Aespa confirms Whiplash was meant to release in Jan/ Feb of this year and they also recorded an English ver!

Ahhh, they work so hard! It reminds me of when Twice had comebacks in between parts of their tour last year, it was crazy. I hope they can still get enough rest!

And maybe the English version of Whiplash will be released too, at some point? Since it's already recorded

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They’re working too much imo! They’re doing back to back festivals and performances this is how idols burnout hope they take look after their health.

They thought whiplash Eng ver would release with the album? Maybe SM has something else in mind

I agree, so many activities one after another isn't good and may lead to burnout. Do they continue the tour this year or is it early next year? If next year, I hope they can get some time off, though knowing SM it might be hard.

Yes, sometimes the English version of the track is added at the end of the album. So maybe they're keeping it for something else?

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I agree, so many activities one after another isn't good and may lead to burnout. Do they continue the tour this year or is it early next year? If next year, I hope they can get some time off, though knowing SM it might be hard.

They do resume tour early next year but their schedule is booked with multiple award show appearances and they’ll probably attend year end shows (gayos). Winter also just hinted a few days ago that they *might release a Christmas song. SM is planning on releasing an SMTown album for their 30th Anniv + a couple SMTown concerts on January 2025 too so…

…seems like it isn’t looking too good for aespa unfortunately 😅

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They do resume tour early next year but their schedule is booked with multiple award show appearances and they’ll probably attend year end shows (gayos). Winter also hinted that they might release a Christmas song either this year or the next a few days ago. SM is planning on releasing an SMTown album for their 30th Anniv + a couple SMTown concerts on January 2025 too so…

…seems like it isn’t looking too good for aespa unfortunately 😅

Oh wow, their schedule is so packed, even aside from the world tour! I know it's their year and SM probably wants to bank on that, but I hope they will get enough rest, so they actually have the strength and energy to perform and enjoy it.

I didn't know about the Christmas song and the anniversary album, thank you for telling me about them! It definitely makes sense that they will be included in the album, as they're one of the two active SM girl groups now. I'm looking forward to new songs and award show performances, but I hope they don't overwork themselves.

From the looks of it, they swapped aespa's comeback and SMNGG debut. It's an actually uncharacteristically smart move marketing-wise for SM. Keep building on the momentum of aespa's meteoric rise rather than interrupt it. It does mean aespa doesn't get a break though, unfortunately. But once SMNGG debuts, they probably will be getting a lot more free time thereafter.