Do Without You

Blackpink “Don’t Know What To Do”

The core of “Don’t Know What to Do” is essentially a Kelly Clarkson rock ballad from the mid-’00s, but this being a K-Pop tune in 2019, it’s also a pounding EDM banger. It’s a little incongruous, but it works – they thread in 2010s dance pop signifiers along with the acoustic guitars in the quiet sections, and the big bass drop and surging tempo comes in just as the singer slips into English to sing the title phrase. She sounds entirely exasperated, and the dance section slams in as though she’s hitting a button to release an emergency dose of dopamine to shake her out of her sadness.

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