BlackPink’s Lisa Is On The Cover Of Vanity Fair’s ‘Hollywood Issue’

Vainness Truthful’s Hollywood Difficulty of 2024 has simply been unveiled and lots of people are asking the identical factor: Who’s Lisa – or fairly, who’s Lalisa Monobal?

Social media has been in a tizzy over the inclusion of the younger starlet, greatest referred to as one-fourth of Ok-Pop’s BlackPink, sharing house alongside main gamers within the appearing sport, equivalent to Nicole Kidman and Jonathan Bailey. So, who precisely is Lisa and why is she on the duvet of Vainness Truthful‘s Hollywood Difficulty?

Lisa of BlackPink fame was born Pranpriya Monobal in Buriram, Thailand on March 27, 1997, as famous by the South China Morning Publish (SCMP).

As shared in Billboard, that may legally change her title to Lalisa on the behest of a fortune teller following a tryout for YG Leisure, one of many largest leisure and administration businesses in South Korea. Lower than per week after she adopted the moniker, she was known as into YG to turn into a trainee for a future Ok-Pop undertaking.

In 2016, Lisa debuted as one in every of 4 members of BlackPink, changing into the primary non-Korean artist to be invited to affix a gaggle. Since that point, BlackPink has dominated charts around the globe with Lisa changing into one of the crucial recognizable faces of the collective. In line with the Wall Street Journal, she has additionally appeared in quite a few style campaigns and magazines the world over, together with French luxurious model Celine and Harper’s Bazaar.

On Wednesday, Vainness Truthful started to advertise their 2024 Hollywood Difficulty on social media.

Among the many pack of this yr’s notable bunch embody Academy Award winners Nicole Kidman and Dev Petel, younger skills Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney, Hollywood upstarts Glen Powell and Ncuti Gatwa, and British actors Jonathan Bailey and Josh O’Connor.

To everybody’s shock, Lisa can also be included, being the one musician within the group of stars (Zendaya as soon as had a singing profession however is extra notable as an actress these days). So far, she has but to behave in a mainstream undertaking, however that will likely be altering along with her upcoming look in Season 3 of The White Lotus. Billboard experiences that she is going to painting Mook, a resort supervisor who greets friends as they arrive in Thailand.

Although it’s understood that Lisa is a giant title within the music world, social media customers have questioned Vainness Truthful’s causes for together with the singer in a problem devoted to big-screen actors.

“Why is Lisa right here?” X/Twitter person Maryamr2003 posed on the social media app. “No hate, however she’s not an actress – [not] but [anyway], as a result of [The White Lotus] is just not even out.”

“I’d perceive if it was [focused on] celebrities,” X person janitorIevi said, “however why is Lisa in a ‘Hollywood Difficulty’? She isn’t even an actress, proper?”

Some have even introduced up Lisa’s supposed relationship with Frédéric Arnault, the previous TAG Heuer CEO and son of LVMH luxurious Bernard Arnault, as being the explanation behind Lisa showing on the particular Vainness Truthful cowl. The 2 have by no means confirmed their coupling, however the Daily Mail notes they have been photographed collectively over the past two years.

“Not hating on Lisa, however what appearing credentials [does] she [have] that would land her amongst these actors,” questions X person whydryn. “[The] world hasn’t seen her appearing debut in The White Lotus. At this level, we’d [as well believe] that her wealthy boyfriend purchased her option to this cowl.”

Being a fan of The White Lotus’ first two seasons raised curiosity in Lisa about probably showing on the favored HBO collection. Nonetheless, when she acquired the decision from showrunner Mike White to audition, she was extremely nervous.

“It was my first [audition], so I didn’t actually know if I’d be capable of get the position,” the singer informed Vanity Fair. “I did take [acting] classes just a few instances, however my schedule isn’t very versatile, so I finished sooner or later.”

“On set, everybody was so skilled, she continued. “They understood that it was my first time appearing, in order that they tried to assist me and provides me recommendation, like ‘Oh, you shouldn’t stress. You’re going to be fantastic.’’

Regardless of her nerves sometimes getting the perfect of her, Lisa (who will likely be credited as “Lalisa Monobal” on The White Lotus) says that’s typically an indication that she’s doing the appropriate factor.

“Like if my coronary heart, my physique, and my thoughts all inform me that I’ve to do that, I’ll simply go for it,” she informed VF. “I’m additionally fortunate that my household, my shut pal, and the those who I work with are so supportive. They’ve all the time supported my selections. Even after they don’t actually agree they usually’re tremendous frightened, they nonetheless assist me and take the chance with me, so I by no means really feel like I’m taking it alone.”

As Monobal begins this new chapter in her profession, she assures her followers that her coronary heart remains to be as linked to music and BlackPink because it ever was.

“I do know that my followers have been actually affected person. They’ve been ready, so I needed to present them one thing that they’ve been ready for,” Lisa defined. “So, proper now I’m making an attempt to create extra music, an increasing number of songs, so I can have extra probabilities to see them.”