“Rosémars will be there”- Fans react as BLACKPINK's Rosé and Bruno Mars reported to perform ‘APT’ at the 2024 MAMA Awards

On November 12, 2024, Korean media publication OSEN reported that BLACKPINK's Rosé and Bruno Mars are currently reviewing their plans for a live performance of their recent collaborative track APT at the 2024 MAMA Awards. The Korean entertainment company CJ ENM also reported the potential APT performance at MAMA Awards in a statement to Newsen.

BLACKPINK's Rosé’s recent track APT is a pre-release song from her upcoming solo album, Rosie.

The upcoming award ceremony is scheduled for Friday, November 22 to Saturday, November 23, 2024, which will be held at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan. The event will broadcast on Mnet, alongside the YouTube channel of Mnet K-POP and Mnet Plus.

The recent rumors about Rosé and Bruno Mars’ live performance thrilled their fans online. As a result, fans swamped the internet with their excitement for their reported performance at the 2024 MAMA Awards. Expressing this sentiment, one fan commented:

“Rosémars will be there and suddenly, award shows become fun again”

Many other mixed responses from the artists’ fans were recorded online. While some pointed out that BLACKPINK’s Rosé will be in Japan around that time for her Listening Party, another fan said that they have trust issues with the rumor.

“OMG! Same timing as Japan Listening party Will we have Rosé Bruno APT. live performance?”- stated a fan.

“I don't believe this I have trust issues”- exclaimed another X user.

“asia will come to a halt… mama will be watched more than grammys”- commented a fan.

“That's lovely to hear, the crowds gonna go crazy with a live performance of APT”- stated another admirer.

Another fan highlighted that this could become the first BLACKPINK member performance at MAMA Awards since 2018.

“If Rosé perform, it’ll be the 1st time a Blackpink member performs in award show since 2018. Omg”- wrote a fan.

“I really want to see a live APT performance.”- expressed another fan.

”oh if bruno's coming, best bet that apt live performance is happening”- commented an admirer.

“Im not gonna believe any report any more until it’s the nnouncement from the management or label or the artist themselves.”- another fan wrote.

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BLACKPINK Rosé and Bruno Mars’ APT music video crossed 300 million views on YouTube

BLACKPINK's Rosé and Bruno Mars' duet track APT set a record as the fastest collab music video to surpass 300 million views on YouTube. On November 9, 2024, the APT music video achieved this milestone in just 22 days, 6 hours, and 30 minutes of its release on October 18, 2024.

With this feat, the music video became the sixth-fastest MV in YouTube history to attain 300 million views.

BLACKPINK's Rosé single spent a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. Rosé made history by becoming the first and only female Korean act who topped major music charts two weeks in a row. Within two weeks of its worldwide debut, the music got over 200 million streams.

APT is part of her upcoming solo studio record, Rosie, which is slated to be released on December 6, 2024.