Bruno Mars and Rosé. Photo from Rosé's Instagram accountThinking that a song about a drinking game might come off as "unserious," K-pop star Rosé of Blackpink nearly scrapped her new single, "APT.," even asking her producers to delete the buzzy track at one point.

The 27-year-old artist revealed this in a recent Vogue video, where she discussed "APT." and her upcoming album, "rosie," while preparing somaek (a popular South Korean cocktail of soju and beer) and cooking kimchi fried rice.

Released last Friday, "APT." — pronounced "apateu," short for "apartment" — draws inspiration from a Korean drinking game. The song is a collaboration with Filipino-American singer Bruno Mars.

READ: Blackpink’s Rosé says drinking game inspired Bruno Mars collab ‘APT.’

In the Vogue video, Rosé, whose real name is Roseanne Park, recalled that she "freaked out" after she first wrote the song.

"I was like, 'Is this okay that I've written like a song about like a drinking game? Is this too unserious?' And so I like got all of the producers and songwriters to delete the song off of their phones," she said.

However, Rosé decided to push through in releasing the song after those who heard it became "obsessed."

Rosé also shared that the collaboration with Mars came about after "somebody set up a meeting with him and I."

"I met him and I was like, I was fangirling so much and he liked jumped on the song and he had all these like crazy ideas for it," she said.

"APT.", which now has 86 million views on YouTube and 34 million plays on Spotify, serves as a single off Rosé's album "rosie," scheduled for release on December 6.

READ: Blackpink's Rosé to release solo album 'rosie' in December

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