''Square One'' is the debut

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by South Korean girl group

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. It was released digitally on August 8, 2016, by

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. The lyrics were written by B.I,

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while the music was composed by Teddy Park,

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Promotion

To promote Square One, Blackpink held its first live performances of "Whistle" and "Boombayah" at the SBS

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on August 14, 2016. A week later, on August 21, the group won its first award during a musical program for "Whistle" at Inkigayo.

Commercial performance

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in South Korea. "Whistle" debuted at number one and "Boombayah" at number seven on the chart. The two singles as well as the tracks on Blackpink's second single album ''

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'' combined sold a total of 113,000 digital song downloads in the U.S. by August 2017.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

"Whistle"

"Boombayah"

Accolades

References

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