@@okaylol5608 they experiment alot, they've been doing this before. idk they always make it work in the end tho. at first listen that part rlly was surprising but i cant stop listening now 😭
It's an SM tradition to make a song with 2-4 songs or segments of a song in it. I'm very proud of the vocals Ningning and Winter showcased. We finally also got Karina and Giselle's rap.
I Got A Boy - Red Light - Zimzalabim - Next Level Rising Sun - Sherlock (Clue & Note) - Cherry Bomb - One (Monster & Infinity) - House Party [credits from Hai Nguyen Thanh] sm taking it too fast for aespa (umm this is all about how like the songs sounds like more than 1 song that's put together)
@@EmbraceTheK-Pop ehhh Sm bought the rights and literally changed the whole song lmao Haters who try’s to bring them down because of this are as dumb as the ones who said that weeekly copied Ava Max just because they sampled it. Sry but you sound stupid as hell at least you tried 😂
@@EmbraceTheK-Pop u tried but failed kiddo ur coment really said u dont know anything about the music industry even western artists do this concept of reeraging others songs ... u sound dump af 🤣
This legit reminded me of GG 'The Boys' and 'I got a boy'. I love this song though I m not a fan of the overall composition of it but no kpop group is doing such sound these days. Its unique and i love it.
Solo stans are trash, i don't think you have the right to call someone's hardwork "trash" get a life and don't come here just to comment something irrelevant and stupid just go to your fave and watch their repeatable songs.
Solo stans are trash Ohh so you're a boygroup stan who's hating on girlgroups? I got it. Wtf do you mean by remake? Tf is wrong with you? Go to your faves video and comment there not here 'cause what you're doing right now is wasting time by hating on someone. Go away dude. I won't go as far as saying someone's hardwork is trash, have some empathy and think what if someone said your faves song is trash, wonder what your reaction will be.
Solo stans are trash Stop thinking your opinion about this song is relevenant, if you're someone who stan SM then you will understand this genre and song. Don't come here saying "tHeY dEsErVe BettER" then say "tHis sOnG is TrasH" without understanding anything, you hypocrite.
Solo stans are trash I'm a MY wtf do you mean MY's don't like the song? I don't think you understand Sm's types in making song. Are you a bandwagon? Just because you saw someone hating this song on almighty "twitter" people you will go and hate on it too? Just take F(x)'s red light, Snsd's I got a boy and Red Velvet's Zimzalabim and you will get what i meant. Go read it again and take your time to anaylze it. Don't just freaking write a reply without understanding the context of my comment okay?
It might have been taken from a song from that movie but the rearranged it to fit their concept. It’s not just SM who does it. Many artist around the world take samples or beats/melodies from songs and rearrange it for themselves. It isn’t something bad.
@@nicolestevenson7888 i've seen similar melodies being changed and stuff like that but this one was a literal copy paste with the sounds and the phrase of next level like BRO. For example starry night by mamamoo has a similar melody with another song but you can't tell the change between both but this one is the same.....
I dont think so i got a boy was way better in term of connection between the beats change, and the chorus of next level is boring, i got a boy have way more impactful
@@freshrainbow7823 i agree, even though I Got a Boy was indeed way more impactful, Next Level's chorus seem kinda plain to me but it's still a very nice song, their voices as incredible (as expected from SM)
@@thevipblink8571 i dont really like the song but i have to admit that the girls have talent, the vocals were incredible and the rap was ok, i still dont know about the choreography, but i really enjoy the part with all the great vocal and rap i think it should have been the whole song
@@orbitiny1117 ikr, they said "beat drop" so i was like expecting a big drop and a dance break maybe then they just left me hanging in the air like why😭
When an SM artist is releasing a new music, most of the stans are not expecting it to be a typical beat or pattern you usually hear. Honestly, when Black Mamba was released, I've seen comments like they feel SM played it safe that time (it's still kinda unique for me tho, with the absence of rap part for an idol song? Yep). Nevertheless, SM songs how complicated it may be at first hear, their artists nailed it that you cannot really comment on their talent and versatility. They are not just releasing songs, they are releasing timeless music and that is the very reason why SM and SM artists will never be a flop despite bigger fandoms out there. I remember how futuristic View and 4walls that people comment that it is so ahead of its time, the bop it is. Some say they are out of trend and should step up their game but they are making things on their own, they are not following it, they are setting it. The SMCU? Who does it like them? Who incorporates all of their artists theories and stories? That's just cool. They are stepping their game and not playing it safe. It's amazing how all of their artists nailed whatever song was given. True talent it is.
