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LISA's 'Tarantino' Drops Oct. 23 With Her 'Press Play' EP, and She Slipped Fans the Clue on Fallon Weeks Ago

The BLACKPINK star's six-track Press Play EP arrives Friday, Oct. 23, and its second single is a tribute to Quentin Tarantino. Here's the tracklist, the teasers and the Tonight Show hint fans missed.

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Key facts

  • Who: LISA (Lalisa Manobal) of BLACKPINK
  • What: Press Play, a six-track EP, with "Tarantino" as its second single (InMusic, Billboard)
  • When: Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, via LLOUD and RCA Records (InMusic)
  • Tracklist: SaWaDiKa, V12, Cobra, Tarantino, Cut U Off, Sweat (LLOUD on X)
  • The clue: On The Tonight Show on Sept. 16, she said track four was the next single and began with T (Billboard)

Fact-checked by the House of Grey News Desk, sources linked below.

LISA in a head-and-shoulders crop on the Busan International Film Festival red carpet, beside the words PRESS PLAY and Out Oct. 23
LISA (Lalisa Manobal), head-and-shoulders, on the red carpet at the 30th Busan International Film Festival, September 2025. Photo: Outhere505 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0. Card by House of Grey. Full credits below.

Lights, camera, LISA! Her next era is days away, and it's straight out of the movies.

LISA, the BLACKPINK superstar whose full name is Lalisa Manobal, releases her six-track EP Press Play on Friday, Oct. 23, through LLOUD and RCA Records, InMusic reports. Its second single, "Tarantino," is a tribute to director Quentin Tarantino and drops the same day as the rest of the EP, according to Billboard.

Here's everything we know before you hit play.

LLOUD on X: "LISA's EP PRESS PLAY. Out Oct 23. TRACK LIST 🎞️"

The Press Play tracklist

LISA's label, LLOUD, revealed the full tracklist on X: "SaWaDiKa," "V12," "Cobra," "Tarantino," "Cut U Off" and "Sweat." That makes "Tarantino" track four, a detail that matters more than you'd think (keep reading).

The project follows her 2025 debut solo album, Alter Ego, which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, InMusic notes. And the lead single already did its job: "SaWaDiKa," inspired by the Thai greeting, arrived Sept. 4, and its Bangkok-shot music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, pulled in about 70.8 million views in its first 24 hours, per InMusic. Billboard reports the song debuted at No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 23 on the Billboard Global 200.

"Tarantino" is coming in hot

LISA announced "Tarantino" on Wednesday, Oct. 14, and shared the single's artwork, a circular photo of her hiding her face behind a red envelope, Billboard reports. On TikTok she paired the cover art with a short snippet of the track, which Billboard describes as her "signature swagger over pounding percussion."

LLOUD on X: "Tarantino. Out Oct 23."

Hypebeast says the preview showed off the song's "cinematic direction," and Complex confirms that "Tarantino" and the rest of Press Play, including "SaWaDiKa," are out Oct. 23. LLOUD has kept the countdown going on X, posting "Tarantino. Out Oct 23." and, over the weekend, a simple "Friday… 🎶".

The twist: she told us on Fallon

Here's the fun part. LISA basically handed fans the answer back in September.

When she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Sept. 16, the full tracklist hadn't been announced yet. LISA admitted that track four was the next single and that it began with the letter T, Billboard reported. Billboard even guessed "Thailand perhaps?" Her answer was pure tease: "It's a surprise for my fans."

"LISA Teases PRESS PLAY Track 4 Title, Talks 'SaWaDiKa' and Shares Her Favorite Thai Food with Jimmy," from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon's YouTube channel. Watch on YouTube: Watch on YouTube

Track four, starting with T? Hello, "Tarantino." The Oct. 14 announcement finally solved the riddle.

She also explained the EP's whole concept on that couch. "This EP is about my journey from my roots to where I am right now today," she told Fallon, as quoted by Billboard. "There's a lot of Thai elements in the songs as well, in the EP. And every single song has their own character, their own vibe and we combine it together. It's like a movie. So you just press play."

Two performers in matching light outfits on a concert stage in front of a large screen showing a starry sky and pink clouds
LISA and Rosé on stage under a starry screen at BLACKPINK's In Your Area world tour concert in Amsterdam in May 2019. Photo: Robbie Klinkenberg / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

A movie-themed EP with a single named after one of cinema's most famous directors? The concept was hiding in plain sight all along.

LLOUD on X: "Friday… 🎶"

A huge fall for LISA

Press Play lands in the middle of a big run. LISA won best pop at the 2026 VMAs, and her documentary Always Lalisa, about her first solo year apart from BLACKPINK, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September before arriving in theaters worldwide on Oct. 12, according to Billboard.

Next up is Las Vegas. She became the first K-pop artist to hold a Las Vegas residency with her VIVA LA LISA shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Billboard reported in September, and Hypebeast says the run begins in November. Billboard says she has since added two extra dates due to "incredible fan demand."

When can I listen?

Mark your calendar for Friday, Oct. 23. That's when Press Play, "Tarantino" included, arrives. We'll update this guide the moment it's out. Until then, we'll be over here rewatching the Fallon clip for more clues.

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FAQ

When does LISA's Press Play EP come out?

Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, via LLOUD and RCA Records, according to InMusic and LISA's label LLOUD.

What songs are on Press Play?

Six tracks: SaWaDiKa, V12, Cobra, Tarantino, Cut U Off and Sweat, per the official tracklist LLOUD posted on X.

When does LISA's 'Tarantino' come out?

"Tarantino" arrives on Oct. 23, at the same time as the rest of Press Play, Billboard reports.

Is 'Tarantino' about Quentin Tarantino?

Yes. Billboard and Hypebeast report the single pays tribute to the director Quentin Tarantino.

How we fact-checked this

Every fact, figure and quote in this story was checked against the 6 sources linked below (Billboard, Hypebeast, Complex, InMusic, LLOUD on X). Quotes appear as those sources reported them, anything unconfirmed is labeled as such, and the photos are Creative Commons licensed and credited.

Sources

Photo credits

  • Lalisa Manobal (LISA) on the red carpet at the 30th Busan International Film Festival, September 2025. Photo by Outhere505, Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • LISA and Rosé performing at BLACKPINK's In Your Area world tour concert in Amsterdam, May 2019. Photo by Robbie Klinkenberg, Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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