We them girls, we them girls, we them girls
Aespa’s finally made their highly anticipated comeback on July 8, 2022, at 1 P.M. KST, with their second mini-album, “Girls”. Prior to the album’s drop, aespa has already set new records, with SM Entertainment announcing that the 4-member group’s album has reached 1,610,517 stock pre-orders.
This means that aespa has broken the record for the highest number of stock pre-orders achieved by any girl group in history, with BLACKPINK formerly holding their record of 1,028,888 for their “THE ALBUM” in 2020. Both girl groups are the only ones with albums surpassing 1 million stock pre-orders.
“Girls” consists of 9 songs—2 pre-release tracks (“Illusion” and “Life’s Too Short”), their first 2 lead singles (“Black Mamba” and “Forever”), “Dreams Come True”, a Korean version of “Life’s Too Short”, “Lingo”, “ICU”, and title track “Girls”.
The lead single for the second mini-album, “Girls”, is described as a dance track with wobble bass and rough synth sounds and has lyrics expressing the continuation of aespa and æ-aespa’s journey with Naevis. The music video sees the members’ acting in their specific roles in their lore while trying to continue their journey to KWANGYA.
The song itself may be a little bit hard to understand due to their lore, but fans were nevertheless hooked by the powerful showcase of their vocals, rap, and choreography.
girls by aespa (2022) pic.twitter.com/IJKGxitUZz
— ً (@kmvfilms) July 8, 2022
nct 127's 'kick it' x aespa's 'girls' parallels pic.twitter.com/JVHqAKYw0s
— 천재현♡̴ (@jaehvunism) July 8, 2022
AESPA’S MAIN RAPPER GISELLE EVERYONE pic.twitter.com/Y2CpbzGgar
— ًً (@thatshotg) July 8, 2022
aespa doesn't have a bad b-side pic.twitter.com/BJNOEy8x1G
— 니코니 (@thinkingwinter) July 8, 2022
NCT 127 aespa
Kick It Girls
2020 2022 pic.twitter.com/P6du7ikVel— SooMan Stan 🔱 | #HereIAmKAI (@smstan_tuwir) July 8, 2022
Girls is aespa's best mv for sure
— Gab (@mawthafawkuh) July 8, 2022
aespa is a vocal group where all of them girls can sing and belt high notes with ease.. i need everyone to accept this as soon as possible
— 🕸 (@girlsforina) July 8, 2022
sm is so lucky to have aespa. all of the girls excel in everything and they’re one of the most talented and unique groups on the kpop scene right now. truly the whole package.
— ٍ (@ningcentric) July 8, 2022
Watch their MV here.
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