Rosé

Roseanne Park, also known as Park Chaeyoung (Korean: 박채영), and most commonly known as Rosé, is the main vocalist and lead dancer of South Korean girl group BLACKPINK. She debuted as a soloist in 2021 with her first single album, R.

1997–2011: Early life and family
Rosé's birth name is Roseanne Park and her Korean name is Park Chaeyoung. Her family consists of her mother, a businesswoman, her father, a lawyer, and sister, Alice Park, who is four years her senior and also a lawyer. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand and raised in Melbourne, Australia. For her education, Rosé attended Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College in Melbourne, Australia. As a child, Rosé always had a passion for singing and was a part of her church's choir.

2012-2016: Becoming a trainee at YG
In 2012, Rosé's father found out that YG Entertainment was holding their auditions in Sydney, Australia. He convinced her to take part in it. Despite Rosé's mother not agreeing at first, Rosé and her father were able to convince her mother at the end. She quickly went to Sydney, coming all the way from Melbourne. Rosé ranked first in the auditions, beating 700 others, and became a trainee at YG Entertainment on the same day. After training for four years, YG finally put her as the main vocalist and lead dancer of BLACKPINK. She was the last member to be revealed in the band.

Less than 6 months after joining YG, Rosé featured on G-Dragon's One of a Kind EP, on the track "Without You".

2016-2020: BLACKPINK
On August 8, 2016, Rosé made her debut under YG Entertainment, as a member of BLACKPINK. On October 17, 2018, YG announced that Rosé would be the next member to debut solo after Jennie. On February 8, 2019, it was announced that her solo track would be released after BLACKPINK's comeback with Kill This Love.

On December 30, 2020, OSEN announced that Rosé was scheduled to film the music video for her solo debut in mid-January of 2021.

2021: BLACKPINK; Solo Debut
On January 25, 2021, it was reported that Rosé would be performing a song from her solo album for the first time at BLACKPINK's then-upcoming concert BLACKPINK: The Show. The following day, a "coming soon" video was posted on BLACKPINK's YouTube channel. YG later confirmed that the song featured in the video is a b-side track. At the concert, Rosé performed the song heard in the coming soon teaser, later revealed to be "Gone".

On February 10, 2021, YG Entertainment announced that Rosé will be making her solo debut sometime in March. It was also stated that they have finished filming the M/V for Rosé’s title song from her debut solo album. They are currently ensuring it’s completeness due to the large amount of production fee. A couple hours later, it was added that they will be sharing more details about schedules with an official notice at a later time.

On February 26, 2021, according to Naver, Rosé’s solo album will be released in early March.

On March 2, 2021, two teaser posters for Rosé's solo debut were posted on BLACKPINK's social media accounts. She will making her solo debut on March 12, 2021 with a single album, -R-.

On March 5, 2021, a title poster was posted on BLACKPINK's social media accounts announcing the name of the title track, “On The Ground”.

On March 8, 2021, the M/V teaser for "On The Ground" was released on BLACKPINK's social media accounts. On March 9th, the track list was released. On March 10th, a second teaser for "On The Ground" was released.

On March 12, 2021, an online press conference was held at 12 pm (KST). A couple hours later, a comeback live was held on Vlive at 1 pm (KST). The Behind the Scenes making film for the music video was released on March 13th on BLACKPINK's social media accounts.

March 14, 2021 at Inkigayo was the first time she performed her solo choreography. During the first week, she performed both "On The Ground" and "Gone". On March, 16th, she performed on "The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon". For music shows, she performed on M Countdown, Music Core, and Inkigayo.

Rosé had a fan-sign event on March 20th and March 21st. This fan-sign on March 20th was for Koreans, and the 21st was for foreigners. She also collaborated with Ktown4u and had a fan sign event through them on March 28th. Rosé performed on the Kelly Clarkson Show on March 29th.

On March 30, Rosé appeared on Nippon TV Sukkiri 'WE News' at 10 am KST. She shared a performance and message on the show.

On April 4, 2021, Rosé released the music video for the second track in her album, Gone.

Artistry
Rosé's voice has received acknowledgment in the K-Pop industry for her very distinct vocal timbre. Philippine critic Almira Blancada, writing for ABS-CBN, stated that "it's hard to find an idol who stands out from the rest due to their "common singing style", but you would know it's Rosé singing in a heartbeat".

Following Rosé's performance on an episode of Fantastic Duo 2, South Korean singer Gummy, who Rosé cited as a musical role model, stated that "Rosé's voice is so unique, it's the [type of] voice young people love”.