On the evening of August 21 (Vietnam time), the Twitter account at the MTV Video Music Awards (MTV VMAs) announced the official performing artists of this year's awards ceremony, including Benson Boone, Halsey, Lenny Kravitz and Lisa (Blackpink).
Kpop star Lisa is the only Asian artist on the performance list, along with 3 American artists.
This is the second time Lisa has returned to the MTV VMAs stage. In 2022, the entire Blackpink group landed at this awards ceremony with the performance of "Pink Venom".
The organizers of the MTV VMAs emphasized that "this is Lisa's first stage at the VMAs as a solo artist."
Lisa made history when she became the first Kpop solo artist to win the "Best Kpop" category (for the solo song "Lalisa") at the 2022 MTV VMAs. This achievement also helped Lisa set a record. Guinness World.
This year, Lisa is the Kpop artist nominated in the most categories at the VMAs. She won 4 different nominations for her solo hit, released nearly 2 months ago, "Rockstar", including: Best Choreography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing and Best Kpop Song. best.
Lisa is making great strides in her career after separating from YG Entertainment. Lisa's song "Rockstar" was released at the end of June, setting up a series of impressive achievements.
Lisa's next solo product - " New Woman " (combined with Rosalía) released on August 16, has become the song with the biggest debut by a female Kpop solo artist on Spotify globally with 6 million streams. online, surpassing the record she previously achieved with the hit "Rockstar" (5.89 million streams on the first day).
Lisa is also the Kpop female solo artist with the biggest debut on the US Spotify chart (reaching 544 thousand streams), beating "Hard to love" by fellow member Blackpink - Rosé (518 thousand streams) to set a record. new continent.
MTV Video Music Awards is one of the four largest music awards in the US. This year's awards ceremony will be held at UBS Arena, New York and broadcast live at 8:00 p.m. on September 10 (US Eastern time).