aespa slayed. That’s all you need to know.
On May 8, 2023 at 6 P.M. KST, SM Entertainment finally released aespa’s highly anticipated EP, “MY WORLD,” along with the music video for its title track, “Spicy.” This is the 4-member girl group’s third EP, released almost a year after their 2nd EP, “Girls” which dropped in July 2022.
“MY WORLD” consists of 6 tracks, with 1 track serving as the album’s lead single and another as its pre-release single. Each of the songs in aespa’s 3rd EP had videos accompanying them, which were dropped prior to their comeback date—the track video for “I’m Unhappy” was released on May 3, 2023, followed by “Salty & Sweet” on May 4, 2023, and then “Thirsty” on May 5, 2023.
Prior to the album’s release, SM Entertainment confirmed that aespa had reached a total of 1.8 million stock pre-orders for “MY WORLD”, and had surpassed their previous personal best record of 1.61 million stock pre-orders for “Girls”.
South Korean real-time music chart Hanteo Chart also confirmed that “MY WORLD” has broken the record for the highest 1st day of sales by a female group in their history, having sold around 1.19 million copies (and counting, as of writing).
“Spicy” is described as a “dance song with an intense synth-bass sound dynamic beat rhythm.” The song’s lyrics and vibe highlight aespa’s versatility and unique charms as the group “temporarily” departs from the metaverse and entered the “real world” for this comeback.
MYs definitely caught the spice aespa was talking about in their “Spicy” track, and were happy to have been “blessed” with new music from one of the best 4th generation K-Pop girl groups.
and just like that aespa won the summer comeback war with spicy! pic.twitter.com/S7E2Si48sD
— 하늘 (@wntrult) May 8, 2023
AESPA SAVING THE SUMMER pic.twitter.com/l2eyOpwGcB
— ً (@wintercvnt) May 8, 2023
aespa — Spicy (2023) pic.twitter.com/gyG6JkjHBb
— 하늘 (@wntrult) May 8, 2023
KARINA THE WOMAN THAT YOU ARE pic.twitter.com/VGHpXmsnpR
— aespa pics (@aespapic) May 8, 2023
we gotta give credit to karina for perfectly opening aespa’s title tracks from black mamba to spicy, being able to capture the audience right from the get-go. truly the best opening fairy 🧚♀️pic.twitter.com/c04jVhjIeH
— k’s 🌶️ (@yoonyusj) May 8, 2023
aespa’s main rapper giselle pic.twitter.com/A7eNpe8Fbs
— ًً (@thatshotg) May 8, 2023
aespa had everything against them and yet they still got the top. they are the real 4th gen leaders and let this finally be the moment y’all put some respect on their names!
aespa is now the Girl Group with the Highest 1 Day Sales in Hanteo History with 1.1M (still counting) pic.twitter.com/ij02IuTEq3
— 하늘 (@wntrult) May 8, 2023
THIS IS HOW YOU OPEN A SONG! pic.twitter.com/EtB6Xnuvgj
— aespa pics (@aespapic) May 8, 2023
aespa youtube channel just posted a official audios of 'my world album' tracks and its represent each members!
karina – i'm unhappy
giselle – thirsty
winter – 'til we met again
ningning – salty & sweet pic.twitter.com/kmujZeygcZ— mizu 🌶️ (@mizugamiza) May 8, 2023
so where's the aespa that was removed from the "4th gen a-list groups" you're talking about? THEY CAME AND WILL FOREVER STAY pic.twitter.com/VuD1m8Yo5I
— َ (@inthefIat) May 8, 2023
aespa truly won the cb war and im ready to write think pieces against people who think otherwise!pic.twitter.com/Sy9FYsNFQS
— ً (@nyzcarey) May 8, 2023
https://twitter.com/user21145/status/1655502875928453121?s=20
aespa’s kwangya sound vs real world sound… no one is doing it like them. truly. pic.twitter.com/7PR1gPFbAn
— 👾 (@blackmambaera) May 8, 2023
.@aespa_official's "MY WORLD" breaks the record for the highest 1st day of sales by a female group on Hanteo's history with 1.19M copies sold so far (still counting). pic.twitter.com/5bZ3XMtoKR
— aespa charts #MYWORLD (@aescharts) May 8, 2023
this feels like shade to all the people that said aespa ditched their concept…don’t worry just wait for ae1 and aespa will be back with the battles pic.twitter.com/Oi1692YFNp
— 하늘 (@wntrult) May 8, 2023
AESPA IS BACK DONT PLAY pic.twitter.com/l9CxE6oWKK https://t.co/1qdpySkWuF
— rie (@LOVENlNG) May 8, 2023
the director said cut but all aespa heard was “make the best summer track of 4th generation” pic.twitter.com/KQqbedKYy4
— ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ (@thegodrina) May 8, 2023
"out of A-list" "aespa is over" " they aren't relevant anymore" "hiatuses are not for everyone" pic.twitter.com/4boCsu9BAJ
— ali (@sooyapaved) May 8, 2023
Congratulations on your successful comeback, aespa! You girls are truly one group to look out for, no matter what the haters keep saying. Keep slaying, girlies!
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