The six track EP consists of Japanese versions of their previously released Korean singles.

[4][5] On July 13, it was officially announced that the debut album of the group would be an extended play called Blackpink and would be released on August 30.

[15][7][16][17][18] On August 8, the Japanese version of "Boombayah" was released on iTunes Japan as the promo single of the EP.

[19] Blackpink debuted atop the Oricon Daily Album Chart on August 29, 2017, with 21,583 physical copies sold in its first day.

[22] They became the only third foreign artist to record first place on Oricon weekly chart with a debut release.