BLACKPINK’s Rosé says she is spending the summer working in Korea on her next album and using the process to explore what kind of artist she wants to be. In an interview accompanying an ELLE Korea pictorial, she described album-making as a period of discovering herself and finding her sound. She said even the humidity and the time spent working in Korea could become part of the memories attached to the record.
Rosé also described the creative process as unusually personal. She said making an album forces her to look at parts of herself she may not want to face and to gather the experiences she has gone through into something like a time capsule. Reflecting on the past two years, she said she repeatedly questioned whether she could trust her own voice and eventually concluded that she needed to listen to herself and keep moving forward.
What the interview reveals about the album
The interview does not provide a release date, track list or confirmed promotional schedule, so those details remain open. What it does establish is the direction of the project: Rosé is treating the album as both a musical and personal document, while continuing to work in Korea. The next concrete milestone will be an official release announcement or new music from the project.