You are surprisingly very on the nose regarding the lore going on here even without the plot from Girls to Drama. Hopefully this isn't a spoiler, but this comeback is the start of something new lore-wise, as it just so happens that the previous comebacks concluded the previous storyline. I do suggest watching the track videos for "Long Chat", "Licorice", and "Live My Life" as they expand the ... universe.
People really need to watch aespa’s SM Universe Episode 3: Girls. Because it answers the questions people have. Such as why Drama and Armageddon promote Black and Red as colors and why you haven’t seen the ae’s since the M/V Girls. Black Mamba died. A new villain decked out in Black and Red takes her place. Naevis is banished to the Real World after her involvement is defeating Black Mamba and that’s why she appears in Welcome to My World and since she is in the Real World it means aespa doesn’t have access to their ae’s
5:07 LC: "Watch this universe ive brought out...Ting!" Haha...and i thought Winter was cute! Also My 2 cents of Supernova storyline: Theyre all are superbeing from another planet. Came to earth with superpowers. All enjoying themselves with their super abilities, except Giselle who just wanna adapt and be normal here. Meantime shes harassed by Karina who create chaos in town n breaks her phone, NingNing who burned down her apartment and Winter whos just having fun flying around creating a tornado. She gets angry after her apartment gets burned down by NingNing, so she turns back time. Thats what the 3 wants...for Giselle to turn supernova and use her ability. Karina describe Armageddon...." We've been thru the digital world (Kwangya era), the Real world (Spicy era) and now we're in the multiverse world (Armageddon era). Armageddon is a song about finding myself in the mutiverse...the song is also about finding infinite possibilities and it is about how Only i Can Define Myself". She said that in a UA-cam livestream just before the MV dropped. So im not sure about lore. But what im sure of is the song HITS and the MV is beautiful. Its not a typical regular MV....youre actually watching a cinematic masterpiece !
17:46 I think you asked about their stance on AI? Ningning actually got asked about it during their showcase, and of course, they're against it. I didn't really mind the "AI" part on Supernova as it seemed like they were making fun of their AI self. It had a purpose on the story. I mean the use of AI isn't inherently bad and to whom did they steal from? Themselves? 😅 As for Armageddon MV, those two or three AI shots with five seconds or so really took over social media when we could've fawned over the practical effects and VFX!! Kinda pissed me off when people could've directed that energy towards the production team. They were amazing !
I hope they release SMCU S2 episodes soon so we can get a grasp how this continues from Kwangya Naevis will solo debut this year and SM release the story line in order so I was thinking Naevis solo debut has something to do with it with her going to the Real World The Theory is like The New Villain caused the Strange Phenomenon that Real World is experiencing since their "Spicy" era since at first it's not too obvious but situation got worse with "Drama" >> "Armageddon" the world changed so much the humans became unrecognizable and not so human like I think the "Supernova" aespa with diff power (they're called Superbeing) are like the aes from Kosmo the other part of aespa that exist in another world like the aes because of the collision of worlds they arrived in the Real World maybe they gonna fight the new Villain aespa already announced this is the start of Season 2 so SMCU S2 Series please come to us !! hahahahaha
So, hopefully I'm not going into the lore too much, here. But, you can kind of think of all the Kwangya stuff as "season 1." They seem to have completed the Kwangya storyline, and we are now in "season 2." "Season 2" so far seems to be about alien dopplegangers in the "real world." Whether/how this relates back to Kwangya (and the land beyond, Kosmo) or not has yet to be revealed. We haven't seen the aes for a while... and we can't be fully certain how much of what we've seen of the girls themselves is them vs. their dopplegangers - still waiting for a new SMCU episode to help explain everything since "Girls."
There's a really comprehensive explanation for both Supernova and Armageddon on a UA-cam channel called "Bookish Theories", I think I agree with much of it. Basically, you're correct in presuming that Supernova showcases aespa in a parallel universe. Additionally, this Supernova version of aespa is a mix of human and AI aspects. Supernova, as everyone probably knows, is a cosmic phenomenon in which a white dwarf star undergoes a nuclear fusion and explodes, creating a black hole. There are teasers which suggest aespa have entered the black hole and the black hole acts like a vortex which leads all sorts of parallel universe versions of aespa into the Armageddon universe. aespa are hunting down parallel versions of themselves in Armageddon (evident from the fact that those scans overlayed over the members read out what percentage human they are), but, are also being engulfed by these siren Superbeings which have also used the black hole vortex to reach them. Interestingly, I personally think that there are four Superbeings, one accosting each member. And (again, personal theory) I think those Superbeings are are like a fusion of AI and either the Four Beasts referenced in the Book Of Daniel or the Beast Of The Earth, the Scarlet Beast, the Beast Of The Sea and the Antichrist as referenced in the Book of Revelations. I think there might also be references to the ten plagues of Egypt, specifically, the insect swarms, but, they're reimagined as these cybernetic bats and locusts at the beginning, but, that's, again, just my headcannon, lol. Either way, thanks so much for reacting to aespa!
