Day at the Mpot Hall in Seoul. The group performed its two existing singles, covers of English songs, and unreleased songs from the group's busking days titled "Photographer" and "Beautiful Girl." On January 5, 2018, The Rose performed at the Rolling Hall 23rd Anniversary Concert, alongside other established indie artists such as Cheeze, O.WHEN, and Fromm. The band showcased three new unreleased songs, titled "Baby," "OMG," and "ILY." On January 12, the band was listed as one of the top 5 Korean breakout artists to watch in 2018 by Billboard. The article wrote that it is "rare for rock-leaning bands to make a major K-pop impression upon debut, but The Rose's gorgeously emotive "Sorry" was able to do that, scoring a spot on Billboard's year-end critics' song list and confirming themselves a multifaceted, new talent on the scene." On January 24, Soompi announced The Rose as one of the nominees for Rookie of the Year for its 13th Annual Soompi Awards. On March 17, the band headlined the closing ceremony concert of the 29th Korean American Students Conference, hosted by Northwestern University in Chicago. On April 16, The Rose released their first mini-album entitled Void. During their American tour, the group sat with Billboard to talk about their latest release: "through the five-track effort, The Rose's intent was to highlight the darker elements of human emotion through dynamic pop-rock." On August 14, The Rose was featured on the Tofu Personified original soundtrack. "With You" was written, composed and arranged by Jaehyeong, with vocals performed by Woosung. On October 4, they released their second mini-album entitled Dawn. 2019–2021: Red, We Rose You Live Tour, lawsuit and military service From May 17–19, 2019, The Rose performed for the first time at KCON Japan at Makuhari Messe in Chiba. On August 13, the band released their third single album Red. They subsequently embarked on their second world tour, We Rose You Live Tour, on August 17. On August 31, the band released the song "Strangers" for the Hell Is Other People soundtrack. In 2019, the band participated in the survival talent show Superband. On January 15, 2020, it was announced that The Rose would the opening act of Halsey's Manic World Tour in Seoul on May 9. However, the tour was pushed back to summer 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On February 28, The Rose reportedly filed a lawsuit against J&Star Company