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· Carl Samson
Aespa, Seventeen bag major wins at 2024 MAMA Awards
Aespa and Seventeen dominated the 2024 MAMA Awards, with both groups taking home major honors. Aespa claimed their first daesang (grand prize), song of the year, for “Supernova,” along with five additional trophies, including best female group and best music video. “We never…
· Bryan Ke
Prada announces Aespa’s Karina as new brand ambassador
The leader of K-pop girl group Aespa, Karina, whose real name is Yu Ji-min, is now a brand ambassador for Prada. The Italian luxury brand announced the news in an Instagram post on Thursday. “I’ve always loved and frequently shopped at Prada, so I’m excited to be an ambassador.…
· Michelle De Pacina
Aespa’s Karina, actor Lee Jae-wook break up 1 month after K-pop idol apologized for dating
Aespa member Karina and actor Lee Jae-wook have ended their relationship five weeks after it was made public and following extreme backlash from the K-pop idol’s fans. Key points:
· Bryan Ke
Aespa’s Karina apologizes to fans for dating in handwritten letter
Aespa member Karina apologized to fans in a handwritten letter one week after her label, SM Entertainment, confirmed that she and South Korean actor Lee Jae-wook are in a relationship. For context: South Korean news outlet Dispatch first broke the news of the two South Korean…
· Carl Samson
Aespa’s Winter survives attack attempt at music festival red carpet
Aespa’s Winter narrowly escaped an unidentified man who charged toward her at a major South Korean music festival on Christmas Day. What happened: The incident, which was caught on video, occurred at this year’s SBS Gayo Daejeon, the annual, end-of-year music festival by…
· Daniel Anderson
Aespa releases 19 versions of 3rd mini-album ‘MY WORLD’
K-pop girl group aespa released 19 different physical versions of their third mini-album “MY WORLD” on Friday. About the album: Digital versions of “MY WORLD” were released in May. The album is led by the title track “Spicy” and include the B-sides “Salty & Sweet,” “Thirsty,”…
· Bryan Ke
Aespa’s Karina apologizes after her ‘My Hero Academia’ recommendation angers Chinese netizens
Aespa’s Karina has apologized after receiving backlash for recommending “My Hero Academia” to her fans on a social media app last week without knowing the controversy surrounding the original name of one of its villains. Latest development: The 23-year-old girl group member…
· Daniel Anderson
Aespa members open personal Instagram accounts
All four members of K-pop girl group aespa have created personal Instagram accounts. Each member posted a similar group selfie as their first upload. At the time of writing, Karina has amassed the most followers with 2 million, Winter has 1.8 million, Ningning has 1.7 million…
· Daniel Anderson
Aespa announces US leg of ‘SYNK: Hyper Line’ world tour
K-pop quartet aespa has announced the dates for the U.S., Europe and Latin America portions of their “SYNK: Hyper Line” world tour. The U.S. leg of the tour will commence on Aug. 13 in Los Angeles. Other stops that month include Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, Washington D.C. and…
· Daniel Anderson
Aespa releases ‘Spicy’ music video for new mini-album ‘MY WORLD’
K-pop girl group aespa has dropped a new music video for “Spicy,” the title track of their latest mini-album, “MY WORLD.” In the music video, the girls are portrayed as popular high school students showing off their lavish lifestyle and mansion.
· Daniel Anderson
Aespa to be first K-pop group to attend Cannes Film Festival
Aespa is set to make history as the first K-pop group to attend the Cannes Film Festival. On April 27, aespa’s agency SM Entertainment announced that the girl-group quartet will attend the event as global ambassadors for luxury Swiss jewelry brand Chopard, which has been an…
· Daniel Anderson
Aespa announce comeback album ‘My World’
K-pop girl group aespa has announced the release of their new mini-album “MY WORLD.” SM Entertainment released the first teaser for the album on social media on April 17. The upcoming release marks aespa‘s first comeback in nearly a year since their July 2022 mini-album “Girls.”…
· Daniel Anderson
K-pop girl group Aespa drops OST ‘Hold On Tight’ for Apple original film ‘Tetris’
K-pop girl group aespa dropped “Hold On Tight” for the movie soundtrack of the Apple TV+ original film “Tetris.” The track, which is entirely in English, is the K-pop quartet’s first new solo release following their sophomore mini-album “Girls” in July and the showcase of new…
· Daniel Anderson
Aespa to be first-ever K-pop act to take stage at Outside Lands music festival
Aespa will be the first K-pop act to perform at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco this August. The K-pop girl group will be the only K-pop artist at this year’s lineup, which includes notable performers such as Sza, Foo Fighters, Kendrick Lamar and ODESZA.
· Daniel Anderson
Aespa unleashes new tracks, solo songs at inaugural ‘SYNK: Hyper Line’ concert
Aespa performed a bevy of unreleased songs and solo numbers as part of a 25-track set list at their “SYNK: Hyper Line” concerts over the weekend. On Feb. 25 and 26, the SM Entertainment quartet held their first-ever standalone concerts at the Jamsil Arena in Seoul. At the…
· Daniel Anderson
SM Entertainment report reveals forthcoming albums from Taeyeon, aespa, SHINee and more
South Korean entertainment company SM Entertainment has announced its upcoming music projects for the first half of the year. The company shared its line-up of comebacks and slated concerts in its latest earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2022. SM Entertainment’s report…
· Daniel Anderson
Aespa’s fictional AI system Nævis to debut as an artist at SXSW
Artificial intelligence (AI) system Nævis, from K-pop girl group Aespa’s fictional lore, will debut as an artist at the group’s upcoming virtual reality (VR) concert at South by Southwest (SXSW). The news was revealed in a Maeil Business interview with SM Entertainment CEO Lee…
· Daniel Anderson
Red Velvet and aespa gift fans with collab single ‘Beautiful Christmas’
SM Entertainment girl groups Red Velvet and aespa joined forces for the first time for some holiday cheer with their new collaboration single “Beautiful Christmas.” The track was teased on social media on Saturday with images of Red Velvet and aespa members in festive outfits…
· Daniel Anderson
Aespa drops sophomore mini-album ‘Girls’
K-pop quartet Aespa released their sophomore mini-album “Girls” and a music video for the lead track on Friday. The album features nine songs, including new tracks “Lingo” and “ICU,” Korean- and English-language versions of “Life’s Too Short” and previously released tracks such…
· Daniel Anderson
Aespa take it to the ‘Next Level’ by delivering speech at the United Nations
K-pop girl group Aespa addressed the United Nations at the UN General Assembly Hall in New York on Tuesday, delivering a speech about sustainable development in the real world and advancement in the metaverse. The speech, which was part of this year’s UN High-level Political…
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