Lisa of BLACKPINK

Audacy Pop

Lisa of K-Pop girl group BLACKPINK talks solo projects, being a Victoria's Secret Model, 'White Lotus,' and more with Audacy's Brooke Morrison.

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00:00Lisa! Hello! Welcome to the Odyssey Studios in LA. How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you?

00:09I'm doing amazing. I mean, I've always been such a big fan of the group and of you, Solo, just of everything.

00:17And this is a dream come true for me. Oh, that's so sweet. Thanks for coming. Thanks for having me.

00:24And congrats on all of your solo releases and everything you've been doing lately. Such a big deal.

00:29And what I'm loving so much about your releases is they're all so unique from each other, I think.

00:34Yeah, it's different. Yeah, different. It looks like you're having fun with them. I think the fans are having a lot of fun.

00:39But I will say, I had to point this out right away, I'm obsessed with New Woman.

00:45It's Song of the Summer to me. It was probably like Later Summer, but it was still Song of the Summer to me.

00:50But Rosalia, how did that happen?

00:53Oh, so I got a song and I was like, oh, it's going to be so cool if I have Rosalia featuring on this song.

01:03And I reached out to her and she said yes. That's crazy. That is insane.

01:08Yeah, so that's happened. That's what happened. Amazing. What was that experience like working with her?

01:14It's amazing. I mean, she's such a lovely person. Like, so I don't know. She's such a pro.

01:21She is. I'm a big fan. I'm a huge fan of her. I'm a huge fan as well.

01:25And you've collaborated with a bunch of artists. I mean, Taeyang, of course.

01:28Yes. Oh, that's one of my favorite songs.

01:32Same. Same. DJ Snake, Osuna, Megan Thee Stallion, then of course, you know, Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez and all that.

01:39And I know people hate this question a lot of the time, but collaborations.

01:42You do them and it's great. And we love to see you working with other artists.

01:47Do you have anybody that's on your wish list?

01:49Oh, I would love to say Doja Cat.

01:53Doja Cat.

01:54We love, I love Doja Cat.

01:56Would be good. I really think you guys would match each other's energy pretty well. So that's good.

02:02Hopefully, yeah.

02:03Yeah. And Moonlit Floor. That is out now. And you actually debuted that at Global Citizen Festival.

02:08Yeah.

02:09Before it was released. And what was that like? Well, by the way, also, Jessie Reyez on the writing credits for that.

02:13I know. I love her so much.

02:15So good. Didn't know. Made the song so much better.

02:18How did it feel to perform that at Global Citizen at such an immense stage and something that meant so much to fans?

02:25First of all, I'm so honored to be performing on that stage for a good cause and everybody was there for a good cause.

02:33And so I was like, oh, why not? I just do something like a surprise for my fans.

02:40Yeah.

02:41Yeah. That's why I perform Moonlit Floor for the first time.

02:44Nice. We love surprises, you know, and as somebody who's experienced immense success already as a solo artist, you know, in a group, whatever.

02:53What advice would you have for younger musicians coming up in the industry?

02:57I would say just follow your gut feeling and keep pushing through.

03:03Yes. Follow your gut is a really, really good one.

03:07Did you follow your gut with the acting debut that you have come in 2025?

03:13Oh, yes. I'm a big fan of White Lotus always.

03:18Yeah. So when the opportunity came, I was like, why not?

03:22Absolutely.

03:23Yeah.

03:24How are you preparing for that? Are you taking acting classes at all?

03:26I did. I did. Yeah, of course.

03:29Nice. Was it fun or was it stressful?

03:32It was fun because it's like it's something new to me. I never done this before.

03:38So everything was just excited. And yeah, I had a lot of fun doing the shoot.

03:45What do you love most about acting now that you've done it?

03:47I'm still new to this. So everything is just fun for me. Everything is so exciting.

03:54And I have a lot of fun shooting. So I would love to do more.

03:59For sure. And we'd love to see more of that as well from you.

04:03And you've done, I mean, like, this is an acting, but it kind of is.

