Rosé is not slowing down. Just over two months after releasing her debut solo album, the BLACKPINK star revealed in an interview with The Cut, published Tuesday, Feb. 18, that her group has new music coming soon. During the interview, the Australian performer discussed her relationship with collaborator Bruno Mars and her views on K-pop trainees needing therapy.
Fans already knew BLACKPINK was planning a comeback in 2025, with the group announcing a world tour earlier this month. However, in the new interview, Rosé confirmed the band will soon release new songs, stating, “We will be coming out with new music soon.”
Regarding the group’s reunion, the “Toxic Till The End” singer said, “We just knew there was no reason for us to stop it, right? As much as we all needed some time to go out and explore and be our own people, we still have business left to do. We’ve got to do some more damage.”
Whenever the new music is released, it will follow 2022’s Billboard 200-topper “Born Pink.” After touring the album worldwide in 2023, Rosé and her bandmates Lisa, Jennie, and Jisoo paused group activities to focus on solo projects for about a year.
During that year, Rosé released her first solo LP, “Rosie,” featuring the Billboard Global 200 No. 1 single “APT.” with Bruno Mars. She described growing “very close” to Mars.
Rosé detailed how the Silk Sonic star helped her complete “Rosie” track “Number One Girl” when she was struggling. She shared that Mars taught her a valuable lesson: You cannot rush the songwriting process. “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,’” she told the publication.
“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,” she said of her duet partner. “I’ve become more confident in what feels right to me and in doing whatever it takes to have that come to life.”
Before becoming a chart-topping soloist or part of the world’s biggest girl group, Rosé was a teenager training for future superstardom at YG Entertainment. Reflecting on her career start, she shared her thoughts on young signees having built-in access to therapy as K-pop trainees, echoing Ariana Grande’s recent comments about young stars needing counseling in their record label contracts.
“Oh yes, please,” Rosé said regarding mandatory mental health resources. “I think toward the end of my training, there was. But now if I were to do an academy, I’d give them a therapist. Once a week.”