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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.
Smashing Pumpkins are hoping to bring their A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness production to the Las Vegas Sphere for a one of a kind performance centered around the legendary 1995 album.
Billy Corgan is stepping away from traditional rock venues and leaning into the world of opera with his large scale A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness tour, which transforms the band’s iconic record into a full orchestral and operatic experience.
Even though the group has not officially been invited to perform at the cutting edge venue in Las Vegas, Corgan admitted he would immediately embrace the opportunity.
Speaking with KROQ, he explained: “It’s a no-doubter for us. We just haven’t been asked yet.
“See, if the Sphere came to us and said, ‘We’d love you to do all of Mellon Collie with that production.’ Now, that makes sense to me to do something like that, to build the show around the album.
"Then you have a chance to recast the songs and the music in a different dynamic.”
The performance sees Corgan joined by acclaimed solo vocalists and complete orchestras, reshaping some of Smashing Pumpkins’ most beloved songs into expansive classical arrangements.
The project first premiered in Chicago and received overwhelming praise, with audiences and reviewers applauding the powerful reinterpretations of songs such as 1979 and Tonight, Tonight.
Corgan shared that the experience has become one of the most meaningful achievements of his artistic journey.
He said: “The success of translating Mellon Collie into operatic and classical form has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. Where on each of the 7 sold out nights in Chicago, we’d finish within the raucous wave of a standing ovation. So to now take it on the road, and to Europe, too says this magical dream doesn’t have to end.”
The production was developed by Corgan alongside Grammy nominated conductor James Lowe, who added: "It has been so gratifying to discover how the nuances and layers of Mellon Collie reveal themselves in fresh new ways in these symphonic, choral and operatic settings. To now have the opportunity to perform this work in Europe with world class musicians in such important venues is nothing short of thrilling."
The lineup features vocalists Ed Parks, Sydney Mancasola, Zoie Reams, Dominick Valdes Chenes and Dean Murphy. The wardrobe for the production was created by House of Gilles designers Gilles Mendel and Chloé Mendel Corgan.
The upcoming run will include several September performances throughout the UK, Belgium, France and Spain, highlighted by two special evenings at London’s Royal Festival Hall.
