ROSÉ Reminisces on Her BLACKPINK Audition, Shows Jimmy How to Play the APT. Drinking Game (Extended)

-Welcome back. Thanks for being a guest on the show.

And talking to me at this time. -Oh, my gosh.

Thank you for having me.

I feel I'm dreaming right now.

-Oh, my God, what are you talking about?

Well, I mean, your album's out. Are you excited about this?

-I'm super excited. -It's finally out. Yeah.

Do I call you Rosé or do I call you Rosie?

-Whatever is comfortable.

My friends and family call me Rosie.

And I've made this a rule where if you know, like, 80% of my the lyrics on my album, then you can call me Rosie. -All right, perfect.

I'll call you Rosie.

-Yeah? -Yeah. Of course.

When you were a kid, did you ever dream that you'd be this big of a star?

-Ahh. Mm... -I mean, you're big. You're big.

I mean, I'll go into the numbers, but yeah.

I mean, you're going at this dream.

Did you realize it could be -- you're international?

-Yeah. Well, no.

I mean, I don't even know what to say.

Um, yeah.

Well, I actually I grew up in Australia, and so it always felt like it wasn't really much of a possibility for me to, like, be a singer, so I never really dreamed of it.

But I do remember, like, singing, um, until like midnight every day.

And my dad eventually just kind of, like, sent me to an audition because he kind of, I think, wanted to kick me out.

-He could hear you in your bedroom just singing?

-No, just like in the living room.

-Oh, in the living room. -I just, like, sing till, like midnight and, like, fall asleep, like, on the piano.

-No way. So you had it in you.

-Just like it was a form of entertainment because it was really boring.

Australia is really quiet. -Oh, my God.

-It's like...

-But then when did you -- -Not much to do.

-When did you learn guitar?

-Around the same time. -You did?

-Yeah. YouTube was kind of like hitting off back then.

And like, all these YouTubers, like, online, it looked really cool.

And so I was like, I want to be like them and just, like, picked it up.

-Really? -Yeah.

-Do you remember your first guitar?

-Yes I do.

It was a blue. It was $70.

My dad bought it for me. -Yeah.

-And I remember it was like it was a cheap one.

So like, my fingers hurt so much.

And then -- -That's how you learn.

That's how you learn. -Yeah.

But I was, like, crying because it was, like, really cheap and, like, my fingers were really hurting.

And so, like, I got together all of my pocket money that I had saved up my whole life -- I was probably like 14 by then.

And I got, like -- I still have it.

It's like still my favorite guitar.

It's a Taylor GS Mini.

And, so, yeah.

-And so you take that guitar and that's how you audition for Blackpink? -Yes.

-Do you remember the song you played?

-Yes I do, it's uh, uh...

it was around the time Jason Mraz had released a song called "I Won't Give Up," and I just learnt it.

So I was like, I did it.

-Did you realize right there at the audition, you go, "I got this"? -Not at all, not at all.

I walked in, like, I thought it was a joke.

I was like, "This is funny. I'm not gonna get it at all."

And so -- And like, my dad and I had flown all the way from Melbourne to Sydney for the audition, so I was just like, "I might as well make some good memories."

And so I kind of went, "Hi."

-And just -- -I did it and I was like, "Bye."

-Yeah. And then cut to -- -They called me and I'm like, "What's happening?"

-You're gonna be in one of the biggest groups ever.

And now here you are with your first full-length solo album.

Congratulations.

-Thank you.

-Did you always know that you wanted to call it "Rosie"?

-Uh, no, actually.

There was, like, a big debate.

I have a song called "number one girl," so that was initially, like, the rough idea.

Like, maybe we'll call it "number one girl," but then, um...

Uh, yeah.

So, like, Bruno actually, uh, tried really hard to convince me, he was like -- Because "Rosie" was one of the options, and he's like, "It has to be Rosie.

Because your friends and family call you Rosie."

-He's brilliant -- Bruno Mars. -Yeah.

Yeah, he's been a great mentor and friend.

-Yeah, we love him.

You also produced this but also wrote every song on this.

How do you land on a lyric or a song title?

Does that one lyric come to you first or the title come first?

-Uh, I think stories come first.

Just like, uh, we would just chit chat and like -- -Do you write them down or record them on your phone or something? -I will, I jot down like a bunch of ideas and sometimes I, like, text my, um, like, songwriter friends and so, like, it's just like phrases and words that kind of pop up and just anything you want to write about and like, kind of get off your chest.

I think that's how I usually do it.

-Does it ever get confusing if you're just sending someone just a title, like, "Why don't you love me anymore?" -Yeah.

I've done that before. No, I've done that before.

I texted uh, uh, Michael Pollack -- he wrote a few songs on my album -- and I'd be like, for example, I'd be like, "How dare you?"

And he'd be like, "Excuse me?" - "How dare you?" -Yeah.

We have to write this next week.

-We have to. Let's talk about, uh, "APT," congratulations on this song.

It's giant!

The music video has...

Yeah.

Half a billion -- Half a billion views.

It's the number one song on the Billboard Global 200 for seven weeks now.

It is a massive, massive hit.

Can you explain where the idea came from for "APT"?

-Uh, yeah, APT is a Korean drinking game that, um, I like.

I kind of, uh, like, I remember when I turned 20, my Blackpink, the girls, in my group, they got, like, all the alcohol we could get.

We're like, "We're gonna drink tonight."

It was the day I turned 20, um, legal age in Korea to drink.

And, yeah, like, that kind of started it.

And we, like, played drinking games and APT was one of them.

-So, APT is a drinking game. -It's a drinking game.

-Uh, now, can you -- I have a shot of something.

-What is that?

Is that vodka? -I think this soju.

-Soju. -This is soju.

Yeah. -Oh, my God.

-Can you teach me the -- -Yeah, sure.

So just, uh -- -Apateu.

-Apateu means apartment.

So you're basically stacking floors of the apartment.

-Okay. -And if it's your favorite game, then you will call out the number, and we'll start, like, after the chant, we stack it, and then whoever lands on that floor takes the shot.

-Okay. -It's very simple.

-Now, I have to say that it's my favorite game first?

-Yeah, we'll say it like -- It goes, "Jimmy's favorite game.

Game start." -Okay, ready.

And then it goes "Apateu, apateu, apateu, apateu, apateu, apateu," and then you do this -And then - Okay.

Does everyone want to join in the -- -Yeah. Yeah, we can do this.

Everyone, do you want to yell that part?

-Do you think I have to repeat it?

You ready? -Yeah, they'll sing it with us.

Ready? Go.

-Jimmy's favorite game. -Jimmy's favorite game.

-Game start. -Game start.

Apateu, apateu, apateu, apateu, apateu, apateu.

-Three. -One.

-Two.

-That's you.

Three!

-All right, here we go.

Cheers to your new album, "Rosie."

Smooth!

Rosé, everybody!

Her new album, "Rosie," is out now.

Rosé performs when we come back.

Stick around, everybody!