Lalisa Manobal, better known by her stage name Lisa, is a South Korean singer, rapper and dancer. She is a member of YG Entertainment's South Korean girl group Blackpink.
On the recommendation of a fortune teller, she legally changed her name to Lalisa, which means "one who is praised,"
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Lisa's birth name is not Lalisa Manobal, her birth name is Pranpriya Manobal.
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Lisa is multilingual, speaks Thai, English, and Korean well, as well as some Japanese and Chinese.
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She was the only person who qualified out of 4,000 candidates, prompting then-CEO Yang Hyun-suk to give Lisa a position as a YG Entertainment trainee.
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Lisa appears as an endorsement model for the mobile game Ragnarok M: Eternal Love, and she also appears as a character on their "Midnight Party" server.
Lisa released a limited edition photobook called "0327" through YG Entertainment, which was made completely of self-taken images using a film camera.
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With 17.4 m Insta followers in April 2019, she became the most followed K-pop idol. She became the first and only K-pop idol to reach 50 m followers in April, 2021. Now, she has 73.8 m followers.
Thailand's prime minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, praised Lisa for promoting Thai culture in her music video "Lalisa."
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In Thailand, Lisa was named as the Samsung Galaxy S10's brand ambassador. Lisa has been named as a Vivo S9 smartphone endorsement. She was also a Vivo S7 smartphone ambassador.