there is a theory that Irene from red velvet is Black Mamba and Seulgi is Naevis, because in their sub-unit with Naughty music, both in the end are in Kwangya
That's just SM being SM. I personally don't like this brand of music by SM like this but because they are Aespa, we will still support them. Still a great MV for me. Hopefully on their next song, it will be one song type again.
SM prepare a new GG in 2015, Karina joined in SM in 2017, 2019 SM choosed her as center of this AI concept. 2020 January, Aespa and back up dancer gathering together and learn BM, they debuted in November. Aespa, this name SM register from 1992 but no any GG use it until 2020. Aespa is Lee Soo Man dream team, he imagined anything like this from 1990s. SM spend a bunch of budget, never ever for Aespa.
The moment Naevis appears, she makes them SYNK with their ae so at that moment they are in another place, therefore the song changes, later they come back, and also the song comes back.
Naevis is maybe the counterpart of black mamba which is theoretically, irene&seulgi. (Naevis and blackmamba are twins) in monster mv, irene and seulgi represents each other but only one is the Monster (irene). U can see in the naughty ending that they created a world which is KWANGYA. Nct, exo, superm might also enter the kwangya. Also, the rainbow snakes here represents rv members.
'Progressive music' in terms of genre (unusual song structure, switch-up of tempo, style, and time meters). Usually found in classical music, jazz, and prog rock/metal. This is why this song is a breath of fresh air in kpop, great showcase of creativity and skill in composition. Definitely not everyone's cup of tea and I admire SM for doing these things, always risky moves (first from the concept of Aespa itself, and now in terms of their music).
U can notice how the different choreography from different SM aetists songd mixed in this song. Sm really proving they're the best when it comes to concepts😫🌻
naevis is the other ae with short slick back hair from ep. 1 black mamba. it just so happens that in this video her hair isn't slick back. she's the one who opens the portal for aespa. notice the part when they called her and she appeared the music suddenly changes and the background changes where in ningning's part it looks like she's in a digital world. then we start seeing the ae version of the members so it means that they went to synk or went to the portal which naevis opened trying to reunite with their ae versions to defeat the black mamba (continuation of ep. 1 black mamba).
I will say I normally don't like kpop songs with Rap in it. But when I hear Giselle rap I just melt. She is 100% my bias but we are both Japanese and Korean so I am being a little bias lol but Winter is a very close second as my bias wrecker. Karina looks great in her pigtails and her rapping is very good. Ning Ning has them fire vocals as usual.
I suggest that you watch the teaser video (ep 1- black mamba) first, the story first, for you to fully understand the change in the MV. Also it's amazing how SM can pull off these kinds of concepts, this giving me NCT's resonance vibes. They know how to mash-up different tempos without making it cheesy
OMG FINALLY someone being so honest. Some youtubers are afraid to say what they really want to in fear of being cancelled. I CANNOT get into this song at all. I LOVED black mamba. I bought anything I could at SM that had aespa name on it. YET I CANNOT get into this song. I feel so bad for that also. I wish I could. I tried 4 times already but I am not feeling this song. Sorry but I am honest.
I mean I don't think many are faking their reactions tho 😂❤ I'm honesty obsessed with this song and replay it literally EVERYDAY, it's not something everyone would like but it's still pretty good and one of my favorites 😂❤
@@hueyitlahtoani9242 I have to go by some UA-camrs I have met that literally talk about how you do have to be careful because of the “cancel culture people” lately. The sensitive people. So I personally know some UA-camrs and speaking on those that don’t like the song at all. I’m glad you do but they don’t, I don’t, some others don’t. Yet when some spoke up in their discord or other places they was attacked. Just like some UA-camrs don’t at all like collecting BTS. Then they was attacked by toxic army’s. So really it’s sad some people can’t be honest without being attacked, threatened, canceled, etc. BUT anyways I’m glad you love it. We don’t and I’m speaking on people I know who don’t.
