Rosé (로제 loje) was born on February 11, 1997 (age 27) in Auckland, New Zealand. She is a main vocalist and lead dancer of the group BLACKPINK.[1]

She made her solo debut on March 12, 2021 with her first single album -R-.

Rosé's Korean name is Park Chaeyoung and her English name is Roseanne Park. Her family consists of her mother, a businesswoman, her father, a lawyer, and her sister, Alice Park, four years her senior and also a lawyer. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand and raised in Melbourne, Australia. For her education, Rosé attended Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College in Melbourne, Australia. However, she later dropped out after passing her YG audition. As a child, Rosé always had a passion for singing and was a part of her church's choir.

In 2012, Rosé's father found out that YG Entertainment was holding their auditions in Sydney, Australia. He convinced her to take part in it. Despite Rosé's mother not agreeing at first, Rosé and her father were able to convince her mother at the end. She quickly went to Sydney, coming all the way from Melbourne. Rosé ranked first in the auditions, beating 700 others, and became a trainee at YG Entertainment on the same day. After training for four years, YG finally put her as the main vocalist and lead dancer of BLACKPINK. She was the last member to be revealed in the band.

Less than 6 months after joining YG, Rosé featured on BIGBANG G-Dragon's first mini album One of a Kind , on the track "Without You".

On January 25, 2021, it was reported that Rosé would be performing a song from her solo album for the first time at BLACKPINK's upcoming concert BLACKPINK: The Show. The following day, a coming soon video was posted on BLACKPINK's YouTube channel. YG later stated that the song featured in the video is a B-side track.[3] At the concert, Rosé performed the song heard in the coming soon teaser. After her live performance, the title of the song was revealed to be "Gone". YG stated that the album schedule for Rose's official debut would be released at a later time.[4]