Shut Down

"Shut Down" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Blackpink. It was released on September 16, 2022, through YG Entertainment and Interscope Records, as the second single of the group's second studio album, Born Pink (2022). The song was written by its producer 24, alongside Teddy, Danny Chung, and Vince. It is primarily a hip hop song driven by trap beats and a looped classical violin sample of Niccolò Paganini's "La Campanella", with lyrics dismissing the group's haters. "Shut Down" was a commercial success and became Blackpink's second number-one hit on the Billboard Global 200 as well as the first song by a K-pop act to top Spotify's weekly chart. In South Korea, the track topped Billboard's South Korea Songs chart for three weeks and peaked at number three on the Circle Digital Chart. It entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 25 and the UK Singles Chart at number 24. The song also topped the charts in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam, and entered the top ten in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, and South Korea. It was later certified platinum in Canada and gold in Australia and Japan. "Shut Down" received positive reviews from critics, who praised the memorable production and confident lyrics and deemed it a career highlight, while some criticized the classical sample as an overused K-pop technique. An accompanying music video for the song was uploaded onto Blackpink's YouTube channel simultaneously with the single's release. The video references the group's previous videos, mirroring scenes from "Playing with Fire," "Whistle," "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du," "Boombayah," and "Kill This Love." Blackpink promoted "Shut Down" with performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and the South Korean music program Inkigayo, as well as the Born Pink World Tour.