13:42 this is Ningning actually, she confirmed that it is her plus she does the crazy backbend right after too (that wasn't a stuntwoman). 18:25 This is Karina.
1 thing for sure the aes are still on story coz a fan asked Winter recently about it and she something about they're still alive 😂 Maybe they'll be back after Naevis debut this year.. This Season 2 was theorized as New Villain from KOSMO where the Primordial Gods are Their world collided with Real world. With the existence of another version of aespa in that world (Superbeing) the aespa with different power. They about to fight aespa or along side with aespa in the future we don't know. The alleged new villain is the mermaid kinda like looking in Armageddon. I hope our questiona be answered if they plan to release SMCU Season 2 Ep 1 this year before next comeback
Billboard's ranking: Supernova Mine Armageddon Live My Life Prologue Licorice BAHAMA Melody Long Chat (#♥) Set the Tone My ranking as of now: Supernova and Armageddon, it's a tie, no wonder they're title tracks. BAHAMA, summer vibe, beach time baby. Live My Life, happy upbeat song. Melody Prologue Licorice, funky and weird Long Chat (#♥), even weirder. Set the Tone Mine Didn't pay too much attention toward lore or story line, mostly based on melody/lyrics, choreography and production quality, and enjoyment level. 🥰
I also want to point out that Supernova has no connection to aespa’s SM Universe. The current timeline is Welcome to My World (introduces Naevis into the real world), Drama and Armageddon.
You are surprisingly very on the nose regarding the lore going on here even without the plot from Girls to Drama. Hopefully this isn't a spoiler, but this comeback is the start of something new lore-wise, as it just so happens that the previous comebacks concluded the previous storyline. I do suggest watching the track videos for "Long Chat", "Licorice", and "Live My Life" as they expand the ... universe.
your reaction to the finger transition in supernova had me dyingg ahshhahs
People really need to watch aespa’s SM Universe Episode 3: Girls. Because it answers the questions people have. Such as why Drama and Armageddon promote Black and Red as colors and why you haven’t seen the ae’s since the M/V Girls. Black Mamba died. A new villain decked out in Black and Red takes her place. Naevis is banished to the Real World after her involvement is defeating Black Mamba and that’s why she appears in Welcome to My World and since she is in the Real World it means aespa doesn’t have access to their ae’s
YAAY, this comeback is so good!!
5:07 LC: "Watch this universe ive brought out...Ting!" Haha...and i thought Winter was cute!
Also My 2 cents of Supernova storyline: Theyre all are superbeing from another planet. Came to earth with superpowers. All enjoying themselves with their super abilities, except Giselle who just wanna adapt and be normal here. Meantime shes harassed by Karina who create chaos in town n breaks her phone, NingNing who burned down her apartment and Winter whos just having fun flying around creating a tornado. She gets angry after her apartment gets burned down by NingNing, so she turns back time. Thats what the 3 wants...for Giselle to turn supernova and use her ability.
Karina describe Armageddon...." We've been thru the digital world (Kwangya era), the Real world (Spicy era) and now we're in the multiverse world (Armageddon era). Armageddon is a song about finding myself in the mutiverse...the song is also about finding infinite possibilities and it is about how Only i Can Define Myself". She said that in a UA-cam livestream just before the MV dropped. So im not sure about lore. But what im sure of is the song HITS and the MV is beautiful. Its not a typical regular MV....youre actually watching a cinematic masterpiece !
The MVs 💯
The songs 💯
The Album 💯
yayyyyyy I was just waiting for this reaction!!!!! lots of love to you LC and aespa!!❤
17:46 I think you asked about their stance on AI? Ningning actually got asked about it during their showcase, and of course, they're against it. I didn't really mind the "AI" part on Supernova as it seemed like they were making fun of their AI self. It had a purpose on the story. I mean the use of AI isn't inherently bad and to whom did they steal from? Themselves? 😅
As for Armageddon MV, those two or three AI shots with five seconds or so really took over social media when we could've fawned over the practical effects and VFX!! Kinda pissed me off when people could've directed that energy towards the production team. They were amazing !
