The world is attending to know Lisa on a first-name foundation.
The 27-year-old Okay-pop star from the woman group Blackpink is making strikes together with her debut solo album “Alter Ego,” which was launched on Friday, and he or she’ll carry out her “Born Again” single with Doja Cat and Raye on the Academy Awards on Sunday.
She’s additionally making a reputation for herself as an actress as Mook, a well being mentor on the resort on Season 3 of “The White Lotus,” which was filmed in her native nation of Thailand.
As she will get set to take the Academy Awards stage scorching off of her new LP, right here’s every little thing it’s good to learn about Lisa.
Lisa isn’t her actual identify:
Lisa’s actual identify is Lalisa Manobal, which she makes use of as an actress on “The White Lotus.” However she was really born Pranpriya Manobal in Buriram. On the recommendation of a fortune teller when she was 13, she legally modified her identify to Lalisa, which suggests “one who’s praised.”
She moved to South Korea alone when she was 14:
At 13, the Thai native auditioned for the South Korean company YG Leisure, and after being chosen as the corporate’s first worldwide recruit, she moved alone from Bangkok to Seoul when she was 14 — with out realizing the best way to converse Korean. “They needed me to deal with talking Korean extra, so that they instructed all the ladies who skilled with me: ‘No English with Lalisa,’” the singer — who had discovered English in center faculty — told Billboard.
She made her debut with Blackpink in 2016:
Blackpink made its debut with the 2016 EP “Sq. One” earlier than following up with one other EP, “Sq. Up,” in 2018. Then the woman group launched two LP, 2000’s “The Album” and 2022’s “Born Pink.”
She will get some all-star assists on “Alter Ego”:
Along with Doja Cat and Raye on “Born Once more, “Alter Ego” additionally options Rosalía on “New Woman,” Future on “Fxck Up the World,” Megan Thee Stallion on “Rapunzel,” and Tyla on “After I’m with You.”
She adopts 5 totally different alter egos on her new LP:
Lisa splits into 5 totally different personalities on “Alter Ego”: Roxi, Kiki, Vixi, Sunni and Speedi. “It represents 5 characters of me as properly, like I really feel associated with them,” she said on “Hot Ones.” “It seems like I can specific myself in a distinct model of me, and it’s enjoyable.”
She’s an enormous fan of “The White Lotus” — even earlier than appearing on the present:
“I’m an enormous fan of ‘The White Lotus,’ and as quickly as I heard that I received a possibility to audition for this function, I simply went immediately and did it,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “I’m simply so fortunate and comfortable to be a part of ‘The White Lotus’ household. They’ve been so good to me. We’re like an enormous household.”
She’s impressed her ‘White Lotus’ co-stars together with her fame:
“If I’m actually sincere, I didn’t perceive Lisa’s degree of fame,” Aimee Lou Wooden, who performs Chelsea, told Elle. “I wasn’t getting it, as a result of she was so down-to-earth and so chill. After which I’d go to the airport, and we’d be flying to a distinct a part of Thailand, and there’d simply be posters of Lisa all over the place..”
“I didn’t know [her], however the butlers on the 4 Seasons had been gobsmacked,” Parker Posey, who performs Victoria Ratliff, told Variety. “She’s large in Thailand.“
She’s rumored to be relationship the inheritor of one of many world’s richest males:
Lisa has been romantically linked with Frédéric Arnault, CEO of LVMH Watches — and son of LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, who, according to Forbes, is the fifth wealthiest man on the earth with a internet value of $186.4 billion.
She’ll be reuniting with Blackpink for a tour later this 12 months:
Though Lisa’s solo profession is taking off, whereas her fellow Blackpink singers Rosé, Jisoo and Jennie have additionally pursued solo initiatives, the group will probably be reuniting for a stadium tour this summer time. It kicks off at Goyang Stadium in South Korea on July 5 earlier than making North American stops in Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto and New York. Then they head to Europe for reveals in Paris, Milan, Barcelona and London.
