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Mar 11, 2025Lisa’s versatility is clearly a strength — and one that she’s wielding in her nascent acting career, as evidenced by her stint on The While Lotus‘ current season. It helps make Alter Ego feel like an encouraging first step in her figuring out how where her solo career might go.
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Mar 12, 2025“Rockstar” into “Elastigirl” into “Thunder” land with sledgehammer subtlety. Chaotic and sassy, they inspire nostalgia for a not-that-far-gone era. But then the needs of the present arrive. .... From this point forward, Lisa is in a battle with her guests — not congealing with Megan Thee Stallion on “Rapunzel”; sounding tentative alongside the South African pop-R&B star Tyla on “When I’m With You.” .... Lisa sounds most comfortable when not being yanked by a hard-knocking beat.
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Mar 11, 2025The album is eclectic, unapologetic and, at times, a little lost in its own spectacle.
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Mar 11, 2025If Alter Ego presents LISA as the most generic embodiment of a pop star, then it is no surprise that its best songs rely on tried-and-true formulas.
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Mar 12, 2025Alter Ego should make meteoric impact. Instead, it lands with a dull thud. The album doesn’t feel like an artistic statement so much as lab-assembled and A&R-curated; sterile and unwilling to take risks.
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Mar 11, 2025It is disappointing that Alter Ego comes across so stale.