LISA Releases 'PRESS PLAY,' a Six-Track EP on LLOUD and RCA, on Oct. 23, 2026

LISA released PRESS PLAY, a six-track EP, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, through her company LLOUD and RCA Records. The date and label appear on the Apple Music listing and in a release announcement published by INQUIRER.net BrandRoom. It's her first project since Alter Ego, her 2025 debut studio album, according to Complex.

What we know

• Release date: Oct. 23, 2026. Apple Music lists that date, and the EP is streaming and for sale as a download in the iTunes Store.
• Format and length: An EP with six songs. Apple Music's editorial note calls it LISA's debut EP. The Apple page shows "7 songs, 16 minutes" because it counts a short "PRESS PLAY" music video along with the six tracks.
• Tracklist: 1. "SaWaDiKa," 2. "V12," 3. "Cobra," 4. "Tarantino," 5. "Cut U Off," 6. "Sweat." This order matches the announcement and Complex.
• Label: LLOUD and RCA Records. Apple Music's credit line reads "℗ 2026 RCA Records, under exclusive license from Lloud Co."
• Features: None credited. The published tracklist names no guests, and Complex reported that Spotify's pre-release listing credited LISA alone on all six songs.
• Producers: Thom Bridges and Ojivolta produced "SaWaDiKa," and Kuk Harrell handled vocal production, per the Apple Music song credits cited by Complex. LISA also shares a writing credit on the song.
• Single 1, "SaWaDiKa": Released Sept. 3, 2026. It debuted at No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100, according to both Complex and the release announcement. The title is the Thai greeting for "hello," and the video was shot in Bangkok.
• Single 2, "Tarantino": LISA announced it on Oct. 14, according to Complex. Its music video came out with the EP on Oct. 23. The announcement says the video follows LISA as she fights her way through a hotel to deliver a note to director Quentin Tarantino.
• YouTube: The announcement says the "SaWaDiKa" video passed 70.8 million YouTube views in its first 24 hours.
• What LISA said: On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, LISA described the EP as a story you hear from start to finish: "It's like a movie. So you just press play." The quote is as reported by Complex, citing Billboard.

Context

LISA's solo catalog runs from Lalisa, a two-song release in 2021, to Alter Ego in 2025. She launched LLOUD in 2024, and Complex reports that the company's partnership with RCA gives her ownership of her solo recordings. She has framed PRESS PLAY around her path from Thailand to global fame, and the Thai references start with the opening track's title.

The movie theme runs through the whole tracklist. Apple Music's editorial notes point out that "Cut U Off" opens with Bernard Herrmann's "Twisted Nerve," the whistled theme from Tarantino's Kill Bill.

The EP lands just before her first Las Vegas residency. The announcement says Viva La Lisa runs six nights in November at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace and that the first four shows sold out in under 10 minutes. It also bills her as the first K-pop artist to headline a Las Vegas residency. Her documentary Always Lalisa, directed by Sue Kim, opened in IMAX and other cinemas on Oct. 12, per Complex.

What's unconfirmed

• Credits for the other five songs: Producer and guest-vocal credits for "V12," "Cobra," "Tarantino," "Cut U Off" and "Sweat" were not in any source we could verify. We'll add them once they're confirmed.
• Spotify playlist placement: We couldn't confirm from an official Spotify source where the EP sits on Spotify's New Music Friday playlist, so we're not reporting a position.
• First-week numbers: No chart or sales data for the EP is out yet.