The difference between aespa’s Coachella performance in the photos taken by media and in videos recorded by audiences

aespa has just performed their first stage at Coachella but the atmosphere was quite unusual.

On the morning of April 24th (KST), aespa made their debut on the stage of Coachella, the largest music festival in the world. Being the 3rd K-pop group after BLACKPINK and 2NE1 to appear at this huge event, aepsa attracted keen attention from global music fans. Right after the news of aespa’s Coachella debut was reported, netizens immediately compared them to the senior girl group BLACKPINK.

However, as in the videos of aespa recorded by Coachella audiences, it seems like the stage of SM’s girlgroup was not as spectacular as expected. The crowd seems to get bored and not everyone was hyping over the girls’ performances. 

Even when NingNing tried to heat up the atmosphere by shouting “Are you ready?”, not many people replied to her. In other videos taken from different angle which is far away from the stage, it can be seen that many people were leaving the venue.

One of the reasons to explain this kind of atmosphere that lacked excitement at Coachella was that the girl group from SM performed during break time. At that time, many audiences went far away from the stage to take a rest or they just left after watching performances of their favorite artists.

Some comments from netizens:

• aepsa had the chance to perform on the Main Stage but the atmosphere was quite boring!
• It’s so weird to see no one was hyping over the performance 
• Maybe it’s the camera’s angle that makes us think the event didn’t have many audiences

aespa is still a rookie girl group but the girls did try to bring exciting performances to one of the largest music festivals in the world. They decorated the stage of Coachella with a series of hit songs, including “Black Mamba” and “Savage”, and also introduced a brand new song called “Life’s Too Short”. Despite mixed responses, the appearance at Coachella will definitely become one of the most memorable milestones in aespa’s career.

It is true that aepsa’s stage is not comparable to BLACKPINK’s two-day performance at Coachella 3 years ago. Looking back on BLACKPINK’s legendary Coachella appearance, the 4 girls Jennie, Ji-soo, Rosé and Lisa made the crowd shout and cheer enthusiastically right from the moment they stepped on the stage. It was the unexpectedly explosive reactions of Coachella audiences for BLACKPINK that answered all netizens’ suspicions about the popularity of this girl group. Until now, not only BLINKs but nonfans still got goosebumps every time they watch BLACKPINK’s Coachella stage again.