BLACKPINK: Stay

Stay 

is a lead single released on November 1, 2016 as the second track from their single album Square Two by BLACKPINK. Lyrics, composition and arraignment were written by Teddy with Seo Won-jin helping compose and arrange the song. It had been 85 days since their previous releases of Boombayah and Whistle.

Stay features members Jennie, Jisoo, Rose, and Lisa at the average age of 19.8 years old.

Stay has a total of 341 words with 194 words (54%) in Korean versus 157 words (46%) in English. About 31.7% (108 words) were sung by all in unison with 68.3% (233 words) divided between the four members. The average is 58.3 words with a standard deviation of 9 words and a margin of error of 4.5 words. Jennie had the highest amount of words while Jisoo had the least.

Rank

1. Jennie - 67 words
2. Rose - 66 words
3. Lisa - 55 words
4. Jisoo - 45 words

Jennie - Highest Word

Stay has a track time of 3 minutes and 50 seconds with a total singing time of 3 minutes and 28 seconds. 30 seconds (14.4%) were sung in unison, while 178 seconds (85.6%) were divided between the members. The average was 44.5 seconds with a standard deviation of 12.8 seconds and a margin of error of 6.4 seconds. Member Rose had the highest amount of time, while member Lisa had the least.

Rank

1. Rose - 61 seconds
2. Jennie - 0:51 seconds
3. Jisoo - 39 seconds
4. Lisa - 27 seconds

Rose - Highest Time 

Stay did not win any awards, thought it did peak at #4 on the US World Digital songs as well as placing #10 on the South Korea Gaon chart (now circle), and #27 on the South Korea Gaon Monthly chart.

Stay by BLACKPINK earned a total of 629.3 points and a grade of A for word distribution but a grade of B+ for time distribution.

Points Breakdown

• Standard Deviation: 178.2 points
• Margin of Error: 189.1 points
• Music Show: 0 points
• Awards: 0 points
• Charts: 259 points