On October 31, 2024, BLACKPINK's Rosé and the American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars took home the Double Crown at M Countdown with their collaborative track APT. They topped the South Korean music program in the last week of October and defeated the rising group aespa.
BLACKPINK's Rosé released APT. on October 18, 2024, with a music video through The Black Labels and Atlantic Records. It marked the female artist's first solo single in three years. It is to be noted that it was the first solo single dropped by the female artist following her departure from YG Entertainment and Interscope Records as a soloist in 2023.
It was penned by songwriters, including BLACKPINK's Rosé, Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Henry Walter, Nicholas Chinn, and others. The track was composed by Omer Fedi, Theron Thomas, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, and other artists.
BLACKPINK's Rosé and Bruno Mars' APT. topped the Global Spotify chart for the eleventh consecutive day
BLACKPINK's Rosé and Bruno Mars' collaborative track APT continued to showcase their dominance on the music charts. The single ranked at the No.1 position on Global Spotify and recorded 11.684 million streams for the eleventh consecutive day.
APT. further bounced back on the United States Spotify chart and recorded over 1,536,885 streams. It charted at the No.1 position on Spotify Weekly Chart. It also returned to No.1 on the Global Apple Music Chart for the seventh consecutive day. The female artist holds the record for the first K-pop act to spend multiple days at the No.1 place in the history of Global Apple Music.
According to the World Music Award, the track reached the No.1 place on the Circle Digital Weekly chart in South Korea. It scored the biggest points week of 2024 and recorded over 51.4 million streams. It was released with a music video on the official YouTube channel of BLACKPINK's Rosé.
APT. MV surpassed 100 million views on YouTube within five days and three hours. It created a new record and emerged as the fastest music video in 2024 by any artist to do so, irrespective of genre. It debuted at the no.8 position on the Billboard Hot 100 and charted at no. 33 on the Pop Airplay Chart.
In recent news, BLACKPINK's Rosé has officially announced that she will release her first studio debut album, Rosie, on December 6, 2024. It will include twelve tracks, including a pre-release single APT. She had also recorded a rendition of Coldplay's 2008 track Viva la Vida for the finale and the main trailer of the Apple TV+ show Pachinko's second season.
The female artist has signed a management contract with The Black Label and subsequently confirmed a solo artist deal with Atlantic Records on September 26, 2024.