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BLACKPINK Rosé to become first K-Pop solo artist to perform at the Grammys

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p>Rosé is set to make history as the first K-Pop solo artist to perform at the Grammys.</p><p>The Recording Academy recently announced on social media that the &quot;APT.&quot; hitmaker will be performing at the 2026 Grammy Awards on February 1 (US time).</p><p>Fans online were quick to react to the news.</p><p>&quot;SO EXCITED FOR THIS PERFORMANCE!&quot; one fan commented.</p><p>&quot;SO PROUD OF OUR ROSIE OMGG,&quot; another fan wrote.</p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-14" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DUHL05DDKwA/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=532&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A14%2C%22os%22%3A3716687.2999999523%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="995" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-14" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Rosé has also made history as the first K-Pop soloist to be nominated for the six general field categories.</p><p>The singer-songwriter received nominations for Song of the Year and Record of the Year for the track &quot;APT.&quot; She also bagged a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the track which she collaborated with Bruno Mars.</p><p>Back in November, Rosé took to social media to react to her first Grammy nominations.</p><p>&quot;I cannot believe my life. I am STILL trying to process everything,&quot; she said in an Instagram post.</p><p>The singer-songwriter expressed her gratitude to the Recording Academy for her nominations. &quot;Thank you so so much to the @recordingacademy. This means so much to me and many many others. I&#x27;m feeling so incredibly grateful today. @brunomars look at that!!! :,) 🩷🩷🩷🩷&quot; she remarked.</p><p>Rosé released &quot;APT.&quot; on October 18, 2024.</p><p>In an interview with <em>Vogue</em> in October 2024, Rosé shared that she got the inspiration to write the song after playing the drinking game with her team in the recording studio.</p><p>&quot;I was like, &#x27;Is this okay that I&#x27;ve written like a song about like a drinking game? Is this too unserious?&#x27; And so I like got all of the producers and songwriters to delete the song off of their phones,&quot; she said.</p><p>After realizing that those who listened to the song became &quot;obsessed&quot; with it, the BLACKPINK member decided to push through on finishing the track.</p><p>On how her collaboration with Bruno Mars came into fruition, Rosé recalled: &quot;Last year, Bruno came to perform in Korea, in Seoul and my friends were like, &#x27;Do you wanna go watch a Bruno Mars concert?&#x27; And so ever since then I was like, &#x27;Oh my god, I love Bruno Mars, I play his songs all the time.&#x27;&quot;</p><p>&quot;Fast forward somebody set up a meeting with him and I. And I met him and I was like, I was fangirling so much, and he liked jumped on the song and he had all these like crazy ideas for it,&quot; she said.</p>

<p>BLACKPINK Rosé will be performing at the Grammys on February 1 (US time). </p>