{"id":41809,"date":"2026-09-22T19:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T23:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=41809"},"modified":"2026-09-22T19:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T23:07:09","slug":"alina-smith-beat-the-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/alina-smith-beat-the-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Alina Smith (ITZY, Fall Out Boy) makes a beat with the weirdest samples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Producer, songwriter, vocalist, and educator\u2014Alina Smith does it all.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond releasing her own music and co-founding the songwriting and production company LYRE, Alina Smith has also worked alongside artists including ITZY, Red Velvet, and Fall Out Boy. She&#8217;s also well-known within the music producer community for her <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/packs\/vox\/alina-smith-fighting-kpop\/samples\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Alina Smith Fighting KPOP,<\/em><\/a> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/packs\/splice\/lyre-pack\/samples\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LYRE&#8217;s Perfect Pop,<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/packs\/vox\/lyres-perfect-pop-k-pop-edition\/samples\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LYRE&#8217;s Perfect Pop: K-Pop Edition<\/a><\/em> sample packs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0zeGCGxhhMxHufQCbSRE8Y?si=9ae1742bd87d4579\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video above, Alina joined us for our latest installation of <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/tag\/beat-the-odds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Beat the Odds<\/em>,<\/a> our music production challenge where participants are given a budget to choose from a board of possible sounds that each have their own price. 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