“He's so awake”: BLACKPINK's Rosé talks about Bruno Mars’ creativity in her recent interview with The Cut magazine

BLACKPINK's Rosé recently stunned the cover of The Cut magazine for its Spring 2025 edition. The magazine also released an exclusive interview with the K-pop idol where she talked about various topics including her upcoming works, reunion of BLACKPINK, and more.

In between the interview, BLACKPINK’s Rosé also commented about Bruno Mars’ creative genius, when she was asked about their bonding and how the American musician contributed to her recently released solo works.

“Because of his intuition. He's so awake.” Of course, if you're going to be him, you've got to be. Let me think about how I should say this ... Creative ideas only come to you at the right time and in the right moment, but sometimes with music, there are timelines. I'd always feel like, It's my fault; I should have an idea by this time, or Maybe I'm just not good enough,”BLACKPINK's Rosé commented.

The female idol further explained how Bruno Mars motivated her to trust her intuition and timing.

“Bruno showed me that, as a creative, you have to listen to your intuition and your timing, and you're allowed to trust in it. I've become more confident in what feels right to me and in doing whatever it takes to have that come to life,”

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BLACKPINK's Rosé and Bruno Mars released their duet on APT. in October 2024

Bruno Mars teamed up with BLACKPINK's Rosé to make her single APT., which came out on October 18, 2024. The song was inspired by the Korean drinking game, called Apateau. This song was dropped as the first pre-release track for BLACKPINK's Rosé’s first solo album, rosie.

The duo’s smashing hit song has broken several records since its debut. Recently, the song crossed 1 billion Spotify streams and YouTube views. The collaboration tracks APT. exceeded 2 billion streams on YouTube Music after 117 days, establishing several milestones.

During her interview, Rosé also revealed how her relationship with Bruno Mars started.

“Basically. I told my label I was a big fan. And then, me with my celebrity privilege, they said, "Would you like to get in a meeting with Bruno Mars?" I was like, Wow, I should say "no" to this because I feel a little embarrassed. But I could not say "no." When I met him, I felt like he read through me, and I was like, Oh my God, I feel scared.” Rosé stated.

Rosé went on to reveal that Bruno Mars also helped in the making of the other solo song Number One Girl, which was the second pre-release track from rosie. She detailed how Bruno pointed out the changes in her song and asked her to fix them. Bruno even drove to the LA studio to help Rosé, she said.

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For those unaware, Bruno and Rosé bagged the Global Sensation Award at the 2024 MAMA Awards for their duet APT. The two singers attended the awards ceremony and received their respective awards. On November 22, 2024, the event was held at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan.