Hacking into the musical stylings of hyperpop, glitchcore, and even action-hero movie soundtracks, aespa entered the wilderness of KWANGYA to rescue their ae through the singles “Next Level,” “Savage,” and “Girls.” The former Up Next artists know their partnership with the Metaverse concept is unique in K-pop, especially being the first group to be introduced as part of their label SM Entertainment’s SM Culture Universe, a cinematic storytelling universe for music. “They can express things that we in real life can’t, or haven’t yet,” Giselle tells Apple Music. Debuting in 2020 with the sinister synth-pop single “Black Mamba,” the Seoul-based K-pop quartet of Karina, Giselle, Winter, and Ningning emerged with four distinct alter egos: their ae avatars, formed in the fantastical parallel universe of KWANGYA and brought together by the mysterious AI leader Naevis. Aespa don’t just sing about a techno-utopian future-they’re living in one.
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