Rose has just released her second single “Number one girl” after the huge success of her hit “APT.” featuring Bruno Mars.
According to Paper and i-D magazines, the song expresses Rose's desire to become the number one girl in the eyes of the audience after reading malicious comments "I can't sleep because I'm so obsessed with what people say about me, and what I want them to think or say about me".
The song will be included in the album “Rosie” - the first album in Rose's career. The media evaluates the success of this album as a "test" to answer the question of whether Rose is capable of becoming an independent artist.
During the livestream on November 14, Rose gave fans a preview of 6 songs: “Number One Girl”, “Game Boy”, “Toxic Till The End”, “3AM”, “Not The Same” and “2 Years”.
All the songs have Rose's participation in composing. That is something she rarely has the opportunity to show when working with Blackpink.
Some viewers commented that Rose's musical color is reminiscent of Taylor Swift's early stage of debut. Both of them composed sad love songs, associated with the image of a girl holding a guitar singing about a broken love.
The way Rose composes narrative songs like “Gone”, “On the ground” and most recently “One number girl” has been compared to Taylor Swift - the singer known as the “queen of storytelling”.
Rose's new album has 15 songs - a fairly large number for a debut solo album. The number 15 reminds the audience of Taylor Swift's "super album" The Tortured Poets Department with 16 tracks and then continued to release 15 more songs with the extended title TTPD: The Anthology.
Both of these albums are about failed relationships, leaving the girl with lingering feelings of regret and remorse. The song "Number One Girl" clearly expresses this spirit, and it is not difficult to find that feeling of torment and loneliness in Taylor Swift's songs.
Taylor Swift is a big influence on Rose's solo career. The Blackpink member idolized Taylor Swift since she was a child.
The two first met at the 2022 VMAS after-party, where Taylor took a photo with Rose and Sabrina Carpenter.
Rose also attended Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" concert in Singapore and burst into tears when listening to the song "22".
Recently, Rose revealed that in the process of composing new songs, she received help from Taylor Swift.
“I said I was a huge fan of hers, and I had some questions. As soon as she saw me, she said, ‘Come on, let me help you.’”
She shared her experiences with me and was very willing to help me. She gave me her phone number and said, “Let me know if you have any questions.”
I was really grateful to her during the time when I was a little weak. She's such a great person, a girl's girl. She advised me, make sure about this, that, and that, be very careful," Rose shared.
