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BLACKPINK singer Rosé has opened up about some of the emotions she explores on her upcoming debut album ‘rosie’, including a song that she describes as “disgustingly vulnerable”.
In a new interview with PAPER Magazine, BLACKPINK’s Rosé spoke about some of the upcoming tracks on ‘rosie’, including one that was inspired by hate comments. She spoke about her bad habit of reading “bad comments that’s just going to get into my head” inspired her to write a new song.
“I realised how vulnerable and addicted I was to this [online] world and that craving for feeling like I wanted to be loved and understood,” she said. Rosé shared that the song that came out of it is “so disgustingly vulnerable and honest that people learn that I am a person that goes through these emotions, and I hated that about myself”.
“If anything, it’s something I want to cover up. Even in interviews, I’m like nothing really fazes me, you know? But it does. Every word, every comment, it crushes me,” Rosé admitted.
Elsewhere in the interview, the BLACKPINK star shared that the remaining songs on ‘rosie’ would be more relatable. “I think I’m grateful enough to have gone through a few relationships, you know, like a normal girl in her 20s,” she said.
“I’m probably very relatable if you listen to my songs, and if anyone’s been in that kind of a relationship. It doesn’t even have to be about a boyfriend, just any type of toxic relationship,” shared the singer.
Shortly after announcing the release of ‘rosie’ last month, Rosé gave fans a first taste of the record by dropping the single ‘APT.’ with Bruno Mars. The song has since earned the singer her highest Billboard Hot 100 entry yet.
Madonna revealed that she saw her late mother "on the other side" while she was in a medically induced coma in 2023.
In a conversation on the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast on Monday, the Queen of Pop explained that she was treated in intensive care and remained in a coma for two days after doctors discovered a "serious bacterial infection" that developed after a mild fever.
Thinking back to the health scare, Madonna shared that she experienced a vision of her mother, also named Madonna Ciccone, who lost her life to breast cancer in December 1963.
"I was almost there on the other side, and I had a conscious moment," she said. "My mother appeared to me, and she said, 'Do you want to come with me?' And I said, 'No.'"
She added that her assistant was present in the room and heard her say the word, "No."
"And then, when I did eventually wake up, I realised that the 'no' was about me needing to forgive and make good with people that I still held grudges against," the 67-year-old explained.
One of the long-standing conflicts she chose to release was her troubled relationship with her brother Christopher Ciccone.
The artist passed away from pancreatic cancer at 63 in October 2024.
"For my brother, I didn't speak to him for, you know, for years, years, and years. And it was him being ill (and) reaching out to me and saying, 'I need your help.' And me having that moment like, 'Am I going to help my enemy?' You know, that's how it felt. And I just did," the Ray of Light singer said. "And I ended up (helping) and I felt so relieved. And it was such a load off my back, such a weight that was removed, baggage that I could put down to finally be able to be in a room with him and holding his hand, even if he was dying and saying, 'I love you and I forgive you.' That was really important."
