Blackpink closed the European leg of their Deadline world tour with a two-and-a-half hour second night set at Wembley that contained all the tight choreography, slick production and fireworks that befit the biggest girl band on the planet.

Yet it was a happily chaotic, unpolished cover of the Spice Girls’ Wannabe during the encore that said most about how this K-pop juggernaut has evolved in the two years since they last played London.

Chaotic and unpolished are not adjectives usually associated with the carefully constructed world of K-pop.

But after a hiatus during which the band negotiated a new contract with their label YG and each of its members pursued successful solo endeavours, Jisoo, Lisa, Jennie and Rosé were visibly more playful and relaxed than in 2023.

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