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omonatheydidwritten by Gabriel Wilder for The Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne singer Roseanne Park thought her father was joking when he suggested she audition for a Korean entertainment company.
Four years later, she is top of iTunes charts in 18 countries and breaking YouTube viewing records with her K-pop group BlackPink.
"I always played music for more as a hobby," the singer said.
"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 ... I was living so far from the country that it never really occurred to me as a possibility," says Park, who was born in New Zealand and moved to Australia with her family when she was seven years old.
Within two months of passing the audition, the 16-year-old was on a plane to Seoul to begin training at YG Entertainment, one of Korea's "big three" music companies.
It was a busy schedule: she had lessons for vocals, dance, guitar and Japanese and Korean languages. Throughout her four years of training, the group had to constantly prove themselves to the label's boss, Yang Hyun-Suk, known as YG: "We would have these tests at the end of every month with YG and we would prepare a dance and song performance as a group and individually.
"Coming to YG entertainment as a trainee was one of the most challenging yet most life changing periods of my life."
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Source: smh.com.au
nothing that we don't already know really, i just thought this was an interesting read. i hope Rosé gets to fulfill her dream of performing back home for everyone
Melbourne singer Roseanne Park thought her father was joking when he suggested she audition for a Korean entertainment company.
Four years later, she is top of iTunes charts in 18 countries and breaking YouTube viewing records with her K-pop group BlackPink.
"I always played music for more as a hobby," the singer said.
"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 ... I was living so far from the country that it never really occurred to me as a possibility," says Park, who was born in New Zealand and moved to Australia with her family when she was seven years old.
Within two months of passing the audition, the 16-year-old was on a plane to Seoul to begin training at YG Entertainment, one of Korea's "big three" music companies.
It was a busy schedule: she had lessons for vocals, dance, guitar and Japanese and Korean languages. Throughout her four years of training, the group had to constantly prove themselves to the label's boss, Yang Hyun-Suk, known as YG: "We would have these tests at the end of every month with YG and we would prepare a dance and song performance as a group and individually.
"Coming to YG entertainment as a trainee was one of the most challenging yet most life changing periods of my life."
Source: smh.com.au
nothing that we don't already know really, i just thought this was an interesting read. i hope Rosé gets to fulfill her dream of performing back home for everyone
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Date: 2017-07-02 01:36 am (UTC)It's really cool having a Korean-Australian idol, like I'm so used to American accents in kpop that I'm always super surprised hearing an Australian one. Like when I first saw that video of them addressing their fans in English I was FLOORED.
I'm so glad they're doing well 💕
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Date: 2017-07-02 04:31 am (UTC)Throughout her four years of training, the group had to constantly prove themselves to the label's boss, Yang Hyun-Suk, known as YG
I'm exhausted just reading this
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Date: 2017-07-02 08:50 am (UTC)Omg I still can't believe she's from Melbourne. Hopefully I'll see her visiting one day. I wouldn't necessarily go up to say hi... I would most likely just gawk from afar.