In the last season of The White Lotus, we lost a giant. Spoiler alert if you still (somehow) haven’t seen, but our beloved Tanya McQuoid (played by Jennifer Coolidge) fell to her death after being hunted by a group of gay men looking to inherit her fortune. When she died, many wondered who would fill the Tanya-shaped hole that had formed in our hearts in the show’s third season. But last night (Monday 12), Variety announced a new addition to the cast that may help fill the void left by Coolidge.

Lisa, from the renowned K-pop girl group Blackpink, is set to make her acting debut in the third season of the acclaimed US television series. This will make her the second member of Blackpink to star in an HBO show, after Jennie Kim’s appearance in Sam Levinson’s controversial drama The Idol last year. 

Lisa will be credited under her birth name, Lalisa Manobal. She will be joined by Parker Posey, Aimee Lou Wood, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Natasha Rothwell, Leslie Bibb and Jason Isaacs, to name a few. Details of Lisa’s role remain undisclosed, as is the specific plot of the next season. But what we do know is that season three will commence filming this month (February) in and around Koh Samui, Phuket and Bangkok, Thailand. The show will again revolve around a fresh set of guests at the White Lotus resort property.

Due to the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes last year, season three is set to premiere in 2025, but the show’s creator, Mike White, tells Vanity Fair that it’s worth the wait: “It’s going to be longer, bigger and crazier.”