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K-pop idol Rosé of Blackpink fame grew up in Australia – but she could never have made it big here | Wing Kuang

Asian Australian musicians are finding massive success overseas but receive little acclaim or recognition back home. Why?

Having followed Rosé since the 2016 arrival of Blackpink – one of the world’s most popular K-pop girl groups, of which she is one of four members – I am so excited about her debut full-length album, Rosie, released on Friday. Rosé, who was born in New Zealand and later moved to Melbourne with her family at age eight, is one of the many Australia-raised artists of Asian heritage who are active overseas and have secured the kind of success that they could barely have dreamed of if they’d stayed at home. But would 27-year-old Rosé – who moved to Seoul at 15, after her successful audition for one of South Korea’s top entertainment companies – still have achieved the kind of global career she enjoys now if she had stayed in Australia?

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