Recently, female idol Rose of Blackpink group was one of the guests appearing on KBS2's music talk show "The Seasons: Lee Young Ji's Rainbow".
At the beginning of the show, Rose unexpectedly performed live her hit “APT.” But this time, her collaborator was not Bruno Mars, but female singer Lee Young Ji - the MC of the show.
Appearing in a dynamic outfit, her performance immediately stirred up the studio. Rose's live singing ability has been praised for getting better and better and has changed a lot more positively after leaving YG Entertainment.
Many people even said that this performance was no different from the recording of the song "APT.", the audience only recognized Rose singing live in the parts where she sang and laughed.
Lee Young Ji is a contralto, but when she replaced Bruno Mars, she still worked very well with Rose.
This performance video attracted 1 million views and reached the Top 4 Korean YouTube trends after 10 hours of posting.
Sharing about “APT.”, Rose said that she was inspired to write the song while she was working on her music career in the US. During her break, Rose taught her friends the Korean drinking game “Apartment.” Thanks to everyone’s hilarious reactions, she wrote this fun song.
When Bruno Mars asked Rose to send him three songs to consider for a collaboration, everyone around her discouraged the singer from sending “APT.”, because they thought Bruno wouldn’t choose it. But despite the objections, Rose put “APT.” on the list. Surprisingly, the American artist was interested in it.
Commenting on Bruno Mars, Rose said: “I am a perfectionist, but Bruno Mars is a hundred times more perfectionist than me. I am very impressed by his vision.”
Rose further revealed that she once asked Bruno how she should answer if someone asked about him. Bruno replied: "Just say I'm crazy."
Rose emphasized: “He is really a tsundere" (someone who appears unapproachable and easily angered on the outside but is gentle, warm and caring on the inside).
Also on the show, Rose performed Bruno Mars' "Too Good to Say Goodbye" and her newly released solo song "Number one girl".
Rose's first solo album in her career, "rosie", consisting of 12 songs, will officially be released on December 6, 2024.
