Rosé appeared on JTBC’s “Newsroom,” which aired on the 1st. She spoke about his collaboration with Bruno Mars.
On this day, Rosé said, “Actually, I’ve been working abroad every day, so I’ve been seeing a lot of reactions on the internet until now, but when I came to Korea a few days ago, so many people said that I had entered the country, so I felt a little bit at that time. He does a lot of parodies on YouTube and sees a lot of comments,” he said, adding that he realizes the global popularity of “Apartment.”
Rosé also said, “When the song came out, Lisa made a video call and talked to us for two hours. When the members come out with music, they take a video and send it to them,” he said, conveying the warm support of the BLACKPINK members.
Regarding the resurgence of Yoon Su-il’s song of the same name, ‘Apartment’, Rosé said, “It was a song that I didn’t know much about because it wasn’t my time, but when I found out about it, I felt a lot of honor, and I think I’m surprised and grateful that there are interesting stories to be told.”
Rosé said, “While I was working on an album overseas, I ordered a hamburger late at night and ate it, and I told my foreign friends about the Korean drinking game ‘Apartment.’ Even though I was working all night, I was in an apartment, an apartment, an apartment, so I jokingly said I should write a song with this song, and I wrote the song the next day.” When asked if he expected it to be popular, he replied, “When I saw the reaction of my white friends, I thought they would like it, but I really didn’t expect it to be this big.”
Rosé also spoke about her collaboration with Bruno Mars, saying, “It’s so amazing, he helped me a lot, he inspired me so much, he gave me a lot of advice and became a good colleague when I put out my first album. I told him that the news was coming out today, but I asked him to go and tell me that it was Bruno Mars-chan and come back.” He laughed as he said in English, “Bruno Mars is the best.”
Rosé said of Bruno Mars’ vocal coaching, “When we were recording, I was still very choked, and he just said, ‘No,’ and he re-enacted it. I was such a fan, but it was amazing to see him sing like that in front of me and direct me like this.”
In addition, Rosé said that Bruno Mars also participated in the arrangement, saying, “I think the world has expanded even more because we have brought Bruno colors from what we have brought with us. It was a really good collaboration.”
Lastly, Rosé talked about her plans to collaborate with another pop star, saying, “I don’t have anything special yet. Collaborating with Bruno Mars came naturally to me,” he said, adding, “I haven’t thought of anything yet, but I’m excited that if I get another chance, there will be an interesting collaboration.”
