SM Entertainment's Lee Soo Man Shares Plan to Make a Hollywood Movie about aespa's Worldview

aespa's unique worldview might be presented in a more detailed way in the future as SM Entertainment plans to create a Hollywood movie about it.

What is aespa's worldview?

Before their debut, aespa drew attention for their distinct concept that involves the four members - Karina, Winter, Giselle, and Ningning - having their own avatar counterpart, which lives in a world called KWANGYA.

Through their songs, "Black Mamba" and "Next Level," aespa tells their worldview through a storyline.

aespa Next Level
(Photo : aespa Twitter)

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In "Black Mamba," aespa talks about the villain (called Black Mamba) threatening KWANGYA and interfering with the connection between the aespa members and their "ae" avatars.

Meanwhile, the lyrics for "Next Level" narrate the girls' journey to KWANGYA to search for Black Mamba.

SM Entertainment to Create a Hollywood Movie Focusing on aespa's Worldview

On June 29, SM Entertainment held an "SM Congress 2021," where executive producer Lee Soo Man met the company's artists including their rookie girl group, aespa, and presented the labels' vision and plans for th rest of the year.

To start the segment, Lee Soo Man congratulated aespa on their successful debut with their digital single "Black Mamba" and their latest comeback song "Next Level."

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aespa
(Photo : aespa Twitter)

Lee Soo Man later touched on aespa's cinematic SM Culture Universe video that was revealed this past May. Only one episode, entitled "Black Mamba," has been released so far.

SM Entertainment's "SM Culture Universe" (SMCU) has a storyline and involves releasing storytelling content that features attractive characters and stories through the SM artists' music.

Previously, SM Entertainment revealed that aespa is the beginning of this storyline.

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SM Entertainment's executive producer then said that they will depict the world of SMCU through a new genre called CAWMAN.

CAWMAN, which stands for Cartoon, Animation, Webtoon, Motion graphics, Avatar, and Novel, is a compound video genre that the company will use to present their SMCU.

aespa and avatars
(Photo : aespa Facebook)

Lee Soo Man continued that aespa will begin SMCU by creating episodes with the CAWMAN genre. He later unveiled that they are currently discussing a potential Hollywood movie based on aespa's worldview.

What can you say about making a movie based on aespa's universe? Tell us in the comments!

aespa "Next Level" Becomes the Most Streamed 2021 Girl Group Song on MelOn

Meanwhile, aespa's latest single "Next Level" has been setting records on Korean music charts, mostly on MelOn.

Recently, "Next Level" attained the most streams among the girl group song released this 2021.

aespa "Next Level" has reached 42.5 million streams on MelOn as of June 29.

Previously, aespa reached the highest peak on MelOn 24Hits among the songs released by female acts. It rose to No. 1 on the June 21 rankings and set several records.

aespa
(Photo : aespa Twitter)

"Next Level" stayed at No. 1 for a week and climbed down to No. 3 on the chart on June 27 at 11 p.m. KST.

Moreover, aespa now holds the record for the fastest fourth-generation girl group to reach 140,000 likes on MelOn.

"Next Level" reached the milestone in one month, beating the record of one year and one month set by ITZY's "DALLA DALLA."

Watch aespa's "Next Level" music video below!

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Written by Mhaliya Scott

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