Cosmopolitan UK digital cover star Rose Gray really deserves the world. Just ask her boyfriend, Babygirl actor Harris Dickinson, who planned the ultimate surprise birthday party to celebrate the singer turning 28 on New Year's Eve.
ICYMI, Rose's new album Louder, Please is the only thing we're playing on repeat right now. The synth-heavy straight-out-of-the-afters anthems are exactly what you need when you're dreaming of summer. Or winter actually - specifically, the 31st December.
Because Rose celebrates her birthday on NYE, and the one just gone was particularly special, thanks to plans Harris put in place. The pair have been together since they were at school, and now live together in East London.
"It was probably my favourite New Year’s/birthday yet," Rose told Cosmopolitan UK. "My partner just said, 'Get ready, wear something you can club in, and come downstairs at this time.'"
Waiting for her was a three-course meal - Caesar salad, ragu, and a brownie - before a cab whisked them to a friend’s nearby house, where her closest friends leapt out from behind a curtain. A few hours at a club followed, then Dickinson revealed his final surprise - a party bus, packed with yet more friends, blasting her then-unreleased album. "Harris had sent it to them," she grins.
"We just danced all night. I really like to party, but I try to stay balanced. I’ve done some all-nighters on coffee," she laughs. "People are so sensible now - have you seen the clean girl aesthetic, on TikTok,? 'It’s 5pm, I’ve done my face routine, time for bed'. I definitely have my moments where I like to go wild. Maybe in the middle of summer I'll do a little Eat, Pray, Love moment and disappear."
Elsewhere in the interview, Rose opened up about how a brief separation from the actor allowed her to write a lot of her album, adding that "my friendships became everything", as well as how she handles the attention that comes with being in the public eye.
Read Rose's full interview here.
