aespa have returned with the fiery new single ‘Soiled Work’.
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Final week (June 27), the SM Leisure group lastly revealed ‘Soiled Work’ after weeks of teases. The complete video – which you’ll be able to watch under – sees the quartet and an assortment of backing dancers escape into dance throughout a number of gorgeous set items, together with a desolate building web site, mud fields and extra.
Moreover, the group have additionally launched a separate model of ‘Soiled Work’ that includes rapper Flo Milli, in addition to a remix EP that includes reworks from RayRay and extra.
The comeback is their first since releasing the mini-album ‘Whiplash’ in late October. In addition to the title observe, that EP additionally included the songs ‘Kill It’, ‘Flights, Not Emotions’, ‘Pink Hoodie’, ‘Flowers’ and ‘Simply One other Woman’.
In December, aespa’s ‘Supernova’ was topped NME‘s high Okay-pop music of the 12 months: “Though aespa have had a stable run all through their profession, ‘Supernova’ so precisely foretells the unbelievable inventive and industrial success this 12 months that it could properly have been written within the stars. Thrilling and daring, ‘Supernova’ is a three-minute journey right into a futuristic cyberpunk utopia, leaving you wanting extra the second it’s over.”
The observe was additionally deemed NME‘s ninth finest music of 2024: “Bursting with a bouncy electro beat and a stellar hook, ‘Supernova’ affirms the woman group’s skill to thrive in uncharted territory.”
In a four-star evaluate of aespa’s ‘Armageddon’, NME‘s Rhian Daly wrote: “During the last 4 years, aespa’s launch historical past has been a bit of checkered, with the group typically sharing a document that knocks your socks off after which, on the following, dropping that high quality once more. Fortunately, a lot of ‘Armageddon’ falls into the previous camp and reinforces what we already knew – that when aespa are allowed to run free within the sounds and sonics they’ve made their trademark, they’re nothing wanting beautiful.”
