The clean cut, New Zealand-raised girl band star is keeping herself busy and healthy away from the spotlightK-pop fans have been obsessing over Jennie – lead rapper of K-pop female group Blackpink – since the New Zealand-raised band member first debuted with the group in 2016. Since then, Blackpink has been rocketing to success in an unprecedented fashion globally.



That includes becoming the first K-pop act to join the line-up in Coachella 2019, a major music festival in California. Here are things you probably didn’t know about this ambassador for Chanel Korea, who turned 24 on January 16 this year.Amid the mental health struggles that have plagued young K-pop stars resulting in a spate of suicides in recent years, it’s good to know that this talent prioritises her health and well-being. In the celebrity TV talk series Star Road that focused on this band, which aired in 2018, Jennie revealed her fitness regime as pilates and flying yoga, the latter an often-used Korean term for an anti-gravity style of this discipline.Blackpink’s official Instagram has shared images of the star in various advanced level poses, such as the star pulling off a forearm stand. Elsewhere are posts like the one on Valentines Day in 2017 featuring Jennie, defying gravity, posing while suspended on fabrics. “For a peaceful mind and a healthy me,” the Instagram post noted.