Session 46: Rosé | Therapuss with Jake Shane

Overview

Rosé sits down with Jake Shane on Therapuss for a starstruck, very open conversation about anxiety, creative pressure, boundaries, and the real emotions behind her music.

Jake opens by bragging about his recently completed “Therapuss” live tour (21 cities, ending in LA) and mentions releasing his comedy album Puss and Poems. He then introduces Rosé, who is completely flustered and nervous—but equally excited. She gushes that she was pacing all day and has been overwhelmed by how big things are right now: her current hit status, her album Rosie dropping December 6, and the next single “Number One Girl.”

Main Topics & Highlights

Writing as emotional therapy

Rosé explains that songwriting started after joining studio sessions for the album, where she initially felt terrified. Over time, she realized the process felt like friends chatting—taking real moments and turning them into lyrics. For her, writing can be a way to “throw up” feelings and leave them behind in a song.

She also shares that she got vulnerable to the point where producers encouraged her to keep lyrics that felt “too real.”

Anxiety with physical “tell” behaviors

The conversation turns to how anxiety shows up in the body, including:

• Tensing muscles
• Pacing
• Nail/finger fidgeting
• Needing motion

Rosé and Jake also discuss sensory regulation tools—like stress balls and squishy breaks—especially when meetings get too intense.

Overwork → fear of turning off

Rosé calls herself a “workolic” (work as her hobby and her sanity), but says that for months she couldn’t truly shut down. She ran an experiment: no texting for a day, and no one contacting her.

She describes an out-of-body realization: silence in her head felt good, not just anxiety. This shift helped her bond with friends, cry, and finally let emotions out instead of suppressing them.

The “Number One Girl” inspiration

Rosé connects the song to online perception and social anxiety. She admits she doom-scrolls comments—especially when she wasn’t posting much.

Negative comments hurt harder because they validate insecurities she already carried. Instead of shrinking from it, she and her team turned that ugly feeling into a vulnerable track—something sad at first, then cathartic and relatable for listeners in different ways.

Therapuss “advice” segment

Two audience-style scenarios come up:

1. Worrying about an “ick” before getting engaged Jake and Rosé emphasize talking through feelings with love—not obsessing over the “ick” as proof everything is wrong. Communication and reassurance come first.

2. Feeling “behind” compared to peers Rosé reframes it: happiness shouldn’t be measured against others’ timelines. Life paths vary, and comparison steals your peace.

Fun Moments & Jokes

• Rosé and Jake repeatedly apologize and “cut each other off” while talking—both are clearly nervous and animated.
• Playful banter about zodiac vibes (Aquarius/Virgo/Scorpio/Gemini placements) and personality assumptions.
• Rosé’s comedic reaction to sensory behaviors like squishy/pressure-popping moments, including a “you need therapy” joke when someone tries to pop a balloon-like sensation.
• Jake delivers a “wise” advice moment that fully stuns the other person into agreement.
• A standout highlight: the Bruno Mars story. His chaotic teasing and promo antics (including “outrageous caption” / fanfic energy) made Rosé panic-but-laugh—framed as the perfect hype move for her comeback single.

Performances & Announcements

Near the end, Rosé promotes:

• Album: Rosie releasing December 6
• Single: “Number One Girl” now out
• Bruno Mars collab: “AATE” also out

The episode closes with Jake and Rosé hyping fans to stream, dance, cry, and ride the emotional wave the album is meant to deliver.

People Mentioned

• Jake Shane (host)
• Rosé (guest; singer/songwriter)
• Bruno Mars (collaboration/promo stories)
• Friends (including friends with similar Myers-Briggs personality types)
• Jose (appears as an auto-caption artifact of Rosé—no separate person appears)