Overview
- Jennie announced that her new single, "Less Than a Lover," will be released on Friday, July 24 at 1 p.m. KST and will appear on major streaming platforms.
- Official teaser posters credit Jennie as director, writer, and creator, underlining direct creative control of the song and music video.
- The teasers present a nostalgic, cinematic-romance visual theme with images of Jennie and a male co-star in a pickup truck and beneath a stone archway.
- Fans have widely speculated that Taiwanese-born, Seoul-based model-actor Nah Kai makes a cameo in the music video, but his involvement has not been officially confirmed.
- The single follows Jennie’s festival previews in the US and Europe and builds on her solo success with last year’s album Ruby and Blackpink’s February 2026 return with DEADLINE, making the release a key moment in her ongoing solo and group activity.