I hope they release SMCU S2 episodes soon so we can get a grasp how this continues from Kwangya
Naevis will solo debut this year
and SM release the story line in order so I was thinking Naevis solo debut has something to do with it with her going to the Real World
The Theory is like The New Villain caused the Strange Phenomenon that Real World is experiencing since their "Spicy" era since at first it's not too obvious but situation got worse with "Drama" >> "Armageddon" the world changed so much
the humans became unrecognizable and not so human like
I think the "Supernova" aespa with diff power (they're called Superbeing) are like the aes from Kosmo
the other part of aespa that exist in another world like the aes
because of the collision of worlds they arrived in the Real World maybe they gonna fight the new Villain
aespa already announced this is the start of Season 2 so SMCU S2 Series please come to us !! hahahahaha
Not the finger screenshot lollll
Great tracks !
So, hopefully I'm not going into the lore too much, here.
But, you can kind of think of all the Kwangya stuff as "season 1."
They seem to have completed the Kwangya storyline, and we are now in "season 2."
"Season 2" so far seems to be about alien dopplegangers in the "real world." Whether/how this relates back to Kwangya (and the land beyond, Kosmo) or not has yet to be revealed. We haven't seen the aes for a while... and we can't be fully certain how much of what we've seen of the girls themselves is them vs. their dopplegangers - still waiting for a new SMCU episode to help explain everything since "Girls."
There's a really comprehensive explanation for both Supernova and Armageddon on a UA-cam channel called "Bookish Theories", I think I agree with much of it. Basically, you're correct in presuming that Supernova showcases aespa in a parallel universe. Additionally, this Supernova version of aespa is a mix of human and AI aspects. Supernova, as everyone probably knows, is a cosmic phenomenon in which a white dwarf star undergoes a nuclear fusion and explodes, creating a black hole. There are teasers which suggest aespa have entered the black hole and the black hole acts like a vortex which leads all sorts of parallel universe versions of aespa into the Armageddon universe. aespa are hunting down parallel versions of themselves in Armageddon (evident from the fact that those scans overlayed over the members read out what percentage human they are), but, are also being engulfed by these siren Superbeings which have also used the black hole vortex to reach them. Interestingly, I personally think that there are four Superbeings, one accosting each member. And (again, personal theory) I think those Superbeings are are like a fusion of AI and either the Four Beasts referenced in the Book Of Daniel or the Beast Of The Earth, the Scarlet Beast, the Beast Of The Sea and the Antichrist as referenced in the Book of Revelations. I think there might also be references to the ten plagues of Egypt, specifically, the insect swarms, but, they're reimagined as these cybernetic bats and locusts at the beginning, but, that's, again, just my headcannon, lol. Either way, thanks so much for reacting to aespa!
13:42 this is Ningning actually, she confirmed that it is her plus she does the crazy backbend right after too (that wasn't a stuntwoman). 18:25 This is Karina.
1 thing for sure the aes are still on story coz a fan asked Winter recently about it and she something about they're still alive 😂
Maybe they'll be back after Naevis debut this year..
This Season 2 was theorized as New Villain from KOSMO where the Primordial Gods are
Their world collided with Real world. With the existence of another version of aespa in that world (Superbeing) the aespa with different power. They about to fight aespa or along side with aespa in the future we don't know.
The alleged new villain is the mermaid kinda like looking in Armageddon.
I hope our questiona be answered if they plan to release SMCU Season 2 Ep 1 this year before next comeback
Billboard's ranking:
Supernova
Mine
Armageddon
Live My Life
Prologue
Licorice
BAHAMA
Melody
Long Chat (#♥)
Set the Tone
My ranking as of now:
Supernova and Armageddon, it's a tie, no wonder they're title tracks.
BAHAMA, summer vibe, beach time baby.
Live My Life, happy upbeat song.
Melody
Prologue
Licorice, funky and weird
Long Chat (#♥), even weirder.
Set the Tone
Mine
Didn't pay too much attention toward lore or story line, mostly based on melody/lyrics, choreography and production quality, and enjoyment level. 🥰
I also want to point out that Supernova has no connection to aespa’s SM Universe. The current timeline is Welcome to My World (introduces Naevis into the real world), Drama and Armageddon.
did you enjoy the music? you kept on pausing..
Welcome to UA-cam Reactions. That's how it is SUPPOSED to be done ACCORDING TO UA-cam'S RULES. Get used to it already.
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