My take of the song is that it shows the 2 different world where the members of aespa crossing in and out of. Reality and along with their alter egos…love this experimentation. It’s new and innovative, keeps you interested. Different from your common predictive elements in music.
i have the same reaction with her, i mean i do really love the song but the second part is really look like out of place. they should have just make it like a bridge for more power on the song. or they should've just make another song with that part.
i know its like 2 years ago and some of yall have probabøy understanded it by now but. the first part until the bridge is "aespas" part of the song. and then theyre calling for naevis which cant leave the FLAT so we get like a FLAT/KWANGYA perspective so after "nævis calling" its actually the ae's part of the song, so its the avatars of aespa who sings. thats why its so different, haha hope it helped
I'm so used to SM doing weird things with their songs that at this point, Next Level is standard. If anything, I agreed with so many other people who said Black Mamba was a safe debut for an SM group (still love it, it just didn't feel as experimental as everything else they were doing). This was the exact type of music I expected from the next generation SM girl group, so I'm glad this is finally the direction that æspa's headed in!
I don't know about others but I liked this on just the first listen. I didn't really like Black Mamba that much because it was quite generic. But this one speaks to me a lot personally because its very different and experimental and I might even be a MY now.
The sad part is that when a popular group release experimental song, people will give them a chance until the song grow on them. BUT when a group from small company release BOP experimental song, y'all would tell it's bad and not your cup of tea 😢
@@saktiaiqbra8145 Yeah, I am curious about those groups. Usually, I rarely found group that have exprermiental song as title track. But, SM, men, we can found those
I don't hate this song, I actually enjoy all of it outside of the bridge, but I do appreciate what they did with it and yes, the music video SLAYED as always.
Same. I knew I wasn't the only one tripping lol the song is great imo but the transitions(in the song) were really sharp. Not so smooth for my taste but the song is still making me bop. Also in the mv I couldn't help but notice the clothes and set? I don't know if anyone else noticed but that set that had them wearing black boots and denim-camo outfits with a sort of orangey-blue/purple background? It reminded me so much of one of Twice's sets on their mv in ICSM, the one where they were also wearing denim outfits, black boots and sort of had an orangey-pinkish/blue colored background. It reminded me so much of that but they were darker and their outfits were more of a camo-like denim. If you've watched ICSM's mv, you'll know what I mean. Anyways, just a thought lol. I wasn't accusing them of unoriginality or anything, they still slayed their outfits🙌🏻 And not to mention their vocals👌🏻
It sounds strange the first time, but the second time I hear it, I'm addicted. I don't think this will be the main track of the upcoming album (because it's a remake) but it will explain more parts about aespa's goals and their worldview. SM always makes a difference to make asepa very special. Let's support the girls!
as an sm stan especially nct recently, i get used to this kind of song that im not suprised anymore. honestly i love it soo muchh lol. may even more than black mamba
And no matter how well we know SM is a house who does this kind of musical experiment, let's admit that we still get shocked, bombarded and confused sometimes. Watching Next Level for the first time, I was laughing because I feel so lost with the song just like I Got A Boy, Zimzalabim and Red Light but after giving it a few more listens, it grew inside me and that's where I said, *"Yes this a bop! Lit! Periodt!"*
At the beat drop part where they say naevis calling, that's actually in the virtual world that's why the rhythm, melody seems like another song and the virtual version of them is like replying to the real version, and naevis is a helper because the virtual version and the real version connection got cut off by a virus called black mamba (in Giselle's and karina rap part ''we against the villian, what's the name, Black mamba'') If you guys read the lyrics and watch the 10 mins movie video that they released before the mv, you'll understand the situation
NEXT LEVEL also seems like a combination of aespa style of music with all of sm groups’ style of music, put into 1 song. At the first part of the song you’ll hear some aespa and f(x) “Ooooh” and “lala lala” part sounds Red Velvet Ningning and Winter’s singing part sounds like SNSD and Super Junior The next set after that sounds like EXO bridges Rap is like = NCT Instrumentals and other unique elements in the song is very SHINee and somehow TVXQ. THIS CULTURE UNIVERSE IS CRAZY AND EVERYONE NOW IS SUPER INVESTED. AHHHH SO EXCITED.
