Blackpink's Rosé achieved a major feat for any artist tonight: attending her very first Met Gala. The K-pop star and Saint Laurent ambassador stepped out on the red carpet alongside Saint Laurent creative director Anthony Vaccarello, wearing a little black dress from the fashion house with a white bow embellishment. She accessorized with choker and dramatic dangle earrings.
Rosé released her first solo project, -R-, earlier this year. She reflected to Billboard about that process in April and why she chose to focus her debut single, “On the Ground,” about her career and how she sees herself rather than love or relationships.
“We went through the whole thought process of: ‘What are we going to sing about? What is Rosie going to talk about for a good three minutes by herself?’” she started. “It could have gone any other way—love songs, breakup songs. They would have all been great. But we wanted to find something that spoke to me, so it felt right to be talking about what I’ve been thinking about these past couple of years. 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?”
“I had a lot of these thoughts in my head anyway, and I think this song just spoke to all of us,” she said. “We felt like it sounded the most like me. 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.”
