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BLACKPINK’s Four-Way Met Gala Moment Marks a New Solo Era
At the 2026 Met Gala, JENNIE, JISOO, LISA, and ROSÉ arrived separately, each presenting a distinct fashion language that reflected BLACKPINK’s evolving balance between group power and solo identity.
BLACKPINK’s JENNIE, JISOO, LISA, and ROSÉ each took separate turns on the 2026 Met Gala carpet Monday night (May 4), turning what could have been a group-photo moment into a clear statement about where the quartet is now: together in brand power, but increasingly distinct in individual identity.
Under this year’s “Costume Art” theme and “Fashion Is Art” dress code, all four leaned into different interpretations rather than a coordinated visual narrative. That choice mattered. Since the group’s global breakout and their years as luxury house ambassadors, the members have become as legible in fashion culture as they are in pop, and the Met carpet gave them room to present four separate lanes.
JISOO, attending her first Met Gala, wore a custom Dior look by Jonathan Anderson: a sparkly pink floral gown paired with a vintage Cartier necklace. Speaking with Vogue’s Ashley Graham and Cara Delevingne, she admitted she felt “so excited and a little nervous,” then laughed as she pointed to the floral concept: “We’re trying the flowers.” She added that getting ready took “four to five hours,” a detail that underlined just how constructed these red-carpet appearances are, even when they read as effortless.
ROSÉ arrived in Yves Saint Laurent and gave one of the night’s more specific references, linking her avian-inspired dress to Georges Braque’s The Birds ceiling painting at the Louvre. In her interview with La La Anthony, she said conversations with stylist Law Roach helped shape the direction and pushed her to study YSL history. It was less about a viral silhouette and more about fashion research translated into a carpet look, which fit the museum framing better than most celebrity talking points usually do.
LISA went in a different direction entirely: a sculptural Robert Wun design featuring winding arms around a veiled gown, with the arms recreated from her own via 3D printing. On carpet, she called it “an art form,” then pivoted to music business news, confirming her upcoming Las Vegas residency had sold out. That quick shift from couture construction to ticket demand captured LISA’s current positioning: high-fashion fixture with proven solo commercial pull.
JENNIE, arriving last among the four, wore a shimmering silver Chanel dress by Matthieu Blazy made from 15,000 sequined leaves. She described herself as “a mosaic art work come alive,” then said she was looking forward to reuniting with her bandmates inside the gala. It was a fitting final image for the group’s Met rollout: individual entrances, shared gravity.
The larger significance is less about who wore what and more about how BLACKPINK’s members now operate in global culture. Their 2022 group-era red carpets sold unity and scale; this 2026 Met appearance sold differentiation. In practical terms, that’s the model many top-tier pop acts eventually move toward: preserve the collective brand while building standalone narratives strong enough to survive between comebacks. On Monday, BLACKPINK’s four members did exactly that, without needing to say it outright.
