Quotes from Rose

I guess the hardest thing about preparing for an album release was the fact that we had a lot more responsibility in creating a full-length, compared to a single.

We're very girly, but at the same time, we're very savage too.

My makeup is quite dense, so I have to remove makeup very thoroughly.

I have a really hard time falling asleep. I have a lot of thoughts running through my head.

A man cannot be blamed for ignorance if he has never been taught.

We have some very personal songs; songs that are a little more close to our hearts, that speak our story a little more.

I think all of our members try to remind each other of how we're all just human.

The hype, we try not to let it get to us.

When we would go to all these different regions on tour, having people sing our songs in Korean is amazing. All these different parts of the world are giving us love, and we're very grateful for that.

Fashion is international.

My goal was to become a 'good singer' rather than a 'different singer.'

In fact, I'm very grateful that we were given that time to invest in ourselves and our craft before we were exposed to the public.

Whatever it is that I do, it's a lot easier for me to accomplish it when I truly feel the need for it. Sometimes you forget. But all you have to do is stop, re-think, and put it all back into perspective.

When I mentioned that I miss the trainee days, I guess that's because back then we were in practice for over 14 hours a day, it was almost like school.

Like our juxtaposed name, Blackpink, our style is a mix of strong and powerful but also girly.

I was 16. I went, auditioned, and then they called me and they were like 'can you fly to Korea within two months?' And then my whole life changed. In Australia, I dropped out of school. I had never even imagined myself living apart from my family. I hadn't even slept more than two weeks out of home.

We're just four girls from Korea, and it's unbelievable how much support people are giving us.

When there's no boundaries, that's when you can get creative.

In Australia, I didn't think that there was much of a chance for me to become a singer - especially to become a K-pop star.

Our family and friends keep us grounded and they are the reason we can all feel like normal people.

Singing is kind of like stress relief and everything just kind of makes sense when I'm doing this.

I feel like no matter what we do though, we'll always have hip-hop and a little bit of R&B in our music.

We have said on many occasions that we have countless styles and genres of music to show our fans.

I'm just dreaming that one day I'll be able to come back to my home town and perform for everyone.