I had the same reaction as you. I was hella confused with the song though I know it's part of SM's style and it's what makes them unique. But after listening to it couple more times, I think it grew on me. LOL
just SM keeping the tradition of thousand songs in just one
PERIODT. 💅♥
lol
idk but i really don't like the fact that they did this, it just doesn't make sense
@@okaylol5608 they experiment alot, they've been doing this before. idk they always make it work in the end tho. at first listen that part rlly was surprising but i cant stop listening now 😭
@@okaylol5608 well it does for me… it’s a SM thing and in my opinion it worked really good with aespa too
SM really said: Here a damn whole album for you
PLSSSS
I laughed so damn hard :D
Hahaha
they could’ve split all 3 songs instead lol. but still living for next level
Anjir ada sialnya
SM Entertainment, expert in merging 3 songs into one.
yes merging but i think just 2 songs with 3 part
IGAB
Not this time~
@@forgetfulstranger ahh poor you
@@forgetfulstranger lol
It's an SM tradition to make a song with 2-4 songs or segments of a song in it. I'm very proud of the vocals Ningning and Winter showcased. We finally also got Karina and Giselle's rap.
Ningning is stealing my eyes on this comeback. she look so pretty but fierce and sexy at the same time haha
I feel like I heard four songs at the same time like they could literally make a mini album from one song😂😂😂
Same here😅😂
it was a mashup
I cant 🤣
I literally heard 5 different songs in one mv🤪
Like a medley 😭
SNSD TIFFANY - Ayo stop, Let me put it down another way
Aespa - Beat Drop!
RIGHT?!
But I think aespa next level need, “let’s bring it back to 1:40” thing XD
And they literally dropped that beat 😂
@@jungdeer6573 what does that mean i know jessica did it in igab but didnt understand it tho😅
@@sayedrouf6744 yup jessica did it so the song back to the 1st song but next level doesn’t have that dorp. Did you understad me? T.T
I Got A Boy - Red Light - Zimzalabim - Next Level
Rising Sun - Sherlock (Clue & Note) - Cherry Bomb - One (Monster & Infinity) - House Party [credits from Hai Nguyen Thanh]
sm taking it too fast for aespa
(umm this is all about how like the songs sounds like more than 1 song that's put together)
yesssssssssss
The Boys too
That right
f(x) redlight too
Next Level isn't as good as the other songs tho..
They really said we’re gonna take Kpop to the next level ✨
They really said we are gonna take a song and just sing it in korean
@@EmbraceTheK-Pop ?? I’m talking about the concept and storyline but anyways stream next level 😍🍉
@@EmbraceTheK-Pop ehhh Sm bought the rights and literally changed the whole song lmao
Haters who try’s to bring them down because of this are as dumb as the ones who said that weeekly copied Ava Max just because they sampled it. Sry but you sound stupid as hell
at least you tried 😂
@@morkswatermelonss the MV and the Visuals are top tier👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
@@EmbraceTheK-Pop u tried but failed kiddo ur coment really said u dont know anything about the music industry even western artists do this concept of reeraging others songs ... u sound dump af 🤣
This legit reminded me of GG 'The Boys' and 'I got a boy'. I love this song though I m not a fan of the overall composition of it but no kpop group is doing such sound these days. Its unique and i love it.
It also reminded me of The boyzs
This really brings me to 2nd generation era, to me it feels like mixed of SNSD's graceful and 2NE1's badass aura in one song! 😍
SM knows how to set a new standard for rookie 👏😌
@Solo stans are trash The song is good tho. You just had no taste
Solo stans are trash, i don't think you have the right to call someone's hardwork "trash" get a life and don't come here just to comment something irrelevant and stupid just go to your fave and watch their repeatable songs.
Solo stans are trash Ohh so you're a boygroup stan who's hating on girlgroups? I got it. Wtf do you mean by remake? Tf is wrong with you? Go to your faves video and comment there not here 'cause what you're doing right now is wasting time by hating on someone. Go away dude. I won't go as far as saying someone's hardwork is trash, have some empathy and think what if someone said your faves song is trash, wonder what your reaction will be.
Solo stans are trash Stop thinking your opinion about this song is relevenant, if you're someone who stan SM then you will understand this genre and song. Don't come here saying "tHeY dEsErVe BettER" then say "tHis sOnG is TrasH" without understanding anything, you hypocrite.
