Rosé (BLACKPINK) opened 2025 by "overtaking" her sister Jennie, 3 months top 1

The Korean Business Research Institute has just announced the January 2025 brand reputation rankings for members of Kpop girl groups.

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of 712 K-pop girl group members, using data from December 19, 2024 to January 19, 2025.

Blackpink's Rosé continues to dominate the top spot for the third consecutive month, with an overwhelming score of 11,082,958 points. High-ranking phrases in Rosé's keyword analysis include "APT.", "Billboard," and "single chart."

The highest-ranking related terms included “climb back up,” “record,” and “soar.” Rosé’s positivity-negativity analysis showed 92.83 percent positive reactions. Meanwhile, aespa’s Karina retained her second place this month, with a brand reputation index of 6,262,500.

IVE's Jang Won Young maintained her third place with a score of 6,067,563 points. Blackpink's Jennie ranked fourth with a brand reputation index of 5,036,304 points in January.

Finally, ITZY's Yuna rose to fifth place, after seeing a staggering 143.77% increase in her score from last month, bringing her total score for January 2025 to 4,025,897.

On January 14, on the Korean forum Instiz, there was a heated discussion about a post with the topic "Rumors are spreading about Evan Mock and Rosé". The post was accompanied by several photos of what is believed to be BlackPink's Rosé being affectionate with Evan Mock - the male model who co-starred with her in the MV "Toxic Till The End" in Hawaii, earlier this year.

The two are said to be quite close, going out for pizza together after work. Therefore, the series of photos further fueled rumors that the couple is dating. However, soon after, many netizens exposed Evan's past with many controversial actions. The male model is said to have participated in animal hunting... In particular, Evan was also exposed in a photo of a gay kiss with a man.

Recently on January 16 (local time), Vanity Fair's official YouTube channel released a video titled "Rosé Takes a Lie Detector Test". In the video, Rosé answers various questions and takes the time to address rumors about herself.

In the video, the host asked Rosé if debuting with BLACKPINK was her happiest moment. She honestly recalled that she was too nervous at the time to consider it her greatest moment.

She also talked about how she communicates with the BLACKPINK members, revealing that Jisoo is the most active in their group chat. When asked which group is cooler between the Spice Girls and BLACKPINK, she respectfully called the Spice Girls "legendary" but chose her own group, bringing laughter to the studio.

Rosé's first solo album, "Rosie," released on December 6, features the title track "Toxic Till the End," which she wrote about her own relationship experiences. However, she has denied rumors that the song is about Jaden Smith, the son of Hollywood star Will Smith. She said with a smile, "He's a good friend. Hello, Jaden. Miss you!"

In her solo career, Rosé set a new record as a K-pop female artist with the single "APT.", featuring Bruno Mars. The song ranked No. 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100, marking a historic achievement. The song also dominated domestic music charts, reaching No. 1 and peaking at No. 4 on the UK Official Singles Chart Top 100, garnering considerable attention.

Rosé (BLACKPINK) "ate bricks" because she sang a whisper, being likened to running out of breath Pinky15:50:24 05/12/2024On December 3, Rosé participated in the Live Lounge program on British BBC Radio 1. According to Koreaboo, this is where famous artists perform their own hits and cover other artists' songs in an acoustic format.