On Saturday, Blackpink kicked off their Deadline World Tour in Seoul, surprising fans with a brand new track titled “JUMP.” The fast-paced anthem is an ode to a night out with the girls and a very catchy dance song. The lyrics celebrate going wild with your friends because a certain unspecified someone just can’t keep up.
They had an extensive setlist with their well-known hits as well, including tunes from the members’ solo albums.
The song begins with Rosé and Jisoo narrating to a person, perhaps an old flame, explaining that wild feeling that takes over at times, especially in a relationship:
I’m not that easy to tame
Used to see me out of these lights and my tears turned to ice
That’s the sweetest escape
Every time that feeling kicks in, I might stay through the night
Then Jennie and Lisa come in with a chorus encouraging everyone to run up on the dance floor and JUMP:
Bet you’re getting it now
Rock that DDU-DU DDU-DU now
woah-oh-oh
Think you’re running that
Guess we’re going down
I walk it, yeah, I talk it
So come up with me, I’ll take you high
That Primadonna spice up your life
You know I got that shit that you like
So come with me, run up, uh, jump
Watch me running up the place
I’m already starting and my girls are on the way
Watch me opеn up the place
Wanna see you bumping, baby, bouncing to the bass
The second verse is about sisterhood and never parking on the dance floor, leading to liberation:
Arе you not entertained? I ain’t gotta explain
I’m with all of my sisters, got ‘em going insane (Yeah)
You know we on a mission (Yeah), full gas, no brakes, yeah
Breaking out of the system, breaking out of this cage, yeah
The chorus repeats before adding more to the theme of women dancing and jumping their feelings out:
Watch me burning up the place
I’m already starting and my girls are on the way
Watch me open up the place
Wanna see you bumping, baby, bouncing to the bass
Finally, Blackpink promises, “In your area, area.”
