In the modern era of K-pop's global expansion, no idol has carried the joint identity of Korean and Western pop influence more visibly than Park Chaeyoung, known by her stage name Rosé of BLACKPINK. The Auckland-born daughter of a Korean immigrant family who grew up in Melbourne, Australia, who won YG Entertainment's Australia-region audition at age fifteen, who debuted with BLACKPINK in August 2016, and who in October 2024 released "APT." with Bruno Mars — a song that became one of the most-streamed Korean-led songs in modern Western pop history — is one of the most internationally followed K-pop vocalists. Behind every chorus sat a small Korean-Australian immigrant family.

The Family's Roots: South Korea to New Zealand to Australia

The Park family is Korean by ethnicity, having migrated from South Korea to Auckland, New Zealand before Rosé was born. The family later moved from Auckland to Melbourne, Australia, when Rosé was around seven.

She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 11 February 1997.

Her Parents

Rosé's parents are Korean immigrants who built their lives in Auckland and then Melbourne. Both have stayed deliberately out of the public eye throughout BLACKPINK's career.

Her Sister: Alice Park

Alice Park, Rosé's elder sister (about three years older), is a lawyer in Australia.

Her Education and Path

Rosé attended Canterbury Girls' Secondary College in Melbourne, where she sang in the school choir. Her father took her to YG Entertainment's Australian regional auditions in 2012 — where she finished first out of 700 entrants. She moved to Korea as a fifteen-year-old to train, and trained at YG for four years before debuting with BLACKPINK in August 2016. She has now also signed with Atlantic Records / The Black Label following her 2023 departure from YG.

The Park Family Tree at a Glance

Family Origins

  • Korean (ethnically)
  • Family migration: South Korea → Auckland, New Zealand → Melbourne, Australia

Parents

  • Both Korean immigrant parents (private)

Siblings

  • Alice Park (b. ~1994) — elder sister; lawyer
  • Park Chaeyoung (Rosé) (b. 11 February 1997)

BLACKPINK Rosé

  • Born Park Chaeyoung (English name: Roseanne Park), 11 February 1997, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Canterbury Girls' Secondary College, Melbourne
  • Won YG Entertainment's Australia audition, 2012
  • BLACKPINK debut: 8 August 2016
  • Solo single album: -R- (2021) — "On The Ground" (Billboard Hot 100 #70 — first solo Korean female artist on the Hot 100)
  • Solo album: Rosie (December 2024)
  • Hit single: "APT." with Bruno Mars (October 2024 — Billboard Hot 100 #2)
  • Signed with Atlantic Records and The Black Label following her YG departure, December 2023
  • Brand ambassador for Saint Laurent, Tiffany & Co.

Personal

  • Unmarried; no children

What the Park Family Story Teaches Us

Korean immigrant parents. A lawyer elder sister. A childhood spent moving from Auckland to Melbourne. A father who drove a teenage daughter to a Sydney audition that changed everything. From one immigrant Korean-Australian household came one of K-pop's most international voices — a vocalist who has now collaborated with one of the biggest American pop stars of his generation.

For every family — large or small, famous or otherwise — the Rosé story carries the same lesson. Migration patterns shape what children grow up to become. Rosé's combination of Korean and Australian-English vocal training is a direct product of her family's two migrations. Write down where your family moved, and when, and why. The migrations are some of the most consequential entries on any tree.

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