Rosé is a talented singer but I think her current vocal technique holds her musical direction back and isn’t ideal for the emotional, slower songs she makes. When listening to her ballads, I felt like her lack of belting made the songs a bit lacklustre as there wasn’t really a climax. Number One Girl and On My Mind suffered the most because of this in my opinion, it would’ve been great if those songs ended with a really strong vocal part. On the other hand, some songs on her album were blatantly out of her range and the amount of straining turned me off -“stay a little longer” and “not the same” come to mind. Obviously not all ballads need crazy high notes but I think Vampire by Olivia Rodrigo is a good example of a song that is elevated by the singer’s great capabilities. She could do so much more with her music if she had a wider vocal range and dropped some of her stylistic choices. There are multiple times I think “an open, clear high note or run would really fit this part” when listening to her music.
I think it could also be a matter of changing her musical direction. Gracie Abrams is often clowned for being a weak vocalist but she’s really good at picking songs that fit her limited vocal range. I can absolutely picture Rosé singing ‘I Love You I’m Sorry’ and it fits her vibe perfectly. She could keep her image as the heartbroken singer-songwriter but focus more on her lyricism and make upbeat easier pop songs. I do appreciate her authenticity though, after the success of APT I think many expected her to go down the pop/pop-rock route and put out an album similar to GUTS but she stayed true to her preference. Rosé clearly prefers ballads but I still think her voice and energy are best suited for upbeat songs.
It’s nearly been a year since Rosie came out and I’ve grown to enjoy the album much more than I did when it first came out. I still prefer her poppier side with APT and “drinks or coffee” being my favourites but I don’t think her slower songs were as boring as many suggested when it first released. I would love to see her show off some vocal acrobatics on her future projects. And in case someone brings it up: I do have a previous post about the success of Rosie and I just wanna clarify that I talk about BP because I stan them and I generally just like analysing chart performance as you can tell by my post history. I’m not a BP/Rosie anti and I don’t intend to bring any hate to
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