JENNIE Releases Three-Track 'Fallen Angel' EP and Visual With VFX Fire
BLACKPINK's JENNIE released her digital EP 'Fallen Angel' at midnight, featuring the title track, 'Heaven,' and 'Less Than a Lover.' The accompanying music video uses a dark fairytale aesthetic, with all fire effects created via CGI and a note confirming safe filming conditions for minors. JENNIE described the project as coming from a personal place of true self-expression.
The EP’s title track arrives with a visually ambitious music video that leans into a gothic, storybook tone, contrasting imagery of thorns and roses. A spoken-word outro in Korean reinforces themes of resilience, while the visual’s fiery climax is entirely computer-generated, with an official note confirming that all child actors worked under safe, supervised conditions. The project also includes “Heaven,” which JENNIE first performed live at Poland’s Open’er Festival in late June, and “Less Than a Lover,” a song she described as inspired by summer. Both tracks were teased to audiences before the official release.
The release follows JENNIE’s established pattern of balancing her BLACKPINK duties with solo ventures under her own label, Odd Atelier. The announcement framed the EP as a personal gift to fans, emphasizing authenticity and self-expression. The three-song format allows for a concise, thematic statement, and the visual’s fairytale aesthetic—complete with warped houses and surreal landscapes—suggests a deliberate artistic departure from her group’s more polished pop image.
This release may deepen JENNIE’s individual artistic identity beyond BLACKPINK, potentially influencing how K-pop solo projects are marketed and received globally. The explicit safety disclaimer regarding minors and CGI fire could set a precedent for transparency in music videos, reassuring audiences and regulators. Fans may feel a stronger personal connection to the artist’s narrative, while the EP’s dark fairytale tone could broaden her appeal to listeners outside typical K-pop demographics, though its impact on charts and streaming numbers remains to be seen.