00:00Never in a million years would I have thought that this would happen, to be
00:04nominated for a Grammy. It means a lot that APT is the one that is being
00:11celebrated so much. I'm really, really grateful and a bit like, shook. I don't even know what to say.
00:30We were radio people. My dad would have the radio on all the time because Australia, like LA,
00:41everything's far away, like everything's 30 minutes away so we'd always have the radio on
00:45and so I grew up listening to all of that. Britney Spears was on the radio all the time.
00:50I think Madonna was on the radio. I think I was definitely influenced by a lot of pop. I love
00:54pop music. When I grew up, YouTube was where I started to listen and watch all these musicians
01:01and naturally the very beginning of me, like, starting to sing and play instruments was after
01:09I watched Dreamgirls. I remember watching Beyonce sing, like, Listen and being like,
01:17Oh my God, I really want to be able to sing that. And I printed it on, like, the chords on paper and I
01:29would, like, play it and sing at the top of my lungs. Simultaneously, my sister, because we are
01:35Korean, she was very interested in our culture. She had been, you know, consuming a lot of Korean music
01:41and musicians and that's when K-pop was around as well. That's how I got to absorb that. It all just
01:48was a mixture of things, as I am and as I have always been. In this day and age, I feel like
01:55social media and all these platforms has given everyone such a good opportunity to fulfill so
02:02much of their dreams and I'm, you know, a result of that and I'm really, really grateful.
02:07History of the first Korean K-pop artist, that means a lot to me because growing up there wasn't
02:12many people like me. I was the minority and especially on television and in the music industry
02:21and so I remember even then I was like, I want to do music, obviously. Somewhere in me said I want
02:26to do music but I didn't even know that was like a possibility. Yes, my dad encouraged me to take an
02:32audition for this K-pop group and I did and that's what led me here.
02:44I think as I started to prepare my solo album on my own away from the group also, it was a lot of
02:53challenges and a lot of things that I was determined to learn about, things that I was never really
03:01curious about before. The question of what do you want to do, what makes you happy even and I had
03:10been in a studio for the first time and been a part of the creation of a song and felt like that really
03:17fulfilled me more than anything else to really focus on that core feeling and then build on that.
03:23It was a good opportunity for me to kind of meet new people in this industry in which I was also very
03:30privileged and grateful to be able to meet so many people and I'm really glad that I took my time and
03:34I had enough people around me to suggest for me to slow down. Yes, that is very different to I think
03:40how I was brought up and again that was its own privilege. I got to focus on music and my craft,
03:49whereas this instance I had to learn about the details of my job whilst learning about everything
03:55else and it was a lot to learn in a year and it was a bit overwhelming but I'm so grateful that it
04:00happened. Amy was in the first session that I was a part of and it was really organic because I was in
04:06a studio and and I had gone through something really interesting the night before and I walked in really,
04:13really anxious because I was like by the way guys I've never been a part of a like a proper session like
04:18this before you know I really want to learn about this. We started talking and they were like anything
04:24dramatic happen to you and I was like oh actually but this has nothing to do with like it was not
04:29even like about like a like a like a relationship or anything so I was like I don't think it's really
04:34interesting and they were like no just talk about like what's up and then I was like oh I've been going
04:39through this thing and I was like crying all night and I was really really frustrated and
04:44and I and I started talking and I remember I just started crying and I got really vulnerable and
04:50they they were all like oh my god I'm so sorry you're going through this and I remember Amy was
04:56like we should write a song about this and that was the first day I believed that anything could be
05:02made into a beautiful song as long as it's like real emotions and real stories and you've got good
05:06intentions and whatnot and so that day proved to me that studio means vulnerability it means honesty
05:13she's been great and we've had so many sessions where we just talk about life and we've been
05:21each other's like therapist. Coming off the album I was still so inspired I remember like I was like
05:26one more can I just keep going can you like don't stop me I'm like so excited and near the end of it
05:32I made a few things that I've always also like saved because I love them so much for the next chapter
05:37I feel like nothing is like as you plan it to be and I think I was in the studio for a bit right now
05:44I've been realizing that I need to live as well my life because my first album came from living a full
05:51life of 27 years and so you know in order to be inspired to write anything else I've noticed I just
05:59need to take my time and breathe a bit and as I say that I think I have a session like a few sessions planned
06:07this week but I am curious so I will go in and then you know if the universe says not yet then okay
