Pretty Savage

"Pretty Savage" was confirmed with the album's tracklist on September 28, 2020. "Pretty Savage" was performed with "Lovesick Girls" on music and variety shows with in October following the release of the album. On October 10, the group made the debut performance of the song at MBC's Show! Music Core. Blackpink also did an interview with James Corden on The Late Late Show With James Corden as part of the group's US promotion for their virtual concert "The Show" and then performed the track as a preview for the said concert. The Japanese version of the track was released as part of The Album -JP Ver.- which was made available on August 3, 2021. ==Composition==

"Pretty Savage" was written by Teddy, Danny Chung, Løren and Vince, with production being handled by Teddy alongside 24, R. Tee and Bekuh Boom. The song runs for a duration of three minutes and nineteen seconds. The song is about how the group's success comes by being different from everyone else. ==Critical reception==

The song was met with generally positive reviews from critics. Writing for Billboard, Jason Lipshutz ranked "Pretty Savage" as the best song on the album, calling it "hypnotic during its ferocious high points" and one of the best Blackpink songs. Callie Ahlgrim from Insider called "Pretty Savage" a "straight shot of adrenaline" and noted that the lyrics "Yeah, we some bitches you can't manage" are an "ace-in-the-hole". Writing for Rolling Stone, Tim Chan labelled it as the "sassiest kiss-off track since" Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next". In a more negative review, Mikael Wood for the Los Angeles Times described the song, alongside "How You Like That", as "two vaguely phrased declarations of fierce self-determination". ==Usage in media==

"Pretty Savage" was featured in the 2021 Netflix film To All the Boys: Always and Forever. South Korean boy band iKon performed a remake of the song entitled "Classy Savage" with a guest appearance by Lisa in the 2021 Mnet competition show Kingdom: Legendary War. "Pretty Savage" is featured in the soundtrack of the 2021 Brazilian telenovela Quanto Mais Vida, Melhor!, which was broadcast beginning in November 2021. == Credits and personnel ==

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Album and The Album – JP Ver. Recording • Recorded at The Black Label Studio (Seoul) • Mixed at The Lab (Los Angeles) and MixStar Studios (Virginia Beach, Virginia) • Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City) Personnel • Blackpink – vocals • Teddy – lyricist, composer, arranger • Løren – lyricist • Vince – lyricist • Danny Chung – lyricist • FanFan – lyricist • R.Tee – composer, arranger • 24 – composer, arranger • Yong In Choi – recording engineer • Jason Robert – mixing engineer • Serban Ghenea – mixing engineer • Randy Merrill – mastering engineer ==Charts==

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