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- Stage name
- Rose
- Birth name
- Roseanne Chaeyoung Park
- Agency
- YG Entertainment
- Fandom
- BLINK
- Debut
- 2016
- Generation
- 3rd gen
Birth details: rollingstone.com
In their own words
“I loved music, but I never thought it was a dream I could really grasp.”
“I'm trying to bring those two worlds together in the middle”
“I was always looking out," she says, "looking for amazing things.”
- Baz Luhrmann The Vogue Australia piece says he inspired her stage career in a surprising way and shows the two in conversation for the June 2022 issue he guest edited. vogue.com.au
- Bruno Mars Collaborator on the hit "APT."; discussed at length in the i-D interview and pictured with her on the video set. i-d.co
Timeline
- 2016Debut with BLACKPINK
After placing first at a YG Entertainment audition at 15 and signing as a trainee within two months, she debuted in August 2016 as one of four members.
- 2019Billboard cover story
BLACKPINK's 2019 Billboard cover story included her account of the grueling, emotionally trying trainee process.
- 2020Pandemic slowdown
Empty schedules brought stress and shingles, and she used the time to get to know herself better.
- 2021Solo release -R- and "On the Ground"
- 2022Vogue Australia and Rolling Stone features
Appeared in Rolling Stone's individual BLACKPINK digital covers and in Vogue Australia's June issue guest edited by Baz Luhrmann; she was also an earlier Vogue Australia cover star.
- 2023BLACKPINK most streamed female group on Spotify
Guinness World Records recognized the group as the most streamed female group on Spotify.
- 2024Debut solo album rosie and "APT."
The album rosie, named for her family and friends' nickname for her, opens with "Number One Girl"; the Bruno Mars collaboration "APT." was her breakout solo hit and reached No. 1 on Billboard.
- 2026"New Trick"
Released her first solo music of the year, a livelier turn from the melancholy of rosie.
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- rollingstone.com: Blackpink's Rosé on New Music, 'On the Ground ...
- vogue.com.au: Blackpink's Rosé is both a lover and a fighter
- npr.org: BLACKPINK's Rosé on her debut solo album, 'rosie'
- billboard.com: Blackpink's Rose Solo Interview: Making 'On The Ground'
- wtfm.com: ROSÉ drops first solo release of 2026 with video for 'New Trick'
- i-d.co: All The Way Rosé - i-D Magazine
Last researched Nov. 11, 2026