06:13but then if they say I'm ready then amazing so it's always like I think I always just have to
06:19pray and and see what happens but don't be too disappointed when if it's not time yet I think being
06:26away did inspire me in so many different ways just creatively and musically and I think I was really
06:32curious and excited to see how that would play a part with the group and also I was excited to
06:38see what the other members have brought it has been really fun and I'm really really happy with how
06:45you know jump
06:51I remember that video shoot was so much fun as well and different and I feel like at this point it's just
06:58nice to kind of experiment new things with the girls and the group and to learn not to be afraid
07:06to try new things the girl power oh that feels amazing I mean I'm all for it it's a big celebration
07:16I love it and I feel like we're all very comfortable nothing feels weird or forced and I feel really like
07:23welcomed and I feel like a lot has changed in the past few years I'm really really grateful for
07:29everything and how the internet has brought people together and how everybody's celebrating each other
07:45I met Bruno oh my god the best friend I could ask for in so many ways he's just been a really good
07:51mentor to me and a really good friend he guides me in a lot of things at the beginning he really helped
07:57me like inspire me uh not just even with apt but like with the album I had a little questions and
08:04things that I couldn't figure out and I remember he would just like throw these small things and
08:08it would like help he was like a big cheerleader for me on the side at one point at a very crucial
08:14moment because I think we like met around like July-ish to start working on APT and so it was
08:22like a very at a very important moment when I was wrapping everything up and so he was a good sounding
08:27board just a really good friend to chat to I had the biggest fight with Bruno right before the music
08:32video shoot but we made up on set so it was all right I don't think he even remembers he's like what
08:37what did we fight about I'm like you don't remember he wasn't anything really serious
08:43because we've been preparing everything like you know concepts from day one he had such a vision for
08:53everything and at first it was really hard to understand he would be inspired by a lot of things
08:57that I had done in the past and um I would ask him so many questions and he'd send me so many videos
09:03and be like Rosie this is it and I think as he was sharing it would like the shape would you know
09:08kind of like it would bomb and so there was just like a lot of communication and sometimes
09:15like I'd be annoyed because some things aren't just they're not solid I think they were just like being
09:21created along the way and so like any sibling you know there's like a moment you're like oh my god
09:28you're so annoying it happened yeah but then we met and then we're very professional and oh my god
09:35it was the best day of my life it was so much fun so if you watch the video it's like it looks fun
09:40right I'm not joking I was laughing the whole day I think I was like I'm gonna get abs if I'm smiling
09:47in any scene I'm actually laughing the whole time like you know it was really funny it's like a funny day
10:02the hair the question was asked about the hair all these ideas were like really created very
10:07specifically and detailed along the way and amongst so many conversations was you know he captured a
10:14picture on my instagram I had bought a curling iron and I just started to like curl my own hand
10:22and I remember posting a selfie with that and he was like see Rosie this is like this seems like the
10:28girl like this is like a cool look and at first it was like it's just a selfie like this is where
10:34you're getting inspiration from that's so random I just wanted to get into his brain I wanted to know
10:38what his vision and was as well I'm just like drawn to it are you ready I knew that the live stream is
10:46coming up like I was out with friends that night and then I came home and then I like washed up and
10:52I was so excited to sleep and I got in my pjs and then I looked at the time I was like that's 10 minutes
10:57from now my sister called like facetimes me and I'm like oh my god and she's like it's happening and
11:02then everything just happened in like five minutes and then I really thought about it and thought
11:05if I didn't watch that I would have missed a very big moment of my life then I slept
11:13and when I woke up I had like a ton of texts on my phone and I think that's when it really hit
11:19I felt like my birthday and then I got on a plane and I'm here so I'm still processing everything
11:24Don't you want me like I want you baby Don't you need me like I need you now
11:31Never in a million years would I have thought that this would happen to be nominated for a Grammy
11:38but I think most importantly I feel like the song that is being celebrated and being nominated for the
11:44Grammy contains so much of my culture in it it proves to me also that culture is is loved
11:51different cultures as being accepted regardless of ages different backgrounds and cultures everyone
11:58has been enjoying it so much and I've been watching that and it's really just blown my mind away and so
12:03it means so much to myself my younger self who grew up feeling like that would not be a possibility
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