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On the day of our first concert,

right before getting on stage, I would get so nervous.

Of course, I would get nervous before I start,

but it is at the very moment I step on the stage.

I cannot get nervous.

Sometimes I ask myself, 'Did we really give our best until now?

I think there are some parts we didn't show yet,

as in the best version of ourselves?

We still have a long way to go.

If we wanna do it right, we gotta go to the top.

The group aespa, through their activeness in the United States,

are receiving even more support from their fans in South Korea.

K-pop superstar aespa

and their ae coming to New York...

Let me present you aespa,

four girls up to trend...

aespa finally made it

to Tokyo Dome...

This Concert is called

HYPER LINE.

And at HYPER LINE,

you can see æ members,

MYs and aespa

all in one.

To me, aespa is like a beginning.

I can show everything now.

Welcome to the HYPER LINE.

Welcome to the HYPER LINE.

The debut stage that I imagined was one that's filled with fans,

cheering for us as well.

We trained together for a long time

and there was only the thought of 'I have to do well.'

I think we felt it after performing for our fans.

'Oh, we had been disconnected.'

Now that we've performed with fans in the audience,

I think there has to be an audience

for the artists to be able to grow.

When we perform in front of MY,

I find myself just having so much fun together,

and because we can interact well,

I think I thought that, 'I should stay focused until the very end.'

When I first heard that we're going on a world tour,

I was a bit nervous from the excitement

and I had this anticipation about what kind of concert it would be.

When we first heard about the world tour,

there were some worries as well as a lot of excitement.

Through the world tour,

because we'd be able to meet fans from around the world,

it sounded really fun, so we were very excited.

The name of our concert is 'SYNK.'

'aespa SYNK' refers to the concert.

SYNK.

For us, the word 'connection' is a very meaningful word in that,

'What if the fans don't feel connected to us?'

These kind of thoughts used to worry us.

But when we got to do the tour, we got so excited.

And the concert hall was so big,

and the fact that our fans could fill up the whole concert hall

and we got more opportunities to meet them,

we're connected with each other because we can feel that more.

I think it's a keyword that's very important to us.

Next, the subtheme is...

HYPER LINE...

If æ appear first, then with real people? Or...

We still have to figure out the technicalities for that,

so I'll let you know about that soon.

The meaning of this 'SYNK: HYPER LINE' concert is

about how æ, aespa, and MY

connect together in one space.

The concert starts with morse code sound,

like, beep, beep, beep, it starts like that.

It felt so impactful to me.

-Let's do it. -Let's do it!

Fighting!

When they first told us that we're going on a world tour,

since I started practising for it, it really hit me,

but I was so nervous every single day.

Learning new choreography and memorising new stage movement

made me really nervous.

Every day, we really practised maybe...

five hours each time at the very least.

Because we haven't performed this many songs,

I was very nervous especially during the rehearsal at the venue.

Because I felt a lot of pressure when preparing for the concert,

I practised harder,

and thought about how 'I want to show them something better'.

Whether it be memorising stage- movement or choreography,

just, more, more, more, more, like this, no matter what.

I think I really pushed myself during practice.

It felt like I was just constantly moving my body without any break.

It was really hard.

Like really, really... 'Is this okay?'

I'd almost lose my mind, really.

And again, we can't always stay satisfied.

We want to work hard so we can show all of you something better.

During the opening stage, when we first appeared like this,

our fans cheered for us.

And because I think I started to really enjoy that,

I think those worries subsided a lot during the concert.

What's up, London?

Put your hands in the air!

London, how we feeling tonight?

Let me hear you scream!

It's a world tour.

Through this world tour,

because we can receive that energy from different countries, cities,

that was also really, really great.

I was very, very excited.

Because we've always talked often about

MY from all around the world

and we can show our performance so close to them like this.

I was very, very excited for it.

I also worried a lot, like, 'Will the venue be filled?'

But when we actually did it, so many people came.

So we had a very valuable experience.

It was so great because it was opportunity to meet global fans.

aespa went on a world tour this year.

We started in Korea,

then Japan...

aespa fighting!

Southeast Asia...

United States...

KARINA, during 'na, na, na,' part, could you move a bit to the side?

