BLACKPINK Jennie brings Korean culture to the Coachella 2023 stage with an unexpected detail – Kpopnews
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BLACKPINK Jennie brings Korean culture to the Coachella 2023 stage with an unexpected detail – Kpopnews
BLACKPINK Jennie paid homage to her Korean roots with a jeweled design on her jacket that looked like Korean craftsmanship.
After a day of NOIRPINK for the first Coachella 2023 headliner, netizens are still not over the sensational stage performances. Specifically, they delve deeper into the hidden details that were overlooked in their first performance watch.
On the Coachella 2023 2023 stage, BLACKPINK Jennie brought Korean culture with her through the jeweled designs on her black leather crop-top jacket
Details of the jacket resemble mother-of-pearl, which is used in a traditional Korean craft
In particular, the jeweled right side of Jennie’s jacket is a representation of the shapes and patterns used by Korean artisans in “najeonchilgi,” a Korean craft in which various pieces of luminous seashells are embedded into objects. Patterns vary with different forms of flora and fauna
“najeonchilgi” is used on various products such as jewelry boxes, bookmarks, mirrors, water bottles, etc.
In response, fans showered Jennie with praise, saying: “At first glance I thought it was just a simple jewelry design”, “Jennie and her team pay so much attention to the small details”, “The design of her outfit is so meticulously done.”
This isn’t the first time BLACKPINK members have promoted Korean culture in their music releases, performances, or participation in overseas events.
BLACKPINK Rosé wore a traditional Korean ribbon, Daenggi, at the Sulwhasoo x Met event. The item is from a Korean brand, Maison de Yoon In the second visual film FLOWER, BLACKPINK Jisoo used a binyeo hairpin popularized during the Joseon era and a pair of rings called garakji worn by a married woman and her husband to symbolize their love. . The pair of rings is from Naschenka, a Korean brand Additionally, the white tiger embroidered on Jennie’s top, the piece she wore during the BORN PINK world tour, symbolizes Korean culture and ancestral values. The tiger image is often used in Korean funerary and folk art
BLACKPINK explicitly paid homage to their native culture by wearing a modernized hanbok in the music video for “How You Like That.”
