A humid Wednesday in Seoul, and Rosé is still stuck in a chair. For four hours, a rotating squad of stylists and handlers has been perfecting every strand of hair, every stitch of clothing, every angle of her look for The Hollywood Reporter ‘s cover shoot.

Even by pop-star standards, it’s an extraordinary amount of preparation. But in K-pop , diligence is the rule, not the exception. And for Rosé — the Melbourne-raised teenager molded into Blackpink ‘s powerhouse vocalist, now one of the most famous women in K-pop — this kind of discipline has defined her life since she was 15.

A humid Wednesday in Seoul, and Rosé is still stuck in a chair. For four hours, a rotating squad of stylists and handlers has been perfecting every strand of hair, every stitch of clothing, every angle o

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