Date: February 26
Time: 5 PM (KST) / 3 AM (EST) / 12 AM (PST)
Location: Jamsil Arena, Seoul, South Korea
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* ~~[Link to Beyond Live](https://beyondlive.com/contents/205)~~ (concert ended)
* [Setlist from Night 1](https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/aespa/2023/jamsil-arena-seoul-south-korea-33bae8d9.html)
* [Setlist from Night 2](https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/aespa/2023/jamsil-arena-seoul-south-korea-3bae1ef.html)
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Expect FULL SPOILERS in the comments below.
The remix of Girls is crazy. Winter with an electric guitar solo?!
Karina’s solo song/stage is incredible. I really hope this song gets an official release. She co-wrote the lyrics!
Winter’s solo stage was also great! Classic SM solo vocal showcase.
Giselle killed her solo. Fire raps. She also contributed to the lyrics!
Ningning’s solo is fucking crazy. I don’t want to spoil it but I was *not* expecting that.
SM would be dumb to not put these all on the album, these songs are way too good.
7 new songs? AND that’s not including their 4 solos.
THIS IS WILD, did they basically reveal all of ae1 lmao
And I’m not exaggerating when I say this might be better than the Savage album
Lots of SM senior artists in the building: Taeyeon, Changmin, Eunhyuk, Key, Minho, Seulgi, Wendy, Raiden, Ten, Kun, Jisung, Haechan, Xiaojun, and maybe one or two more I missed.
Edit: Leeteuk was also there.
All the new songs they’ve performed are *very* good. I think this next release will be their best release for sure. Very curious about what the title track will be.
Edit: ok all the new songs so far are incredible. The girls have been improving with each “Act” of the concert and Act 4 was definitely a standout. The run from ICONIC to YOLO is definitely my favorite group performance of the concert so far.
I going to visit the smoking ashes of the SM building to beg them to release the album early.
Just like yesterday I can’t stop looking at the way the cat dances during Hot Air Balloon….
Its an odd duck compared to the other three.
Damn this shit is awesome
The sequence between hot air balloon, yeppi and Yolo has got to be one of the highlights of my yea, love aespa.
Me 5min ago: Man, I hate when people say YOLO.
Me now: YOLO is a perfectly fine term.
I have no words for how good these new songs are. I’m trying to pick a favorite but I can’t
also I’m so curious what they’re planning with these solo songs. I need 2hot4u on streaming services like now
oh damn it. I missed it
I love Ningning’s solo so much. ಥ‿ಥ It’s so good. I am obsessed. Thinking how this will prob get released on Spotify around late April is hell orz.
My power went out right at the start so I missed a few minutes. I got back in at the end of Girls so thankfully only missed one song because this was a great show. The new songs have me really hyped for the new album. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|heart_eyes)
Does anyone know which idols they shouted out in the crowd tonight (day 2)?? My wifi went out and they’d started the next song by the time I got back in 😅
Loved the performances. I really slept on don’t blink before. I think it’s my new favorite Aespa song. The yeppie,yolo,lingo run was definitely my favorite part of the concert.
And I’ve been reading tweets real time and these people are out of pocket. Someone really said that there something funny about how aespa just released a song called yolo when naevis died a few days 😂
I was so sad when I thought they weren’t going to play ICU, it’s one of my faves but they came through at the end! what an epic concert, so happy I stayed up until 2am for all these new songs!!!!
They are so sweet. They literally are bowing to every section in the theater right now
Great concert!
At the beginning, you could tell it was only their second ever concert – but about halfway through I felt like they were finding their footing and looked extremely comfortable on the stage like veterans.
The setlist is well constructed and I think they did a good job of placing the new group + solo songs. The new songs are all really good too, which is probably the greatest advertisement for the new album we could get. It’s a shame it’s still probably a month+ out from release, because I think we all want to hear them asap.
You can tell they have been practicing this for 3 months. You can tell they worked extremely hard during the show. I’m hoping they get lots of tour dates and a successful tour!
That was so so good, definitely worth the cost to watch.
So many songs, so much new stuff, and they did so well!
I particularly liked:
– Winter playing the electric guitar
– Karina’s solo stage
– NingNing’s solo stage
– Giselle’s rap
– Getting to see Lucid Dream, YEPPI, etc live
– so many new songs like so so many. Salty and Sweet and Don’t Blink were so good.
Just so good all around, and the livestream was great, went smoothly and started exactly on time.
I’m really looking forward to their concert after watching the kcircle chart performance.
I just wished that their backtrack was not loud because i really want to hear them singing.
this was so worth the wait and the time difference and the ridiculous price 😭 they worked so hard and it showed in absolutely every second of every song, ESPECIALLY the new songs?! this would’ve been so perfect if they had released AE1 at the same time like they were planning but i’m honestly so content w this and waiting for them to fix the songs that didn’t work makes sense now because the songs that DID work?? it was truly banger after banger. i’m so excited for this next chapter with aespa, i cannot wait to see what else they do this year!! 🫶🏻💜💙
(my one complaint is Gigi’s solo was very…..not my taste which makes me sad bc i love her so much, i’ll support them all no matter what though and i can’t wait to see her grow in her writing and rapping skills)
I’m Unhappy is the most ironic thing to say after smiling for 2 hours 40 minutes.
I fucking love that song sooooooo much….. because.., “I’m so unhappy”
Stayed up sooo late watching the stream but it was all worth it. I’m so proud of the girls! What an incredibly tight show. The setlist was flawless and every group number, solo, sketch, VCR flowed really nicely into each other. Just incredibly satisfying – everything I could want from a concert tbh. Also the outfits were pretty on point throughout. I hope they bring this show on the road cause I’m so willing to do whatever it takes to go. aespa really showed what they’re made of, top tier artists and professionals. Love it!
What do you think they mean by 2HOT4U was the concert version? Like are we getting an OT4 version in the album? It wouldn’t make sense if G won’t have a solo song in the album while the other 3 gets their solo songs.
I ended up paying the $55 and sure that is a LOT but worth every cent. My top 3 new bsides are Salty & Sweet (most likely candidate for a pre-release imo), Don’t Blink and Thirsty, with I’m Unhappy close behind.
Karina’s solo is living in my mind rent free as is Winter with her guitar, loved seeing Giselle vocals in Yolo and seeing Ningning channel Ariana Grande in her solo
I’m curious to see if they end up releasing all 11 new tracks on AE1, including the solos. If I can’t stream Menagerie that’ll be a problem for me lol – fingers crossed!