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Rosé reflects on earning her first Grammy nominations with 'APT.'

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p>Rosé reflected on receiving her first Grammy nominations for her hit track &quot;APT.&quot;</p><p>In an interview with Billboard, Rosé shared that the nomination was something she never expected, adding that she is especially grateful that a song deeply rooted in her culture is being recognized.</p><p>&quot;Never in a million years would I have thought that this would happen to be nominated for a Grammy. But I think most importantly, I feel like the song that is being celebrated and being nominated for the Grammy contains so much of my culture in it,&quot; she remarked.</p><p>Rosé added that the recognition reaffirmed her belief in the power of cultural representation and inclusivity. &quot;It proves to me also that culture is loved. Different cultures are being accepted, regardless of ages, different backgrounds and cultures, everyone has been enjoying it so much and I&#x27;ve been watching that, and it&#x27;s really just really blown my mind away. And so it means so much to myself, my younger self who grew up feeling like that would not be a possibility,&quot; she stated.</p><p>Rosé has made history at the Grammys after becoming the first K-Pop soloist to be nominated for the six general field categories.</p><p>The singer-songwriter received nominations for Song of the Year and Record of the Year for the track &quot;APT.&quot; She also bagged a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the track which she collaborated with Bruno Mars.</p><p>The K-Pop star also highlighted how meaningful the nominations are to her, particularly as someone who grew up with little representation in the music industry.</p><p>&quot;That means a lot to me because growing up there wasn&#x27;t many people like me. I was the minority and especially on television and in the music industry, and so I remember even then I wanted to do music obviously. Somewhere in me said, &#x27;I want to do music,&#x27; but I didn&#x27;t even know that was like a possibility,&quot; she said.</p><p>The 2026 Grammy Awards is set to happen on February 1, 2026 (US time).</p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DChBICKzJnX/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A47227%2C%22ls%22%3A46854.90000000037%2C%22le%22%3A46858.40000000037%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>In an interview with <em>Vogue</em> in October 2024, Rosé shared that she got the inspiration to write the song after playing the drinking game with her team in the recording studio.</p><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>After realizing that those who listened to the song became &quot;obsessed&quot; with it, the BLACKPINK member decided to push through on finishing the track.  </p><p>On how her collaboration with Bruno Mars came into fruition, Rosé recalled: &quot;Last year, Bruno came to perform in Korea, in Seoul and my friends were like, &#x27;Do you wanna go watch a Bruno Mars concert?&#x27; And so ever since then I was like, &#x27;Oh my god, I love Bruno Mars, I play his songs all the time.&#x27;</p><p>&quot;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,&quot; she said.</p>

<p>Rosé received Grammy nominations for Song of the Year and Record of the Year for the track 'APT.'</p>

Rosé received Grammy nominations for Song of the Year and Record of the Year for the track 'APT.'