Frankly I called it last year. The album, the solos, multiple comebacks and it’s motivation. This may sound cold but I’m not sure why it matters or why people should still be complaining. It’s clear YG’s formula of BP as mainly influencers who release safe music once a year works.
HYLT got a PAK, charted in the top 20 of UK Singles, & on Spotify BP was the only female act in the top streams along with Grande & Lady Gaga. Despite all the complaints from non-stan kpop fans & Blinks from prioritizing music to wanting artist evolution, the numbers & hype show that Blinks, & kpop consumers don’t really care that much.
YG can manage a new group with giving BP a teddy track comeback once a year for the next two years, especially with WINKON probably entering the military soon & contracts ending. Most of YG’s acts are gone & 4th Gen GGs like ITZY/(G)I-DLE seem to be going back to the two comebacks a year format. Even if BP goes a year without a release it won’t affect the arrangement. The only people that I think loses is some of the ladies creative yearnings.