BLACKPINK’s Lisa has been working the global press as late with a star turn on the recent season of White Lotus, performances at Coachella and The Oscars and a number of big-name collaborations. It feels like she’s really broken through, which means offers must be flying in. Now is the time to pick and choose.
This being The Bias List, I get to express my distaste for Maroon 5’s oeuvre. If I had it my way, anything even tangentially K-pop related would stay far from their brand of whitebread blandness. However, they’re insanely popular so from a commercial standpoint I guess this team-up makes sense. And rather than stand as a Lisa single, Priceless is very much a Maroon 5 track she just happens to be a part of. Even in that regard, the song is as banal as a cup of room temperature water. Its light, vaguely funky instrumental positions itself in the background, as unobtrusive as pop music gets.
The melodies echo this flatness. Priceless is an early-summer vibe. Music to chill to. By the time Lisa comes in for verse two, brandishing a blend of spoken word and vocals, I’m grateful for a new texture and hint of personality. She’s easily the best thing about this song, and I guess that counts for something. But if she’s going to collaborate with more western artists, I’d recommend targeting performers with more bite and something interesting to say.
| Hooks | 7 |
| Production | 7 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7 |
The Bias List // K-Pop Reviews & Discussion 
A song that’s been done a million times before
6.75 (7, 7, 7, 6) for me
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lisa heard the complaints that she always get overshadowed by her co stars and decided to fix that by any means necessary but being the best part of a maroon five song is like winning a race against a dying fish
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I was coming to say this exactly XD And I say this as someone who not only owns Maroon 5’s Songs About Jane, but someone who listens to it frequently.
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and they say bts are desperate for western validation
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Seems like its the fans that are desperate, not bts themselves.
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People who keep bringing up Blackpink in BTS stuff and vivecersa like you did here are the real problem. I am not even going to apologise for my comment being kinda rude because I am done with ridiculous fanwar stuff on every fandom and front, I don’t even care if I agree with the content of the comments being made at this point.
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Cope harder
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oh well i’ll just listen to songs about jane instead
AND SHE WIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLL BE LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVEDDDDDDDDD 🗣️🗣️🗣️
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I love Lisa’s part it’s so good
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The only thing I can say about this is that I love that she beat the shit out of this man. It’s what he deserves, and apparently his creative team also knows this hence the mv 🩷
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She elevates Maroon 5 if that’s your kind of style, and it isn’t a bad song at all, just not anything you’d excitedly show your friends. It’s like if you went to music McDonald’s and was happily surprised to find a Lisa McRib to break the monotony of an Adam Double Cheeseburger. You’re still dining at music McDonalds though.
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I haven’t listened to maroon 5 since middle school, and even then it was just because they were all over the radio
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66M listeners on Spotify?! It has to be the past hits
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I can’t help but think of Maroon 5’s iconic duet with Rihanna, If I Never See Your Face Again. Check out that video to remember when the band felt so much more awake than this song.
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I actually liked Lisa in this song, Maroon 5 was just kind of..there too. She used her softer tones more and I’m a sucker for them.
7.5, wish it had a bit more flavor but it’s just fine for me overall.
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Lisa was seriously such a non-factor in The White Lotus, I wasn’t expecting much and I was still disappointed
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