Aespa on their personal identity, being active all-rounders and what’s next on their wish list


Aespa’s meteoric rise to K-pop stardom in the last year has been nothing short of revolutionary. With three songs that garnered incredible success under their belt, we find out what’s next for Karina, Winter, Giselle and Ningning


K-pop has taken the world by storm and Aespa, South Korea’s latest girl group, is riding the wave—but in inimitable fashion. Their music unfolds a new world where the four members, Karina, Winter, Giselle and Ningning, meet and interact with their avatar egos. The group’s name originates from a combination of ‘ae’, from the English initials of ‘avatar’ and ‘experience’, and ‘aspect’, which symbolises the two sides of meeting another self.






Editor-in-Chief: Norman Tan
Photography: Dukhwa Jang
Fashion direction: Desmond Lim
Styling: Kim Wook
Hair: Chunil Cho, Woo Ri and Jinsol Yu
Make-up: Sunyoung Kwon, Heekyoung Kim, Bokyoung Kim and Seowon Lee
Producer: Kelly Shu
Visual director: Seajun Kim
Visual planning: Yerin Kim
Set stylist: Hoseung Shin
Production: A Project
Story edited by: Amelia Chia