Ruby, released in March 2025, is the first record that's entirely Jennie's — not a BLACKPINK song, not a feature, but a full album stitched together from 'Mantra,' the Dua Lipa duet 'Handlebars,' a Childish Gambino and Kali Uchis collaboration called 'Damn Right,' and a dozen other tracks that range from glossy pop to something closer to art-pop restraint. It arrived seven years after 'Solo,' her actual solo debut single back in 2018, and the gap shows in how confident the record sounds compared to that first outing.
The Ruby Experience Tour that followed only ran five dates across North America, Asia, and Europe, but critics who caught it kept saying the same thing: she doesn't lean on nonstop choreography to hold a room. She holds it with eye contact and a handful of exactly-timed movements instead.