Lisa (BLACKPINK) is unfairly treated in Korea but favored in China, why?

Although it is a large market, China has strict regulations for Kpop idols. But for Lisa (BLACKPINK), she is a rare case that is not of Chinese origin but still has great influence in this billion-people market.

Being "favored" in China

Recently, Lisa (Blackpink) has just become the 8th foreign artist to appear on the cover of Marie Claire China magazine in the past 10 years. Many viewers wonder what makes a K-pop group member "favored" and has a special influence in the country of billions of people?

Accordingly, the growing influence is the reason why famous magazines target Lisa. But another reason becomes an advantage, helping Lisa to be "favored" in the Chinese market, because she is Thai.

Since 2016, China began to restrict K-pop culture within the country. Therefore, Korean stars gradually face difficulties when operating in Mainland China.

On the contrary, many idols of different nationalities are gradually becoming famous in China, including Lisa, who is Thai. The female idol became more popular when she became the coach of the hit reality show "Youth with friends 2".

Lisa made the audience in China admire her dance performances and ingenious coaching ability in the show.

Explaining that an international star like Lisa was chosen to be the coach of a popular Chinese talent show, the media and the audience said that it was thanks to her talent and hard work. Artistic activities of female idols.

Lisa shared with Marie Claire, she has been learning choreography since she was 5 years old. At the age of 14, she went to Korea to be a trainee of YG Entertainment, and began to pursue her dream of becoming a K-pop idol.

After 5 years of hard work, Lisa debuted as an official member of Blackpink. As a foreign idol, Lisa encountered many difficulties in language and cultural prejudice. Typically, her mini-album "Lalisa" achieved great international success but was not too popular in Korea.

However, until now, Lisa has affirmed a certain position in the Korean entertainment industry. She is recognized as one of the best dance idols in Kpop, having a wide influence in many fields.

In the international "cocoon" market like China, Lisa still has the opportunity to cooperate with many big brands.

In July 2021, the public was stunned when Lisa shook hands with the famous smartphone company Vivo to promote the brand's new product.

The image of the female singer filling the streets, shopping malls, cinemas in China... shows that Lisa is extremely sought after in the country of billions of people.

Many times being treated unfairly in Kpop

It can be said that in Asia, Korea is considered as the No. 1 music market. Therefore, a series of talents from all over Asia have flocked to the land of kimchi to look for opportunities to develop their artistic path. art. From Luhan, Lay, Kris, Tao (EXO), Nickhun (2PM), Lisa (Black Pink) and Mina, Sana, Momo, Tyuzu (Twice) - all of which are famous foreign idols of Kpop.

Basically, the appearance of foreign idols gives Kpop many new breezes: from vocals, skills, and especially, different looks. The most important role of foreign idols must be the ability to attract fans in their own homeland to help the group increase its coverage across Korean borders.

Typically in the case of EXO, three Chinese members Luhan, Kris, Tao and Lay have helped the group from SM to attract a huge fan base in the world's most populous country since its debut.

Similarly, members Mina - Momo - Sana have Japanese nationality of the No. 1 girl group Kpop Twice. Thanks to this trio, Twice not only dominates the Kpop market but also "storms and blows" in the land of the rising sun.

Among the foreign idols active in Kpop, the most prominent name must be Lisa (Black Pink) - she has a special talent, admired by her colleagues in the land of kimchi because of her pretty face. and looks in the most standard form in Kpop today.

However, at the time of debut, under Lisa's many interactive posts with millions of likes, it was not difficult to see disparaging comments from Korean fans. Someone harshly said: "Please return to Thailand because you are not suitable for Kpop". Others said: "Lisa is trying to cling to her Korean colleagues to become famous".

The fact that Lisa has been discriminated against has been controversial for a long time. In fact, only a part of fans in Korea still hold the idea of discriminating against foreign idols. Even so, only 1 or 2 comment lines are enough to make Lisa feel seriously hurt.

On social networks, fans in K-pop constantly object to discrimination and discrimination among idols even though they are all devoted to the Korean music industry. For Lisa alone, the hashtag #RespectLisa was widely disseminated to ask all fans to respect her "Thai Princess".

At the moment, Lisa (BLACKPINK) is an influential member with more than 80 million personal Instagram followers, serving as Ambassadors for many brands. This is the result of the female idol's relentless efforts.

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