BLACKPINK reunites for Met Gala selfie
- Jennie, Jisoo, Rosé and Lisa turned a 2026 Met Gala night into a BLACKPINK reunion when a backstage bathroom selfie spread across social media. - The timing mattered because all four had already walked the May 4 carpet separately, with Lisa also serving on the gala’s host committee. - It landed as reunion fuel while BLACKPINK stays active as a group brand but spends most public appearances in solo mode.
A bathroom selfie should not be this big a deal. But when the four people in it are Jennie, Jisoo, Rosé and Lisa, it instantly becomes a BLACKPINK reunion event. That is basically what happened after the 2026 Met Gala in New York, when a photo of all four members together started ripping across fan accounts and entertainment feeds. The image mattered because the group’s members had been visible that night — just not together. (billboard.com) ### Why did one selfie blow up? Because scarcity is the whole story. BLACKPINK never stopped being BLACKPINK, but the group’s public life has been fragmented for a while — solo music, solo fashion deals, solo acting, solo appearances. Fans are used to seeing one or two members at a major event. Seeing all four in one frame, off-carpet and clearly just enjoying the moment, hit differently. (billboard.com) ### What actually happened at the Met Gala? On Monday, May 4, all four members attended the 2026 Met Gala, but they arrived as individual stars rather than as a group unit. Billboard’s red-carpet coverage showed each member taking her own walk and wearing a distinct look tied to the night’s “Costume Art(billboard.com) reunion instead of four parallel appearances. (billboard.com) ### Why does the “separately” part matter? Because that is the tension fans have been living with. BLACKPINK is one of the biggest pop groups in the world, but each member now also operates like a standalone celebrity ecosystem. Jennie can be a fashion headline on her own. Lisa can be a fashion head(billboard.com) smallest candid moment starts doing a lot of emotional work. (billboard.com) ### What made this Met Gala especially loaded? This was not just any red carpet. Lisa was part of the 2026 Met Gala host committee, which gave BLACKPINK an extra layer of visibility before anyone even saw the selfie. The event itself was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, and Billboard(billboard.com)it landed in the middle of one of fashion’s highest-wattage stages. (billboard.com) ### Was there already Met Gala history here? Yes — and that added to the reaction. In 2025, Rosé, Jennie and Lisa were already part of the Met conversation, with Rosé’s coverage explicitly noting that she was excited to see the others. Jisoo’s 2026 appearance also carried first-time energy, since Billboard described this yea(billboard.com) moment, not just another celebrity bathroom snap. (billboard.com) ### Why do fans treat this like reunion news? Because pop fandom reads images the way sports fans read lineups. A formal press release says one thing. A candid four-member photo says something else — that the chemistry is still public, still valuable, still wanted. Turns out that can be enough to dominate the conversation for a day, especially when the group has spent so much time being seen in pieces. (billboard.com) ### So what is the real takeaway? The selfie did not announce a comeback. It did something subtler. It reminded everyone that BLACKPINK’s collective star power is still bigger than any one member’s solo lane — and that even a quick bathroom photo can hijack a Met Gala news cycle when the group finally shows up in one frame. (billboard.com)
