Get ready to stan a new K-pop girl group.
SM Entertainment announced on 26 October that their new girl group, aespa, will debut in November by unveiling the first teaser on aespa's newly-created social media handle.
aespa 에스파: INTRO#aespa #æspa #에스파 pic.twitter.com/eIf0egu6q4
— aespa (@aespa_Official) October 25, 2020
aespa 에스파#aespa #æspa #에스파 pic.twitter.com/RKjToG32gS
— aespa (@aespa_Official) October 25, 2020
Comprising of members Winter, Karina, Ningning, and Giselle, the girls made their official debut on 17 November by dropping their first single, 'Black Mamba' along with the official music video. Watch below.
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Slightly ahead of their debut release, SM Entertainment announced their official fandom name, MY, which represents "my precious friend".
It was also later revealed that the debut single will be a "powerful dance song about aespa's universe" with "a catchy spell-like hook".
#aespa's debut song #BlackMamba to be a powerful dance song about aespa’s universe
— SMTOWN (@SMTOWNGLOBAL) November 12, 2020
Catchy spell-like hook
Story of adventures unrolled upon the realization that 'Black Mamba’ is a threatening existent to the world and a hindrance to the connection of aespa & 'ae', their avatars pic.twitter.com/KGVdeBwAtT
Aespa confirmed earlier this month that they will be making their official debut on 17 November with their first single 'Black Mamba'. Home to groups like Red Velvet, EXO, and NCT, SM explained the meaning behind the group’s name, aespa. Derived from the words "avatar", "experience", and "aspect", "it means to be able to experience a new world through another avatar of yourself." "Aspect" also hints that the group will have multiple sides and facets.
Not missing a trick, fans have previously spotted a spoiler from the ending shot of SuperM’s recent music video, ‘One (Monster & Infinity)’.
Along with introducing new members of the group, virtual avatars of the girls will also be introduced as part of the aespa universe. The group will consist of both virtual and physical counterparts, as SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo Man spoke about the AI girl group concept at the 2020 World Cultural Industry Forum.
During the event, he explained, "Aespa is a new group where the members of the real world and the avatar members of the virtual world coexist, supporting and assisting one another, and they are able to promote together with a revolutionary identity."
Watch the teasers leading up to aespa's debut below.
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View the debut teasers here.
aespa 에스파 [Black Mamba]
— aespa (@aespa_official) November 12, 2020
🎵 2020.11.17 6PM KST#KARINA #카리나#GISELLE #지젤#WINTER #윈터#NINGNING #닝닝#aespa #æspa #에스파#BlackMamba pic.twitter.com/RxMvlJn3DI
Be MY ae! Chilling all together💗 #KARINA #카리나 #æ_KARINA #아이_카리나#GISELLE #지젤 #æ_GISELLE #아이_지젤#WINTER #윈터 #æ_WINTER #아이_윈터#NINGNING #닝닝 #æ_NINGNING #아이_닝닝#aespa #æspa #에스파 pic.twitter.com/p44e7crxfe
— aespa (@aespa_official) November 12, 2020
aespa unveiled teasers back in October, introducing all four members of the group, Winter, Karina, Ningning, and Giselle.
— aespa (@aespa_Official) October 26, 2020
— aespa (@aespa_Official) October 27, 2020
— aespa (@aespa_official) October 28, 2020
— aespa (@aespa_official) October 29, 2020
aespa will be joining Big Hit’s new boy group, ENHYPEN, in November debuts. Stay tuned for updates.
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