The K-pop quartet’s highly anticipated second album leans into an image of authority that’s undercut by familiar ideas and stale musical concepts.

 

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The album’s first single, “Pink Venom,” impresses with its braggadocio and influences, weaving in lyrical references to the Notorious B.I.G. (“Kick in the door, waving that Coco”) and Rihanna (“One by one, then two by two”)

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Though it’s performed by Rosé alone, Born Pink’s centerpiece is the alluring and thorny “Hard to Love.” Encasing BLACKPINK’s ethos of hard and soft into one song, it’s a fitting successor to The Album’s anthem of yearning, “Lovesick Girls,”

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Across Aespa’s genre-blending metaverse, NewJeans’ au naturel approach, and Dreamcatcher’s metal-tinged sound, the industry is growing more varied as it becomes more saturated. BLACKPINK’s potential audience has never been larger, but the refurbished sound and half-baked ideas on Born Pink fail to inspire.

 

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/blackpink-born-pink/

Way too high. Deserves half of that score. How is this equal to Hold the Girl like 

Too high

 

Deserves a zero. Poor guy/gal going to be attacked by blinks now 

8 minutes ago, Dark Horse said:

he's a once

 

 

 

And he still gave this album this high of a rating?

 

It deserves a solid 4.5/10.

12 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

Way too high. Deserves half of that score. How is this equal to Hold the Girl like 

 

10 minutes ago, Take Me Apart said:

Too high

 

 

6 minutes ago, DanceFreak said:

Deserves a zero. Poor guy/gal going to be attacked by blinks now 

 

7 minutes ago, Dark Horse said:

he's a once

 

 

 

 

Some people should go take a bath like their faves told them and stop obsessing about BP. 

 

 

 

21 minutes ago, Dark Horse said:

he's a once

 

 

 

I find it interesting that a lot of these reviews, columnists, etc that discuss BLACKPINK are always exposed as BTS and TWICE fans

 

and that’s why I never take them seriously.

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Secondly, I love the album so I couldn’t give a **** what a reviewer has to say

 

I’ll continue to bop regardless

Shockingly high

2 minutes ago, lovedaddy said:

6.5 is good tho...what are you on lol

A whole Twitter meltdown for a decent score?

 

 

38 minutes ago, Dark Horse said:

he's a once

 

 

 

Must be an ATRL member as well 

39 minutes ago, Dark Horse said:

he's a once

 

 

 

That's not how Pitchfork works. Everyone in Pitchfork gives a score to the album, then they use the avrage as the final score

56 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

Way too high. Deserves half of that score. How is this equal to Hold the Girl like 

Hold the girl is a terrible album so I'm not surprised

Way too high If Rina Sawayama's album is a 6.5 this is like a 3

If I were Rina I'd be super pissed and offended rn

more proof that Pitchfork gives 6.x to almost every pop album

Would you expect the pinnacle of manufactured pop music to bring some catchy bops. The complete failure on all fronts   

"Though it’s performed by Rosé alone, Born Pink’s centerpiece is the alluring and thorny “Hard to Love.” Encasing BLACKPINK’s ethos of hard and soft into one song, it’s a fitting successor to The Album’s anthem of yearning, “Lovesick Girls”

 

 

It's confirmed, HTL is the best song on the album

2 minutes ago, A Bomb said:

Would you expect the pinnacle of manufactured pop music to bring some catchy bops. The complete failure on all fronts   

All fronts? The album is a million seller with a 79 score on Metacritic. That's more than a lot of your faves can say

Way too high of a score for that garbage album 

23 minutes ago, Pendulum said:

If I were Rina I'd be super pissed and offended rn

For making a bad album, yes.  I too would be offended by my own work.

 

@OP 6.5 is too high, this is more like 3.5 or 4/10.  One listen and it’s as if I’ve heard these songs 100x before.