Because at the front, the camera will capture here.

When that starts, we come here and stay like this, and then,

after one-eight, one, two, three, we do four of that, and then...

I think we can just do it quickly after.

Because every stage is of a different size,

practising the stage movement for that specific stage

was where we focused a bit more.

And we worried a lot that we won't be able to show the best quality.

There was some anxiety as well,

because we had never been abroad for so long like that,

so we were a bit anxious about that.

Honestly, for all four of us,

we're not really in the best shape in terms of stamina.

So we were worried and it was hard too,

but until now, we've been trying hard to grow further.

And we share feedback amongst each other.

'We need to get it together,' we tell each other,

and when we get to actually look at our stage,

'Wow, we do it way better than on screen.' Let's feel that.

I think this mindset was really the driving force.

I think these two fingers also hurt.

-I hit my fingers like this. -Really?

Because this is the centre.

Like, for our choreography, we have to fold them like this.

We have to do it like this.

We'll get moving.

How cheeky.

It's a place filled with people that came entirely to see us.

Coming to the concert itself is honestly such a fascinating thing.

The language is all different, but they memorise the lyrics

and sing together with us.

That was so moving. That's really difficult to do.

When we get on stage, so many MY are there

so we receive a lot of that energy.

So I'm able to share energy that's bigger than me.

Because of that, when I get off the stage,

I think I seem to thirst for it more,

so I very much look forward to the next concert,

and have this expectation, like,

'What kind of concert will it be today?'

The country I wanted to visit the most since I was a trainee

was actually England.

So honestly, I'm very excited today.

Today, we finally get to meet our MY in London.

I didn't know such a big venue as this would get all filled.

Thank you so much for being with us today.

Are you all ready to enjoy it even more?

In my opinion, KARINA is funny and funnier than you think.

Me?

JIMIN is just so funny.

She and they're the ones that are not funny.

I'm rather humorous.

Pi, kachu, kachu.

This isn't for the public, so someday...

First, there's not much difference

between KARINA and YU JIMIN.

Name?

If there was a difference,

I'm the eldest in the team but I'm the youngest in my family.

So I think I seem to like people more...

This is the only cookie I eat.

White and red velvet. I don't eat ones that have chocolate.

Picky eating.

Before I met aespa,

I was just an ordinary student.

I wasn't exactly normal,

because while my friends were studying,

I prepared to become a flight attendant.

If I hadn't become a part of aespa,

I'd perhaps be on a plane right now,

taking care of the three other members.

Yeah, my solo song Menagerie is

about a zoo

swarming with very wild animals.

Now the hardships that come toward us,

they could be hateful comments or lies, misunderstandings...

I compared them to wild animals.

I'm in the middle and those wild animals are threatening me.

'It's okay, I can break this because it's a hallucination.'

That's what that song is about.

Lyrics, yes, I participated in writing them.

I've tried writing lyrics multiple times

and this is the first song that was selected.

So, it's a song that is very meaningful to me as well.

For me, it's sort of like revealing my journal.

Honestly, it's a little embarrassing.

I want to work harder and I want to do better,

so please look forward to my future works.

I haven't really shared this with my fans,

but I actually have stage fright.

So I don't like to get on stage by myself, I can't,

and with our director, Shim Jae Won,

I had a meeting about the concert

and he askek if I have any trauma or something that scares me.

I said I'm kind of scared of birds and can't get on stage by myself.

It's really hard mentally,

but then, suddenly a solo- performance was added to setlist.

So during the Seoul concert, you can see my hands are shaking.

Some people think that's part of the show.

No, I'm actually shaking.

But then, he said that he'll help me fight it through,

and said that's why they put the solo song in the setlist.

But now that I stepped out to the world, I want to do better

and I think I overcame a lot of my fear of performing solo.

So, even if I perform alone in the future, I won't be afraid.

I look forward to it.

WINTER is...

Why can't I find the right words to say?

She's cute, cool, pretty and she likes nature a lot.

WINTER also really likes to take walks.

She listens to music while taking

walks and seems to like the world.

She sort of sees nature and feels things.

I know that very well.

When you mix miso soup, the sand...

Here, here.

When you mix miso soup...

