Rosé’s Emotional VMAs Acceptance Speech: BLACKPINK Shout Out, Therapist Advice & More

Rosé delivered an empowering speech at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. While accepting the award for Song of the Year for her Bruno Mars duet “APT,” the BLACKPINK singer got emotional while dedicating the award to her younger self. “Someone asked me the other day what my fear in life was, and I was quite shocked at my own response. I had no idea how deeply personal this journey had been for me,” Rosé shared. “I told them I feared that somewhere along the way this journey of pursuing my dreams, I might hit a wall and possibly disappoint my 16-year-old self, who grew up always an oddball among society that wished someday she, too, could be herself and equally pursue her dreams just as well as anyone else I saw on television.”