BLACKPINK ROSÉ’s Carol Cover Song Reaches No. 1 on YouTube’s Trending Worldwide List… “The Best Present for the Fans”
[OSEN=선미경 기자] The carol cover song presented by ROSÉ of girl group BLACKPINK reached no. 1 on YouTube’s Trending Worldwide list, while receiving positive reviews from music fans.
On December 18 at 6 PM, ROSÉ reinterpreted Nat King Cole’s ‘The Christmas Song’ with her unique clear vocals and uploaded the song on YouTube.
It has been reviewed that ROSÉ captured the warm vibes and pure emotions of ‘The Christmas Song’ through her cover. Her unrivaled vocal tone and capacity captured the ears of listeners from the first verse, while expressing the fluttering emotions of Christmas with delicacy.
The fans online showed heated reactions. ROSÉ’s cover of ‘The Christmas Song’ surpassed 2.3 million views in less than half a day since it was uploaded on YouTube. The video also reached no. 1 on YouTube’s Trending Worldwide list, proving her amazing market impact.
Even foreign media paid keen attention on ROSÉ’s cover song. US Billboard reviewed, “ROSÉ presented her fans an unforgettable gift. Her fantastic vocals created harmony with the music”.
UK Metro wrote, “Nat King Cole wouldn’t have imagined how his song can be reinterpreted in such a beautiful way”. They added, “The fans are showing appreciation on ROSÉ’s surprise Christmas gift”.
The global fans are leaving responses on their own languages. The fans reacted by writing, ‘Heavenly vocals’, ‘Artist endowed with natural talent’, ‘Vocals from heaven’, and ‘I look forward to ROSÉ’s solo debut’.
BLACKPINK, the group ROSÉ is part of, established themselves as the leader among all K-Pop girl groups while setting meaningful records in the global music market.
Their song ‘KILL THIS LOVE’, released on April, was selected on Pitchfork’s ‘The Best 20 Music Videos of 2019’ list, the ‘100 Best Songs of 2019: Staff List’ announced by Billboard, was chosen as the top song of the year by PAPER magazine, and even won 3 categories at the ‘E! People’s Choice Awards’, while receiving the spotlight from the global music industry.
Using the momentum, BLACKPINK is working on their upcoming album with the goal of making comeback in early 2020.
2019. 12. 19.
