Square Two


Square Two is the second single album by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released as a digital single on November 1, 2016 by YG Entertainment and distributed by KT Music. The single has a double A-side, "Playing with Fire" and "Stay" as well as an acoustic version of "Whistle". The lyrics were written by Teddy Park and the music was composed by Teddy Park, R.Tee and Seo Won-jin.

Promotion

On October 19, 2016, it was revealed that Blackpink would be the next YG Entertainment artist to make a comeback. On October 24, the teaser images of members Lisa and Jennie were revealed, with the name of one of the main titles, "Playing With Fire", followed by the teaser images of Rosé and Jisoo the following day. The teaser photos of the entire group were revealed on October 27 for the second main track "Stay". On October 30, YG Entertainment posted a backstage video for "Stay" and the next day for "Playing With Fire".
They perform their two new titles live for the first time at SBS' Inkigayo on November 6.

Music videos

The music videos of "Playing with Fire" was directed by Seo Hyun-seung and "Stay" was directed by Han Sa-min, who had previously directed the music videos of "Gotta Be You" by 2NE1 and "Sober" by Big Bang. They were posted on Blackpink's official YouTube channel on November 1, 2016.
Blackpink also posted the music video clip for the choreography of "Playing With Fire" on its official YouTube channel on November 4, 2016. The choreography was created by Kyle Hanagami, who has already worked with the group for the song "Boombayah" from their previous single album Square One.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

"Playing with Fire"

"Stay"