Solo stans are trash I'm a MY wtf do you mean MY's don't like the song? I don't think you understand Sm's types in making song. Are you a bandwagon? Just because you saw someone hating this song on almighty "twitter" people you will go and hate on it too? Just take F(x)'s red light, Snsd's I got a boy and Red Velvet's Zimzalabim and you will get what i meant. Go read it again and take your time to anaylze it. Don't just freaking write a reply without understanding the context of my comment okay?
"This Ningning is superior" yas sis spill the tea 💁🍸
i love how there are so many rap parts, all sayed it , especially giselle
Its a remake of Fast and Furious Hobbs and Shaw Soundtrack
SM really must love remakes
It might have been taken from a song from that movie but the rearranged it to fit their concept. It’s not just SM who does it. Many artist around the world take samples or beats/melodies from songs and rearrange it for themselves. It isn’t something bad.
@@nicolestevenson7888 i've seen similar melodies being changed and stuff like that but this one was a literal copy paste with the sounds and the phrase of next level like BRO. For example starry night by mamamoo has a similar melody with another song but you can't tell the change between both but this one is the same.....
@@EmbraceTheK-Pop ofc it is just like Genie, Hot Summer,
@@EmbraceTheK-Pop SM BOUGHT THE COPYRIGHT :)
@@EmbraceTheK-Pop SM bought the song and even the original composer posts about aespa
To me the contrary happened. I needed to listen to Black Mamba a couple of times, but this? This was an instant like. I love it. It's SO cool.
Is this the new generations GIRLS GENERATION I GOT A BOY? My goodness SM packed so many layers into this amazing single!
I dont think so i got a boy was way better in term of connection between the beats change, and the chorus of next level is boring, i got a boy have way more impactful
No just not
@@Nainka-zq6lt can you.. idk? leave people who have different taste with yall alone?
@@freshrainbow7823 i agree, even though I Got a Boy was indeed way more impactful, Next Level's chorus seem kinda plain to me but it's still a very nice song, their voices as incredible (as expected from SM)
@@thevipblink8571 i dont really like the song but i have to admit that the girls have talent, the vocals were incredible and the rap was ok, i still dont know about the choreography, but i really enjoy the part with all the great vocal and rap i think it should have been the whole song
i recommend you to rewatch "Black Mamba" with captions on😅 you'll definitely understand their current story💕
Okay, we have issues with SM Entertainment but they know how to come up with astonishing and breath taking sets and concepts.
I wish their 'beat drop' actually bring the song HIGHER. A more exciting 'dance break' can make the song more 'complete'.
I agree! The beat drop wasn‘t bad but kind of disappointing
@@orbitiny1117 ikr, they said "beat drop" so i was like expecting a big drop and a dance break maybe then they just left me hanging in the air like why😭
AESPA IS LITERALLY ON "NEXT LEVEL 🔥
When an SM artist is releasing a new music, most of the stans are not expecting it to be a typical beat or pattern you usually hear. Honestly, when Black Mamba was released, I've seen comments like they feel SM played it safe that time (it's still kinda unique for me tho, with the absence of rap part for an idol song? Yep). Nevertheless, SM songs how complicated it may be at first hear, their artists nailed it that you cannot really comment on their talent and versatility.
They are not just releasing songs, they are releasing timeless music and that is the very reason why SM and SM artists will never be a flop despite bigger fandoms out there. I remember how futuristic View and 4walls that people comment that it is so ahead of its time, the bop it is.
Some say they are out of trend and should step up their game but they are making things on their own, they are not following it, they are setting it. The SMCU? Who does it like them? Who incorporates all of their artists theories and stories? That's just cool. They are stepping their game and not playing it safe. It's amazing how all of their artists nailed whatever song was given. True talent it is.
Watching this reaction again after x company release their version of "super alpha next level"
Lol
When I first heard this song, I felt the same way as when I first heard the song, I Got A Boy of Girls' Generation and Resonanace of NCT 2020.
SM doing mashups for us as always.
