30 Amazing Facts About Rosé From Blackpink Every Fan Must Know

Rosé, world-renowned member of the famous South Korean girl group – Blackpink, recently took the entire world for a ride with her solo album “R.” The Korean-New Zealand singer and dancer, has constantly appeared on the Korean Business Research Institute's female celebrity brand reputation list, a chart that tracks Korean celebrities with the most online searches and engagements, and previously reached the top 10, since the year 2018. She became the muse for luxury cosmetics brand Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, in 2021. Here are some really interesting facts about Rosé that will make you love her more:

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1.  Rosé’s debut single album titled “R,” was released on March 12, 2021. The lead single “On the Ground,” garnered 41.6 million views in 24 hours.
2.  With this, she broke the record of former labelmate Psy’s “Gentleman” for the most viewed South Korean music video of a soloist in 24 hours.
3.  The lead single “On the Ground” peaked at number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the highest-charting song by a Korean female soloist in the United States.
4.  The album “R” set the record for the highest first-week sales by a Korean female soloist with 448,089 copies sold.
5.  The song “On the Ground” also peaked at number 1 on both the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, the first song by a Korean solo artist to do so in the charts' histories.
6.  Roseanne Park was born on February 11, 1997, to South Korean immigrant parents in Auckland, New Zealand. She has an elder sister.
7.  Ger family moved from New Zealand to Melbourne, Australia, when she was just 7 years old, in the year 2004.
8.  She first attended Kew East Primary School, from where she graduated in 2009. She went to Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College in Melbourne, for secondary schooling.
9.  As a child, she started taking classes in singing, and also learned to play guitar and piano, performing in church choirs.
10.  At the age of 15, she attended an audition in Sydney, Australia for South Korean record label YG Entertainment at her father's suggestion in the year 2012.


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11.  When her father suggested she give a try, she just presumed it to be a joke, as thought about the distance and the difficulty of becoming a singer overseas, especially a K-pop star.
12.  She ranked among 700 participants, and within in the next two months, she dropped out of school, and signed with the label as a trainee, moving to Seoul.
13.  However, even before getting her chance with the label, she had been a very big fan of YG Entertainment for years, citing that the label has all the “Cool” groups.
14.  Just as she signed with the label, she was given an opportunity to feature on labelmate G-Dragon's song "Without You" off his EP “One of a Kind.”
15.  Still, her name was not publicized at the time of the song’s release, and her credit was also revealed only after her announcement as Blackpink member.
16.  She trained as a trainee for four years with YG Entertainment, before being revealed as the final member of the newly formed girl group Blackpink on June 22, 2016.
17.  But, before that she has appeared on a variety of broadcast programs such as music shows “King of Masked Singer” and “Fantastic Duo 2.”
18.  Her vocal performance on “King of Masked Singer” was met with warm reception by the audience, although she was skeptical.
19.  She claimed that she was very much worried if audience would like her singing, and that she was “happy and relieved” at the positive result.
20.  Her appearance as a performer on the second season of “Fantastic Duo,” was actually intended to "reveal Rosé's vocal appeal, which is different from Blackpink."


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21.  After the release of Blackpink's first Korean language full-length album, it was announced on June 1, 2020, that Rosé would debut solo.
22.  Her label revealed in an interview with South Korean media outlet Osen, on December 30, 2020, that filming for her debut music video would begin in mid-January 2021.
23.  A promotional teaser of Rosé's solo debut was released on January 26, 2021, while revealing that a preview of her solo debut would be revealed through “Blackpink Livestream Concert: The Show” on January 31, 2021.
24.  Rosé received her first-ever music show win on March 24, 2021, as a soloist with her single "On the Ground" through South Korean cable music program, Show Champion, and would go on to win five more.
25.  She was invited by Saint Laurent creative director Anthony Vaccarello as an accompaniment to the Met Gala, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute in New York City in September 2021.
26.  Her attendance at the annual fundraising event resulted her to become the first female K-pop idol to attend the Met Gala, alongside CL.
27.  Rosé and fellow Blackpink member Jisoo were selected as endorsement models for the South Korean cosmetics brand Kiss Me in the year 2018.
28.  She was revealed as a model for South Korean unisex casual brand 5252 BY OIOI and contemporary brand OIOICOLLECTION in August 2021.
29.  She was declared as Tiffany & Co's newest global ambassador and debuted through the 2021 Tiffany HardWear digital campaign on April 21, 2021.
30.  In the year 2020, Rosé was named the global ambassador for Yves Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, becoming its first global ambassador in 59 years.
31.  Rosé Net Worth: $10 Million