"New Woman" is a song by Thai rapper and singer Lisa featuring Spanish singer Rosalía. It was released through Lloud and RCA Records on August 16, 2024, as the second single from Lisa's upcoming debut studio album. It is primarily a pop and electronic track with trap sonorities containing lyrics about Lisa transforming herself and rediscovering her identity. The song was produced by Ilya and Max Martin and written by them alongside Lisa, Rosalía, Tove Burman, and Tove Lo.
"New Woman" peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Global 200 and number six on the Global Excl. U.S., becoming Lisa's fourth and Rosalía's fifth top-ten hit on the latter chart respectively. It reached the top ten of charts in Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan, and peaked at number 12 in Spain. In the United States, the song became Lisa's fourth entry on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 97.
The collaboration of Lisa and Rosalía was described as long-coming, with the two artists having expressed their admiration for one another previously. In an interview with Radio Disney México in March 2022, Rosalía described herself as a fan: "I love Lisa. I'm a fan of hers. To me, I love her. She dances well and she is so talented." Similarly, in May 2022, Lisa praised her to Rolling Stone, saying that "Rosalía is so cool. She has her own Spanish culture, that's inside her person, that influences her music."[1]
In December 2023, Lisa declined to renew her contract with her label YG Entertainment for individual activities.[2] She proceeded to establish her own artist management company called Lloud in February 2024.[3] In April, she signed with RCA Records to release solo music in partnership with Lloud.[4] She released "Rockstar" on June 28, her first single under Lloud and RCA Records since her departure from YG Entertainment.[5] "New Woman" serves as Lisa's second single from her upcoming solo album after "Rockstar", and Rosalía's first single of the year following her collaborations with Rauw Alejandro on the EP RR and Björk on the single "Oral", both released in 2023.[1][6]
Composition
Lisa, Rosalía Vila Tobella, Tove Burman, Tove Lo, Ilya, and Max Martin wrote "New Woman", and the latter two produced the track. Tove Lo is also credited as a background vocalist.[7] "New Woman" is a "Y2K-inspired" pop and electronic song with trap sonorities[8] that runs for 3 minutes.[9][10][11] It starts with Lisa singing about "walking through fire to rediscover shes is a 'New Woman' with a 'revved up aura'".[12] The singer also "talks of blooming like a flower, walking through the fire, taking her time and rediscovering herself".[13] After the first chorus, the rhythm of "New Woman" "slows down" and is followed by Rosalía's Spanish verse with "whispered" lyrics.[12]
Robin Murray of Clash described the track as a "a real statement of feminine pop energy".[7]Stereogum's Danielle Chelosky called it a "summery banger" that features "a killer beat change".[14] Janice Sim from Singapore Vogue described it as a "sinuous, groovy track" that features "Lisa's unravelling of a new self".[13]
Release and promotion
On August 2, Lisa began teasing a follow-up release to "Rockstar" by sharing a snippet on social media, which featured her in pink hair showing off a star-shaped pendant around her neck. Three days later, Lloud posted a second teaser with the same audio showing a titled silver star in front of a pink cloudy sky with the words "coming soon" scrolling across it, followed by a rotating silvery rose, and finally the text "LALISA ______." The blank space as well as the rose led fans to speculate that the song would be a collaboration with Spanish singer Rosalía.[15] The two artists officially announced the single on August 6, revealing its title "New Woman" and its release date of August 15 at 8 p.m. ET, or August 16 at 7 a.m. ICT. The announcement was accompanied by the single's cover art, which depicts Lisa and Rosalía staring sensually at the camera in their sunglasses, the former in a leather corset and jacket and the latter in a furry pink coat.[16] The day of the song's release, Lisa appeared as the first guest on the third season of Lee Young-ji's talk show Not Much Prepared on YouTube.[17] On September 11, Lisa made her debut live performance of "New Woman" at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards held at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.[18] She also performed the song as a headliner for the Global Citizen Festival, which took place on September 28 at Central Park in New York City.[19]
"New Woman" peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Global 200 dated August 31, 2024.[21] On the Billboard Global Excl. U.S., it debuted at number six with 54.5 million streams and 10,000 sold outside the U.S. between August 16 to 22. The song marked Lisa's fourth and Rosalía's fifth top-ten hit on the chart respectively. Lisa also became the Blackpink member with the most top-tens, followed by Jennie with three and Rosé and Jisoo with one each, and matched the four top-tens that Blackpink achieved as a group.[22] In the United States, the song debuted at number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Lisa's fourth entry on the chart as a soloist. She became the first female K-pop soloist in history to have four songs enter the chart, and tied J-Hope, Suga, and V as the K-pop artists with the seventh-most chart entries, only behind BTS, her group Blackpink, Jungkook, Jimin, Psy, and NewJeans.[23]
Music video
A scene in the music video of Lisa and Rosalía lying down and forming a yin and yang symbol.
An accompanying music video for "New Woman" was uploaded to Lloud's YouTube channel simultaneously with the single's release. The video was directed by Dave Meyers and filmed in Los Angeles.[14] It garnered over 24 million views within the first 24 hours of release,[24] surpassing Charli XCX and Billie Eilish's "Guess", which received 3.7 million views in 24 hours, as the biggest female collaboration debut on YouTube for 2024.[25]
The video features a 2000s style and fashion, with each outfit reflecting the song's themes of empowerment and transformation. It begins with the track's title written across silver flip phones, after which Lisa comes into focus, sporting waist-length platinum hair. She struts in a sweeping black fuzzy coat worn over a blinged-out bra and matching micro-shorts, paired with a metallic heart choker and knee-high leather boots. She then changes into a golden chainmail outfit, featuring a metallic backless top and mini skirt ensemble with knee-high boots and wet look hair. In between solo shots of Lisa are interspersed glimpses of Rosalía, who blows pink bubblegum while wearing a fur coat. In the next scene, Lisa scans images of her face on a printer while wearing an outfit "capturing the essence of Y2K nostalgia" composed of a pink corset top, low-rise cargo pants, a white studded belt, and a faux fur coat on top. She then dons a black feather top reminiscent of a raven, which is paired with dark eye makeup and sleek hair. The video shifts to Rosalía for her verse, who enters wearing a red ruffled dress inspired by traditional flamenco attire yet adding a modern twist with asymmetrical cuts and a plunging neckline. She then changes into another cherry red look, a body-con mini dress with patterned leggings. Lisa and Rosalía join forces for the following scene, in which the duo lie down together in contrasting white and black gowns that recall the duality of yin and yang. Lisa wears a draped, hooded halter-neck top paired with a flowing skirt, reminiscent of a mythological goddess. For the outro, the pair lounge in foldable chairs, with Lisa in an edgy 'motomami'-inspired outfit of a biker jacket, zipped corset, and a leather mini skirt, and Rosalía embodying a more "playful chic" vibe with a bubblegum pink, textured coat matched with blue sunglasses.[26][27]
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