BLACKPINK's LISA Joins Lineup for World Citizen Festival 2024

BLACKPINK's LISA is the latest addition to the line-up for Global Citizen festival 2024.

The K-pop superstar will mark her first live solo set at a festival headlining this year's event, joining confirmed headliners Post Malone, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll and Rauw Alejandro.

The timing is sweet. Just this week, LISA brought her first Billboard Global Excl. US No. 1 with “Rockstar,” which opened at the summit. The song debuted on TikTok earlier last month when LISA took to the social networking site and set a Guinness World Record by gaining 1 million followers in just over two hours. This is just one in an impressive and expanding collection of records broken by LISA, Jennie, Rosé and Jisoo.

“We are thrilled to be joining forces with LISA for what will be her first solo music festival appearance,” comments Katie Hill, senior vice president, head of music, entertainment and artist relations at Global Citizen, the leading organization in the world that wants to end. extreme poverty. “LISA is not only an incredible performer, but also a powerful advocate, leveraging her voice and platform to drive action on some of the most pressing challenges facing our world.”

As previously reported, the concert will take place on the Great Lawn in New York's Central Park on September 28 and will be hosted by Global Citizen Ambassador actor Hugh Jackman. The day will also include appearances by Jane Goodall, as well as Coldplay singer Chris Martin, the festival's curator.

“As world leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly,” reads a statement, “Global Citizen festival 2024 will advocate for the equality of all people, calling on governments, philanthropists and the private sector to ensure basic needs the world's marginalized communities are met, including immunizations and strong health systems, quality education and nutritious food.”

tickets for the Global Citizen festival are free and can be earned by taking actions for Global Citizen application or at festival/nyc/2024/” rel=”nofollow” target=”_blank”>globalcitizenfestival.com to defeat poverty, defend the planet and demand equality.