All right.

Why isn't it coming again?

It's miso soup. Miso soup.

WINTER isn't just a cute person.

She's a very smart girl, and cute, of course.

She's pretty and cute, but she's a really smart girl.

You know those intelligent characters in movies?

She's kind of like them.

I think WINTER would have been a great leader as well.

Is it Better Things?

You're going to scratch it. This is a very expensive camera.

Firstly, WINTER is a little more...

intense.

Well, she has to show charisma on stage

and the song itself is quite intense as well,

and making decisions, she seems to be quite good at that.

In terms of work, I make rather realistic decisions.

KIM MINJEONG is very 'F', so she

always cries while watching movies,

and completely emotional and worries a lot.

She's, like, very timid.

She's a bit of a pain, KIM MINJEONG.

I'll take a day off to attend a fan meeting.

I thought it would hurt my feelings, so I called in sick.

Since my heart would stop because they're so cute.

I thought I was a huge couch potato,

but as I went abroad and so on,

I wanted to explore outside more.

'What's in this country?'

'What is it known for?' I look them up.

Back then we had a day for ourselves

the day before the concert,

and I love tea.

I went to a tea shop and made my very own tea.

I named it WINTER.

And when I saw myself like that,

'Hey, I don't actually just stay at home as much as I think,'

I thought to myself.

Can I get a cup of tea?

My solo song, Lips is about how

I'm confessing my love for you,

so look at my lips. That's what this song is about.

I think that kind of gentle ballad is very difficult.

For me, in a way,

I think I showed the genre that I'm worst at.

Wow, but I really don't think I can do this song.

-Why? -This kind of song.

The details or techniques,

there are a lot of such elements that are very new to me.

It was really hard.

When you look at songs by aespa,

æ-WINTER

and æ-aespa appear.

If those lyrics have a strong worldview-driven feeling,

by singing this song

I get more of this feeling that I'm interacting more with fans,

so I thought, 'This is all right.'

My solo song is about sharing with the fans.

My lyrics are what I want to say to my fans.

I think I did it thinking that, 'I'm glad I sang this song.'

GISELLE is well-known

to be the 'hot girl',

but she's a lot more cute than she seems.

She's not exactly delicate, but how should I put it?

She's kind of fragile.

She's so cute.

She thinks a lot but she's a very simple person.

She's like a baby.

Someone that might've been around the neighbourhood as a child.

She's like an older friend, or just friend.

What I always eat is chapagetti.

So I think half of my body right now is like chapagetti.

I want to say I'm kind of pure and innocent,

but if I say that, I feel like I'm not so pure and innocent.

Did you see?

Their eyes were like this and they're so cute!

GISELLE and UCHINAGA AERI

are quite different, I think.

I suddenly felt it.

It's a bit amazing that I'm GISELLE right now.

AERI is very shy and very reserved.

I'm kind of nervous.

I hope my mind remembers well.

GISELLE's image is almost the opposite of that.

My hand gestures or the way I talk on screen...

These things are a little more like GISELLE.

I think there might be such differences.

I'm really into fashion.

My own style...

MY would probably think that they know that

but there is still so much that I haven't shown.

I want to show a bit more of those aspects

and I haven't shown anything yet with regards to music either.

Doing the concert and going on tour

was the most difficult period out of all of my difficult times.

Since the end of last year, I was sick very often.

So I'd end up saving my energy unnecessarily

because if I didn't, I'd get sick, but I'd still have to practise.

I'd get stressed about it and then get sick again.

Because this happened repeatedly,

I think it was a little more difficult to overcome.

Fighting.

GISELLE, we'll begin. GISELLE, we'll start.

Okay.

-Fighting! -Fighting!

But then the other members noticed and

when they took care of me and so on,

I also said, 'Oh, it's hard.'

It's something I have to overcome myself.

So I think I thought to myself, 'I have to overcome it.'

There's a solo song of mine called

2HOT4U.

I think it's more arrogant version of that hot girl image MY like.

'I'm too good for you, don't come close.'

I think it's a bit ike this song about me bragging about myself.

Though I'm reserved in terms of personality,

I think I tried hard to do this well.

I hope they feel that too.

aespa NINGNING is...

