LISA's 'Alter Ego' receives a 5.2/10 rating from Pitchfork

[Teletubby 145,150]

LISA wants you to believe she’s multifaceted. The Thai singer and rapper’s debut solo album is called Alter Ego, and if one takes her at her word, these 13 songs are meant to live up to that title. She presents different versions of herself, among them Vixi, a villain who drinks your tears; Roxi, a rock star who loves energy drinks; and Sunni, a girl who’s afraid of the dark. If this sounds a bit hollow, it’s because the concept is designed to sell multiple copies of the same album (CDs can be purchased with one of five photo books, each featuring one of the identities). This marketing ploy also highlights her biggest challenge: LISA, who is part of the record-setting K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, needs to convince you that she has depth without her bandmates. Alter Ego proves she doesn’t.
pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lisa-alter-ego/

Edited March 5 by Teletubby

[bionic 48,499]

The terrible Oscars performance demonstrated that Lisa is a product first and foremost. The music and everything else is second to that objective.

[MaybeKermit 4,579]

off that's harsh, I really liked Rockstar, New Woman and Born Again.

The songs are very generic tho, but they're not boring ...

[InTheCloset 18,711]

6 minutes ago, bionic said:

The terrible Oscars performance demonstrated that Lisa is a product first and foremost. The music and everything else is second to that objective.

she probably got the oscars because of her billionaire boyfriend

[FATCAT 59,899]

I really liked Born Again, I would have at least given it a 6

[FATCAT 59,899]

Just now, InTheCloset said:

 billionaire boyfriend

Got to get me one of those 

[InTheCloset 18,711]

11 minutes ago, FATCAT said:

Got to get me one of those 

find one for me too ples

i'll give you treats

[Poker 3,710]

She's really talented. Saying she's getting things because of a rich man or her bandmates is being ignorant. But I agree the concept of the album was a mess. They tried to replicate Kpop standards and she needed to differentiate from them to be seen as more honest.

[Bradley 58,700]

K-pop needs to start paying attention to authenticity

[Pablo 7,685]

54 minutes ago, bionic said:

The terrible Oscars performance demonstrated that Lisa is a product first and foremost. The music and everything else is second to that objective.

I might get roasted for this but a lot of kpop groups are products. They start training so young and get placed in a group and have most of their songs written for them. It's a wild industry. 

Lisa is just doing what she knows. 

[Galagala 4,606]

Still baffling why she and Doja, Raye can perform at Oscars like it's so random...

[LG2008 4,809]

1 hour ago, FATCAT said:

I really liked Born Again, I would have at least given it a 6

That's technically a RAYE song 

[jackweller 429]

1 hour ago, bionic said:

The terrible Oscars performance demonstrated that Lisa is a product first and foremost. The music and everything else is second to that objective.

Can’t speak of her as a musician. Never followed her career but she ain’t half bad in White Lotus.

Edited March 5 by jackweller

[Teletubby 145,150]

not a good day for Lisa

[Max 21,667]

While some songs on the album could straight up be BLACKPINK songs, they slap. It‘s a solid album, not groundbreaking but also not bad. I agree though that she needs to separate her own work from Kpop in order to have a somewhat respectable solo career.