BLACKPINK: Playing with Fire

Playing with Fire 

by BLACKPINK was one of the lead singles from their second single album Square Two as the first track. Released on November 1, 2016 the song was written and composed by Teddy with R.Tee also assisting in the composition. Arrangement was done solely by R.Tee. It had been 85 days since their previous releases of Boombayah and Whistle.

Playing with Fire features Jennie, Jisoo, Rose, and Lisa at the average age of 19.8 years old.

Playing with Fire had 220 words with 70.9% (156 words) in Korean versus 29.1% (64 words) in English. The song is sung entirely in individual sections. The average is 55 words with a standard deviation of 20.3 words and a margin of error of 10.1 words. Member Lisa had the highest number of words while member Jisoo had the least.

Rank

1. Lisa - 89 words
2. Jennie - 51 words
3. Rose - 43 words
4. Jisoo - 37 words

Lisa - Highest word 

Playing with Fire had a track time of 3 minutes and 17 seconds with a total singing time of 2 minutes and 22 seconds. The song has no part of the song that is not sung in individual sections. The average is 35.8 seconds with a standard deviation of 7.1 seconds and a margin of error of 3.5 seconds. Member Lisa had the highest amount of time while member Jisoo had the least.

Rank

1. Lisa - 43 seconds
2. Jennie - 41 seconds
3. Rose - 34 seconds
4. Jisoo - 25 seconds

Lisa - Highest Time 

Playing with Fire earned 2 music show wins and won 1 award during the award season cycle. The song placed on 8 different charts, peaking at #1 on the US World digital songs, and placed #3 on the South Korea Gaon chart and South Korea Gaon monthly chart.

Playing with Fire by BLACKPINK earned a total of 806 points and earned a grade of B for word distribution and a grade of A for time distribution.

Points Breakdown

• Standard Deviation: 172.6 points
• Margin of Error: 186.4 points
• Music Show: 20 points
• Awards: 10 points
• Charts: 417 points