Eyes Closed
by Jisoo (featuring Zayn)

Album: released as a single (2025)
Charted: 37 72
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Songfacts®:

  • The dreamy, synth-laced ballad "Eyes Closed" finds Jisoo and Zayn Malik navigating the hesitant, early stages of a new romance. The song explores the challenge of entering a relationship while both individuals carry emotional baggage from their pasts, ultimately capturing the moment they decide to look past their history and take a chance on love.
  • "Eyes Closed" could sit comfortably beside Zayn's mid-2010s torch duets like "Dusk Till Dawn" (with Sia) or "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" (with Taylor Swift). The same cinematic buildup is there - pulsing synths and booming drums. Jisoo brings the soft melancholy that once haunted "Flower," while Zayn drapes his signature ache across the track.
  • Behind the console, production duo The Monsters & Strangerz (Stefan and Jordan Johnson) lead the charge, the same sonic architects behind Maroon 5's "Memories," Dua Lipa's "Break My Heart" and Justin Bieber's "Anyone." The Monsters & Strangerz served as primary producers alongside Isaiah Tejada and Alex Hope, all of whom share writing credit with Jisoo, Zayn Malik, Amanda "Kiddo A.I." Ibanez, Mikky Ekko, and Nick Long.
  • The video, directed by Frank and Ivanna Borin, presents a cosmic narrative set in outer space. Jisoo and Zayn portray the only two awakened passengers on a spaceship, drifting through zero gravity before finding each other mid-orbit.
  • The song was released on October 10, 2025, 11 weeks after Zayn was spotted at BlackPink's New York show with daughter Khai in tow.
  • "Eyes Closed" debuted at #72 on the Billboard Hot 100, a milestone not just for Jisoo, but for BlackPink as a whole. With this entry, Jisoo joined Rosé, Lisa, and Jennie as the final member of the group to score a solo hit on the chart, making BlackPink the first all-female K-pop group in history whose every member has landed a solo track on the Hot 100.

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