Being the number one girl isn’t easy – just ask ROSÉ.
In a candid interview with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe on Friday (November 22), the BLACKPINK star got real about the inspiration behind her new single “Number One Girl,” which was released that day: Read Hateful comments about yourself. “We wrote the song the day after I attended the event,” ROSÉ explains. “I felt so grateful for participating in these events, but I didn’t feel fulfilled. I felt like I was chasing something, ‘What am I chasing?
“I felt so empty and I remember feeling miserable,” she continued. “And then that night, I ended up finding myself on social media, and I ended up looking for all these comments that would obviously break me… I was so disappointed in myself. Because I think that’s what I grew up with, ‘To myself Have confidence. When people speak to you, don’t let it get to you.
The New Zealand native noted that “Number One Girl” represented “toxic” relationships in general, saying, “I was so obsessed with these people who didn’t treat me well and didn’t actually understand me.”
The new song, which comes just two weeks ahead of the K-pop star’s debut solo album, was just one of many questions raised during the conversation between ROSÉ and the radio host. Rossi. On the 12-track LP, she confessed that she felt “pressure” to complete the project during BLACKPINK’s hiatus – especially as the band’s 2025 reunion drew closer.
“We as BLACKPINK, as mature as we are, got together and decided, ‘Let’s promise ourselves that this year will be inspired,'” ROSÉ told Lowe about band members JENNIE, LISA, and JISOO. “The first thing that happens is anxiety because I’m privileged to be able to do whatever I want to do this year, but I want it to be the right decision and it has to feel right… what if I don’t do it? ?What if I have to do something that I feel is not mine?
ROSÉ also talks about a past relationship, which inspired some of the other songs Rossiincluding “Game Boy,” which she said was the last song she wrote for the album. “I never want anyone to know about it, but I will talk about it [them] So much,” she told Lowe. “I need to get it off my chest.”
