Apt. (lagu)

"Apt." (ditulis dengan kapital semua) adalah lagu yang dibawakan oleh penyanyi-penulis lagu Rosé dan Bruno Mars. Lagu ini dirilis di bawah label The Black Label dan Atlantic Records pada 18 October 2024, sebagai tembang utama dari debut album studio mendatang, Rosie (2024). Ini menandai kemunculan tembang Rosé pertama dalam tiga tahun, dan menjadi rilisan pertama sejak meninggalkan YG Entertainment dan Interscope Records sebagai artis solo pada tahun 2023.

"Apt."
Singel oleh Rosé dan Bruno Mars
dari album Rosie
Bahasa	English Korean
Dirilis	18 Oktober 2024 (2024-10-18)
Genre	Pop punk pop rock pop power pop
Durasi	2:49
Label	The Black Label Atlantic
Pencipta	Chae Young Park Bruno Mars Amy Allen Christopher "Brody" Brown Rogét Chahayed Omer Fedi Phillip Lawrence Theron Thomas Henry Walter Michael Chapman Nicholas Chinn
Produser	Bruno Mars Cirkut Omer Fedi Rogét Chahayed
Kronologi singel Rosé
"Gone" (2021) "Apt." (2024)
Kronologi singel Bruno Mars
"Die with a Smile" (2024) "Apt." (2024)
Video musik
"Apt." di YouTube

Latar belakang dan promosi

Pada 16 Agustus 2024, Rosé muncul menghadiri konser Burno di Los Angeles dan kemudian pada bulan yang sama berbagi membagikan fotonya mengenakan kemeja bergambar Bruno Dua bulan berikutnya, pada 16 October, Rosé memposting foto polaroid dia duduk bersebelahan dengan Bruno dan mengajarkannya permain minum-minum Korea, sebagaimana tertulis di takari. Bruno juga membagikan kisah bahwa Rosé mencoba menciumnya malam itu, mempromosikan kemungkinan adanya perilisan mendatang.

Pada 17 Oktober, Rosé mengumumkan perilisan tembangnya di media sosial, sehari jelang jadwal. Sebuah karya seni yang menyertai pengumuman tersebut terungkap bersamaan dengan pengumuman tersebut, menampilkan foto hitam putih Bruno berlatar warna mawar di belakang set drum dan Rosé berbaring di depan set dengan jaket dan rok kulit hitam. Berita tentang perilisan tersebut muncul beberapa minggu setelah pengumuman album studio debut Rosé mendatang, Rosie, yang dijadwalkan dirilis pada 6 Desember 2024.

Komposisi dan lirik

"Apt." ditulis oleh Rosé (dengan akuan Chae Young Park), Bruno Mars, Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Theron Thomas, Henry Walter, Michael Chapman, dan Nicholas Chinn. Produksinya dilakukan oleh Mars, Cirkut, Fedi, dan Chahayed. Lagu ini juga menginterpolasi lagu beken tahun 1982 “Mickey” oleh penyanyi Amerika Serikat Toni Basil, yang ditulis oleh Chapman dan Chin. "Apt." digambarkan sebagai lagu pop punk dan pop yang bernuansa “riff pop rok lawas”, serta alunan rok indi rock dan pop elektro.

Terinspirasi dari permainan populer Korea Selatan minum-minum yang dinamakan Apartment, yang dijadikan sumber penamaan lagu, lagu ini menggunakan nyanyian ritmis permainan dari apateu (Hangul: 아파트) untuk menciptakan pengulangan yang “menyenangkan” dan “membuat ketagihan”. Dalam wawancara dengan Vogue, Rosé mengungkapkan bahwa dia awalnya “agak panik” menanti rekasi orang-orang terhadap lagu tentang permainan minum-minum. Lebih lanjut, Rosé "meminta timnya untuk menghapus lagu tersebut dari ponsel mereka", tetapi yang terjadi “mereka malah kecanduan ". Rosé kemudian “menawarkan Bruno Mars berkolaborasi” dan mengirimkan tiga lagu kepadanya, termasuk “Apt.. Ketika Bruno mendengar lagu ini pertama kali, dia menanyakan arti dari judulnya, dan Rosé "menjelaskan bahwa itu adalah permainan minum-minum Korea". Rosé juga menambahkan bahwa dia "tidak pernah menyangka [kolaborasi mereka] akan terjadi" dan "sangat bersemangat" untuk berkarya dengan Bruno.

