LISA samples a ’90s hit

LISA’s “Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me)” lifts the hook from Sixpence None the Richer’s “Kiss Me” and drops it into a 2024 solo pop single. (billboard.com) The song arrived on October 3, 2024, through Lloud and RCA Records, days after LISA performed it live at the 2024 Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park on September 28. (billboard.com) Official release listings bill the track as “Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me),” and songwriter credits published by music databases include Matt Slocum, the Sixpence None the Richer member who wrote “Kiss Me,” alongside Jessie Reyez and Ryan “Rykeyz” Williamson. (discogs.com, secondhandsongs.com) In pop terms, this is an interpolation: LISA reuses the melody and key lyric from “Kiss Me” rather than inserting the old recording itself. Billboard and Rolling Stone both described the new chorus as a reworking of the 1990s song, not a straight replay of the original track. (billboard.com, rollingstone.com) That older song was first released on Sixpence None the Richer’s 1997 self-titled album and then pushed to United States radio in July 1998. It became the band’s signature hit, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999. (wikipedia.org, musicchartsarchive.com) LISA’s version folds that familiar line into a glossy dance-pop setup tied to her solo rollout after leaving YG Entertainment for her own company, Lloud, while remaining with BLACKPINK for group activities under YG. “Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me)” was later included on her debut solo album, “Alter Ego,” released on February 28, 2025. (billboard.com, wikipedia.org) The single also performed like a global pop release, peaking at No. 24 on the Billboard Global 200, according to Billboard’s chart reporting. That gave the song a measurable life beyond the initial social-media reaction to the borrowed chorus. (billboard.com) Reviews split on the result. Billboard framed the record as a meeting between a modern K-pop solo star and a “quintessential ’90s pop” hook, while NME’s coverage centered on the live debut and the clear “Kiss Me” interpolation that listeners immediately recognized. (billboard.com, nme.com) The reason people kept flagging “Moonlit Floor” is simple: one of the most recognizable choruses of late-1990s radio now sits inside a LISA single with the source named in the title. (billboard.com, discogs.com)