Bruno Mars and Rosé. Photo from Rosé's Instagram account

Blackpink's Rosé shares hesitation before releasing 'APT.'

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172958989232020241022 (5).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Bruno Mars and Rosé. <em>Photo from Rosé&#x27;s Instagram account</em></span></span></span>Thinking that a song about a drinking game might come off as &quot;unserious,&quot; K-pop star Rosé of Blackpink nearly scrapped her new single, &quot;APT.,&quot; even asking her producers to delete the buzzy track at one point.</div><p>The 27-year-old artist revealed this in a recent Vogue video, where she discussed &quot;APT.&quot; and her upcoming album, &quot;rosie,&quot; while preparing somaek (a popular South Korean cocktail of soju and beer) and cooking kimchi fried rice.</p><p>Released last Friday, &quot;APT.&quot; — pronounced &quot;apateu,&quot; short for &quot;apartment&quot; — draws inspiration from a Korean drinking game. The song is a collaboration with Filipino-American singer Bruno Mars.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/10/18/blackpink-s-ros-says-drinking-game-inspired-bruno-mars-collab-apt-1316"><strong>READ: Blackpink’s Rosé says drinking game inspired Bruno Mars collab ‘APT.’</strong></a></div><p>In the Vogue video, Rosé, whose real name is Roseanne Park, recalled that she &quot;freaked out&quot; after she first wrote the song.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5ihFB4ZCnFY?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></div><p>&quot;I was like, &#x27;Is this okay that I&#x27;ve written like a song about like a drinking game? Is this too unserious?&#x27; And so I like got all of the producers and songwriters to delete the song off of their phones,&quot; she said.</p><p>However, Rosé decided to push through in releasing the song after those who heard it became &quot;obsessed.&quot;</p><p>Rosé also shared that the collaboration with Mars came about after &quot;somebody set up a meeting with him and I.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I met him and I was like, I was fangirling so much and he liked jumped on the song and he had all these like crazy ideas for it,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;APT.&quot;, which now has 86 million views on YouTube and 34 million plays on Spotify, serves as a single off Rosé&#x27;s album &quot;rosie,&quot; scheduled for release on December 6.</p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/10/1/blackpink-s-ros-to-release-solo-album-rosie-in-december-711"><strong>READ: Blackpink&#x27;s Rosé to release solo album &#x27;rosie&#x27; in December</strong></a></div><div><em>For more news and features on K-pop, K-drama, and K-stars, visit the </em><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/kcontents"><em>Hallyu Corner</em></a><em> microsite. </em></div>

<p>Thinking that a song about a drinking game might come off as 'unserious,' K-pop star Rosé of Blackpink nearly scrapped her new single, 'APT.,' even asking her producers to delete the buzzy track at one point.</p>

Thinking that a song about a drinking game might come off as 'unserious,' K-pop star Rosé of Blackpink nearly scrapped her new single, 'APT.,' even asking her producers to delete the buzzy track at one point.

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Blackpink's Rosé shares hesitation before releasing 'APT.'

Blackpink's Rosé shares hesitation before releasing 'APT.'

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Published Oct 22, 2024 06:12 PM PHT

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