Blackpink at 10: every show and documentary to watch from the past decade

Released later in 2018, Blackpink x Star Road offered another side of the group. Produced by Korean entertainment outlet OSEN, the series put the four members through interviews, games, food segments and more relaxed conversations. It ran for 24 episodes, alongside eight specials, from November to December that year.

The format is more conventional variety content than Blackpink House, but that’s part of its charm. If you want the members joking around, answering questions and showing off the personalities behind the stage personas, this is a fun time capsule from their early years.

Where to watch it: Originally released through OSEN’s V LIVE channel. Current official availability varies following V LIVE’s closure

When Blackpink headed out on their In Your Area world tour, they brought fans along for the ride through Blackpink Diaries. The YouTube series, which ran from February to October 2019, mixed backstage footage, concert preparation and everyday moments from the members’ travels. It ultimately ran for 16 episodes.

This is perhaps the most useful watch for anyone curious about what touring actually looked like for Blackpink before the scale of Born Pink. There are airports, rehearsals, dressing rooms, city stops and plenty of small interactions between the members.

Where to watch it: Official Blackpink YouTube channel

Technically a DVD release rather than a conventional streaming series, Blackpink’s Summer Diary [In Hawaii] deserves a place on this list. Released in 2019, it followed the members as they took a break in Hawaii after their In Your Area world tour. The roughly 90-minute video included footage of the group enjoying the island as well as behind-the-scenes material from the accompanying photoshoot.

It’s a softer, more relaxed entry in the Blackpink archive. Its appeal is watching four exhausted performers get to have a bit of fun after months on the road. Think of it as the Blackpink equivalent of an old holiday album you’d forgotten was sitting on a shelf.

Where to watch it: Originally released as part of the official Summer Diary DVD package

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If there’s one title to put at the top of your Blackpink anniversary watchlist, it’s Blackpink: Light Up the Sky. Released on Netflix in 2020, Caroline Suh’s documentary looks back at the group’s journey from their trainee years to their rise as global K-pop stars. It also gives each member room to reflect on the pressures, ambitions and friendships that shaped their careers.

The film arrived during a particularly significant point in Blackpink’s career, around the release of The Album and after their historic Coachella appearances. It’s more reflective than their reality programmes and gives the group’s success some much-needed context. If the other shows show you what it feels like to hang out with Blackpink, Light Up the Sky tells you how they got there.

Where to watch it: Netflix

In 2020, Blackpink returned to YouTube with 24/365 with Blackpink, their first dedicated reality programme in a couple of years. The series covered the group’s activities around the How You Like That era and later The Album, while also making room for games, behind-the-scenes footage and more everyday moments. The official Blackpink channel released the prologue in June 2020 before the series continued through the year.

The timing is worth remembering. Much of the world was stuck at home, while Blackpink were finding new ways to connect with fans without the usual cycle of travel and live shows. The result is one of their more intimate group projects, and a good companion to Light Up the Sky.

Where to watch it: Official Blackpink YouTube channel

The group’s second Summer Diary release took the concept closer to home. 2020 Blackpink’s Summer Diary [In Seoul] was filmed in Seoul and released as another physical package, with video content alongside its photobook and collectables. Blackpink’s official YouTube channel released a preview ahead of the August 2020 release.

It’s a particularly interesting watch when paired with the other 2020 projects. While 24/365 documented the group’s working life during a strange year, Summer Diary offered something lighter. There’s a reason these holiday-style releases became such a beloved part of the K-pop archive: sometimes fans want the big stage, and sometimes they simply want to see the girls having lunch.

Where to watch it: Originally released as an official DVD package

Blackpink: The Show was born out of an unusual moment: a global pandemic that made a traditional concert impossible. Instead, the group staged an online concert on January 31, 2021, streamed through YouTube as part of the YG Palm Stage series.

The show gave fans a full-scale Blackpink concert experience from home, complete with live performances and individual stages from the members. It also arrived soon after The Album, giving tracks such as Lovesick Girls and Pretty Savage a new life on stage. For fans who missed the group during the long gap between tours, it was as close to a front-row seat as 2021 allowed.

Where to watch it: The original full concert was a paid YouTube membership event and is not currently available as a standard official replay

For Blackpink’s fifth anniversary, the group moved from the small screen to cinemas with Blackpink: The Movie. Released in 2021, the film combines concert performances with footage looking back at the group’s career, giving Blinks a chance to relive some of their biggest stages on the big screen. Disney+ currently lists the film as a 2021 music and concert title.

It also marked a neat midpoint in Blackpink’s story. Five years after debut, the members were no longer simply rising stars; they had become a global pop act with a catalogue and live history worth putting into a feature film.

Where to watch it: Disney+

After The Album came Born Pink, and with it came another behind-the-scenes series. B.P.M., short for Born Pink Memories, began in December 2022 and followed the group through the making of the album and their enormous Born Pink world tour. The series eventually covered their tour journey through its final Seoul concerts, with the official channel releasing its last roll in October 2023.

For longtime fans, this is probably the closest thing to a proper tour diary for the Born Pink era. The videos move between rehearsals, music-making, performances and life on the road, showing the amount of work behind a tour that drew around 1.8 million people worldwide. It also makes for a rather lovely anniversary rewatch: the members are older, busier and more established, but the teasing and silliness are still there.

Where to watch it: Official Blackpink YouTube channel

The Born Pink era eventually made its way to cinemas with Blackpink World Tour [Born Pink] In Cinemas. Released in 2024 to mark the group’s eighth anniversary, the concert film brings together footage from the Seoul Gocheok Dome shows with performances captured across the wider tour. It was screened in more than 110 countries and drew on a tour that reached roughly 1.8 million people.

This one is less of a conventional documentary and more of a concert film, but it belongs in any Blackpink watchlist. The scale is enormous, from the elaborate staging to the special arrangements of their biggest songs. After watching B.P.M., this is the payoff: you get to see the finished machine in motion.

Where to watch it: Originally released in cinemas in 2024

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