{"id":406119,"date":"2026-01-13T08:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T08:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/406119\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T08:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T08:11:09","slug":"blackpink-unexpectedly-takes-over-golden-globes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/406119\/","title":{"rendered":"BLACKPINK unexpectedly takes over Golden Globes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/436a7d19-a779-4d3f-be48-578640b7b74a.jpg\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1200 \/ 850; width: 100%\" alt=\"BLACKPINK's Ros\u00e9, left, and Jennie \/ Xportsnews\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BLACKPINK&#8217;s Ros\u00e9, left, and Jennie \/ Xportsnews<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">K-pop idols didn\u2019t just attend Hollywood\u2019s biggest award night this year \u2014 the genre became part of the soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">At the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, held Sunday at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, BLACKPINK and other K-pop stars made their presence felt in ways no one expected, as their songs and members were woven directly into the live broadcast.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/81a2663b-2b9b-4eb2-98a3-0359cd272634.jpg\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1403 \/ 785; width: 100%\" alt=\"Captured from Golden Globes YouTube\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Captured from Golden Globes YouTube<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">When Jennifer Lopez stepped onstage to present the Best Actor award in the Musical or Comedy category, the arena was filled with &#8220;like Jennie,\u201d a popular song from BLACKPINK member Jennie. The moment was a playful wordplay \u2014 Lopez and Jennie share the same name \u2014 but it instantly sent K-pop fans into a frenzy online, celebrating how a Korean pop star\u2019s solo track was used at one of America\u2019s top four awards shows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Soon after, host Nikki Glaser introduced Judd Apatow, who was presenting the Best Director award, playing \u201cAPT.,\u201d the hit collaboration between BLACKPINK\u2019s Ros\u00e9 and Bruno Mars. The choice was another joke, referencing the similarity between \u201cApatow\u201d and \u201capateu,\u201d the Korean word for apartment and the song\u2019s title.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8d1fdc5a-1d66-48b7-8489-5c56064c7a8c.jpg\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1402 \/ 787; width: 100%\" alt=\"Captured from Golden Globes YouTube\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Captured from Golden Globes YouTube<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">BLACKPINK\u2019s global reach was visible not only in the music but also on stage. Lisa appeared in person as a presenter for Best Actor in a Television Drama Series alongside Indian star Priyanka Chopra, reinforcing her growing footprint in Western entertainment. Seventeen\u2019s Joshua was also spotted on the Golden Globes red carpet, raising anticipation for more K-pop crossover activity in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">The night was especially strong for Korean pop culture overall. Netflix\u2019s animated feature \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d swept two major categories, winning both Best Animated Film and Best Original Song for \u201cGolden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">With BLACKPINK songs echoing through the ballroom, Lisa standing under the Hollywood spotlight and a K-pop-themed film taking home trophies, the Golden Globes became an unexpected celebration of K-pop\u2019s mainstream arrival \u2014 no longer a guest in the room, but part of the show itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">This article from Xportsnews is adapted by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BLACKPINK&#8217;s Ros\u00e9, left, and Jennie \/ Xportsnews K-pop idols didn\u2019t just attend Hollywood\u2019s biggest award night this year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-406119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}