Recently, Rose (Blackpink) appeared on the cover of Paper magazine. In an interview with Paper, the Korean singer revealed about her upcoming solo album titled "rosie". Notably, she talked about a toxic relationship she experienced in her life.
Paper describes it as a true pop album with Swiftian-style intimate storytelling nuances and light, airy choruses as she paints a tale of a broken love: missing the “red flags,” experiencing dark days at 3am, and remaining toxic until the very end.
Rose said, "I think I'm quite grateful that I've been in a few relationships, just like a normal girl in her 20s. I want people to understand that I'm not much different from other girls out there, or 23-year-old girls.
It's probably easy to relate to if you listen to my songs, anyone who's ever been in a relationship like that. It doesn't have to be about a boyfriend, it's just any kind of toxic relationship.”
“Your 20s are not easy,” the singer added. “It’s a time when you can be vulnerable and confused, excited or angry with life. I want to sing about those things.”
Additionally, Paper said that the album will have songs that only Rose can understand, such as the lonely experience of going online and scrolling through many comments criticizing her.
Rose admitted that she has a bad habit of scrolling through social media late at night, which sometimes leads her to "obsessively leaving negative comments." One song on the album was written after she went through that.
"I realized how vulnerable I was, how addicted I was to this online world, and how much I longed to be loved and understood," she said of the motivation behind the song.
Rose decided to write a song that was “so incredibly hurtful and so honest that everyone knew that I was the one who went through these emotions and I hated that about myself.”
“I just want to cover it up. Even in interviews, I act like nothing bothers me. But it really does. Every word, every comment, it crushes me,” Rose confided.
The Blackpink singer says her album is about the “terrible 20s,” and at 27 she’s more than halfway through a decade defined by massive success but also wild misunderstandings about who she is. She sees “rosie” as a chance to clear things up.
“I want people to understand me better and stop misunderstanding me. I am willing to be more vulnerable, open and honest so that people do not misunderstand and accept the real me” - Rose said about the purpose of releasing her first solo album.
