Rose, Bruno Mars to perform mega hit Apt. live for first time
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The artistes’ catchy collaboration was released in October.
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TOKYO – K-pop star Rose and Bruno Mars will perform live their viral hit Apt. for the first time on Nov 22 at an award ceremony in Osaka, the event organiser said.
The artistes’ catchy collaboration – inspired by a South Korean drinking game – was released in October. Its music video has been viewed nearly 400 million times on YouTube.
Its rhythmic chant of “apateu”, meaning apartment in Korean, and electro-pop chorus unleashed a social media dance craze, with the track ranked among the most popular on TikTok in recent weeks.
South Korean TV music channel Mnet announced on its website that the artistes will give the “world’s first performance” of Apt. on Nov 22 at the Mnet Asian Music Awards (Mama) in Japan.
The annual event is a top ceremony for the K-pop cultural phenomenon.
It has been held in different countries over the years, and the 2024 show is split between one night in Los Angeles and two nights in Osaka.
Rose, 27, is a member of Blackpink – the first K-pop girl group to reach the top of the US Billboard 200 and first Asian artiste to headline Coachella.
She began working with US singer Mars after signing a solo deal with Atlantic Records, which is also his label, according to an interview with youth culture magazine i-D.
“I knew people would want to dance to it, but I just didn’t know that everyone would jump on it so quickly after the release, because we teased it so last minute,” she told i-D.
Some South Korean students were even avoiding Apt. ahead of a crucial university entrance exam last week, saying the song is just too catchy and distracting.
Rose, whose real name is Roseanne Park, was born in New Zealand to a South Korean family. She grew up in Australia before training as a K-pop idol. AFP
