpink will release an album in August, making its return as a quartet after almost two years, its management company YG Entertainment announced Wednesday.</p><p>The band “is now at the final stage of recording its new album,” YG said in a statement as reported by South Korean news agency Yonhap.</p><p>“They will embark on the filming of a music video within this month and release new songs in August,” the label said.</p><p>YG added that the group would embark on a world tour at the end of the year.</p><p>The upcoming record marks Blackpink’s first release involving all members in nearly two years. The last whole-group project was the band’s first full-length album “The Album,” which dropped in October 2020 and sold over a million copies.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/02/20/k-pop-blackpink-releases-debut-album-new-single-lovesick-girls">K-pop: Blackpink releases debut album, new single &#x27;Lovesick Girls&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>Last year, members Rosé and Lisa put out solo albums.</p><p>The group — composed of Jennie, Jisoo, Rosé and Lisa — previously held a concert in Manila last February 2019.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/03/19/recap-blackpink-sparks-revolution-in-manila">RECAP: Blackpink sparks revolution in Manila</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uQ5IhpG1x4g?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>