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.