What has Aespa done that warrants this much popularity?

Because they are super talented and wonderful! Aespa is a fresh breath of air to the Kpop industry in my personal opinion! The concept they are taking on is unique, and different! Not to mention their visuals are by far the best imo! Literally all of them are stunning! Giselle is an amazing rapper with a hardcore flow, karina on the other hand has a more chill and relaxed type of rapping style, which is cool! Ning Ning and winter are both powerhouse vocalists!

All in all, Aespa is a group with 4 amazing aces with the personalities to match!

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Quote from Mark-Lee

> not meant to shade

> proceeds to shade

People just like them. Get over it.

i don't think OP shaded them though. OP wrote some valid criticisms that you just don't agree with, which is completely valid as well.

I think they're all pretty funny, and they go viral a LOT for the most strange things but I think also it's the case of everyone piling on them at first and then starting to see them improving, and then changing their minds.

Luna at first wasn't very highly regarded because while she was an above average singer, she wasn't that great for an SM main vocal but after debut she basically worked and shot up her vocal skill so far that she even SURPASSED Taeyeon in terms of vocal skills. That journey gained her quite a few fans including me. She's my favorite SM main vocal because of it.

I'm hoping Ningning pulls off a similar journey, because I see a lot of potential in her that drew her to me.

That's kinda the case with most SM groups though.

The song was also pretty nostalgic and different which ofc helped them and they gained popularity for that.

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i don't think OP shaded them though. OP wrote some valid criticisms that you just don't agree with, which is completely valid as well.

You can bet he's being shady and bitter. He's a well-known troll.

Debuted under SM.

They are a new SM girl group it's expected that fans are gonna be interested in them. I mean, their last SM girl group debuted in 2014. it's kind of similar when red velvet debuted back then they seem to be a well rounded group and the girls are likeable so. I'm sure Hybe gg and YGNGG will get that much attention too.

1. SM

2. they're all conventionally attractive according to both western and korean standards

3. enjoyable music and likeable members

4. they're all decently skilled according to each member's individual role

they're okay but the first two gave them a huge advantage, so i mostly agree with you. i do think their concept is fairly creative despite being "typical girl-crush". SM did a good job by using what's popular and adding a certain twist to it.

For me, i was slightly interested just cause they were a SM group, but the members are likable. Winter has definitely been a strong stan attractor (for me anyway). And i think how SM is doing their style (the infamous hair commercial that is their studio choom video).

But before any of that, the SMCU concept really drew me in. It’s interesting see other groups reference Aespa’ concept and that’s made their lore more interesting and accessible. Like i know EXO has lore, but i’ve never really understood it. SM has went ABOVE and beyond to make sure fans/anyone can understand aespa lore and i’m just overall excited to see where i got after they released the 10min SMCU video.

SM fandoms tend to be large and prebuilt + ads

big 3 privilege

>SM gg (probably the main factor, SM stans are really good at hyping their groups/idols)

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>grill crush but this time with 2deep4me lore

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I think Ningning's shaking leg video clip hit over 120 M views on weibo in a couple of days.

120M view ???????????????????

just for the video when she notice that the camera is filming her when she's shaking her leg :OOOO

tbh though I'm just stanning Ningning's mandu cheeks and winria (not love interest shipping but they really take care of eachother) Giselle can also hit some hard bars out from west as well so yea. They all have stannable qualities and I only listed one of each -- fans like what they like.

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You can bet he's being shady and bitter. He's a well-known troll.

mark, you're taking this a bit too seriously. it was just an opinion

Their daily views is lower than ITZY mafia now. There must be something wrong about its.