BRAT is a cultural moment, and its because of hyper-honesty. Its flashy, its catchy, its literally saying in 360 specifically that Charli has been the blueprint since she put Icona Pop on the map MASSIVELY, you just havent noticed yet.
AESPA was the original 4th generation girl group, they have the original IT girl, Karina, and they even have the first mega hit. This single is saying the same thing that 360 is saying.
I believe they are shading a different girl group, even a HYBE one, but for some reason everyone is attesting this to ILLIT and NewJeans’ situation. Its making so much noise already, and i’ll admit that it’s so catchy that it IS my favorite release of the year.
I would say that Charli also had just come off of a semi flop, semi hit with Crash. Similar to Aespa. Theyve been a little wobbly recently with critical reception, however it feels like in a parallel way Aespa has found their ‘sound’ like Charli has.
I think whiplash
