Blackpink’s Rosé released her first solo project R on Thursday night with a moving, beautiful, and lyrically-deep lead single, “On the Ground,” about where she has found happiness and where meaning really come from—and how money and celebrity aren’t what give you purpose.
Rosé spoke about the song’s meaning on YouTube’s Released, saying, “Basically the song is kind of about looking for answers in life, for a purpose in life, and I feel like people, especially these days, can relate to it. Sometimes when you’re always kind of on that roll, you kind of forget to take care of what actually matters to you most, and it’s just a song that says that everything we need is already within us. There’s no need to go out and look for it.”
She explained why she opted to do a song focused more on purpose than romance: “I talked to somebody the other day and they were like, ‘I’m surprised you’re coming out with a song like this because I expected you to come out with a song that’s more like, related to love,’” she started. “But I think it’s a very powerful song and I’m just excited for my fans to hear and get something out of it.”
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The lyrics, in all English, are a revealing look at what Rosé, one of the world’s most famous singers, has learned about life. And the visually gorgeous music video has deeply personal roots too. As she explained on Released, “The video kind of shows a past version of me and a present version of me. And there’s like a scene where the present version of me goes back to my childhood house, and I’m looking back at how I grew up there and what kind of dreams I had and going back to that core self. It was so cinematic and just everything that I would dream my first solo music video to be.”
Here, the lyrics via Genius. You can watch music video below, too.
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Verse 1
My life’s been magic, seems fantastic
I used to have a hole in the wall with a mattress
Funny when you want it, suddenly you have it
You find out that your gold’s just plasticPre-Chorus
Every day, every night
I’ve been thinkin’ back on you and I
Every day, every nightChorus
I worked my whole life
Just to get right, just to be like
“Look at me, I’m never comin’ down”
I worked my whole life
Just to get high, just to realize
Everything I need is on the
Everything I need is on the groundPost-Chorus
On the ground
Everything I need is on the ground
Nah, but they don’t hear me though
(Yeah, what goes up, must come down)
Nah, but they don’t hear me though
(You’re runnin’ out of time)
Verse 2
My world’s been hectic, seems electric
But I’ve been wakin’ up with your voice in my head
And I’m tryna send a message and let you know
That every single minute I’m without you, I regret itPre-Chorus
Every day, every night
I’ve been thinkin’ back on you and I
Every day, every nightChorus
I worked my whole life
Just to get right, just to be like
“Look at me, I’m never comin’ down”
I worked my whole life
Just to get high, just to realise
Everything I need is on the
Everything I need is on the groundPost-Chorus
On the ground
Everything I need is on the ground
Nah, but they don’t hear me though
(Yeah, what goes up, must come down)
Nah, but they don’t hear me though
(You’re runnin’ out of time)
Bridge
I’m way up in the clouds
And they say I’ve made it now
But I figured it out
Everything I need is on the ground (Yeah, yeah)
Just drove by your house (Just drove by your house)
So far from you now (So far from you now)
But I figured it out
Everything I need is on the
Everything I need is on the groundOutro
On the ground
Everything I need is on the ground
Nah, but they don’t hear me though
On the ground
Nah, but they don’t hear me though
Everything I need is on the ground
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