Play For Keeps...
By TIM DAVID HARVEY
Once upon a time in... Thailand. Int. Hotel Room - Night. A young woman, dressed in a way superlative couldn't quite capture, is talking on the phone. Confirming flight details and itineraries, that are busier than those same superlatives, with her assistant. The assistant then reveals, that yes, he is still in town and there's a chance she could still catch him whilst she can. No, not Leo, but more like DiCaprio's 'Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood' director, Quentin Tarantino ('Pulp Fiction', 'Inglorious Basterds', 'Django Unchained'). LISA's, from South Korean pop phenomenon BLACKPINK, directing muse, on the same New Music Friday that John Legend releases an album of the same name inspiration with Pharrell.
"Tarantino, Tarantino/Got my feet hangin' out the Camino (Oh)/Tarantino, Tarantino (Yeah)/Got my feet hangin' out the Camino", the Thai rapper/singer teases, like she's about to get a call back (she probably will). So much so, you're practically convinced you'll see the 'Reservoir Dogs' director, currently doing his first West End play ('The Popinjay Cavalier') in London with Sacha Baron Cohen, in the mirror at the end of the music video that kills it, like Bill. Lalisa, kicking ass and taking French fries she uses coolly as cigarettes, knowing Q.T. all too well. "Death proof, baby, I do all my own stunts/F you, baby, like a razor on my tongue/Black suit, fast food, takе me out to lunch/At the drive-thru, Thai funk, shakin' out thе trunk." With Uma Thurman "mustard on her sneakers". Yep, the 'Dusk 'Till Dawn' star likes feet. I once asked him, at a 'Death Proof' signing in Liverpool, no less, what Salma Hayek's taste like. And he replied, with a laugh, "pretty good, if you get the chance, I recommend it."
That's Hollywood! But the 'SaWaDiKa' single before it is even more of an anthem. Seoul music for the K-Pop generation, with its icon spitting, "Hello, สวัสดีค่ะ/Yeah, you know my wrist is cold/Got this timepiece from Geneva/If you know it, then you know/I'm that b#### on your TV/And my Ferrari indigo/La Lalisa, la diva/สวัสดีค่ะ, there she go (Hey)." Backdropped by a bigger budget video and a Thai formal greeting on a new line of clothing more sought-after than the PlayStation controller bearing her autographed image. Ticking to a countdown, in Bangkok, New York City, Los Angeles and cities across China and Mexico City for a run that could even rival the Avengerss 'Doomsday' clock. All for Lisa's extended play, on Lloud and RCA Records, and her first solo releases since the 'Alter Ego' debut of this 'New Woman', 'Born Again', 'Rock Star' almost two years ago.
It's not even been a full calendar since her BLACKPINK outfit came back with their own epic EP, but Lisa makes the 'Deadline' for end of year big releases. All after bandmate and friend Jennie made a summer splash with some seriously stunning singles ('Less Than A Lover', 'Fallen Angel', 'Heaven'). And both Lisa and Jennie, with Jisoo ('Click') and Rosé ('New Trick') to come, our offering hits, and music videos, just as big as their 'Jump' when they said 'Go'! The Blackpink chant going on, all in the same year fellow classic contemporaries BTS made the comeback of the calendar with 'Arirang'. Korean music is still popping, and Lisa is riding it all the way in a 'V12' as she presses play on the car radio with Dem Jointz riding board manning shotgun. "Nothin' but net with the free throws", in the same era these Demon Hunter beaters told us they were "Golden, like Draymond." With a 'Cobra' clutch, sampling Missy Elliott and Timbaland's perfect 'Pass That Dutch', Lisa is ready to 'Cut U Off'. More than fifteen minutes of fame, sweating through the EP highlight and a black dress with hair blowing album art of iconography. Just 'Press Play' already. It's time to say hello.
Playlist Picks: 'Sawadika', 'Tarantino', 'Sweat'.
Spin This: BLACKPINK - 'Deadline (EP)'.
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