BLACKPINK reunites backstage for Met Gala bathroom selfie

A bathroom selfie is not supposed to be the Met Gala’s main event. But that’s basically what happened this week when Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé all ended up in the same backstage mirror shot after walking the May 4, 2026 gala separately. The image landed because it did two things at once — it gave fans a full-group BLACKPINK reunion in one frame, and it did it inside an event that still treats candid phone photos as a mild act of rebellion. (billboard.com) ### What actually happened? All four BLACKPINK members attended the 2026 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 4. They did not arrive as a group on the carpet. Each member took her own solo fashion turn first, then the reunion happened inside, where a bathroom mirror selfie caught the four of them together. (billboard.com) ### Who posted the photo? The image was shared by Bhavita Mandava on Instagram late Wednesday, May 6, two days after the gala. That timing mattered — the carpet coverage had already settled, so the selfie felt like a second wave of Met Gala content rather than just another red-carpet image. In the shot, Jisoo holds up a phone toward the mirror, Rosé pulls a playful face, Jennie puckers up, and Lisa smiles with her eyes closed. (billboard.com) ### Why did fans care so much? Because this was the cleanest single-frame reunion of all four members at one of fashion’s biggest stages. That sounds small, but pop fandom runs on moments that collapse a lot of meaning into one image. The carpet gave four separate style stories. The bathroom shot gave the group back. And for BLACKPINK, that switch from individual star power to collective identity is always the thing people really watch for. (billboard.com) ### Why is the bathroom part a big deal? The Met Gala has long had a no-phone, no-social-posting aura inside the event. That’s why bathroom selfies keep becoming their own mini-genre there — they feel like proof that the stars are off-script for a second. E! notes that documenting the inside of the gala has been treated as(billboard.com)anyway. (eonline.com) ### Who else was in the frame? Gracie Abrams appears in the background of the photo. Other reporting on the same image also identified Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, and Margot Robbie in or around the shot, which helps explain why it traveled beyond K-pop fan circles and into general celebrity coverage. It read less like a fandom-only artifact and more like the unofficial inside photo of the night. (billboard.com) ### Why did this hit especially hard this year? Because 2026 was already a strong BLACKPINK fashion moment before the selfie appeared. All four members were at the gala, and Lisa was not just an attendee — she was part of the host committee. That gave the group unusual weight at the event even before the backstage reunion photo turned up. (billboard.com) ### What were they wearing out front? The separate carpet walks helped set up the payoff. Jisoo made her Met Gala debut in custom Dior. Rosé wore Yves Saint Laurent with an art-inspired bird motif. Lisa wore a Robert Wun look built around 3D-printed arms. Jennie also walked solo, part of the broader all-four-on-the-carpet moment that made the later selfie feel complete. (billboard.com) ### Bottom line? The photo went viral because it delivered the exact thing Met Gala coverage usually cannot — a candid, inside-the-room BLACKPINK reunion. One mirror shot turned four separate arrivals into one shared pop-culture moment. (billboard.com)