I Got a Boy, Zimzalabin, Tempo and now, Next Level
Ahhh so proud to be an SM stan!!! Look at them producing songs like this. From igab, red light, zimzalabim and now next level
there is a theory that Irene from red velvet is Black Mamba and Seulgi is Naevis, because in their sub-unit with Naughty music, both in the end are in Kwangya
*ae-twerking*
kwangya is shaking
That's just SM being SM. I personally don't like this brand of music by SM like this but because they are Aespa, we will still support them. Still a great MV for me. Hopefully on their next song, it will be one song type again.
Thrueee
I agree but it's Aespa hahah
Every SM group must have one type of concept like that.
SM prepare a new GG in 2015, Karina joined in SM in 2017, 2019 SM choosed her as center of this AI concept. 2020 January, Aespa and back up dancer gathering together and learn BM, they debuted in November.
Aespa, this name SM register from 1992 but no any GG use it until 2020.
Aespa is Lee Soo Man dream team, he imagined anything like this from 1990s.
SM spend a bunch of budget, never ever for Aespa.
At first I didnt like Next Levek, but then, I loved it.
THAT CHANGE FROM MUSIC BEAT, GAW DAYUHM IT REMEMBERED ME TO I GOT A BOY 💖💖💖
Yes it's like i got a boy
i have the same feeling that i had when i heard Zimzalabim for the first time !!
The moment Naevis appears, she makes them SYNK with their ae so at that moment they are in another place, therefore the song changes, later they come back, and also the song comes back.
This song has like more songs in one song. Thank you for this reaction video ❤️.
Naevis is maybe the counterpart of black mamba which is theoretically, irene&seulgi. (Naevis and blackmamba are twins) in monster mv, irene and seulgi represents each other but only one is the Monster (irene). U can see in the naughty ending that they created a world which is KWANGYA. Nct, exo, superm might also enter the kwangya. Also, the rainbow snakes here represents rv members.
Rap ✅
Vocals ✅
Visuals ✅
Charisma ✅
Body goals ✅
Stan Aespa and spread love :-)
Update: it just won song of the year and and best kpop song at korean music awards and also rookie of tbe year
'Progressive music' in terms of genre (unusual song structure, switch-up of tempo, style, and time meters). Usually found in classical music, jazz, and prog rock/metal. This is why this song is a breath of fresh air in kpop, great showcase of creativity and skill in composition. Definitely not everyone's cup of tea and I admire SM for doing these things, always risky moves (first from the concept of Aespa itself, and now in terms of their music).
This comeback was different but I like it 👀
Me too it is unique. Their concept. Even the stype and compose this song is different. Unique but still catchy
SM produces such unique music! But it’s unique in a rlly good way ❤️
This is where we all don't know a Legendary song who will dominate Kpop 2021 is born but we all are judging it in the first place.
Love this song!
It’s like girls generation’s I got a boy it felt like multiple songs in one but it was amazing
U can notice how the different choreography from different SM aetists songd mixed in this song. Sm really proving they're the best when it comes to concepts😫🌻
naevis is the other ae with short slick back hair from ep. 1 black mamba. it just so happens that in this video her hair isn't slick back. she's the one who opens the portal for aespa. notice the part when they called her and she appeared the music suddenly changes and the background changes where in ningning's part it looks like she's in a digital world. then we start seeing the ae version of the members so it means that they went to synk or went to the portal which naevis opened trying to reunite with their ae versions to defeat the black mamba (continuation of ep. 1 black mamba).
i love all gg songs , I just cant understand fan wars
Yo!
I agree with you
Exactly. Or people calling a song "trash." As the old saying goes, "One man's trash is another man's treasure."
Yes it's sad.. All group are unique
Only SM artists can pull off having 3 songs in 1. 💅♥
I will say I normally don't like kpop songs with Rap in it. But when I hear Giselle rap I just melt. She is 100% my bias but we are both Japanese and Korean so I am being a little bias lol but Winter is a very close second as my bias wrecker. Karina looks great in her pigtails and her rapping is very good. Ning Ning has them fire vocals as usual.
I wasn't into it in the first minute but the beat drop conform me into a huge fan of the song. I think this is everybody's era
I suggest that you watch the teaser video (ep 1- black mamba) first, the story first, for you to fully understand the change in the MV.
Also it's amazing how SM can pull off these kinds of concepts, this giving me NCT's resonance vibes. They know how to mash-up different tempos without making it cheesy
she did it
true!
