"Walkdown Tonken Reward"Lisa Offers Over a Month's Pay to Close Streets
Jul 04, 2024
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According to Hong Kong's South China Morning Post (SCMP) on the 4th (local time), Lisa filmed a music video for a new song on Yawarat Street, a Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand, in May.
Filming took place from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. with the streets completely closed for three days. Despite the fact that most of the time was over, Lisa reportedly offered 20,000 baht (about 750,000 won) in compensation to the merchants, saying that the filming caused noise and inconvenience. This amount corresponds to more than a month's salary in Thailand. It is also known that it will give 1,000 baht (about 37,000 won) to passers-by who are uncomfortable with street traffic.
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As a result, Lisa's new song ranked eighth on the global chart on Spotify in the U.S. upon its release, and succeeded in making her biggest debut as a K-pop female solo artist in the history of Spotify charts around the world.
In addition, Lisa's Rockstar, which was higher than her previous works 'Lalisa' and 'Money', ranked 15th and 28th on Spotify, topped the list with more than 2.57 million streams in her hometown of Thailand, setting the record for the highest daily streaming of any album released in Thailand.
The music video for "Rockstar" also proved Lisa's global popularity. The music video trended to No. 1 in Australia, England, France, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Korea, Turkiye, Mexico, and the UK, and drove the momentum to the top of the YouTube music video Trending Worldwide.
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Bangkok Mayor Chat Chattipan thanked Lisa for choosing Yaowarat as the filming location for the music video and making it a world-class attractionHe also announced plans to ban cars and install additional traffic signals and public toilets to create walking-only streets.
Meanwhile, Lisa, who is from Buriram in northeastern Thailand, is considered the most influential person in her native Thailand. In a local survey conducted in December last year, 28.1% of the respondents chose Lisa as the most influential person in Thailand.
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