BLACKPINK‘s Lisa was the first non-Korean trainee in YG Entertainment when she joined in 2011. She impressed the judges with her incredible dance skills in an audition the previous year.

As a Thai native, she didn’t know the best way to communicate Korean in any respect. She beforehand informed host Woody that it took a yr for her to utterly quiet down in South Korea.

So what was her secret to studying the language so quick? She revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone that it was her trainer’s actions that helped her enormously.

When I first got here to Korea, my trainer didn’t need me to proceed talking English. So she tried to maintain me talking Korean from starting to finish.

— Lisa

During her coaching with that trainer, she needed to communicate in straight Korean. This compelled her out of her consolation zone and made her be taught the language shortly.

During the hour lengthy class, we solely spoke in Korean. I didn’t know any Korean, however she solely spoke in Korean so it was actually robust.

— Lisa

It was a tough journey that finally led to her mastering the language. She defined that she’s grateful for the strict however efficient manner her trainer helped her.

I feel as a result of she did that, I used to be in a position to enhance shortly.

— Lisa

Lisa is now fluent in Thai, English, and naturally, Korean. She’s a language genius who can be conversational in Japanese and is presently studying Mandarin.

Check out the complete interview beneath to be taught extra about her.

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