Rosé reflects on success of ‘APT.’

Rosé confessed that her collaboration with Bruno Mars on APT. worked as a game changer.

Over the weekend, the BLACKPINK star, who shot to global fame through her song with the 40-year-old artist, Bruno whose real name is Peter Gene Hernandez, received an award for the hit song APT.

During Variety’s Hitmaker event, the 28-year-old was honored with the coveted nod on Saturday, December 6, where the star explained how quickly achievements can ignite.

The K-pop sensation claimed that working with the Die With A Smile hitmaker brought her a huge wave of unexpected good things and a lot of love from fans.

The collaboration with him led to "an absolute explosion of surprises and an overwhelming amount of love," she stated.

Rosé further admitted that becoming an international icon makes her a little overwhelmed because there’s too much to process at once.

For the unversed, APT. reached one billion Spotify streams in approximately 100 days, making it the second-fastest song in history overall and the fastest by a K-pop act.

Additionally, it set a record for the Fastest music video by an Asian act to reach one billion YouTube views, achieving this milestone in 105 days, breaking the previous record held by Psy's Gangnam Style.