Their vocals are insanneeee
OMG FINALLY someone being so honest. Some youtubers are afraid to say what they really want to in fear of being cancelled. I CANNOT get into this song at all. I LOVED black mamba. I bought anything I could at SM that had aespa name on it. YET I CANNOT get into this song. I feel so bad for that also. I wish I could. I tried 4 times already but I am not feeling this song. Sorry but I am honest.
Try this "revamped" version. This song has grown on me, but I'm still not sold on the R&B breakdown in the middle. This remix eschews that portion.
I mean I don't think many are faking their reactions tho 😂❤ I'm honesty obsessed with this song and replay it literally EVERYDAY, it's not something everyone would like but it's still pretty good and one of my favorites 😂❤
@@hueyitlahtoani9242 I have to go by some UA-camrs I have met that literally talk about how you do have to be careful because of the “cancel culture people” lately. The sensitive people. So I personally know some UA-camrs and speaking on those that don’t like the song at all. I’m glad you do but they don’t, I don’t, some others don’t. Yet when some spoke up in their discord or other places they was attacked. Just like some UA-camrs don’t at all like collecting BTS. Then they was attacked by toxic army’s. So really it’s sad some people can’t be honest without being attacked, threatened, canceled, etc. BUT anyways I’m glad you love it. We don’t and I’m speaking on people I know who don’t.
I felt the same as you, it feels like two songs. I mean we all know about all the beat changes in Kpop but this was on the "next level" XD
My take of the song is that it shows the 2 different world where the members of aespa crossing in and out of. Reality and along with their alter egos…love this experimentation. It’s new and innovative, keeps you interested. Different from your common predictive elements in music.
Easily the most complicated song in K-pop, they nailed it.
Search for SNSD I got a boy, then ! 😄
Well, idk if you're deep in SM's discography but their groups have several songs that would definitely give this song a run for his money imo
Savage
NEXT LEVEL sounds like parts of SM + YG + JYP title songs mixed together 👑
The power they hold
The Swag Raps = YG
The Cute Lalala = JYP
The Powerful Melodic Parts = SM
Ningning soooo pretty! Visual another level~
I was waiting for you to react!
They are at the next level!
and the transition back from the switch up reminds me off resonate my nct
Came here after NMESS O.O
For me the more you listen to this song the more you love it
How is ningning not the visual of the group? Jesus. She's so beautiful
i have the same reaction with her, i mean i do really love the song but the second part is really look like out of place. they should have just make it like a bridge for more power on the song. or they should've just make another song with that part.
sm really give them their zimzalabim and igab in their first comeback
I'm honestly confused who I'm biased with lol these girls are just on another level, they are freaking all-rounders wth
I completely agree with you on this song. Aespa's skills are great of course, but as a whole this song felt all over the place.
i know its like 2 years ago and some of yall have probabøy understanded it by now but. the first part until the bridge is "aespas" part of the song. and then theyre calling for naevis which cant leave the FLAT so we get like a FLAT/KWANGYA perspective so after "nævis calling" its actually the ae's part of the song, so its the avatars of aespa who sings. thats why its so different, haha hope it helped
so true bestie this is typically sm sounds like yeesss!!
I'm so used to SM doing weird things with their songs that at this point, Next Level is standard. If anything, I agreed with so many other people who said Black Mamba was a safe debut for an SM group (still love it, it just didn't feel as experimental as everything else they were doing). This was the exact type of music I expected from the next generation SM girl group, so I'm glad this is finally the direction that æspa's headed in!
I lovee It in perfect SM style , so fresh and new
I don't know about others but I liked this on just the first listen. I didn't really like Black Mamba that much because it was quite generic. But this one speaks to me a lot personally because its very different and experimental and I might even be a MY now.
As a SM stan, I love it. The whole numerous songs in one has never really bothered me tbh, but many ppl don't appreciate it when it's pulled off well.
We are so used to being fed certain song formulas in Kpop, this literally shook up ALLL the damn rules. Absolutely loved it.
came back here after
After that shOOg whOOk
i liked you being honest about it !! that's why I love your reactions
This is a SM trademark song. Multiple song into one
The sad part is that when a popular group release experimental song, people will give them a chance until the song grow on them. BUT when a group from small company release BOP experimental song, y'all would tell it's bad and not your cup of tea 😢
Can you give example the specific group that have experimental song?
