Blackpink are out of touch with today’s pop music trends, and a throwback to an era that no longer exists

• Where other young artists such as Billie Eilish are bleary and improvisational, Blackpink are polished and crisp – and can seem old-fashioned in comparison
• There’s something vaguely oppressive about their new record, ‘The Album’, which hardly ever provides a sense of what Blackpink’s members are all about