aespa is one of the most outstanding 4th generation Kpop girl groups, so what makes them so popular within a short time?
aespa is currently SM’s major girl group with a lot of potential to become the leading girl group of Kpop 4th generation. Within only a year, the group went from a controversial rookie to an A-tier idol group, setting impressive records and even surprising many famous seniors.
aespa clearly shot to fame after the release of the smash hit “Next Level”, but that is not the only factor that helps aespa succeed. Recently, a Korean netizen listed down the Top 10 reasons why aespa could achieve success faster than their peers:
- Getting pushed by a good company.
- Unique concept.
- NingNing and Winter’s unique vocals.
- Karina and Winter’s visuals.
- Attracting foreign fans thanks to NingNing and Giselle.
- Has a top-notch visual combination of Karina – Winter like Irene – Seulgi and Sulli – Krystal.
- High-quality stages
- Created AI characters that are very popular on YouTube and used by many fans as a meme.
- Excellent music quality.
- No excessive media play. If idols appear too much in the media, it will easily cause the public to be tired. In the case of aespa, they can pique curiosity for the public.
This post has sparked a fierce debate on the famous Korean online community Pann. Most of the comments agree with these 10 reasons and add that the success of aespa is “God’s will”. The group is perfect from concept, visuals to music. In particular, the popularity of the duo Karina – Winter is said to be one of the key factors that contribute to aespa’s impact.
- Groups getting hate on Pann before debut and right after debut always succeed. This is a tradition.
- Any group that Pann girls get jealous on will succeed no matter what.
- aespa is destined for success. They have a unique concept, pretty and cute visuals, interact with fans well, have enjoyable stages, and their music is great.
- aespa has great visuals like Karina and Winter. Especially Karina, she suits Lee Sooman’s futuristic concept perfectly.
- aespa succeeds because they are adorable.
However, anti-fans claim aespa succeeded because the group followed the same “formula” as BLACKPINK, but is not as good as the original. Some netizens even bring up aespa’s pre-debut controversies, such as the rumor of Karina badmouthing her seniors to criticize aespa for “establishing popularity from scandals”.
- aespa is another version of BLACKPINK. There are so many similarities, especially the way they get pushed by the companies and all the media play.
- If it were not for SM’s media play, aespa could not have been so famous
- aespa is bad at dancing, good at singing but lip syncs too often.
- SM needs to let the group sing live. They have solid vocal skills but they lip sync and get bashed for this all the time.