What grup?
@@saktiaiqbra8145 Yeah, I am curious about those groups. Usually, I rarely found group that have exprermiental song as title track. But, SM, men, we can found those
@@fsy1997 ikr.. im curious what grup
I don't hate this song, I actually enjoy all of it outside of the bridge, but I do appreciate what they did with it and yes, the music video SLAYED as always.
Same. I knew I wasn't the only one tripping lol the song is great imo but the transitions(in the song) were really sharp. Not so smooth for my taste but the song is still making me bop. Also in the mv I couldn't help but notice the clothes and set? I don't know if anyone else noticed but that set that had them wearing black boots and denim-camo outfits with a sort of orangey-blue/purple background? It reminded me so much of one of Twice's sets on their mv in ICSM, the one where they were also wearing denim outfits, black boots and sort of had an orangey-pinkish/blue colored background. It reminded me so much of that but they were darker and their outfits were more of a camo-like denim. If you've watched ICSM's mv, you'll know what I mean. Anyways, just a thought lol. I wasn't accusing them of unoriginality or anything, they still slayed their outfits🙌🏻 And not to mention their vocals👌🏻
This is the best version of next level😁😁great cover aespa
Aespa is next level queens
This song is one of a kind
It sounds strange the first time, but the second time I hear it, I'm addicted. I don't think this will be the main track of the upcoming album (because it's a remake) but it will explain more parts about aespa's goals and their worldview. SM always makes a difference to make asepa very special. Let's support the girls!
Really love when winter say Next Level...love her pronounciation..
is trash
I've been waiting for this since the morning, finally!
Sm put all the song in AESPA comeback you can here the beat of monster,obsession and growl also RV VIBES
Always excited for your videosss❤️❤️🤪
Lol same, at first I was like tf did I just listen to then the second time around I was COMPLETELY hooked! It’s such an ear worm.
as an sm stan especially nct recently, i get used to this kind of song that im not suprised anymore. honestly i love it soo muchh lol. may even more than black mamba
The song is a grower and knetz are eating it up! They have three #1s on realtime music charts now 🙌💜
*also charted on Melon 24hits after 5 hours
It Took me to RBB RV it has Same tone like DAT when Joy singggg
Aespa another level❤️
So much happening in this mv but I love it already
i LOVE this song so much
the switch up to the more r&b version were their ae’s parts, if that makes sense
And no matter how well we know SM is a house who does this kind of musical experiment, let's admit that we still get shocked, bombarded and confused sometimes. Watching Next Level for the first time, I was laughing because I feel so lost with the song just like I Got A Boy, Zimzalabim and Red Light but after giving it a few more listens, it grew inside me and that's where I said, *"Yes this a bop! Lit! Periodt!"*
The more I keep listening to the song, the more I like it. Now I'm addicted to it!
YUP, THEY ARE LITERALLY ON A NEXT LEVEL. YUP, THATS AESPA.
At the beat drop part where they say naevis calling, that's actually in the virtual world that's why the rhythm, melody seems like another song and the virtual version of them is like replying to the real version, and naevis is a helper because the virtual version and the real version connection got cut off by a virus called black mamba (in Giselle's and karina rap part ''we against the villian, what's the name, Black mamba'') If you guys read the lyrics and watch the 10 mins movie video that they released before the mv, you'll understand the situation
NEXT LEVEL also seems like a combination of aespa style of music with all of sm groups’ style of music, put into 1 song.
At the first part of the song you’ll hear some aespa and f(x)
“Ooooh” and “lala lala” part sounds Red Velvet
Ningning and Winter’s singing part sounds like SNSD and Super Junior
The next set after that sounds like EXO bridges
Rap is like = NCT
Instrumentals and other unique elements in the song is very SHINee and somehow TVXQ.
THIS CULTURE UNIVERSE IS CRAZY AND EVERYONE NOW IS SUPER INVESTED. AHHHH SO EXCITED.
I had the same reaction as you. I was hella confused with the song though I know it's part of SM's style and it's what makes them unique. But after listening to it couple more times, I think it grew on me. LOL