Blackpink's Rosé's duet song "Apartment" (APT) with pop star Bruno Mars entered the UK's official singles chart "Top 100" at No. 4, marking a new history of K-pop female artists. This is the highest ranking by a K-pop female singer on the chart so far, which further solidified Rosé's global presence.
According to the UK's official single chart released on the 25th (local time), "Apartment" settled in fourth place, behind Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' "Die With A Smile," which took third place. With this, Bruno Mars once again proved his influence in the music industry by putting both songs at the top of the list at the same time.
The achievement of "Apartment" is an important milestone for a K-pop artist as well. Through the song, Rosé set a new record as a K-pop female solo artist, surpassing DJ Peggy's fifth place with "It Goes Like" and "NANA."
The music video for "Apartment" drew a lot of attention, surpassing 100 million views in just five days after its release. Immediately after its release, the song topped the Spotify U.S. chart and is receiving a lot of attention from major markets around the world. Thanks to its performance, it is highly likely to top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, which will be released next week.
"Apartment" is the pre-release song of Rosie's first full-length album, which will be released on December 6. The album will contain a total of 12 songs, including the title song, and Rosé plans to establish her musical identity as a solo artist and continue new challenges.
"Apartment" is also gaining huge popularity in Korea. Genie Music's chart by age drew attention as it topped the charts of all ages from teenagers to those in their 50s and older. In particular, those in their 50s and older topped the charts occupied by Lim Young-woong, showing that various generations are enthusiastic about the song.
The "apartment" created by the collaboration between Rosé and Bruno Mars is expanding the boundaries of K-pop and drawing enthusiastic responses from all over the world. Now, fans are paying attention to how the song will perform on the Billboard Hot 100.