Jennie, the first Korean female soloist to headline 'Lollapalooza Chicago'... debut stage of new song

Black Pink member Jennie took the stage as a solo artist and closed the finale as a headliner at the large-scale music festival ’Lollapalooza Chicago’ held in Chicago, USA. On the 1st (local time), Jennie performed 18 songs live with a band for about an hour on the main stage of Grant Park in Chicago, the ’Bud Light’ stage. At this stage, Jennie premiered her new single ’Less Than a Lover’ and performed various songs including ’Mantra,’ ’Extra L,’ and ’like JENNIE.’ ’Less Than a Lover’ is a song that Jennie participated in writing and composing, conveying the excitement and lingering feelings of a relationship that stays somewhere between lovers and friends. She also showcased an unreleased new song on stage. Global artists such as Charli XCX, Lorde, and Olivia Dean also appeared as headliners at the performance. Jennie set a new milestone as the first Korean female solo singer to take the headliner stage at ’Lollapalooza.’ Her agency OA Entertainment (Odd Atelier) stated that Jennie heated up the final night of the festival with newly arranged performances of her hit songs and active communication with the audience. Various concept photos, including stage costumes and backstage shots, were also released through Jennie’s SNS. Jennie expressed her gratitude, saying, ″I am truly thankful to my team who made this special night possible,″ thanking the stylists, hair, makeup, and staff who prepared for the performance. She continued, ″I send a lot of love to the dancers and band,″ ″I was really happy to share my new songs with you,″ and ″Thank you so much for coming to see my performance,″ sharing her thoughts. Meanwhile, the American media Chicago Sun-Times evaluated Jennie’s solo stage as somewhat less impactful compared to the full Black Pink group performance. They pointed out that the large-scale stage production and numerous dancers rather overshadowed Jennie’s presence, and that the vocal strengths were not fully revealed due to sound balance issues. They also described the ’Dracula’ stage, a collaboration with Tame Impala, as feeling like ″singing along to karaoke backing tracks.″ They added that the high proportion of new and unreleased songs limited the general audience’s response. However, they gave positive reviews on the completeness of Jennie’s solo album ’Ruby’ and the ’like JENNIE’ stage. Jennie is scheduled to continue her global activities, including appearing at Japan’s representative music festival ’Summer Sonic 2026’ on the 14th.