I think she's someone who is very unique.

She uses her facial expressions very well.

NINGNING is very empathetic and just kind.

I saw her grow a lot.

I think she is a very careful person.

Everyone thinks she's the really cute youngest member.

She is the cute youngest member.

Eat.

I made a mistake in all of them

so I'm going to kneel down before all the members right now.

Do you think it was just one mistake?

I told them, three times.

During Hold On Tight

and Next Level.

How many mistakes do you think you made during those three songs?

It wasn't just once per song.

Hey, well, it's already in the past, so...

Something I hope that the fans better know about is

that NINGNING is a very professional person.

I think she kind of obsesses over perfection.

Like, how she could look pretty or how to look great on stage.

She's someone that really studies that a lot,

but I hope they know

that she's someone that works hard and is talented.

Let's go.

Hello. This is aespa NINGNING.

Hello. This is aespa NINGNING.

I'm actually a very emotional person.

My mood fluctuates a lot and I think I have a lot of emotions.

I don't think I can do it because I'm shy.

I'm shy.

So when I'm alone I tend to think a lot.

I'm someone that needs to control her emotions.

But when I get on stage, really, I keep my emotions aside.

I think that I truly need to show myself.

Because that's something that the fans want to see.

So if something sad happens or I'm having a hard time,

I just ignore it all

and kind of feel like I just got to do what I got to do.

-Fighting. -Fighting.

This song is really good.

I really like this song.

The songwriter also said this song would suit you very well.

Really?

But the demo for this song was really good.

It really matched my taste.

I think Wake Up

is a song that can show dancing, singing and rapping all at once,

what everyone wants to see.

I think everyone is just joking about this.

But in the beginning, 'Wake up, wake up' is like an alarm.

I think it would be very good to use as an alarm.

If you hear 'Wake up, wake up',

I think everyone would get up easily.

Never mind. Okay.

When it's hard to get up in the morning,

I think it's a song that's great to be used as a morning call.

When we became members,

I think we became like family that can depend on each other.

When we're going through some hardship,

we talk together and help each other.

I think everyone's warm.

I always express family as a place that you can always go back to.

I think I feel the same with all the members.

If something happens, everyone's there for each other.

I really don't think any member has ever spoken ill of another.

It's a dream that's achievable

because aespa's together.

We've achieved

many dreams as aespa.

We continue to spend time together with all the members.

This job itself was my dream.

Being on stage together is when it feels the most real.

I think all of this happening is possible

because we're aespa.

Kind of because all four of us have been here together.

Because we're members of aespa,

we have fans and there's a fandom like this.

Just our entire career overall,

I think, exists 'because we're aespa'.

Because we know very well how we can comfort each other,

we joke around even more.

These kind of jokes with each other alleviate that loneliness.

It's a team that could never be replicated.

Even though everyone's hometown and language are different,

we came together like this and really became one.

We're closer than anybody else

and can depend on each other.

I think it's destiny.

The reason our fans are called 'MY'

is that we wanted to rouse the comfy feeling of 'my friend'.

So we decided to name our fans 'MY'.

It's a very comfortable vibe.

We're like family.

Our MY either love something or hate it.

I think they have clear likes and dislikes.

So our members really like them, including myself.

One, two, three!

And they're very shy.

No, like, we shouldn't feel shy with each other

but they're always shy.

They really like us from afar,

but they can't say anything in front of us.

But honestly, they're cute,

and I hope we can all become a little closer.

How about travelling together?

-With whom? -With whom?

With us!

No, like, this is our fan meeting.

Who else would you go with?

I think MY are very observant.

They understand us so well that honestly,

we love seeing MY's reactions.

We've shared a lot with each other

and it's just funny because they know so much.

And what MY say is very funny.

They are like pillars.

They are the ones we can lean on.

They get scared easily and empathise well.

Firstly,

they're kind.

I see them as friends, charming friends.

There are times when MY share things about themselves.

Or sometimes we hear MY talking amongst each other.

Every time they do something like that,

it just feels like we're connected.

aespa, fighting!

aespa, let's go!

aespa!

aespa, fighting!

We love you, aespa!

I'm the type that always gets nervous on stage.

