#Whiplash Universe aespa

[spiderrem]

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[venompinks]

AE-AESPA ✷ WHIPLASH UNIVERSE

[smsource]

ae-aespa: Whiplash Universe

[aerishines]

Æ Aespa 에스파 Whiplash Universe

[lgbtqism]

aespa 에스파 'Whiplash' ae-GISELLE, ae-WINTER, ae-KARINA & ae-NINGNING: Whiplash Universe

aespa 에스파 The 5th Mini Album〖Whiplash〗

➫ 2024.10.21 6PM (KST)

🔗 aespa.com

💿 aespa.lnk.to/whiplash

[innocent-diamond-2090110]

♪ "Under pressure, body sweating — Can you focus? // I DELIVER, I CAN PROMISE — I'M THE COLDEST" ♪

ONE LOOK, GIVE 'EM WHIPLASH! I'm so glad that the actual song & MV sound much better than the teaser snippet. It's not apparent how "Whiplash" relates to aespa's universe lore, but since there are new ae-avatars for the girls, this might be a new world & storyline. This MV is another insane mix of multiple things happening at once:

Filming set/equipment (there are several items that I don't know the names of)

Various dance sets (typical "box MV" stuff, but each is so cool & different)

Random martial arts poses (I have no explanation for this, but the girls are ready to FIGHT BACK when necessary)

Color inversion scenes (i.e. what traditional film negatives look like)

Intermittent text boxes (black & white ones were OK, but the red ones kind of hurt my eyes)

Outdoor building scenes (I have no idea what those pieces of metal are supposed to be when assembled together)

Last but not least... RUNWAY CATWALK STRUTS!

Does anyone else think that this song & MV are like a mix of 4minute's "Mirror Mirror" & "Crazy"?

My favorite B-side is "Flowers"! It has a very creepy/spooky feel (perfect for October/Halloween), similar to "Mine". I heard the word "dahlia" in the lyrics & immediately thought of (G)I-DLE's "DAHLIA". (If you understand Cantonese, then it might also sound like Candy Lo's "Flowers on the Ground" to you.)

Full CD is here on YouTube Music!

[black-arcana]

aespa 에스파 'Whiplash' ae-AESPA : Whiplash Universe.

aespa 에스파 The 5th Mini Album〖Whiplash〗 ➫ 2024.10.21 6PM (KST)

[wrongsoul]

Aespa: Whiplash Universe (2024) ⛓️

[dojae-huh]

https://x.com/nct20resonance/status/1843320018156859835?s=46&t=x7j2w6CYEpRdkNt-l45cSA

lmao

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Aespa's Whiplash promo pics are phenomenal. If only their stage clothes were as good... heh. SM can't keep up the bar even on all fronts.

Btw, the OP is an SM-fan (multistan). There is life outside of subfandoms...

The tunnel might represent a wormhole or a passage through universes in SMCU lore. aespa's current chapter of the lore involves parallel dimensions. In Ay-Yo neos were moving dimensions/escaping illusions by Black Mamba.

[linyuner90]

aespa 에스파 'Whiplash' : Whiplash Universe

[wingedmilkshakewolf]

aespa 에스파 'Whiplash' ae-GISELLE : Whiplash Universe

[sanstropfremir]

Hey! What did you think about KBS Gayo Daejun? I’m still making my way through the stages but it’s so nice to see more third gen groups there *cough MAMA cough*

hello hello!! i also haven't watched every stage but also there were SO many, so i'm not gonna do a whole long post like i did for mama. i will talk about some of my faves though!

i generally really like gayo daejuns because they're basically just music shows with a little more special sauce, and i like that sort of middle range between a normal stage and a big stadium event like mama. this provides an opportunity for groups to spice up their performances a bit without the same massive pressure of production value and in that way it's a little more equalizing. i do wish they hadn't cut up the performances by song because it was pretty clear that most of them were meant to run together (per artist, i mean). it's a petty grievance but i have those sometimes.

my favourite stages were, to no one's surprise probably: sf9, sunmi, and red velvet. nearly choked on my goddamn lunch being so aggressively confronted by jaeyoon in that tiny tiny sparkly bolero jacket, and honestly every outfit in that stage is whiplash inducing. taeyang? that fluffy thing youngbin was wearing?? rowoon's floor length sparkly duster???? there was so much happening. god i really wish they had promoted for more than a week. red velvet as always performs excellent and i wasn't expecting to see psycho in 2021 but i'll never say no to that. i also wasn't expecting sunmi to do a league cosplay stage but...happy belated halloween i guess??? her stylist absolutely fucking NAILED it though, and the you can't sit with us outfit too, wow. brave girls had a great stage also even their outfits were extremely unflattering, which is rare for them. i liked the skz stage as well, even though it was pre-filmed. tbz's christmas version of thrill ride was cute, i really liked nu'est's remix of inside out, and liked that kang daniel chose to do antidote (one of my sleeper faves from this year) even though i think paranoia was the more popular of the two songs. loved the inexplicable decision to launch mark and jeno in the air on springboards at the beginning of the universe stage, it brought some much needed levels to everything. couple of other costume standouts: i liked the detailing on txt's jackets and big fan of the weird 2000s techno feel of aespa's outfits. also the silhouette of minyoung's dress for that ost stage was really lovely even if it was constructed a bit weird when i saw it in close ups. i didn't particularly like the legends of kpop stage but there objectively wasn't anything wrong with it, it just wasn't all that interesting to watch, and the way to go cover was fine, but felt weirdly disconnected? i think it was my brain trying to reconcile the very very current styling with a song that is very deeply engrained to look extremely 2010. everything else was fine and/or not really my speed, but that's pretty normal as far as watching a big show with lots of groups goes.

[black-arcana]

aespa 에스파 'Whiplash' ae-AESPA : Whiplash Universe.

aespa 에스파 The 5th Mini Album〖Whiplash〗 ➫ 2024.10.21 6PM (KST)

[wingedmilkshakewolf]

aespa 에스파 'Whiplash' ae-WINTER : Whiplash Universe

[wingedmilkshakewolf]

aespa 에스파 'Whiplash' ae-KARINA : Whiplash Universe

[wingedmilkshakewolf]

aespa 에스파 'Whiplash' ae-NINGNING : Whiplash Universe