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Something LISA this way comes — but fans aren’t exactly sure what it is yet.
That will all change soon, however, according to a mysterious untitled countdown that has appeared on the BLACKPINK star’s solo website. By Billboard‘s math, the clock will finish ticking down on Nov. 19 — the possible release date of new music from LISA.
LISA also shared a cinematic teaser on X Tuesday morning (Nov. 12), featuring the Thai singer-rapper in an edgy black bodysuit striking poses and playing guitar in a desolate cyberpunk landscape. At one point, she looks up to the sky and summons a neon purple light from the heavens, after which she stares down the camera as magenta sparks fly behind her on a rocky sculpture.
The clip is paired with an instrumental of LISA’s June single “Rockstar,” which reached No. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 and kicked off the performer’s new solo era. She’s since dropped “New Woman” with Rosalía and “Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me).”
And though they can’t know for sure yet what LISA’s new teaser and countdown are building up to, fans are hopeful a solo album announcement is on its way. “LETS GOOOO ALBUM IS COMING!!!” one person commented on the video, while another fan replied, “im gonna faint we need the album.”
Some BLINKs are also certain they’ve decoded the project’s title: “Alter Ego,” the phrase printed on a faux magazine starring LISA on the cover in her August music video for “New Woman.” “ALTER EGO????” an excited fan commented under the star’s new teaser Tuesday.
As fans prepare for a new project from LISA, the star is also gearing up to make her acting debut in White Lotus. The 2025 third season of the HBO show will feature the musician as Mook, a resort manager at a hotel in Thailand, as seen in a new trailer, in which LISA greets guests with, “Welcome to The White Lotus in Thailand, ka.”
See LISA’s teaser below.
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Oliver Tree’s team has provided a new update following the singer’s death in a helicopter crash on June 14, confirming that a new artist grant will soon be established in his memory to help creatives secure funding, a plan he had detailed in his will before his passing.
Accompanying a collection of photos highlighting Tree’s performances, travels and creative work through the years, a post shared Sunday (June 21) on his Instagram account revealed that the musician’s remains have been brought back to California, the state he called home and where he will be laid to rest. “His legacy will live on through his foundation/endowment named ‘Dr. Oliver Tree’s Extremely Epic Grant For Baby Geniuses’ coming soon,” the caption reads. “This is something that Oliver had put together before his passing.”
“We will make sure his wish comes to fruition so that more joy, love and art can be spread into the world, that was his final wish,” the statement continued, adding that “the constant love, support and positivity” shown by fans throughout the past week has helped his “family, friends and collaborators make it through these extremely difficult times.”
Tree was among six people who lost their lives in a helicopter collision in Rio de Janeiro. The musician was in Brazil for his The World’s First Tour run and had performed what would ultimately be his final concert on June 6 in São Paulo. The other victims of the crash were identified as passengers Lucas Vignale, Gaspar Prim and Lucas Brito Chaves, along with pilots Alexandre Souza and Charles Marsillac.
Just months before his death, Tree discussed his plans to direct his fortune and future earnings from his music toward a grant program for artists during an appearance on the Zach Sang Show. “I take no credit for anything I’ve ever done,” he said during the April interview. “Furthermore, I don’t believe that any of the wealth or things that get made from it is mine. So when I die … my will is set up so that when I pass, my family, nobody is going to get a penny.”
“If I have a wife or kids or anything, they’re not getting a penny,” he added at the time, explaining that the initiative would focus on helping artists create work rather than funding education. “I’ll get my kids through college, that’s the agreement, but there’s not gonna be a silver spoon. All the money is going to go back to artists.”
