Hold on to your headphones, because music’s newest power duo, Rosé and Bruno Mars, are here to shake up your playlists with their groundbreaking single, “APT.”
Rosé and Bruno Mars’ new single “APT” is making significant waves in the music world. The song has achieved notable chart success globally, soaring to #1 on both the Global and US Spotify charts. In addition to its Spotify success, “APT” has also climbed to the top position on Melon’s TOP100 in South Korea, further solidifying its hit status in a major music market.
The song title “APT” is an abbreviation of the Korean word “아파트” (pronounced “apateu”), drawing playful inspiration from a popular Korean drinking game known as ‘the apartment game.’ When asked to describe the song with Vogue, Rosé mentioned that ‘APT.’ is actually a Korean drinking game that I love to play with my friends. Basically, we were hanging out in the studio and I was like how about I teach you guys some Korean drinking games and then I started doing it.”
To play ‘APT.’, you chant “apateu” and then everyone puts their hands in the middle of a circle, someone calls out a number and whoever’s on the bottom puts their hand on top as you count to that number. Whoever is last to place their hand on top, has to take a shot.
Rosé and Bruno then wrote the song after playing the game and Rosé said: “I remember going home freaking out, thinking, ‘Is this ok? Writing a song about a drinking game. Is this too unserious?'”
But the gamble paid off. “APT” has reached over 84 million streams in the past week with 13.32 million of those on demand. As Rosé and Bruno Mars continue to experiment and merge their distinctive styles, fans can look forward to more innovative and chart-topping music in the future.
Listen to Rosé and Bruno Mar’s ‘APT’ in full below: