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BLACKPINK Rosé performs ‘APT.’ with Coldplay in Korea
BLACKPINK Rosé performs ‘APT.’ with Coldplay in Korea
Toff C.,
Push Team
Published Apr 25, 2025 02:12 PM PHT
BLACKPINK’s Rosé surprised fans with a performance of her hit song "APT." alongside Coldplay during the band's recent Music of the Spheres concert in South Korea.
BLACKPINK’s Rosé surprised fans with a performance of her hit song "APT." alongside Coldplay during the band's recent Music of the Spheres concert in South Korea.
Held at Goyang Stadium, the concert marked the band’s South Korea leg of the tour. Coldplay shared a video of lead singer Chris Martin’s duet with Rosé on their official Instagram page, along with a behind-the-scenes clip of their rehearsal ahead of the performance.
Held at Goyang Stadium, the concert marked the band’s South Korea leg of the tour. Coldplay shared a video of lead singer Chris Martin’s duet with Rosé on their official Instagram page, along with a behind-the-scenes clip of their rehearsal ahead of the performance.
Fans were quick to express their excitement over the unexpected collaboration.
Fans were quick to express their excitement over the unexpected collaboration.
"This is too iconic," one fan commented.
"This is too iconic," one fan commented.
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"Still feels unreal… @coldplay x @roses_are_rosie was everything we dreamed of and more 💫🥹," one fan commented.
"Still feels unreal… @coldplay x @roses_are_rosie was everything we dreamed of and more 💫🥹," one fan commented.
Released on October 18, "APT" is Rosé's collaboration with Bruno Mars. On its first day of release, the track achieved over 25 million views on YouTube, earning the title of the biggest debut for a male-female duet on the platform.
Released on October 18, "APT" is Rosé's collaboration with Bruno Mars. On its first day of release, the track achieved over 25 million views on YouTube, earning the title of the biggest debut for a male-female duet on the platform.
"APT." is inspired by the Korean drinking game Apartment. It is pronounced as apateu or 아파트 in Korean.
"APT." is inspired by the Korean drinking game Apartment. It is pronounced as apateu or 아파트 in Korean.
In a previous interview with Vogue, Rosé shared that she got the inspiration for the song when she was playing the drinking game with her team in the recording studio.
In a previous interview with Vogue, Rosé shared that she got the inspiration for the song when she was playing the drinking game with her team in the recording studio.
"I was like, 'Is this okay that I've written like a song about like a drinking game? Is this too unserious?' And so I like got all of the producers and songwriters to delete the song off of their phones," she said.
"I was like, 'Is this okay that I've written like a song about like a drinking game? Is this too unserious?' And so I like got all of the producers and songwriters to delete the song off of their phones," she said.
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However, when her team couldn’t stop listening to the demo, Rosé decided to finish the track.
However, when her team couldn’t stop listening to the demo, Rosé decided to finish the track.
As for how the collaboration with Bruno Mars came to be, Rosé shared: "Last year, Bruno came to perform in Korea, in Seoul and my friends were like, 'Do you wanna go watch a Bruno Mars concert?' And so ever since then I was like, 'Oh my god, I love Bruno Mars, I play his songs all the time.'"
As for how the collaboration with Bruno Mars came to be, Rosé shared: "Last year, Bruno came to perform in Korea, in Seoul and my friends were like, 'Do you wanna go watch a Bruno Mars concert?' And so ever since then I was like, 'Oh my god, I love Bruno Mars, I play his songs all the time.'"
She went on: "Fast forward somebody set up a meeting with him and I. And 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."
She went on: "Fast forward somebody set up a meeting with him and I. And 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."
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