ROSÉ‘s going to sleep tomorrow, however tonight, go loopy after the excellent news she acquired on Tuesday (Aug. 5), when the nominations for the 2025 MTV VMAs had been introduced. The BLACKPINK star snagged eight solo nods, which left her in shock.
“So I’ve simply heard that I’ve acquired eight VMA nominations,” the singer, clearly surprised and emotional, mentioned in a video posted to her Instagram Tales hours after the nominations had been introduced. “I’m past shocked and I simply don’t know what to say. I’m completely speechless! It is a loopy day! Whoa! It’s actually, actually wild! What’s taking place?!”
She additionally shared a screenshot of her nominations and wrote over it, “waaaahhh???!”
That is the Okay-pop star’s first time being nominated for a VMA as a solo artist. She is up for video of the yr, music of the yr, finest collaboration, finest pop, finest course, finest artwork course and finest visible results all for Billboard Hot 100 No. 3 hit “APT.” alongside Bruno Mars, in addition to finest Okay-pop for “Poisonous Til the Finish,” the third single from her solo debut album, Rosie.
Her eight nominations makes her one of the nominated artists of the yr. Woman Gaga leads with 12, whereas her “APT.” collaborator Bruno Mars snagged 11, Kendrick Lamar earned 10, Sabrina Carpenter additionally with eight, and Ariana Grande and The Weeknd with seven every.
ROSÉ’s bandmates additionally earned nominations: JENNIE’s “like JENNIE,” JISOO’s “earthquake” and LISA’s Doja Cat and RAYE collab “Born Once more” are all within the operating for finest Okay-pop. These nominations are additionally JENNIE and JISOO’s first solo VMAs nods exterior of BLACKPINK.
The 2025 MTV VMAs airs stay Sunday, Sept. 7, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and MTV from the UBS Enviornment in New York. The present may also stream on Paramount+.