aespa is likened to the second BlackPink of Kpop: SM's influence is not a medium one!

aespa is considered as a Kpop girl group that is having a strong development momentum. aespa consists of 4 members Karina, Giselle, Winter and Ningning. Since its launch in 2020, aespa has surpassed many records and achieved important achievements. While the whole world is facing Covid-19, aespa is still the group that has achieved success, despite the difficulties during the pandemic.

Recently, aespa entered Forbes Asia's 30 Under 30 list. This is also the only K-pop group on the list. This award praises Gen Z stars who have "survived" and developed their careers in the context of the whole world struggling with the pandemic. SCMP believes that aespa has had a significant influence over the past two years.

This is why many people liken aespa as the second BlackPink of Kpop. Meanwhile, there are also opinions that these two groups cannot be compared with each other and both are formidable "powers".

aespa and BlackPink both have four members who have outstanding looks, charisma and talent. Both groups receive great support from Korea's leading entertainment companies, SM Entertainment and YG Entertainment. So, when BlackPink debuted in 2016, aespa debuted in 2020, both were expected to be top Korean stars.

According to information provided by SM Entertainment, aespa's debut music video "Black Mamba" released in November 2020 has garnered 21 million views after only 24 hours and reached 100 million views after only 51 days. This number also becomes the target for aespa's next products. The group also expects the songs to later also enter the Billboard world digital song sales chart.

Blackpink's debut songs, Whistle and Boombayah, also broke records. Both songs topped the Billboard charts at No.1 and 2. Boombayah became the first music video to surpass a billion views on YouTube, according to Soompi.

In February 2021, aespa's management company announced that the group had been selected to become Givenchy's global brand ambassadors. According to Soompi, Givenchy's creative director Matthew Williams said each aespa member's strong personality and style fit the brand's criteria.

Similarly, all four BlackPink members were chosen to represent a high-end fashion brand. Lisa represents Celine, Rosé represents Saint Laurent, Jennie represents Chanel and Jisoo represents Dior.

In addition, members of both groups often advertise and are the faces of many expensive fashion and cosmetic brands around the world.

In 2019, BlackPink debuted the festival in the United States and became the first K-pop girl group to perform at Coachella. By 2022, aespa will also participate in this event. The group performed hits Savage, Next Level, Black Mamba, Life's Too Short - an unreleased track.

So next time, what will aespa continue to do? As expected, the group's second EP titled Girls will be released in July. In the near future, the four members of aespa will also receive more advertising contracts as the latest announcement on The Music Network.

On July 29, after a long wait, BlackPink finally released the MV "Ready For Love" as a work that paved the way for a monumental comeback in August. As soon as it was released, "Ready For Love" quickly achieved many remarkable achievements on music charts and became the K-Pop girl group MV with the most likes since the beginning of 2022.

However, along with impressive achievements, "Ready For Love" is equally controversial when it has many similarities with the concept of girl group aespa.

Specifically, a netizen created a topic with the title "Is BlackPink plagiarizing aespa?" and posted to online forums. In this thread, netizens have attached some images cut from BlackPink's recent Ready For Love MV, as well as various album concepts performed by aespa. When compared side by side, many elements appear to be duplicated.

Some netizens, after referring to the above topic, were surprised at the similarity between BlackPink's MV and aespa's concept:

"Basically the same concept as aespa".

"I'm not a fan of both, but the pictures look alike."

However, some other netizens objected to this view. On the forums, they left comments like:

"I think aespa mimics muscle".

"Why do you say BlackPink copied aespa. It's a song made for a game so they use similar graphics is understandable."

Currently, this story is still the subject of intense controversy on social networks.

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