{"id":167869,"date":"2026-05-29T13:58:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=167869"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:59:14","slug":"aespa-expands-their-musical-style-with-the-album-lemonade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/aespa-expands-their-musical-style-with-the-album-lemonade\/","title":{"rendered":"aespa expands their musical style with the album \u201cLemonade\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The group introduces new sounds and collaborations on their second full-length album<\/h2>\n<p><strong>aespa<\/strong> officially returned on May 29, 2026, with their second studio album, \u201c<strong>Lemonade<\/strong>.\u201d The 11-track project includes the title songs \u201c<strong>Lemonade<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>WDA (Whole Different Animal)<\/strong>\u201d and features collaborations with G-Dragon, Ty Dolla $ign, and Becky G. During a showcase in Seoul, the quartet explained that the album marks the beginning of a new storyline connected to the group\u2019s fictional universe. Member Karina described the album as having a more refreshing and playful feeling compared to the group\u2019s earlier music, which many fans often describe as intense or metallic.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"aespa \uc5d0\uc2a4\ud30c &amp;apos;LEMONADE&amp;apos; MV\" width=\"1240\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/83C3TZ4Zm_o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cPeople often describe Aespa&#8217;s music as having a &#8216;metallic&#8217; flavor, but this time we&#8217;ve come back with something more like a sour flavor. I think it&#8217;s an album that can make this summer feel cooler and more refreshing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<h2>The members say the album shows many different sides of aespa<\/h2>\n<p>Member Winter said that the aespa wanted every song to reveal a different side of them. According to the members, the album includes powerful songs as well as lighter and more energetic tracks. \u201cWDA\u201d presents a darker hip-hop sound and introduces a mysterious character connected to the next chapter of aespa\u2019s storyline. Karina also revealed that G-Dragon was considered for the song from the demo stage and said his contribution improved the track even more. Meanwhile, \u201cLemonade\u201d takes inspiration from the popular phrase about turning difficult situations into something positive.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: LEMONADE - The 2nd Album\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2233LC6uuoi67lGcO2OaBm?si=UTsnceXwQoyS4kiPgpX7gA&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;Since it&#8217;s a full-length album, we wanted each song to show a different side of aespa. There are powerful and weighty songs, but also witty and energetic tracks. I think it will be an album where people can enjoy Aespa in many different ways.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<h2>aespa prepares for a world tour and major international performances<\/h2>\n<p>Even while experimenting with different genres, the group said keeping aespa\u2019s identity was still important throughout the album process. Giselle explained that the members worked closely with their company and A&amp;R team to select songs that matched their voices and concept. Following the project\u2019s release, the 4-member team will begin their third world tour, \u201cSynk : Complaexity,\u201d in Seoul on August 7 and August 8, 2026. The group is also preparing for a performance at Lollapalooza Chicago later in August, where fans are expected to hear several songs from \u201cLemonade\u201d live for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The group introduces new sounds and collaborations on their second full-length album aespa officially returned on May 29, 2026, with their second studio album, \u201cLemonade.\u201d The 11-track project includes the title songs \u201cLemonade\u201d and \u201cWDA (Whole Different Animal)\u201d and features collaborations with G-Dragon, Ty Dolla $ign, and Becky G. During a showcase in Seoul, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":167875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[1019],"class_list":["post-167869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-kpop","category-news","tag-aespa"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167878,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167869\/revisions\/167878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}