aespa and RAYE gives fans a remix of ‘Better Things’
aespa and RAYE team up on
‘Better Things’ remix
K-pop’s hottest rising girl group, with over
1 BILLION YouTube views, took over London’s O2 last night for their first UK concert
Listen to ‘Better Things (RAYE Remix)’ HERE
(Photo Credit: SM Entertainment)
“The quartet makes a bid for main pop girl status with their infectious hooks and impeccable performances” – NME
“aespa are set to take over the world” – DORK
“The vibes are confident” – CLASH
“They don’t disappoint. The show is incredibly well-paced… a feast of songs old and new with a touchingly human element of sisterly superheroics” – The Forty-Five
K-pop’s hottest rising global stars aespa have teamed up with RAYE on a remix of their breezy anthem ‘Better Things’. Listen HERE via Warner Records. The track is given an extra shot of Girl Power with RAYE’s ferocious rap verse weaving seamlessly with aespa’s crystalline vocals. The original track – co-written by RAYE and Leroy Clampitt (who has also worked with Madison Beer) – has been making waves for its snappy lyrics and aespa’s slick choreography since it was released last month.
The remix arrives hot on the heels of aespa’s first ever UK show at London’s O2 Arena last night. The ‘aespa LIVE TOUR 2023 ‘SYNK : HYPER LINE’’ world tour has seen the fierce foursome of KARINA, GISELLE, WINTER, and NINGNING perform to excited fans across North America, Latin America, and now Europe, across 14 dates.
The electrifying show weaved together futuristic stage visuals that showcased aespa’s unique metaverse narrative, high-octane choreography, and showcased the members’ charming personalities. As well as performing irresistible fan favourites – ‘Next Level’, ‘Savage’, ‘Girls’ and ‘Black Mamba’ – the group also previewed unreleased material and solo tracks, plus songs from their latest EP “MY WORLD” (including the addictive ‘Spicy’), ‘Better Things’ and ‘Hold On Tight’ – from the Tetris motion picture soundtrack.
SETLIST
- Girls
- aenergy
- I’ll Make You Cry
- Savage
- Menagerie (KARINA solo)
- Illusion
- Thirsty
- Lucid Dream
- Dreams Come True
- Lips (WINTER solo)
- Life’s Too Short (English Version)
- Welcome To MY World
- Don’t Blink
- 2 HOT 4 U (GISELLE solo)
- YEPPI YEPPI
- YOLO
- Hold On Tight
- Spicy
- Better Things
- Wake Up (NINGNING solo)
- Salty & Sweet
- Next Level
- Black Mamba
- ‘Til We Meet Again
- ICU
ABOUT aespa:
aespa [KARINA, GISELLE, WINTER, AND NINGNING] is a fierce female K-Pop group, who in an unprecedented move secured the fastest climb to 100 million views on their debut video for any K-Pop group in YouTube history with their 2020 released, “Black Mamba.” aespa’s hit single “Next Level” followed, and has amassed over 200 million streams on Spotify alone. The group’s 2022 EP, Girls – The 2nd Mini Album debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart and crashed the Top 3 of the Billboard 200 – their highest to date. All of these milestones have led to aespa’s recently released 3rd Mini Album – MY WORLD, which also debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart.
The group has received praise from the likes of The New York Times, TIME, FORBES, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogueand more with UPROXX stating, “nothing is more exciting than a new aespa song.”
aespa’s name is derived from a combination of “ae” (avatar and experience) + “aspect.” Each of the four members of aespa has a correlating avatar in the virtual world created from their personal data.
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