Aespa

Aespa (Korean: 에스파; RR: eseupa; MR: esŭp'a, commonly stylized in all lowercase or æspa) is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment. The group consists of Karina, Giselle, Winter and Ningning. The group debuted on November 17, 2020 with the release of their debut single, "Black Mamba".[1][2]

This article is about the South Korean girl group. For other uses, see Aespa (disambiguation).

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aespa at SBS Radio on December 9, 2020
L–R, top row: Giselle, Karina
L–R, bottom row: Ningning, Winter
Background information
OriginSeoul, South Korea
GenresK-pop
Years active2020 (2020)–present
LabelsSM
Associated acts
Members
  • Karina
  • Giselle
  • Winter
  • Ningning
Korean name
Hangul
Revised Romanizationeseupa
McCune–Reischaueresŭp'a

Name

The group's name, aespa, is a combination of "ae" composed of the English initials of Avatar and Experience (Avatar X Experience), plus the English word "aspect" meaning "two sides", which symbolizes "meeting another self and experiencing the new world".[2]

History

2016–2019: Pre-debut activities

Ningning was introduced as a member of SM Rookies on September 19, 2016. As part of it, she appeared on the Rookies Princess: Who's the Best? segment of the program My SMT in 2016 as well as having recorded several covers for the Korean animated TV program Shining Star in 2017.[3]

Karina appeared in labelmate Taemin's music video for the song "Want" in February 2019 and performed with him on several music programs in the weeks following.[4][5]

2020–present: Introduction, debut with "Black Mamba" and "Forever"

On October 26, SM Entertainment announced that it would be debuting a new girl group, the first since Red Velvet in 2014[6] and the first overall idol group since NCT in 2016. The members were revealed individually from October 27 to 30 (in order: Winter, Karina, Ningning, and Giselle) as well as the name aespa.[7] SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man further explained about aespa's concept in the 2020 World Cultural Industry Forum that was held online on October 28.[8] A video trailer with all four members was revealed on November 2.[9] On the same day, the agency announced that aespa will release their debut single "Black Mamba" on November 17.[10] The group made their broadcast debut on KBS2's Music Bank on November 20 where they performed their debut single.[11] The group also reached number one on the K-pop music video charts of China's biggest music-streaming service, QQ Music for three consecutive weeks.[12] On January 17, 2021, Aespa received their first ever music show win for their debut single on Inkigayo.[13]

On January 29, 2021, SM Entertainment announced Aespa will be making a comeback with "Forever", which is a remake of a single by Yoo Young-jin, released for SM Entertainment's holiday album Winter Vacation in SMTOWN.com in 2000.[14] The single was released on February 5, 2021.[15]

Members
  • Karina (카리나) – leader, vocalist, rapper, dancer[16][17][18]
  • Giselle (지젤) – vocalist, rapper[19][17][20]
  • Winter (윈터) – vocalist, dancer[21][17]
  • Ningning (닝닝) – vocalist[22][17]

Discography

Singles
List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[23]		 KOR
Hot
[24]		 MLY
[25]		 NZ Hot
[26]		 SGP
[27]		 US World
[28]		 WW
[29]
"Black Mamba" 2020 49211437135138 Non-album single
"Forever" (약속) 2021 ——————— TBA
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory

Videography
Song title Year Length Notes Ref.
"Black Mamba" 2020 3:49 Debut song [31]
"Forever" (약속) 2021 5:06 Originally released for SM Entertainment Winter Vacation in SMTOWN.com holiday album [32][15]

Concert

Concert participation

Awards and nominations
Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Asian Pop Music Awards[lower-alpha 1] 2020 Best New Artist (Overseas) Aespa Won [35]
Gaon Chart Music Awards 2021 New Artist of the Year – Digital "Black Mamba" Won [36]
MuBeat Global Choice Award (Female) Aespa Nominated [37]
Seoul Music Awards 2021 Rookie of the Year Won [38]
K-wave Popularity Award Nominated [39]
Popularity Award Nominated

Notes
  1. Hosted by the Hong Kong Asia Pacific International Group and Sunway Records, the Asian Pop Music Awards bases its winners on "Asian Pop Music Chart" which opened on September 2019.[34]

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