During a recent interview showing off their collaborators’ relationship, Bruno Mars compares BLACKPINK‘s Rosé‘s ‘APT.‘ impact to the ‘Gangnam Style’ phenomenon, confessing, “That is magic to watch”.
In conversation with Billboard, the famous duo talk about their hit song and bond that transcended to all fans, the creative process behind their collaboration, and their feelings towards its massive success. The American singer does not skimp on praise for his colleague.
“No one says it, but I feel like Rosie is the first time we’ve seen this. The last time we saw something to this effect was ‘Gangnam Style'”, the legendary PSY song that became a global hit in 2012, making a statement for Korean music around the world.
“I still think that was an amazing thing to happen; this guy comes out, and he’s talking about Gangnam Style, and the whole song is in Korean, and that’s the learning lesson, the rock star-ness of that. This is what we do, this is how I talk, this is what we look like, this is how we’re dancing over here—and watch me sweep the nation with this s–t. And he did”.
Bruno Mars on the impact of ‘APT.’ with Rosé:
“No one says it, but I feel like Rosie is the first time we’ve seen this. The last time we’ve seen something to this effect was ‘Gangnam Style.’ I still think that was an amazing thing to happen, this guy comes out and he’s talking… pic.twitter.com/T58nUCQR0v
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Bruno Mars continued talking about Rosé’s impact with ‘APT.’ “I’ve never felt this before, I’ve never seen this before, where Rosie is this Korean girl that introduced this thing to people who don’t know about it, including myself”, and concluded, assuring, “That’s been the most enjoyable part for me. Seeing everybody react… that is magic to watch”.
On social networks fans react to his words with mixed comments like: “Well said Bruno! APT is the biggest at the moment! 💗”, “🧐so after gangnam style…kpop was not there ? It just pop out of nowhere with apt ?”, “rosé really just gave us the new gangnam style and we’re all drunk on apt”, “Catchy song but now it’s annoying”, “He’s so real for saying this!”.
