The lead-up to Blackpink's 10th anniversary revealed just how much the group's operations have changed since its members launched independent careers. While YG continues to manage Blackpink's group activities, organizing them now requires coordination among four separate management companies. "Getting sign-off between the members' individual agencies simply takes too long," an official at one member's agency told The Korea Herald. "As the members' solo careers have expanded, Blackpink's group activities have naturally become less central," Lim said. "For the members, Blackpink may feel more like something in the past, while their present and future matter more to them now.