1 year ago today. aespa - SYNK Winter got released and Ae-Winter was introduced for the first time.

When people couldn't tell Winter and Giselle apart.

When people really thought SM was going to allow people to own the idols virtually.

When people thought SM would create a virtual hotel for fans to do creepy things to idols.

All the talk leading up to the debut was something else.

I was really excited with these introductions, though. A lot of hype was built and the members' skills were showcased very well. For this reason, you can't blame people for stanning before the group debuted.