BLACKPINK Jennie to attend Cannes Film Festival

▲ This photo shows BLACKPINK Jennie. (Yonhap)

 

SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- Girl group BLACKPINK's Jennie will attend the 76th Cannes Film Festival, which will take place next week.

 

YG Entertainment has announced on Thursday, that Jennie will attend the preview of the upcoming HBO drama "The Idol" and a red carpet event in Cannes, France, on the 22nd (local time).

 

Jennie’s actor debut drama "The Idol" has been invited to the non-competitive section at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

 

It stars pop star The Weeknd who also participated as a co-producer, depicting the complex relationship between rising pop idol star and the cultural industry.

 

In addition to Jennie, actor Johnny Depp's daughter, Lily Rose Depp, and singer-songwriter Troye Sivan are to appear on the show.

 

Some episodes of “The Idol” will be released as the Cannes Film Festival’s world premiere and will be officially aired on HBO next month.

 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)

 

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