In 2024, Lisa established her own management company named Lloud, signed with RCA Records, and achieved her first number-one single on the Billboard Global Excl.
Lisa was born Pranpriya Manobal on March 27, 1997,[3] in Buriram Province, Thailand,[4] later legally changing her name to Lalisa, meaning "the one being praised",[5] at the advice of a fortune teller for prosperity.
In September 2009, the crew entered the LG Entertainment Million Dream Sanan World competition broadcast on Channel 9 and won the Special Team Award.
[13] Among the 4,000 applicants, she was the only individual to qualify, which prompted then-CEO Yang Hyun-suk into offering Lisa a chance to become a YG Entertainment trainee.
[21] Lisa became a permanent cast member on the Korea Army Academy edition of the MBC military variety program Real Man 300 from September 21, 2018, onward.
[29] On April 19, 2021, YG Entertainment revealed to The Korea Herald that Lisa would be the third member of Blackpink to debut as a soloist, with the official schedule to be announced later.
[44] Lisa collaborated with French record producer DJ Snake, Puerto Rican singer Ozuna, and American rapper Megan Thee Stallion on the moombahton and Latin trap song "SG".
"[55] The same month, she earned her eighth Guinness World Record for the first K-pop track by a solo artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify with "Money".
[56] To celebrate the achievement, Lisa appeared on the fourth episode of Spotify's Billions Club series on November 15, in which she received a plate-shaped plaque in Paris and cooked a Thai dish for the plate.
[57] On November 22, 2023, Lisa was invested by King Charles III as an Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) alongside her bandmates during a special investiture at Buckingham Palace which was also attended by President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol.
[59] YG Entertainment subsequently confirmed on December 29 that Lisa and the other Blackpink members agreed not to proceed with a contract with the label for individual activities.
[60] Lisa headlined the Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes charity event organized by the First Lady of France, Brigitte Macron, in Paris on January 26, 2024, where she performed a medley of her solo singles "Lalisa" and "Money".
[62] Variety revealed that Lisa will make her acting debut in the third season of the HBO television series The White Lotus, and will be credited under her given name, Lalisa Manobal.
[64] Lisa began teasing new music on June 6 by creating a new TikTok account and posting a video paired with a teaser snippet, which led her to set a Guinness World Record by gaining a million followers in just two hours and 18 minutes.
[66] It was accompanied by a music video directed by Henry Schofield and choreographed by Sean Bankhead, which was filmed in Bangkok and paid homage to her Thai culture.
[86] Lisa also featured as an endorsement model for the mobile game Ragnarok M: Eternal Love, appearing as a character on their Midnight Party server beginning on July 24, 2019.
[87] In January 2020, Lisa joined labelmate Mino of boy band Winner as an endorsement model for sportswear brand Adidas' SS20 season My Shelter clothing range.
[90] In October 2020, Lauder-owned MAC Cosmetics named Lisa their newest global brand ambassador; she served as muse and face of many of their collections and key campaigns.
Of Lisa, Senior Vice President and Global Creative Director Drew Elliott stated, "Always confident and never one to shy away from risks, she embodies our commitment to celebrating individuality and self-expression above all else.
[96] In January 2019, Lisa became the muse of Hedi Slimane, the artistic, creative and image director for French luxury fashion brand Celine.
[98] Lisa was officially selected as a brand ambassador for Bulgari, an Italian luxury fashion house, in July 2020; she participated in digital campaigns for their Serpenti and Bzero One collections.
[108][9] In September 2021, Lisa expressed interest in joining a social program led by the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange in partnership with YG Entertainment for Buriram Province, soon launching an online account to help collect donations.
[109] In July 2024, she was announced as a headliner for the Global Citizen Festival, an event part of a mission to end extreme poverty, which took place on September 28.
[111][112] Destiny Rogers' song "Tomboy" experienced a 1939% increase in daily streams on Spotify and entered the iTunes and Apple Music charts of various countries following a dance performance video uploaded by Lisa to her YouTube channel.
[115] Due to the cultural references in "Lalisa" music video, it was reported that there was an increase in sales of traditional Thai costumes and accessories by local markets in the city of Bangkok.
[122] As of September 2021, Lisa also held the record for the most-subscribed female K-pop soloist on YouTube with her channel Lilifilm Official, which had 8.24 million subscribers.
[124] Lisa's commercial influence and marketing potential have been noted by media outlets and cited as an example of changing promotional strategies in the fashion and makeup industries.
[129] On April 10, 2023, researchers at Chiang Mai University named the Thai flower species Friesodielsia lalisae in Lisa's honor.