On July 27, 2025, Zayn shared anInstagram Story of him and his 4-year old daughter Khai attendingBlackpink'sDeadline World Tour in New York City and said that they "loved it".[2] He later alluded to new music coming out "soon with another cool collaborator" on a live stream.[3] On October 5, Blackpink member Jisoo shared a poster for an upcoming single named "Eyes Closed". Captioned "a duet is near", the poster showed her in a black leather dress with a mystery silhouette in the background.[4] According toThe Korea Herald, an industry source revealed the single to be a newballad duet with Zayn set to be released some time during the month and hinted that was the reason the singer was invited to Blackpink's concert.[5] The next day, Jisoo shared a second teaser poster with the caption "Two voices, one orbit. Coming soon," depicting herself in the foreground while a male figure stands with his back turned.[6] Fans noticed that the tattoo on the back of the mystery singer's head looked similar to Zayn's.[7] On October 8, the duo officially announced the digital single, two days ahead of its release on October 10.[8] It marked Jisoo's first official English-language single,[9] and her first solo release since her extended playAmortage (2025).[7]
"Eyes Closed" has been described as a "soulful and tender"pop song with a "dreamy" melody that highlights Jisoo and Zayn's vocals.[10] The production blends warm keys,acoustic guitar,bass synth and atmospheric elements.[11] The duo sing about diving into a new relationship where both carry wounds from their respective pasts.[12] They express hesitation at first but ultimately decide to pursue their romance despite their past experiences.[13] Jisoo starts the ballad by singing, "Time is standing still and I don’t want to leave your lips / Tracing my body with your fingertips," to which Zayn responds, "I know what you’re feeling and I know you want to say it / I do too, but we gotta be patient."[11] They trade lines about how a love that shouldn’t work is somehow perfect, especially without trying to make sense of it, before joining together to sing the "heart-swelling" chorus: "Oh, we should fall in love with our eyes closed / Better if we keep it where we don’t know / The beds we’ve been in / The names and the faces of who we were with."[14]
"Eyes Closed" debuted at number ten on theBillboard Global Excl. US, becoming Jisoo's second top-ten hit after "Flower" (2023) and Zayn's first top-ten hit on the chart. The song earned 43.9 million streams and 5,000 sold outside the US in its first tracking week.[15] In the United States, "Eyes Closed" debuted at number 72 on theBillboard Hot 100 with 5.8 million streams, 225,000 in radio airplay audience and 2,000 sold in its first week. Jisoo earned her first solo entry on the Hot 100, following ten entries with Blackpink. She became the fourth and final member of Blackpink to chart as a soloist, joining her bandmatesRosé,Lisa, andJennie. With this, Blackpink became the first female K-pop group and all-female group to have all its members reach the Hot 100 individually. Blackpink also became the tenth group of four or more members in history to have all members score a solo entry on the chart, joiningthe Beatles,BTS,Eagles,Fleetwood Mac,New Edition,New Kids on the Block,One Direction,U2, andWu-Tang Clan.[16] It later debuted at number 38 on theBillboardPop Airplay chart dated November 8, 2025, earning Jisoo her first entry on the chart and Zayn his eighth. This made Jisoo the fourth and final member of Blackpink to enter the chart as a soloist, following Lisa's five entries and Jennie and Rosé's three each, in addition to the group's three entries.[17] In the United Kingdom, "Eyes Closed" debuted at number 37 and became Jisoo's highest-charting solo entry, one spot above her first entry "Flower".[18]
A music video for "Eyes Closed" was directed byFrank Borin and Ivanna Borin and released alongside the single on Jisoo and Zayn'sYouTube channels.[19][20] In the video, the two wake from suspended animation on a spaceship as they float in zero gravity.[14] As the only two awakened passengers, they drift through the spaceship alone before finally finding each other mid-orbit and falling in love.[10][21] They sing the chorus together in an endless hallway as the spaceship zooms towards a landing onSaturn.[14]
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