Why did aespa Life’s too short chart poorly compared to blackpink Ice Cream?

    Both are flops compared to their Korean promoted tt


    But🍦 charted a lot better, peaking at #6 and in top 100 for 22 weeks


    Both are the top ggs in Korea, so why was there such a difference in initial charting?

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    why are u comparing a top group with a rookie? Also one was a collab with one of the most popular artist.

    Because no one comes clos to BP, that's the actual answer. Forget about ice cream, they also charted crazy over you, love to hate me and bet you wanna, all english songs.

    LTS already leaked 2 months ago so the hype were gone

    not even a blink but I will die on this hill that Ice Cream was a good song. And while i'm add it I will burn on the pyre that Twice IGBAS is a good song too. I don't want to hear any objections.


    As for Aespa LTS the song is just okay. Not bad to listen to if it's on but no one is going to go out of their way to listen to it if it's not already playing unless they are a my.

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    not even a blink but I will die on this hill that Ice Cream was a good song. And while i'm add it I will burn on the pyre that Twice IGBAS is a good song too. I don't want to hear any objections.


    As for Aespa LTS the song is just okay. Not bad to listen to if it's on but no one is going to go out of their way to listen to it if it's not already playing unless they are a my.


    Ice Cream was a bop and a half, better than all the other English tracks by a country mile. IGBAS has literally some of the best Kpop rap verses ever.

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    not even a blink but I will die on this hill that Ice Cream was a good song. And while i'm add it I will burn on the pyre that Twice IGBAS is a good song too. I don't want to hear any objections.


    As for Aespa LTS the song is just okay. Not bad to listen to if it's on but no one is going to go out of their way to listen to it if it's not already playing unless they are a my.

    Don’t agree


    I don’t think Ice cream is a bad song but imo it has no replay factor


    While aespa life too short is a bit toned down but is really easy to listen too, the chorus is great. I’ve had it on loop in my playlist since it came out

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    why are u comparing a top group with a rookie? Also one was a collab with one of the most popular artist.

    God I love this.


    When it suits Aespa are FOURTH GEN QUEENS COMING FOR BLACKPINKS HEADS! THEIR POWER UNSTOPPABLE, AESKARMA GON GET YA!!! :pepe-flirt:



    However when theres some criticism or questioning... No no don't hurt Aespa, they just sweet unskilled rookies, they are fresh face babes in the woods, please be kind... :shyr::wave-cry-raccoon:

    It's kinda funny how k-pop fans zero in on group popularity being the sole reason why a song charts great whenever it suits them, and other times zero in on the song being good - and not at all group popularity giving a boost - as the sole reason for a song charting great.


    It's both. Group popularity can give a song a boost on charts, promotion can do that too, and a song being catchy does it too.


    If Ice Cream still did well, then it's simply because BP's and Gomez' popularity gives it a boost and because more people liked the song. If English songs like Aespa's LTS and BP's Love to Hate Me and Crazy Over You charted badly on Korean charts, then Aespa's and BP's popularity wasn't enough to give those songs a much needed boost, and the songs' catchiness wasn't enough to make enough Koreans aware of the songs and listen to them, and like them.

    Because that LTS song is full of cultural appropriation. We know they don’t speak like this regularly because most of the lyrics in that song are from Black culture.


    No thanks.

    maybe tell aespa not to use aave every two seconds while they sing. they dont know how to enunciate some of the words and it makes them sound cringe.

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    maybe tell aespa not to use aave every two seconds while they sing. they dont know how to enunciate some of the words and it makes them sound cringe.


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    Because that LTS song is full of cultural appropriation. We know they don’t speak like this regularly because most of the lyrics in that song are from Black culture.


    No thanks.

    Isn’t blackpink a lot more guilty of this though?


    And I don’t hunk Koreans care that much

    LTS sounds like a generic song from a OST and Ice Cream does not.

    Its really funny cause according to mys Aespa is basically the leading gg in sk and has the biggest momentum rn, yet they still can't chart a very much anticipated comeback song high

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    Isn’t blackpink a lot more guilty of this though?


    And I don’t hunk Koreans care that much

    guilty is guilty. Neither one does it well and both should stop.


    And yeah Koreans may not care but since Aespa is supposed to be the “next big thing” in the west, they are making it harder to do so by stealing from other cultures. The rapping is bad enough (they have no good rappers in that group). They don’t need to use AAVE or mock other cultures on top of that.

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    Isn’t blackpink a lot more guilty of this though?


    And I don’t hunk Koreans care that much

    Then all the biggest BG rapline are more guilty :-(

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