04:06Victoria's Secret, putting on the wings, being out on that stage. How did that feel?

04:12It's such a dream come true.

04:15Yeah.

04:16Like I, for sure, I feel like every single girl love to have their own wings.

04:22Absolutely. We all dream of that.

04:25I'm so lucky.

04:28So did it mean anything really personal for you?

04:31Were you like one of the little girls that sat around and thought about maybe wearing wings someday?

04:36Yes. Like I always have a huge fan of this show.

04:39And me and Rosie always like pretend that like we're one of the models.

04:45We're like practicing our blow kiss and everything.

04:49I love that. You do have you have fans from so many different cultures.

04:53And I think it's unique to you.

04:55And you're able to transcend a lot of the things that I think Western artists really struggle with sometimes,

05:00which is pulling in fans from different countries and speaking different languages.

05:05What does that mean to you to be able to to do that as an artist?

05:10I mean, I'm so thankful and I'm so lucky that I have fan around the world.

05:15Yes, you do.

05:16Yeah, I'm happy and thankful that they love and enjoy my song.

05:22So your first VMA.

05:24That was a win.

05:26How did that feel?

05:28I mean, I still can't believe that, you know, I won that award.

05:36And I don't know.

05:39It's such a big night for me that day.

05:42Was it a goal for you or was it kind of just a happy accident?

05:45I never thought of like, I want to win an award, but I'm just doing what I love.

05:51And I'm just so thankful that everybody loved my what I'm doing.

05:56Absolutely. Very well deserved.

05:58And as you grow in your solo career, are there any genres, which, by the way, since all of your solos have been super unique,

06:04I don't even know what you haven't touched yet.

06:06Are there any genres that you want to work with?

06:08EDM.

06:11Club music.

06:14In the club, you know, listen to Lisa.

06:16I feel like, I don't know, rock star and stuff like that.

06:18That's clubby.

06:19Okay.

06:20It's like I'm in the club.

06:21That's EDM.

06:22Something like.

06:23Yeah.

06:24I get it.

06:25I get it.

06:26And you're a true performer and you always have been.

06:28It's obviously pretty taxing for somebody's body.

06:31Do you have a pre performance ritual to get you ready for shows?

06:36I do.

06:37I say a little prayer all the time before I go on stage.

06:41Nice.

06:42Yeah.

06:43Oh, my God.

06:44It's like if I don't do that, I don't feel.

06:46No, it's something wrong.

06:47Like, I have to do it.

06:49I get it.

06:50I get that.

06:51The ritual part of it makes you feel better and stronger.

06:54Yeah.

06:55So you can step out on stage and all your shows are great.

06:57And your collabs and everything.

06:59What is one thing that you've learned from working with other artists that you've taken with you through your career?

07:04Recently, I shot a music video with Rosalia.

07:09And I mean, she's off camera.

07:12She's such a sweet person.

07:14She's so bubbly.

07:15Yeah.

07:16Amazing.

07:17I love her.

07:18But when it's like on set, like camera action, she just like, oh, change her.

07:23That would be so fun to see.

07:25Yeah.

07:26It's like, oh, my God.

07:27Wow.

07:28It's like charismatic.

07:29So charismatic.

07:30Yeah.

07:31Everything's on point.

07:33Like, I can't even switch mode like that.

07:36Yeah.

07:37Yeah.

07:38Oh, my gosh.

07:39I love that.

07:40I love that I learned so much about Rosalia throughout this, too.

07:41That's crazy.

07:42She seems wonderful.

07:43Yeah.

07:44So anything that you have to say to your fans as you embark on, you're going to be acting,

07:48you just won a VMA, Victoria's Secret, Angel, all this other stuff.

07:52What can they expect and what do you have to tell them?

07:55Well, more music is coming.

07:58Okay.

07:59And next year is going to be White Lotus.

08:01My first acting debut.

08:02So please stay tuned.

08:04Yes.

08:05Yeah.

08:06Stay tuned.

08:07Thank you so much for stopping by.

08:08I appreciate it.

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