Name: ROSÉ’s Road to No. 1: From Beyoncé to Bruno Mars “APT.” Friendship | Billboard Cover
Uploaded: 2026-02-26T16:01:12.000Z
Duration: 12 min 18 s
Description: Thousands of YouTube videos with English-Chinese subtitles! Now you can learn to understand native speakers, expand your vocabulary, and improve your pronunciation...

Never in a million years would I have thought that this would happen.

To be nominated for a Grammy, it means a lot that apt is the one that is being celebrated so much.

I'm really, really grateful and I'm a bit like Shook.

My dad would have the radio on all the time.

And because Australia, every like LA, everything's far away.

And so I grew up listening to all of that.

Britney Spears was on the radio all the time.

I. I think I was definitely influenced by a lot of pop.

When I grew up, YouTube was where I started to listen and watch all these musicians.

And naturally the very beginning of me like starting to sing and play instruments was after I watched Dream Girl.

I remember watching Beyonce sing, like listen and being like, oh my God, I really want to be able to sing that.

And I printed it on like the chords on paper and I would like play it and sing at the top of my lungs simultaneously.

My sister, because we are Korean, she was very interested in our culture.

She had been consuming a lot of Korean music and musicians and that's when K pop was around as well.

As I am and as I have always been in this day and age, I feel like social media and all these platforms has given everyone such a good opportunity to fulfill so much of their dreams.

And I'm, you know, a result of that and I'm really, really grateful.

History of first Korean K Pop artist that means a lot to me because growing up there wasn't many people like me.

I was the minority and especially on television and and in the music industry.

And so I remember even then I was like, I want to do music.

Obviously somewhere in Mev said I want to do music.

But I didn't even know that was like a possibility.

Yes, my dad encouraged me to take an audition for this K Pop group and I did.

I think as I started to prepare my solo album on my own away from the group also, it was a lot of challenges and a lot of things that I was determined to learn about.

Things that I was never really curious about before.

And I had been in a studio for the first time and been a part of the creation of a song and felt like that really fulfilled me more than anything else to really focus on that core feeling and then build on that.

It was a good opportunity for me to kind of meet new people in this industry in which I was also very privileged and grateful to be able to meet so many people.

And I'm really glad that I took my time and I had enough people around me to suggest for me to slow down.

Yes, that is very different to, I think, how I was brought up.

I got to focus on music and my craft, whereas this instance, I had to learn about the details of my job whilst learning about everything else.

And there's a lot to learn in a year and it was a bit overwhelming, but

Amy was in the first session that I was a part of and it was really organic because I was in a studio and.

And I had gone through something really interesting the night before and I walked in really, really anxious because I was like, by the way, guys, I've never been a part of a, like, a proper session like this before.

You know, I really want to learn about this.

We started talking and they were like, anything dramatic happened to you?

but this has nothing to do with, like, it was not even, like, about, like a, like a, like a relationship or anything.

So I was like, I don't think it's really interesting.

And they were like, no, just talk about it.

And then I was like, oh, I've been going through this thing.

And I was like crying all night and I was really, really frustrated and.

And I started talking and I remember just started crying and I got really vulnerable and they.

They were all like, oh, my God, Rosie, I'm so sorry you're going through this.

And I remember Amy was like, we should write a song about this.

And that was the first day I believed that anything could be made into a beautiful song.

As long as it's like real emotions and real stories and you've got good intentions and whatnot.

And so that day proved to me that studio means vulnerability, it means honesty.

And we've had so many sessions where we would just talk about life and we've been each other's therapists.

Coming off the album, I was still so inspired.

And near the end of it, I made a few Things that I've also saved because I love them so much.

For the next chapter, I feel like nothing is as you plan it to be.

And I think I was in the studio for a bit right now.

I've been realizing that I need to live as well, my life, because my first album came from living a full life of 27 years.

And so, you know, in order to be inspired to write anything else, I've noticed I just need to take my time and breathe a bit.

And as I say that, I think I have a session, like a few sessions planned this week, but

I am curious, so I will go in and then, you know, if the universe says not yet, then okay.

But then if they say I'm ready, then amazing.

I think I always just have to pray and see what happens.

But don't be too disappointed when if it's not time yet.

I think being away did inspire me in so many different ways, just creatively and musically.

And I think I was really curious and excited to see how that would play a part with the group.

And also I was excited to see what the other members have brought.

It has been really fun, and I'm really, really happy with how, you know, jump.

Sh was so much fun as well, and different.

And I feel like at this point, it's just nice to kind of experiment new things with the girls and the group and to learn not to be afraid to try new things.

And I feel like we're all very comfortable.

Subtitles ListPlay Video

ROSÉ’s Road to No. 1: From Beyoncé to Bruno Mars “APT.” Friendship | Billboard Cover

vulnerable

privilege

opportunity

wrap