According to Soompi, at around 8:00 p.m. on April 20, Korean time, the MV APT. officially surpassed 1.5 billion views on YouTube. The MV APT. was released on October 18, 2024 and only took about 6 months, 2 days (or 184 days) to achieve this achievement.
APT. continues to help Rose (Blackpink) break the record, becoming the fastest MV by an Asian artist and Kpop artist to surpass 1.5 billion views. PSY was the owner of this record, with the MV Gangnam Style reaching 1.5 billion views after 264 days.
APT. is currently on par with J Balvin and Willy Williams MV Mi Gente, the 3rd fastest MV in history to reach 1.5 billion views (both 184 days), after Luis Fonsis MV Despacito featuring Daddy Yankee and Ed Sheerans MV Shape of You.
Previously, the fastest MV milestone to reach 1 billion views on YouTube by an Asian artist was also broken by Rose, when the MV APT. only took 105 days to achieve this achievement.
Recently, Rose is the only K-pop artist honored by Time Magazine in the Top 100 Most influential People of 2025 (TIME100), along with famous figures in many fields such as US President Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk, cast and singers such as scarlett Johansson, Adrien Brody, Blake Lively, Demi Moore, Snoop Dogg, Ed Sheeran...
There is much speculation that Rose is working on a new music project, when the female singer was seen participating in a filming session on the Las Vegas Boulevard (USA) and was labeled by a number of musicians and producers with an Instagram account in the studio image.
Social media has spread rumors that Rose will sing the soundtrack for the movie F1 directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Brad Trump and Damson Idris, scheduled to hit theaters at the end of June. The filming location in Las Vegas could be to serve the MV of F1.
In addition, fans are looking forward to the upgraded version of the album rosie that Rose had promised to release. According to initial information, this album version will have a total of 15 songs, not just stopping at 12 songs like the standard version released in November 2024.
