Lalisa Manoban Takes Home The Best Pop Trophy at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards

On September 27th, the Thai singer and member of girl group Blackpink, Lalisa Manoban, took home the Best Pop award at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards. Lisa performed her new solo song, "SaWiDiKa", which was released on September 3rd, 2026, to honor her hometown of Thailand. This marks her as the first K-pop artist to win at the MTV Video Music Awards.

At the awards ceremony, Teyana Taylor presented her with the Best Pop award for her song, “Dream” ft. Kentaro Sakaguchi. She gave a speech thanking the Lilies, and others that had helped her create “Dream”. Fans cheered telling her not to cry, since it was a very emotional moment for everyone. She reflected on the entire journey saying, “All those late-night dreams brought me here today, so thank you for the inspiration.”

The shoutout to her Lilies was as followed in the speech, “Especially to my Lilies, I wouldn’t be here without you guys. Thank you so much for  all the love and support.” She concluded her speech by saying thank you in Thai. This was the first time she had won the Best Pop Award at the MTV VMAs. The previous four times she was given the Best K-Pop Award.

She made her debut on the MTV VMAs back in 2024, but now for 2026, she’s back to performing on the stage in the MTV VMAs. She even had 4 solo nominations for Best Pop, Best K-pop, Best Cinematography, and even Best Editing.  Her group Blackpink also had a nomination for Best Group and Best K-pop for their song, Jump, which released on July 11th of 2025.

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