Lisa from Blackpink, and actress Angelababy, wiped from Weibo, Chinese social media platform. Is K-pop singer’s Crazy Horse burlesque show to blame, ask fans

Singer from No 1 K-pop girl group’s page on Weibo not viewable ‘for violating laws and regulations’. The same applies to Hong Kong actress Angelababy’s page

The actress reportedly attended one of Lisa’s recent burlesque shows at the Paris club Crazy Horse. Fans point to this as the reason for censors banning them

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Lisa from Blackpink poses inside the Crazy Horse cabaret club in Paris in a September 28 Instagram post. She took part in five performances at the club - the reason, fans in China speculate, she has been banned from the Weibo social media platform. Photo: Instagram/@lalalalisa_m and crazyhorseparis_official

Published: 4:24pm, 3 Nov 2023Updated: 12:31pm, 6 Nov 2023

K-pop singer Lisa of megastar girl group Blackpink has been banned from China’s Weibo social media platform, sparking speculation among fans that the censorship was tied to a burlesque performance she gave in Paris.

Lisa, whose full name is Lalisa Manobal, disappeared from Weibo this week, with her personal page replaced by an error message saying her account was “not viewable due to being reported for violating laws [and] regulations”.

Also banned from posting was Hong Kong actress Angelababy, whose real name is Angela Yeung, because of “violations of relevant laws and regulations”, a message on her official Weibo account says.

The platform gave no further explanation for the bans. Lisa’s management agency YG Entertainment said it had no official statement to offer.

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Weibo bans Blackpink’s Lisa and actress AngelaBaby

But Weibo users and Chinese entertainment sites speculated that the two had been censored after reports in late September that Angelababy had attended a burlesque show by Lisa at the Parisian cabaret Crazy Horse.