"She is the industry plant y'all want Doechii to be": Internet buzzes as Maroon 5 announce new collaboration with Blackpink's Lisa

Maroon 5 has recently announced their collaboration with Blackpink star Lisa, throwing the internet into a frenzy. The Grammy-winning band took to Instagram on Friday, April 25, to post a video of their frontman, Adam Levine, along with the 28-year-old Thai rapper.

Two weeks ago, Adam Levine confirmed that Maroon 5 is set to release their next single in an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The three-time Grammy winner also revealed that the band had plans to embark on their next world tour shortly.

Rumors of Lisa's involvement began when Maroon 5 posted a silhouette of Adam Levine and a mysterious woman against a city skyline. Blackpink fans were quick to speculate that the woman was Lisa. Three days later, the band confirmed fans' conjecture with their latest Instagram post.

It features Levine and Lisa posing together with multiple candid snaps being taken of them. The Lost Stars hitmaker is seen sporting an all-black suit with black boots, while Lisa boasts a patterned black-and-white dress with black stilettos. The caption also declares the name of their upcoming collaboration, i.e., "PRICELESS FT. LISA."

The news of the collaboration was shared by pop culture handles like @PopCrave on X, resulting in several netizens penning down their opinion on the same. Among them, X user @supernutsurals compared Lisa with Doechii, writing:

"She is the industry plant yall want Doechii to be."

"Maroon 5 x LISA? Interesting collab, can't wait to hear it," commented another.

"The song is really vibing. I can see myself vibing with it with my friends n partner. Chilling outside in a full moon and dancing," claimed a user.

"Maroon 5 and LISA? That’s a collaboration we didn’t know we needed but now can’t wait for. Expect the visuals to be straight fire," wrote a netizen on X.

Many users, however, criticized the collaboration of the band and the singer.

"We’re in the big year of 2025 and Maroon 5 still thinks we need to keep hearing new music from them…," argued a user.

"Out of all people to collab with and she choose this mess?!" wrote a person

"A washed out band escaping from the khia asylum trying to get a hit," claimed another netizen.

The recent Instagram clip announcing the collaboration between Maroon 5 and Lisa has already amassed close to 500k likes within just eight hours at the time of writing.

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Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine explains why he made a comeback to The Voice after a 5-year hiatus

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In an interview with NBC Insider (published on February 3, 2025), Adam Levine explained why he returned to the coaching panel of The Voice after leaving the show in season 16. The 46-year-old was one of the founding coaches of the reality television show, joining the judges' panel in 2011. Levine continued his role for over eight years before leaving in 2019.

In the NBC Insider interview, Levine claimed that his return in season 27 wasn't preceded by too much overthinking. The Maroon 5 frontman joined because it felt right.

"It didn’t involve too much deliberation or overthinking. I kind of just felt ready. I was really happy to come back and experience it again with these three wonderful [coaches]," he said.

The singer added:

"The only way to sum it up is that just energetically...the opportunity came at the right moment and I was really ready, and we started talking about it and one thing led to another and here I am. It was that simple."

In a 2019 appearance on The Howard Stern Show, Levine explained that he left the show because he needed a little hiatus after working as a coach for such a long time.

"I was ready to not be doing it anymore ... for a little bit. When it all naturally happened, I was like, 'OK, this feels right.' For better or worse, the moment in which we decided to walk away felt really good. This was the right time for me to go," he said.

Levine also said that after being "so busy" for over eight years, his priorities had shifted. The singer explained that he wanted to spend time with his family, which ultimately fueled his decision to take the hiatus.

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