(SPOT.ph) In case you've been living under a rock, K-pop girl group sensation BLACKPINK held their first in-game concert with the mobile game PUBG on the weekend of July 23 to 24. And yes, it was an entire Thing. No need to freak out if you missed the first one though as the concert, aptly dubbed "The Virtual," has two viewing schedules! To prep you for this weekend's showing on July 30 to 31, we list down all the deets we could get our hands on from the first session.
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Here’s everything we know about BLACKPINK’s The Virtual Concert on PUBG:
Blackpink’s 3D avatars for the concert look eerily similar to the girls.
Just look at those details: the face, the outfits; they look so realistic, it’s almost scary. The avatars also have costume changes in between songs and, oh, darling, they were fabulous. Did we mention the girls drop down from blinged out jets decked out with diamond wings to open the show?
The song list for the virtual concert consists of four tracks.
At the start of each new track, players will be transported to a new “world” reflecting the theme of each song. They performed three of their chart-topping hits namely DDU-DU DDU-DU, Kill This Love, and Lovesick Girls. They also released and performed a brand-new track called Ready for Love. That last bop we still can't get our of our heads—and we ain't mad about it.
Blackpink and PUBG Mobile are aiming to break a world-record for most concurrent views of a virtual concert.
Last weekend, at its peak, the concert had about five million concurrent viewers. PUBG Mobile set up viewership milestones called the World Record Challenge; basically more Blackpink content is released as viewership increases.
For context, the record they’re trying to beat is 12.3 million, a record set by rapper Travis Scott during his own virtual concert in the gaming platform Fortnite.
In-game mini games and emoticons allow your avatar to interact with the girls during the performance.
Nothing says concert like dancing and bopping to the music. In-game mini games allow players’ avatars to perform dances and emoticons during the concert, making the event more interactive. There are also in-game merch you can cop like the famous BLACKPINK hammer lightstick that you can sport and wave much like a concert IRL.
Completing in-game missions give you access to BLACKPINK inspired outfits, and voicepacks
Aside from the usual in-game outfits, playing the game and completing specific missions until August 23 will give you the chance to unlock special BLACKPINK in-game accessories.
But that's not all, you can also unlock voicepacks that allow you to hear Blackpink’s voices say in-game commands such as “I’m going in”, “Fall back”, or “I’ll cover you”... ahh music to our ears! Sidenote that Jennie and Jisoo say the phrases in Korean while Rosé and Lisa do so in English. Jisoo and Jennie fans might want to brush up on their Korean because believe us when we say the voice clips are so cute.
Lastly, the official release date for the new MV for Ready for Love has been announced. Mark your calendars for July 29, 12 p.m. PST!
Still feeling the FOMO? Don’t worry, there’s another streaming of The Virtual coming this weekend July 30 to 31. But if you’re like a lot of us and don’t have access to PUBG, then note that PUBG has announced that the concert is available for co-streaming on Twitch. You can watch your favorite gamers and content creators as they navigate and experience The Virtual for themselves.
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