This time, ROSÉ and Bruno Mars met up somewhere much bigger than an “APT.,” joining forces at SoFi Stadium for a surprise performance of their hit single during BLACKPINK‘s run of DEADLINE World Tour shows in Los Angeles.
In clips captured at the Sunday (July 13) show, the crowd of BLINKs goes absolutely wild when the Silk Sonic star appears and joins his duet partner on stage. Wearing matching jackets, Mars and the New Zealand-born K-pop star jump up and down while singing the lyrics to their smash hit “APT.,” accompanied by a fleet of backup dancers.
At one point, the two performers share a hug while harmonizing. As confetti rains down, fans in the audience scream-sing along to every word.
ROSÉ typically performs “APT.” during her solo portion of the DEADLINE World Tour setlist, but this marks the first time Mars has accompanied her for the song on the trek. After the pair dropped the track last October, it reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 12 weeks atop the Billboard Global 200.
Sunday’s show marked the second of two back-to-back BLACKPINK concerts in L.A. After spending about a year apart to focus on solo projects, the band reunited earlier in July to kick off their DEADLINE trek with two shows in Goyang, South Korea. ROSÉ and bandmates LISA, JENNIE and JISOO will now spend the next six months touring on and off through North America, Asia and Europe.
Prior to resuming full-band activities, ROSÉ released her Billboard 200 No. 3 debut solo album, Rosie — on which “APT.” appears — in December. Of working with Mars for the project, the Australia-raised star told The Cut in February that she learned a lot about trusting herself and not rushing the songwriting process from the veteran pop superstar.
“I’d always feel like, ‘It’s my fault, I should have an idea by this time,’ or, ‘Maybe I’m just not good enough,’” she told the publication at the time. “Bruno showed me that, as a creative, you have to listen to your intuition and your timing, and you’re allowed to trust in it. I’ve become more confident in what feels right to me and in doing whatever it takes to have that come to life.”
Watch Mars and ROSÉ perform “APT.” at SoFi below.
