Lisa has addressed BLACKPINK’s use of the N-word during their trainee days, opening up about the controversial incident in the group’s new documentary, Always Lalisa.
A controversial video featuring BLACKPINK members using the racial slur while rapping is revisited in Always Lalisa.
The documentary charts Lisa’s journey to global fame as YG’s first non-Korean trainee and premiered at TIFF on Monday, September 14, with a theatrical release set for October 12.
“I really have to apologize,” Lisa, 29, told Variety of the use of the n-word.
She added, “To be honest, I’m Thai and I grew up in Thailand. There isn’t any education for that, so at the time, I didn’t know. Now I’ve learned and got educated about that, and I would never [do it again]. This is not OK. Seriously.”
“Everything is real. It’s all there,” Lisa shared of the leaks.
She mentioned, “I was just sad because I really wanted to focus on my performance, but things happened, and you can’t control stuff. But I fought through it.”
According to the outlets, Lisa said in the documentary that she could not make a public statement when the leaks initially emerged.
The film features interviews with Lisa’s family, The White Lotus creator Mike White and others.
Amid her growing solo music and acting career, Lisa told Variety she still hopes to continue working with BLACKPINK as a group.
“If I’m 50, I still want to do BLACKPINK,” she said, per the outlet.
She said, “We just finished our tour earlier this year, but we talk a lot about this and have discussions about doing a little break — like I did almost two years ago — but we’re always going to be together.”
The video of the group using the word while performing, which dates back to over a decade ago, was leaked ahead of Lisa’s solo performance at Coachella in 2025, Billboard reported.
To note, BLACKPINK wrapped their Deadline World Tour in January.
