K-pop girl group aespa have announced their upcoming new mini-album ‘Whiplash’ with the release of a teaser.
On September 23, aespa dropped a cyberpunk-inspired graphic trailer for their fifth mini-album ‘Whiplash’, out October 21. According to SM Entertainment per Korea JoongAng Daily, the record will include six new songs. The group will release more information on it in the coming weeks.
The teaser for ‘Whiplash’ comes four months after aespa released their first studio album ‘Armageddon’, which spawned the singles ‘Armageddon’ and ‘Supernova’. The quartet recently collaborated with Canadian musician Grimes on a remix of the latter.
In a four-star review of ‘Armageddon’, NME’s Rhian Daly praised its “supremely confident tracks that more than scratch the itch for the experimental pop aespa do so well”.
The girl group are currently on their ‘SYNK: Parallel Line’ world tour in support of the record, through which all four members have debuted new unreleased solo tracks. Following concerts across Asia and Australia, aespa are set to perform in Bangkok later this week.
In other K-pop news, soloist Lee Hi has released a new single titled ‘One Thing’ in celebration of her 27th birthday. The track is also her first release under new label duover, founded by several fellow former AOMG artists.
Elsewhere, BLACKPINK’s Lisa is set to perform at this year’s Victoria’s Secret fashion show, the lingerie brand’s first in six years. The K-pop singer joins Cher and Tyla on the show’s first-ever all-woman musical lineup.
