"Go" is a song by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released through YG Entertainment on February 27, 2026, as the second single from the group's third Korean extended play Deadline (2026). The song is the first by Blackpink to be written by all four members, with additional songwriting credits to Chris Martin, Danny Chung, and Cirkut and production by the latter with Teddy.
Following the release of "Jump" in July 2025, YG Entertainment's founder Yang Hyun-suk confirmed in August that the group were in the process of working on a new extended play.[1] On October 20, the label confirmed that Blackpink would begin filming the music video for their new song that week and that the EP was in its "final stages" of preparations to ensure the highest musical quality.[2] On January 14, 2026, Blackpink officially announced their third Korean EP Deadline, due for release on February 27.[3] The EP's tracklist was revealed on February 5, including "Go" as the second single and lead track.[4]
Lyrics and composition
"Go" marked the first time all four members of Blackpink have written on one song together. The song was written by them with Chris Martin, Cirkut, and Danny Chung, and produced by Cirkut and Teddy.[5] It is an "anthemic, EDM-laced" track[6] with a beat drop featuring a "whirlpool of grinding, turbo-charged synths."[5] Lyrically, the song is a confidence anthem featuring Blackpink's signature swagger. Lisa sings "here to the rescue, I'm number one," in the first verse and raps "Never gonna settle for second, I need a gold medal" in the second, telling the world that they are ready to dominate music again. In the bridge, Blackpink delivers a pep talk to encourage any of their fans feeling down to keep going, saying: "When your heart is broken, baby / Darkness on the edge of town / Try to keep it open, baby."[7] The group's chant of "Blackpink'll make ya" conveys a message of courage and solidarity and encapsulates the group's confident energy.[8]
Critical reception
Writing for Billboard, Jeff Benjamin ranked "Go" as the best song on the album and a representation of Blackpink's duality with its combination of an "undeniable hard edge" as well as an "obvious softness". He commended the beat drop as "one of Blackpink's most innovative breakdowns ever" and the "Blackpink'll make ya... GO" hook as something listeners will be "screaming along to by the song’s end".[5]Clash's Robin Murray praised the song as "taut and aggressive" and a "feisty stadium-filling demand".[9]
Music video
A music video teaser for "Go" was released on February 23, 2026.[10][11] The accompanying music video was released on February 27 alongside the release of Deadline. The intergalactic sci-fi themed video mixes nautical, human anatomy and elemental themes, alternately showing Blackpink practicing on a ballet barre in all-black outfits, holding rowing paddles, and them strapped into sleep pods on a space ship. During the chorus, imagery is shown of a silver pod spinning in a void and masked rowers propelling a sleek racing shell through the void.[12] Praised as their magnum opus increasing the bar for K-pop visuals, the video replaces Blackpink's neon pink palette with a liquid silver aesthetic as they wear "sleek, avant-garde outfits" set against celestial landscapes. Shifts of light between "harsh, strobe-like flashes to a soft, ethereal glow" create the effect of "dreamlike abstractions", while the members embody the theme of four interstellar sailors charting their own path as they revolve around their own axis. A pivotal scene shows the group holding crossed oars in a tight formation, a symbol of the power of their solidarity even in the midst of the chaos around them.[13]
↑Bae, Woo-geun (February 27, 2026). 블랙핑크, 파격 음악 세계로 'GO'..MV 티저 전격 공개[Title track "GO" released… Blackpink's cello world-class performance returns to action]. Seoul Sports (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 27, 2026. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
↑Sun, Mi-Kyung (February 24, 2026). 블랙핑크, 파격 음악 세계로 'GO'..MV 티저 전격 공개[BLACKPINK's "GO" into the world of groundbreaking music...MV teaser released]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 27, 2026. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
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