'APT' is actually my favourite Korean drinking game that I play with my friends back home. It's so simple, puts a smile on your face, and breaks the ice at any party. One night in the studio, I taught my crew how to play the game. Everyone was fascinated, especially when I started the chant, so we played around with it, and I said we should make a song out of it... and after Bruno joined the track, the rest became history!

— Rosé on the song's origins.

Critical reception

Penilaian profesional
Skor ulasan
Sumber	Nilai
NME

NME's Rhian Daly scored "Apt." five out of five stars, dubbing the track "a luminous banger that fizzes with playful energy, from its stomping pop-rock beat to its addictive chanted chorus". Similarly, Irene Kim of Vogue praised the vocal harmony between Rosé and Mars and labelled the song "a pop-punk delight" that "will have fans chanting along". Paper included "Apt." in their weekly roundup of new songs to listen to, calling it a "cheeky, rollicking pop-rock track [...] that arrives with an irrepressibly fun, Ting Tings-y video". Billboard likewise placed the song in their weekly must-hears list and positively described it as "a slick pop confection full of clap-along refrains".

Commercial performance

"Apt." became one of the biggest streaming hits in both the United States and the world upon release, topping Spotify's global and U.S. daily streaming charts. Industry personnel reported that the song was challenging Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" and Morgan Wallen's "Love Somebody" for a debut atop the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 due to its strong streaming and sales performance. "Apt." debuted at number 11 on Spotify's Daily Top Songs USA chart on Friday and bounded to number one on the chart by Sunday, where it remained as of Wednesday, while it also continued to grow on Apple Music. It also was performing well in sales, remaining at number three on iTunes on Wednesday, and was projected to debut on the Pop Airplay chart after its first week of tracking, which would become Rosé's first entry on the chart as a soloist. The song earned 3.57 million U.S. streams on Friday, and reached 3 million daily streams for each of the next three days for a total of 13.32 million streams in its first four days of release. It also sold 5,700 downloads in the U.S. over its opening four-day period.

Music video

Co-directed by Mars and Daniel Ramos, a music video was released in conjunction with the single on 18 October 2024. The video features both Rosé and Mars presenting a garage band-esque performance, with the two singers alternating on drums and vocals, in matching black leather jackets across a pink set. Throughout the video, the duo can be seen dancing and playing the titular game, as well as Mars waving taegeukgi and getting "flustered" by Rosé's unexpected kiss.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the CD single.

• Rosé – lead vocals, songwriting
• Bruno Mars – lead vocals, songwriting, producer
• Omer Fedi – songwriting, producer
• Cirkut – songwriting, producer
• Rogét Chahayed – songwriting, producer
• Amy Allen – songwriting
• Christopher "Brody" Brown – songwriting
• Philip Lawrence – songwriting
• Theron Thomas – songwriting
• Michael Chapman – songwriting
• Nicholas Chinn – songwriting
• Julian Vasquez – engineering
• Serban Ghenea – mixing
• Bryce Bordone – mixing assistant
• Chris Gehringer – mastering

Charts

Chart performance for "Apt."

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Japan (Japan Hot 100)	96
Japan Digital Singles (Oricon)	38
South Korea (Circle)	17

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Apt."

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	18 October 2024	CD digital download streaming	The Black Label Atlantic
Italy		Radio airplay	Warner Italy
United States	22 October 2024	Contemporary hit radio	Atlantic