The promo video for Thai K-pop sensation Lisa’s latest solo release “ROCKSTAR”, which was filmed in Bangkok’s Chinatown, had logged 35 million views by midday today.
Thai and foreign fans of Lalisa “Lisa” Manoban have, however, vowed to push that to 100 million pretty soon.
The video, which portrays the usually bustling Yaowarat Road as eerily quiet and dark, with some dim neon lighting a single spot where Lisa performed in the video, has become a magnet for many Thai female fans, several dressed like Lisa in the video, who queue up at the spot to take selfies.
The place was even more crowded than usual last night. Food vendors said they did good business and expect more tonight. They hailed Lisa as an real example of Thailand’s “soft power”.
Thanawat Wongsuk said that he was asked to bring his Harley Davidson bike for use in the shoot, not knowing that it was for Lisa. When she finally arrived on set, to sing and dance with the other performers, he says was speechless, but proud to be a part of the show.
Many other unnamed Thais, including some tattooed bikers, known as the “gangsters”, were also featured.
Details of the filming were kept so confidential that no one outside the production team knew that the hugely popular Thai rapper, of the former Blackpink Korean girl group, would be the star of the show.
