ROSÉ on the Power of Vulnerability and Why BLACKPINK Is Family
“That fierce [Rosé] persona — it’s fun when that happens, when I can turn on this whole different character.” Rosé has juggled different personas her whole life. Born to Korean parents in New Zealand, Roseanne Chaeyoung Park grew up mostly in Australia, comparing her childhood there to Hannah Montana’s double life: She was the Korean Chaeyoung at […]
BLACKPINK’s LISA on Her Big Ambitions — And Why Going Solo Made Her Nervous
“I want to keep doing what I do within Blackpink,” she says. “But personally, I have so many things I want to try.” Lalisa Manobal was 14 when her life changed in an instant. In 2010, she attended an audition for YG Entertainment in her native Thailand — and became the only person to get […]
How BLACKPINK Went From Strangers to Sisters to Pop Supernovas
They’re the world’s biggest girl group, turning out banger after banger. But before they could get there, Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé had to become a family. In an otherwise ordinary Seoul neighborhood, the headquarters of YG Entertainment rise like a giant spaceship above the Han River. YG is one of South Korea’s largest entertainment […]
ELLE Korea Interview With ROSÉ (June 2022)
It’s already late at night. What kind of days are you spending these days? Are you sleeping well? I sleep really well. I wake up much more earlier than before. I guess it’s because I’m living a full life every day. When you get back home from a busy day, you feel, “Wow, I’m finally […]
ELLE Korea Interview With LISA (May 2022)
You just came back from Paris, right? What was the first thing you did as soon as you arrived in Korea? I went to pick up my dog right away. I left him at a puppy school for two weeks when I was away from Korea, and he really came back as a good boy. […]
Harper’s Bazaar Interview With ROSÉ (May 2022)
Age. The age that you dreamed of the most. Coincidentally, 25, I think right now is the age I dreamed of the most. When I was young, my dad told me to take an audition when I played the piano, learned guitar, and started singing at home. I asked him, “Will I get in?” and […]
