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Agence France-Presse

K-pop star Rosé and Bruno Mars performed their viral megahit “APT” live for the first time in Osaka, Japan, rocking out in matching oversized suits at an awards ceremony.
The artists’ catchy collaboration – inspired by a South Korean drinking game – was released in October 2024 and its music video has been viewed nearly 400 million times on YouTube.
Its noughties electro-pop energy and chant of “apateu”, meaning apartment in Korean, has brought global chart success and unleashed a social media dance craze, with the track ranked among the most popular on TikTok in recent weeks.
South Korean TV music channel Mnet announced on its website on November 22 that the artists would give the “world’s first performance” of “APT” at the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) show that evening in Japan.












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The annual event is a top ceremony for the K-pop music industry.
It has been held in different countries over the years, and the 2024 show is split between Los Angeles and Osaka.
“The song began with the drinking game I like the most, and I never expected it to be loved this much,” said Rosé as the pair received the Global Sensation award.
I knew people would want to dance to it, but I just didn’t know that everyone would jump on it so quickly after the release
Rosé
“Gamsahamnida!” said US singer Mars – the Korean word for “thank you”.
Rosé, 27, is a member of Blackpink, the first K-pop girl group to reach the top of the US Billboard 200 and the first Asian artists to headline Coachella.
She began working with Mars after signing a solo deal with Atlantic Records, also his label, according to an interview with youth culture magazine i-D.
“I knew people would want to dance to it, but I just didn’t know that everyone would jump on it so quickly after the release, because we teased it so last-minute,” Rosé told i-D.
Some South Korean students were even avoiding “APT” ahead of a crucial university entrance exam last week, saying the song was just too catchy and distracting.
Rosé, whose real name is Roseanne Park, was born in New Zealand to a South Korean family and grew up in Australia before training as a K-pop idol.


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