I jump a bit when I try to relax.

But when I hear the fans cheer

or sing along...

Sometimes I can hear it over the in-ears.

I can really feel that we're nervous together.

'We're really connected to each other.'

I've started thinking that more so I've come to really feel it.

When I see the venue filled with lightsticks...

Firstly, again, the colours of our lightsticks are pretty.

I think I feel that way.

And how did this many people come to see me, and us?

Why do they like us?

How did they come to like us?

I'm so curious about these things.

I really can't believe it.

To be honest, I still can't believe it.

Because, that many people came to see us, you know?

I can't believe that.

It still doesn't feel real that we're loved that much.

We're so thankful.

It's been quite a while since we last met.

It's been a while, but we're happy that we got to meet here.

I love you, MY.

It was so amazing.

How could this many people

take the time to come see us?

That requires a lot of love.

But now because our fans do that for us...

I'm so moved that I tear up.

I'm happy that nobody got injured and we finished it successfully.

As we continue to have concerts together,

a hundred, thousand more times,

we'll continue to improve and show you a lot more.

When there was no audience,

we felt disconnected on stage.

As we've performed together with the audience,

this small lightstick looked so big.

And we always try to find them and say hello.

Among the crowd, MY look so, so beautiful.

First of all, I'm so thankful that you took the time to come see us.

I think this was a beginning with absolutely no regrets

so thank you all so, so much.

Because of MY's love, we can keep going,

and they give me strength to go on.

And that is why we're here.

There's nothing that is as powerful as love in this world.

Thank you for being with us.

So for me, I think MY is love.

I think the moment I'm most thankful for was kind of...

Each individual has gained more self-esteem.

We used to cheer amongst ourselves 'Fighting, fighting, fighting!'

And now we're 'Fighting!' together with a lot of people.

I'm so thankful for that.

JIMIN, you take good care of the members

and always strive to show your best to the fans.

I'm truly thankful for your beautiful heart.

Thanks.

I feel gratitude no matter what we're doing.

No matter what appearance or behaviour,

when they just love us and cheer for us,

that itself gives us so much strength.

'MINJEONG, did you hear the news?

'Chocolate companies all around the world'

'went out of business recently'

'because your voice at the concert was too sweet.'

First, they just had so much fun. That was the biggest thing.

They often leave comments or send messages through Bubble

or write us letters.

Every time I read them, I truly feel so much comfort.

'Supporting you and liking you

'actually gives me even more strength and comfort.'

I'm sorry it feels like I'm always the one receiving.

I'll love you with all my heart.

We're also not really perfect,

but they're always by our side supporting us

and happy with whatever we do,

so we're more determined to work harder.

And really, as a person, thank you so, so much.

Just knowing NINGNING's presence comforts me

when I'm feeling down.

'When that happens, NINGNING'

'and I are connected,'

'and I think that she sends positive energy from afar.'

aespa's next move is probably going on another tour.

And we have plans to do so.

So I think we should continue to meet more MY

and come back to

the aespa concept.

Although we like to show different concepts a lot,

but we can show our individual beauty as well.

We just want to show ourselves going up one step at a time.

And we want to show that

even if we take it slow, we want to go up at our own pace.

We'll stay healthy, happy

and work hard to show you all something better.

We don't want something big

because this is actually just something that happens naturally.

We're planning to see you

a lot in 2024.

Only those of you that are watching this movie would know

that we're planning to

see you a lot in 2024.

If you felt unsatisfied, please come to our next concert.

When you shouted for an encore,

we were sad we couldn't do it because we wanted to do more.

So for this tour, we prepared a separate encore.

London, let me hear you!

We love you, London!

When I first heard that aespa's story will come out as a movie,

I was so amazed.

And when I found out that it's going to be released in theatres,

I got so excited.

I might be in the audience.

We're also looking forward to it and

we're going to actually go see it.

You don't know when we'll be there.

So, always stay excited and come watch, everyone.

Firstly, I was very, very happy

because on screen, you could only see us shown on stage.

But the film will capture

all the hard work behind the scenes

and all those memories after.

So I thought that it would be fun.

Wait, a movie?

I wondered, 'Will anyone come to watch it?'