Rosé: “I would sit at the piano for hours ... [Music] was just something I liked to do in my spare time; it made me really happy and was the only thing that would relieve what little stress I had back then.” 

[On how she gets over being too shy to share the songs and stories inside of her]

Rosé: "I think I needed the push, to be honest. I needed the push from my producers, my members and everybody around me: 'Trust in yourself, believe in yourself.' I’m a perfectionist. I’m always like, 'Is this right?' I did need a lot of support from other people around me. I’m glad that they did. Sometimes you need that pressure: 'Do it now! You just gotta do it!' That was very helpful for me."

Rosé: “I would really like to work on having a voice for myself and putting my own opinions out there. One day, I’d like to feel like I’ve said what I’ve wanted to say to the whole world and be a more confident and outspoken person.”

Rosé: "Everybody’s a chameleon, everybody can be all sorts of colors. At one point, you gotta choose: This is me, this sounds like me, this will describe me. The most crucial point is when you put your foot on it and go, 'This! I’m going to put a period right there and stick with it.' That’s a scary part, when you have to start believing in it."

Rosé: "When there's no boundaries, that's when you can get creative."

Rosé: "Working as Blackpink for the past four years has given me a lot of experience, so when I am off on my own, I do know what I’m doing most of the time. Although it’s many [more] times the work I usually have to do, I still felt like I had a lot built up in me."

Rosé: “I wasn’t a born performer, but I was quite the comedian—I did like to entertain people.”

Rosé: “I realised the most important thing in music is to portray my life experiences and stories and make a voice. That’s why music to me is comfort these days.”

Rosé: “I just started, the song has only just come out, I’m sure I have a long journey ahead of me. ... I have a lot of different types of genre songs that I already have archived, so I mean, I guess what my next step is — the world’s the limit.”

Rosé: “I think I just want them to know that I’m no different than anyone else. I have the same thoughts in life, go through the same phases, and just like, I’m a lost soul too sometimes.”

[On being credited as a co-writer for the first time and being involved in the creative process]

Rosé: "It is my first time approaching songwriting, but in the past when we were preparing for all of our music, we were all in the process of it [in other ways], so it wasn’t too new for me. It was fun throwing in my opinions and thoughts. I think that’s the reason why the final product sounded like me and the reason [we felt] so sure about it coming out."

Rosé: “We have a lot of young fans who look up to us, so it is important to us to educate ourselves and everyone else about the problems of the world and encourage one another to help in any way we can.”

Rosé: "When we debuted, it was all chaos, everything was happening — bam, bam, everywhere. We were on that whole rollercoaster. And there comes a time when you gotta just sit and [ask yourself]: Where am I going? Where am I at?"

Rosé: “This is so important to me. Because when I was living in Australia, K-pop was just a thing I knew about, because I was Korean. Hearing how much people know and love K-pop right now, it’s crazy! I want to go back to high school and experience that myself, too!”

Rosé: “I think I would feel a lot more accepted knowing that everybody knows my culture so well. So it is very, very important to me.” 

[On her single, On The Ground]

Rosé: "It sounded like if you would have dinner with me, have a conversation with me. It’s something I would passionately talk about and question. It’s something I would question myself before I go to bed. So I thought it would be a good approach for my first solo song."

Rosé: “I’m just very glad that people are accepting and loving K-pop. You know, it’s music at the end of the day and music should not be divided in any shape or form.”

[On why she was drawn to the guitar as a kid]

Rosé: "I just felt like all those people who could play the guitar were so lucky — as long as they have a guitar, they have everything. It’s all there for you. It’s portable, you can take it everywhere. and it just looks so cool when you’re holding a guitar. I was so attracted to that whole image of somebody being able to play a guitar and sing."

[On being asked to move to South Korea for training to become a K-pop Idol]

Rosé: “I was very surprised. I decided to drop out of school and all my teachers and friends were like: ‘What?! Why are you leaving!? Nobody knew what K-pop was, so nobody understood where I was going. It was terrifying. I was quite a good student; I never thought I would drop out of school.”

[On why she was nervous to release her single, On The Ground]

Rosé: "I know that my fans have been anticipating my solo and waiting and asking for it. So the pressure was high. On top of that, these songs are a lot like me, I would say. It was just being nervous about how people will react to something that was a different approach from what we would normally do for Blackpink."

[On training far from home]

Rosé: “Just understanding what we were both going through was enough to be like: ‘I’m not in this alone’. It’s a beautiful thing to have a friend you could relate to so much in such hard times.”

Rosé: “I think at one point, I didn’t even enjoy listening to music – for a good couple of years.”

[On advice to Lisa and Jisoo in getting ready for their solo careers]

Rosé: "See, I think they will ace it — they’ll be so perfect at it. So if anything, more than giving them advice, I think I would just be there for them and make sure I’m there supporting them emotionally and physically — just being there and helping out. I will just make sure to let them know I’m there if they need my help."

Rosé: “Maybe what we’re chasing for isn’t necessarily up there at the top. Maybe what we truly need is already in our hands, right here on the ground.”

[On flying to Sydney to go to an open audition held by YG Entertainment]

Rosé: “I was like: ‘Oh my god’—I thought I had no chance. It took a lot for my dad to say: ‘Rosie, you can do it. If you love it, go for it.’ We flew to Sydney, and I was like: ‘Why are we here? Why did we fly a plane all this way?’ I felt like I was going to go home with nothing.”