The Rosé Curse Rumor

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The Rosé Curse Rumor refers to a viral rumor about BLACKPINK singer Park "Rosé" Chae-young being the cause of celebrity couples breaking up. The rumor went viral on TikTok and Twitter around March 2023 and states that whenever Rosé takes a photo with someone who is in a relationship, the couple ends up breaking up shortly after.

Origin

On November 21st, 2022, Reddit^[1] user /u/summercloudsadness posted a montage of several pictures with BLACKPINK singer Park "Rosé" Chae-young alongside celebrities and tweets commenting about their relationships' breakups. The post, titled "The Curse of Rosé," received 1,700 upvotes and 133 comments in seven months.

According to the Spiel Times^[2] website, the Rosé Curse started when supermodel Gigi Hadid posted a photo (seen below) with the K-Pop singer at the Met Gala in September 2021, and then announced her split from singer Zayn Malik a few weeks later.

Online Reactions

The rumor was widely spread on TikTok, with users sharing Rosé's pictures with celebrities that have split recently. For instance, TikTok^[3] user @prettysavagepinks posted a video showing some of the couples Rosé has allegedly broken up. The video (seen below) garnered 76,500 plays and 5,100 likes in seven months.

Taylor Swift And Joe Alwyn's Breakup

On April 8th, 2023, news about American singer Taylor Swift breaking up with British actor Joe Alwyn was highly discussed on social media. On the same day, a picture of Rosé with Taylor Swift started to be shared on Twitter, adding to the rumors that the singer has a breakup curse. For example, Twitter^[4] user @newdiaryentry shared the picture of Rosé with Taylor and the singer Sabrina Carpenter as a reply to a tweet commenting about Swift's breakup. The post (seen below) garnered 265,000 likes and 36,800 retweets in three weeks.