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BLACKPINK's Jennie and ex-BIGBANG's T.O.P appear in surprising K-pop x Squid Game crossover, fans react

BLACKPINK's Jennie and ex-BIGBANG's T.O.P appear in surprising K-pop x Squid Game crossover, fans react

Pink Villa03-06-2025

K-pop fans are abuzz with excitement over an unexpected crossover involving BLACKPINK's Jennie and former BIGBANG member T.O.P. And no, it's neither a dating rumour nor a joint music release or a physical meeting that got fans excited. It's something entirely different, and fans have gone into a frenzy due to this. It was about a recent appearance of T.O.P in a video that had a surprising Jennie connection.
Jennie connection in T.O.P's K-content promotion
Netflix recently unveiled a video including snippets from its popular South Korean shows like All of Us Are Dead, When Life Gives You Tangerines and Single's Inferno 4. The video titled "Martha Stewart, @lilyachty, and T.O.P invite you to enter your K-Era" aimed at promoting Netflix's K-content, through short skits of the mentioned people. T.O.P appeared at the end as a Squid Game 2 cast, pretending to walk into a Hallyu wave-hit Martha Stewart.
As he looks around to check how much she was into the K-culture currently, he sees Koren snacks, Martha Stewart wearing a t-shirt featuring Park Eun Bin and hears a radio playing Jennie's Like JENNIE. This unexpected crossover delighted the fans.
Check out fan reactions to Like JENNIE X T.O.P crossover
T.O.P's former group BIGBANG and Jennie's BLACKPINK are two of the biggest names in the K-pop industry and both belong to YG Entertainment. However, the two artist in question previously announced their departure from the group, and following that, there were almost no chances of their public appearances together. However, the usage of Ruby album's Like JENNIE as a background music for T.O.P got fans thrilled.
They gushed over the "T.O.P X JENNIE CRUMBS" and said, "YG/Ex YG remaining on top because they're using T.O.P and Jennie's song in the background." A lot of fans of the idols made their joint edits and jokingly labelled them "father daughter." Fans couldn't get over it and demanded more such content release in the future. A T.O.P and Jennie collaboration, whether in music or acting, would be a dream come true for fans. They are eagerly hoping for their wish to come true.

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