Jennie and Lisa of K-pop music group Blackpink performed as solo artists for the first time in front of massive crowds at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, bringing out their unique hip-hop styles.
Lisa twerked to the heavy beat of her song Drop some money in a red outfit under red lights.
Other K-pop performances at Coachella include seven-member Enhypen, a South Korean boy group who performed on Saturday, and XG (Xtraordinary Girls), a South Korea-based Japanese girl group, who performed on Sunday.
Signalling the rising US interest in K-pop in recent years, Blackpink has made history at Coachella twice, first in 2019 as the first female-led K-pop group to perform at the festival, and again in 2023 as the first-ever K-pop headliner.
Starting with hip-hop trio Epik High in 2016, Coachella has been bringing more Korean acts to the festival scene, including Aespa, DPR (Dream Perfect Regime), LE SSERAFIM, ATEEZ and The Rose.
Alter ego is Lisa’s 2025 debut solo studio album since the Thai singer left YG Entertainment in 2023, joining RCA Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music.
The 28-year-old will continue to record for Interscope as part of Blackpink, along with fellow members Jennie, Jisoo and Rose.
Lisa has embarked on an acting career as well with her first acting role as Mook in the Max television series The White Lotus.
Twenty-nine-year-old Jennie also opted to pursue her solo music career, releasing her first single Solo in 2018 with YG Entertainment and Interscope. — Reuters
