Blackpink member delivers angsty lyrics with a lightweight, versatile contact on Rosie
Rosé will get all the way down to brass tacks on the outset of Rosie, her solo full-length debut: “Tell me that I’m particular/ Tell me I look fairly,” the Blackpink member asks because the piano chords that open “Number One Girl” rise and fall, fueling the depth of her request. As one-fourth of Ok-pop’s largest girlband and an affiliate of big-name manufacturers like Tiffany and Saint Laurent, Rosé has, little doubt, been bestowed with these superlatives, and extra, by scores of individuals. But Rosie is not any imperial-phase victory lap from a haughty A-lister. Instead, it’s an interesting showcase of Rosé’s chameleonic persona and straightforwardly winsome vocals.
In the album’s liner notes, Rosé thanks Bruno Mars, her foil on the punchy lead single “APT.” who, she writes, was “guiding [her] by way of this chapter of [her] profession.” The versatile, always-all-in Mars is a worthy lodestar for Rosé and Rosie, an album that whirls by way of 21st-century pop idioms with aplomb at the same time as its heroine ruminates on heartache and anxiousness.
Rosé executive-produced Rosie and co-wrote every of its 12 tracks, an indication of her versatility and pop savvy. “Two Years” is a luminous synth-pop minimize that seethes over misplaced time, its shout-along backing vocals making plain the fad Rosé solely hints at along with her measured vocal. The ex lament “Gameboy” balances on an acoustic-guitar loop in a means that remembers early-‘00s pop&B, with Rosé summoning her final thread of power as she sighs over years spent with a participant who’ll “solely ever be a heartbreak.” On the glowing “Not The Same,” Rosé’s voice resonates like a crystal bell as she kicks a transgressing companion to the curb, charging into its higher register on a boiling-point bridge — ” I carry on strolling by way of all the recollections that I had with you/ And I don’t miss it/The means you broke my love,” she hisses, her voice breaking as her accusation comes into full view. And “Stay a Little Longer” is a torchy plea for connection that glitters like a mirror ball.
Despite all its angst, Rosie has a lightness that makes it an inviting hear. She’s disarmingly trustworthy about any insecurities lurking inside, however they’re packaged in charming songs that, at instances, have thrives signaling the enjoyable Rosé had whereas determining her pop goal: the eye-rolled apart “Ladies and gents, the ex” on the doomed-relationship anthem “Toxic Till the End,” the jittery 2-step beat that provides coronary heart flutters to the crush story “Drinks and Coffee.” Touches like that point out a confidence that would end in top-notch pop music — and Rosie greater than fulfills that promise due to its strong songwriting and the fascinating girl on the album’s heart.
