JISOO‘s performing profession goes robust regardless of being busier than ever with upcoming BLACKPINK plans and solo music, with Netflix asserting a brand new Korean romantic-comedy collection starring the performer Wednesday (Feb. 19).
Tentatively titled Boyfriend on Demand, the Kim Jung-sik-directed present will see JISOO as Mi-rae, an “exhausted webtoon producer” who begins a digital relationship program that introduces her to the “boyfriends of her desires” as a part of a month-to-month subscription service, in line with the outline. She’ll star reverse South Korean singer-actor Search engine optimization In-guk, who will play Park Kyeong-nam, a rival colleague of Mi-rae’s.
“Mixing the relatable challenges of each day work life and a never-before-seen digital actuality relationship subscription program, Boyfriend on Demand guarantees to revolutionize relationship,” the discharge teases, including that the collection will “ship heart-fluttering moments and laughter.”
Boyfriend on Demand is simply the most recent onscreen challenge JISOO has taken on, with the Okay-pop star establishing herself as a number one girl in 2021’s Disney+ Okay-drama Snowdrop. Most just lately, she performed Kang Younger-joo in Prime Video’s Zombie collection Newtopia.
The announcement comes the identical day BLACKPINK lastly unveiled dates for its beforehand teased world tour, which kicks off July 5 in Seoul and can see JISOO and bandmates ROSÉ, LISA and JENNIE touring by Los Angeles, New York Metropolis, Paris, Barcelona, London and extra by mid-August. ROSÉ additionally just lately confirmed that the quartet is popping out with new music quickly.
BLACKPINK’s final album, Born Pink, dropped in 2022, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. After touring the LP by 2023, the 4 stars have spent the previous yr or so engaged on solo tasks.
For JISOO, the break has included the discharge of her debut solo EP, AMORTAGE, which arrived on Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14) with 4 new tracks: “Earthquake,” “Your Love,” “Tears” and “Hugs & Kisses.” In a current interview with Billboard, she referred to as working by herself “a tremendous expertise” — however she’s greater than excited to get again into the band swing of issues.
“Final yr, as every member targeted on particular person actions, all of us grew lots,” she mentioned in a video interview with Tetris Kelly. “Now, as we come collectively for this yr, I really feel like we’ll be capable to return with a fair greater and extra spectacular presence. Everybody’s enthusiastic about it, and we’ve been sharing concepts. We’ve already executed loads of preparations for this yr.”
