SNSD, fx, Red Velvet paved the way for Aespa

Aespa outsell Rv with their debut album

everyone knows this

its called big 3 privilege

#1; True statement. I hope SME really gets the overall presentation primed and airtight for Aespa (music, choreo, basically everything) so they can add to the legacy properly.

Sure. I am sure even aespa thinks of these seniors highly.

I agree with you mostly.

The debut hype is something that any group from the top companies will get. People can look down on this privilege as much as they want but ultimately it is deserved, and gained by earning goodwill from fans across the years through consistent delivery of great groups and great music.

And yes, I think their debut timing was just right in avoiding any major friendly fire from SM gg fandoms.

SNSD and Fx's time was over, unlike when RV debuted. Reveluvs also tend to be a pretty chill fandom, and I know many of us remember what they went through upon debut and wouldn't wish that on Aespa. Waiting for Wendy to return and Irene's scandal to die down meant there was likely nothing group wise for some time. I think after Black Mamba was released as well, people could tell that the group had been planned for quite some time and wasn't rushed to cover up anything. Especially with the whole lore and worldview aspect of Aespa.

I think there's also a part 3. The experimental music that all the previous groups dropped has helped people to ease into Aespa as well. Would Next Level & Savage been so well received without the likes of I Got a Boy, Red Light or Zimzalabim coming before it? (or the weirder Suju, Exo and NCT stuff as well tbh).

That said, while there's been some influence from their senior SM groups, Aespa is now forging ahead with their own spin on things and they're doing it damn well.

Here's to their bright future and continued success!!

This could be said for any group that debuts in the big 3 or a company such as big hit or cube

Are there people who don't think they paved the way? That seems to be pretty obvious, particularly in the long build up to releases a la RV.

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Not at all. SM is way ahead of the pack when it comes to these factors. JYP a distant second with WG - miss A - Twice - Itzy - NiziU, but miss A lacked a big fandom to carry over into Twice

Jypn sold 60k albums alone with no revel of anything I think that speaks for itself all big 3 and some other company’s groups will have some type of foundation because of their predecessors but whether the groups becomes a success is down to the group itself If your theory was correct Aespa would have debuted with a successful hit and their Forever comeback would also be as successful

That could be true and their album does have that Red Velvet and F(x) sound especially on Yeppi Yeppi.

That's just the hype of big companies in general regardless if groups are similar. If a new jyp gg comes along they'll inevitably be linked to Twice or Itzy and fans of those groups will likely to check them out, of a new YG gg comes along it will be with BP and blinks (though who wants them as fans lol) and of course a new SM gg will be linked with every gg and each groups' fans will check them out.

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Black Mamba was very successful, and broke certain records. Forever was too boring and not a fully promoted comeback

Black Mamba was a great debut I personally wouldn’t call it a successful debut and Forever was still a comeback whether it’s boring or not Aespa just came back with Savage without promotion yet and it’s doing well by your theory Forever should have been successful too since they had the support of Sm past groups

when you think about it, both f(x) and RV's debut timing was terrible , like the worst you could imagine.

f(x) debuted right through SNSD's golden years and they were tragically overshadowed when they honestly deserved better, they deserved the spotlight. with better title tracks too like Russian Roulette or Peak a boo who both sound like an fx song.

they should have debuted around 2011 when snsd was sent away in Japan and only had like 1 comeback /year. NOT before.

And RV should have debuted around 2015, after SNSD released their last album and almost retired but most importantly, alongside sm treating fx better.

The rejection and hatred RV received was really something.

While aespa debuted when years of people anticipating a new sm gg debut. etc

Most people's gaze was very positive and thrilled when they debuted.