Behind the brilliant success, Lisa (BLACKPINK) has suffered many disadvantages and injuries.
Lisa (BLACKPINK) was born in 1997 in Buriram, province of Isan region, Thailand. Revealing her love for music and dancing early, her mother sent her to dance classes and often won many awards. This is the premise that helps Lisa have her current professional performing skills.

In 2010, Lisa participated in an audition organized by YG Entertainment in Thailand. Surpassing more than 4,000 contestants, she was the only one qualified to become the company’s intern. The 14-year-old girl left her hometown, family and friends to pursue her passion.

Discrimination for being Southeast Asian

As the only foreign member, Lisa encountered many difficulties in integrating with Korean culture and people. She cannot be fluent in Korean like the other members. For the first three months, she cried every day and called her mother. Lisa once said: “In the early days, my Korean capital was zero. I knew how to speak English but the company forced me to use Korean. At that time, I could only say hello two times.”

Not only did she have to go through a harsh training process, but Lisa also had to endure considerable mental pressure from the Korean public, including discrimination against Southeast Asians.

Lisa often suffers criticism and disparagement about her appearance, doubts about her singing and dancing ability, many anti-fans make rude comments, disparage her, denigrate her, and denigrate her as a “country person”. , “transgender”: “She is so beautiful thanks to Korean makeup technology!”; “If you take off that layer of makeup, her face will only have Southeast Asian features”; “Go back to Thailand, don’t go to Korea to make a name for yourself. No one likes you here”…

By the time she joined the group, Lisa still had to endure negative comments about her Thai origin. Someone commented: “Go back to Thailand because you are not suitable for K-pop.” Others said: “Lisa is trying to cling to her Korean colleagues to become famous”…

Faced with the impolite actions of the Korean online community, many fans and celebrities also spoke up to protect the female idol. They launched a movement on social networks called #RespectLisa (Please respect Lisa).

This action was responded to by many fans on Instagram, pushing this keyword to the top trending in many countries. The above social network movement not only has the participation of fans, but many celebrities also enthusiastically support it, especially artists from Thailand, Lisa’s homeland.

Faced with this pressure, Lisa cried and called her mother many times out of frustration. But luckily, the members are always by her side, encouraging and helping the little girl overcome it to become one of the famous female rappers in K-pop today.

Threat to life

In 2018, Lisa received an email from someone claiming to be a fan, threatening to kill her in many ways such as stabbing, shooting, and bombing while BLACKPINK was preparing for a show in Indonesia.

YG Entertainment – Lisa’s management company must increase security to ensure the show goes smoothly. Even though it was only a threat, this made the female singer feel insecure when appearing in a music performance.

But in 2020, Lisa continued to become the target of anti-fans. At that time, an anonymous account appeared on Twitter and issued a threat: “If BLACKPINK returns to the stage, I will shoot Lisa. You can say goodbye to your idol, because that’s the last time you can see that ugly face.”

This account shows locations in Seoul, South Korea. The reason is said to be that some viewers commented that Lisa did not have the talent and beauty to become famous.

This incident made the group’s fandom very worried about the safety of foreign members. It was the fans who had to ask for help from the Thai Embassy in Seoul. Afterwards, the Ambassador spoke up to protect Lisa, affirming that they would consider investigating the incident.

In response to this move by the foreign embassy, ​​YG announced that they will continue to monitor and strictly handle the issue: “We try our best to ensure the safety of artists and fans. Public side company is also aware of this issue. We collect evidence, receive information from fans and strictly handle the issue, without tolerance towards anyone.”

Got scammed by the old manager

When her career was at its peak, Lisa continued to face difficulties when her former manager cheated her of 1 billion won (18.27 billion VND). This person has been with Lisa and BLACKPINK since the group debuted, so the members trust them very much.

Taking advantage of Lisa’s trust and the fact that she had no relatives in Korea, this person told Lisa that he would use that money to invest in real estate, but in fact he burned it all on gambling.

The fraud was discovered, causing a great psychological shock to Lisa because this was a manager she once trusted very much, even considered her brother in the family. The youngest member of BLACKPINK experienced anxiety, fear, and disappointment when being betrayed by someone close to her.

According to Korean media, although Lisa has known about this for a long time, she could not announce this because it not only harms the female idol’s image but also affects the group’s activities. Lisa also chose the gentlest solution so that the manager’s life would not be affected much.

YG Company apologized to the audience, said the manager had quit and returned Lisa part of her money. The two sides reached an agreement to pay the remaining amount.

The company representative said: “We are extremely disappointed that the former manager took advantage of the artist’s trust to commit fraud. We are responsible for managing and urging employees.” YG said there will be measures to prevent similar situations. Lisa’s actions made everyone admire but also worry about her because she is too kind and can easily be taken advantage of by bad people.

It can be seen that behind the brilliant success, Lisa has suffered many disadvantages and injuries. But beyond everything, with her appearance and talent, Lisa is asserting her position in Korea and the world day by day.