Hot Take: aespa

Mostly posting to see of this has more to do with where I was or if anyone else thought the same as me since I haven't seen a post about it yet.

I am a long time kpop fan and have had the opportunity to see several groups in concert. From most of the posts I am seeing, my take on aespas performance is a controversial one. Tbh, I was underwhelmed. I will give them a couple things: I wasn't super close to the front, (not towards the back though, I was closer to middle of the crowd) and ik Allianz was having sound issues all day. I also was in a part of the crowd with a lot of people coming and going, which probably took away from my immersion as well into their performance.

From where I was, the sound itself was not amazing. Their backtrack and their mics were pretty quiet, especially for the type of music aespa is branded on. I'm sure I would've had a ton of fun if I was in pit, but since I was a bit further back I was able to notice a few things. First off, they had Giselles mic off as much as possible, other than some of her rap parts that I was able to tell. From my POV, the members with their mic on 100% of the time were probably Winter and Karina, and NingNing about 90%. Also, my girls were getting pretty winded by the middle of their set.

Dont get me wrong, I still love aespa and their music, but as a performance I wasn't super into it. I am hoping if they come closer to my hometown that I can see them in concert to see of I prefer them in that setting for a fest setting.

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