Blackpink’s Jisoo has confirmed that she referenced Resident Evil’s Ada Wong in the music video for her solo track, Addicted.
The track debuted over Halloween weekend, with its accompanying music video displaying Jisoo sporting quite a lot of completely different appears. Considered one of these outfits, nevertheless, struck a chord with sure members of her fanbase resulting from how startlingly comparable it seemed to a personality from Resident Evil.
Firstly of the music video, Jisoo wears a black bob and a crimson bodycon-style costume — a glance that’s principally synonymous with Ada Wong, who virtually all the time wears some variation of this fashion in every sport she seems in.
Followers couldn’t assist however discover the similarities and requested the Ok-pop star if this was intentional on her very personal app. “Pink outfit + quick hair look is completely Ada Wong from Resident Evil,” one wrote.
Surprisingly, Jisoo confirmed that this was truly intentional. “I like Biohazard (Resident Evil) sooo a lot, so I needed to repeat it,” she stated in a reply.
Jisoo is open about her love for Resident Evil; she spoke in regards to the collection on Hot Ones earlier this yr, saying she was “addicted” to the video games.
“It’s fast-paced,” she defined. “One thing will instantly come out at you, so you must be fast and course of all of it and deal with the scenario. That’s why it’s capable of maintain my consideration, and time simply flies proper by.”
Funnily sufficient, Jisoo isn’t the one Ok-pop star to attract comparisons with Ada Wong just lately; in August, Babymonster’s Asa obtained comparable feedback from followers after she posted images of herself on social media sporting a black bob and a crimson costume, sparking a cute portmanteau of ‘Asa Wong’ from her fanbase.
Whereas Asa hasn’t but responded to those remarks, Jisoo is an unabashed fan of the video games, to the purpose the place she made positive Ada was by some means represented in her newest track.
In different Resident Evil information, Zach Cregger, who directed the collection’ most up-to-date film adaptation, stated he would nonetheless wish to be concerned in a way if a sequel will get made, although not as a director. So far, it’s unclear whether or not or not one other Resi film is in the works, however on condition that Capcom has doubled down on its plans to proceed increasing its IP with merch, new content material, and films, it’s doable that we get one other take a look at Raccoon Metropolis — particularly given how profitable the primary movie was on the field workplace.
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