You’d probably never heard of Korean K-Pop sensations Blackpink before the King honoured them. But here we reveal how starvation diets, daily weigh-ins and huge pressure to have plastic surgery have left a dark spectre behind the world’s biggest girl band

With their reserved smiles, the 4 girls were the photo of etiquette as they aligned recently to satisfy King Charles in Buckingham Palace‘s grandest area, where Russian Tsar Nicholas I was as soon as a visitor.

For most twentysomethings, being granted an honorary MBE– in this instance, in acknowledgment for their job as climate change ambassadors– by the British queen would certainly be the best minute in their lives.

But for Lisa Manoban, Ros é Park, Jisoo Kim and Jennie Kim, participants of the Korean girl band Blackpink, this most current honour stands for a simple afterthought in a profession sprayed with honors: many leading 10 cds and No1 strikes, worldwide sell-out scenic tours, songs honors by the bucketload and cooperations with worldwide …