BLACKPINK's Lisa made a dazzling appearance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival during the second weekend, joining Italian DJ and producer Anyma on stage in a moment that was both highly anticipated and visually stunning.
Dressed in a silver outfit and wearing a long, almost-white wig, she stepped out looking every bit the part of the Bad Angel music video - the collaboration she and Anyma had released just ahead of the festival's first weekend.
The Secret Everyone Already Knew
By the time Lisa actually walked on stage, calling it a surprise would have been a stretch. The Thai singer had been spotted around the Coachella desert since the previous week, and her arrival in Los Angeles a couple of weeks earlier had already set speculation into overdrive. The clincher came when she and Anyma dropped Bad Angel just before Weekend 1, all but confirming that a live performance was on the cards. The music industry rarely does secrets well, and this was no exception - but none of that took away from the impact of the moment itself.
Weekend 1 Had Its Own Drama
The road to the stage was not without obstacles. During the first weekend, Anyma's set was cancelled entirely due to heavy winds that swept through the desert - a frustrating development for fans who had been waiting for the collaboration to come to life on stage. Lisa, however, was not sitting around feeling sorry about it. She was spotted enjoying sets by Sabrina Carpenter and BIG BANG alongside fellow BLACKPINK member Rosé, the two of them cheering from the crowd like any pair of friends having the time of their lives at a music festival. For a duo that has headlined their own major festival appearances, there was something refreshingly carefree about seeing them in the audience.
The Performance That Made It Worth the Wait
When Anyma's rescheduled closing set finally happened during the first weekend's finale, Lisa delivered. The Bad Angel performance brought together everything the music video had promised - the aesthetic, the energy, and the presence that has made her one of the most watched performers of her generation. The silver dress and white wig were a deliberate nod to the visual identity of the song, and the crowd's reaction suggested the wait had been entirely worth it.
A Busy Year Ahead Beyond the Music
Lisa's Coachella appearance is just one piece of a much larger year taking shape for her. On the acting front, she is set to appear in Extraction: TYGO, a spin-off from the Chris Hemsworth-led Extraction franchise, joining a cast that includes Ma Dong Seok and Lee Jin Wook. Separately, she has been announced as the lead of a Notting Hill-inspired romantic comedy, reuniting her with the executive producer of The White Lotus Season 3 - the show that marked her first major acting credit and introduced her to an entirely new global audience.
The BLACKPINK Universe Keeps Moving
As for the rest of BLACKPINK, the group wrapped up their world tour in January, and all four members are now expected to turn their attention to solo music projects. Rosé's own presence at Coachella this year - spotted cheering alongside Lisa - was a reminder that even when the group is not working together, they remain very much in each other's orbit. For now, Lisa is clearly in no mood to slow down, and if Coachella is any indication of the energy she is carrying into the rest of 2026, her fans are in for quite a ride.
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