Songfacts®:

• Lisa tips her hat to filmmaker Quentin Tarantino on this song where she projects the kind of swagger that suggests any bad guys ought to check out before the final reel. The track serves as the second single from her debut solo EP, Press Play.
• The director Quentin Tarantino is renowned for stylized violence, sprawling crime sagas, and fierce female leads. Lisa taps into that iconic cinematic universe, drawing visual cues from Kill Bill, Death Proof and Pulp Fiction, to underscore her own sense of power and independence. She wraps up the track with the line "It's a movie, baby, come and press play," neatly tying the cinematic motif back to the EP's title.
• During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Lisa explained how Press Play captures her journey from her roots in Thailand to global stardom. She noted that while every track carries its own distinct vibe, the songs weave together like scenes in a film, inviting us to sit back and press play.
• Lisa co-wrote "Tarantino" alongside its producers, Thom Bridges and Christian Astrop. Bridges previously helmed the EP's lead single, "Sawadika."
  
  At a Press Play listening party, Lisa said the songwriting team worked from visual mood boards, including one for Kill Bill. That aesthetic inspired the producers to pitch the title "Tarantino," which she instantly fell for.
• Lisa highlighted the production's traditional Thai elements, most notably a Thai guitar (the phin). Those traditional touches ground the track in Lisa's heritage, contrasting with the glossy, modern beat and cinematic callbacks.
• The accompanying video, directed by James Mackel (who has filmed clips for Doechii and Harry Styles), follows Lisa on a secret mission to deliver a red letter to her favorite director. Along the way, she leads a choreographed routine with hotel staff before taking down a wave of hitmen lurking in the halls. It makes for a classic Tarantino-style assignment, with Lisa proving far better equipped to handle the trouble than your average hotel guest.