Kim Woo-Sung & Jaehyeong of The Rose Talk Songwriting Process | Billboard No. 1 BBMAs Party

Kim Woo-Sung & Jaehyeong of The Rose spoke with Billboard at the 2023 Billboard No. 1 Official BBMAs Party.

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00:00 We're here with the guys from The Rose. Nice to see you guys. Now look at these outfits.

00:05 No one looks better than these two on the carpet tonight, you guys.

00:08 No, really?

00:09 I mean, I promise. And you guys just sold out the Forum, which is no small feat. It's

00:16 one of the biggest venues in LA. How did that feel to play to such a huge crowd?

00:21 We're just very thankful and blessed that we get to just share our message and music

00:25 with a lot of people.

00:26 I mean, that's amazing. And you guys play your own instruments. Does that inform your

00:32 songwriting at all? Like having to think about instruments plus choreography, plus performance,

00:37 plus how it's going to be on stage, all of that?

00:39 Well, we don't have choreography.

00:41 Yeah, I didn't know how it's going to show up on stage, rather.

00:47 I mean, yeah, I think just, I don't know, because we play instruments, I think we naturally

00:51 just wrote our songs from the beginning. And yeah, we do involve stage lighting, how the

00:58 stage is going to look like and everything, just because, like you said, we don't have

01:02 choreography. So we need a little more production to really portray the message for our music.

01:08 That's true. And what is the hardest thing to write songs about, do you think?

01:13 The hardest thing? Sometimes, like our song called "Sorry" or "She's in the Rain," this

01:23 song just pops up. Oh yeah, this melody is amazing, this lyrics are amazing, but sometimes

01:29 we have to write the songs, but nothing pops up, you know?

01:32 I mean, because that's against creativity, right? When you have to write a song, you're

01:36 like, "What do I write about? Who am I?"

01:38 So after that, we just quit.

01:40 We're like, "I've had enough, I've had enough." And lastly, what are you listening to right now?

01:45 For me, a lot of house.

01:47 A lot of house? Like who?

01:49 Damn, I don't know the names, but I have this playlist that has like liquid bass and drums.

01:55 That's what it's called, but it's really good.

01:57 Love that. What about you?

01:58 This is Christmas carol.

02:00 Oh, yes, very much in season. I love it. Perfect. Well, thank you guys so much. Have fun. Bye,

02:06 it was nice to meet you. Bye.

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