Rosé (singer)

Roseanne Park (Korean: 박채영; Park Chae-young) was born on 11 February 1997[4][5] in Auckland, New Zealand, to South Korean immigrant parents.[6] She has an older sister. In 2004, at the age of seven, Rosé and her family moved to Melbourne, Australia.[7] Rosé initially attended Kew East Primary School graduating in 2009, attending Canterbury Girls' Secondary College in Melbourne for her secondary schooling.[8] She began singing and learned to play guitar and piano as a child and performed in church choirs.[7][8]

In 2012, 16-year-old Rosé attended an audition in Australia for South Korean record label YG Entertainment at her father's suggestion[7] and was ranked first among 700 participants.[9][10] Within two months, she dropped out of school, signed with the label and moved to Seoul.[8] Rosé initially thought her father's idea was a joke due to the distance and difficulty of becoming a singer overseas, stating:

In Australia, I didn't think that there was much of a chance for me to become a singer, especially to become a K-pop star... I was living so far from the country that it never really occurred to me as a possibility.[7]

The same year, Rosé was given an opportunity to feature on labelmate G-Dragon's song "Without You" off his EP One of a Kind (2012). Her name was not publicised at the time of release with her credit revealed following her announcement as a Blackpink member.[11] The song peaked at number ten on South Korea's Gaon Music Chart and at number 15 on the Billboard Korea K-pop Hot 100.[12][13]

Rosé trained at YG Entertainment for four years before her announcement as a member of Blackpink in June 2016. She was the last member to be revealed.[14] The group debuted in August 2016 with the single album Square One, which produced the lead singles "Whistle" and ''Boombayah".[15]

The singer has also appeared on a variety of broadcast programmes such as music shows King of Masked Singer and Fantastic Duo 2. Her vocal performance on King of Masked Singer was met with a warm reception by the audience, to which Rosé commented that she "didn't know if the audience would like [her] singing" and that she felt "happy and relieved" at the positive result.[6] Rosé later appeared as a performer on the second season of Fantastic Duo. The show's production staff stated that her appearance was intended to "reveal Rosé's vocal appeal, which is different from Blackpink".[16]

On 2 June 2020, YG Entertainment announced that Rosé would debut solo in 2020, following the release of Blackpink's first studio album.[17] On 30 December 2020, in an interview with South Korean media outlet Naver, Rosé revealed that filming for her debut music video would begin in mid-January 2021.[18] On 26 January 2021, YG Entertainment released a promotional teaser of Rosé's solo debut and announced that the title and subtitle songs will be revealed through Blackpink Livestream Concert: The Show on 31 January 2021.[19][20] Shortly after the performance, Rosé’s solo, titled "Gone" gained positive feedback from Korean news website Naver.[21]