In the 2020s, the four stars behind K-pop monolith
BLACKPINK
began to forge paths of their own, and
Roseanne Park
took the first shot at a debu solo album. 2024's
rosie
is a brief run through turbulent relationships: ¿number one girl¿ and ¿drinks or coffee¿ address unrequited love and `talking stages,' ¿3am,¿ ¿Gameboy,¿ and ¿toxic til the end¿ see
ROSÉ
weaving around red flags, and ¿too bad for us¿ and ¿dance all night¿ finish the cycle with post-breakup mourning and the search for closure. Of course, her year-defining hit, ¿APT¿ -- which became the sixth-fastest music video to break 300 million views in YouTube history -- is nestled neatly in the album's center, an intoxicating, drinking game-inspired hit anchored by its central chant of ¿¿¿¿¿ (¿apartment¿). ~ David Crone