aespa (에스파) SMCU Episodes 1 (Black Mamba) and 2 (Next Level) Reaction l Big Body & Bok

[@travis3810]

I hope they revisit this concept again. These visuals and productions are CRAZY. Better than some Hollywood movies imo…

[@hannahlouise625]

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[@eliasosorio3683]

actually i saw some kind of teaser of naevis and i was shocked im sure they gonna return.

[@jelly7411]

since this came out like when they were rookies, the purpose of this whole SMCU is simply to introduce the lore and to show that every songs are connected to each other. This is hard to digest if you’re not really interested in them.

[@jemcarstairs259]

Kwangya - kpop industry Naevis - The Entertainment company Black Mamba - their haters AE - The perfect version of them

[@deibusenpai]

let me correct these if you don’t mind ☺️ Kwangya = SM Ent. Naevis = The sinner and the savior Black Mamba = Created by negativities of the virtual world ae = alternate ego / virtual version of a person created formatted from their perfect self online

[@IZTheOne]

The lyrics of their title tracks are linked to the SMCU that you're watching even the MVs have some snippets of it taken from the SMCU.

[@JohnAlfredValmonte]

After u watched this episodes you will understand the lyrics of the song Black mamba and next level

[@trxxsha]

Episode 1: Introduction to æ,kwangya,naevis,and black mamba Introduces the concept of æ and the flat a virtual world inhabited by avatars called æs, each paired with a real-world counterpart. aespa members are introduced along with their æ counterparts (avatars), revealing their connection and the parallel existence between the virtual and real worlds. Introduces the antagonist, Black Mamba, a malicious entity within æ-Kingdom. aespa members face challenges and confrontations with Black Mamba, hinting at its threat to both the virtual and real worlds. Themes of friendship, unity, and overcoming obstacles are explored. When you watch the ep3 all of this will make sense, And also kindly rewatch Their mv and pay attention to their lyrics.

[@Callistoproto]

Yea, the visuals for these were insane 🔥

[@JohnAlfredValmonte]

In episode 2 Karina facing pressure , she always called as a example of perfect person and she’s pressured to not make any mistakes Winter facing fans making hate comments about winter being in the K-pop industry haters underestimate her that she doesn’t deserve to debut Giselle facing media always making fake rumors about the idols Ningning facing reading malicious comments from the social medias or hate comments that the idols always get from socia media

[@KY-jd1nl]

Anyway the point of their lore is the same as any fictional movie or book - it's to tell a story, often accompanied by some kind of message or moral. Def feels like a ton went past your guys' heads (that or you didn't comment), but imo their lore is a STELLAR representation and commentary on a lot of current topics e.g. ae represents the "perfect" image people put up on social media and idols/celebrities try to maintain. There also is a line about treating the ae's like products that can be thrown away, just like idols. Karina's arc was about expectations of perfection (and also unfortunately the phrase "you are everybody's Karina" aged well in that she got hated on for dating. Some "fans" even wrote: "aren't your fans' love enough for you?" in opposition). Winter's arc addresses the damage of rumors and gossip. Ningning's is about hate comments and public opinions doing quick 180s over nothing. And Giselle I'm not 100% sure, but part of it seems like the invasion of privacy that celebrities experience and that they are constantly being scrutinized. There's more, but anyway all very cool stuff.

[@KY-jd1nl]

LOL the "asepa" to "aspea" took me out

[@undefined601]

Basically Black Mamba is an AI villain trying to disconnect humans from their counterpart avatars to "protect" them from further human influence and the evil elements of social media.

[@JohnAlfredValmonte]

The first episode shows the powers or the ability of each ae's ae ningning Ed hacker ae Giselle xenegloss ae winter armamanter Karina rocket puncher And ae Karina was hacked by the black mamba, if u watch black mamba music video there is a part when Karina wearing all black outfit and her eyes switches to black and the black mamba was holding her

[@Ricky_Vergarra_Music]

NEXT GIRLS SMCU ENDING

[@leteflondondu92]

bro you have to watch smcu ep 3 its action packed af.

[@UltraAquarian]

YES !!!

[@fiefira2165]

Aespa Future&Fantasy concept. SM Culture Universe (SMCU) is Storyline "Lyrics"that connect with other SM kpop group.They own story concept for make "K-pop" Entertainment to Next Level "something new" not just like drop non sense konsep that no match from they own Colour"Group", also that SM of course they have different Genres songs. TMI i love hate to SM"Company" but i like they Artist ,SM i bad at to protect they Artis (Health& Mentality"haters/rumour" problems) SM just keeps silent until fans speak up for they artist

[@MY-kb1jh]

Thanks

[@sabrinashifa9005]

ep 3 please

[@UltraAquarian]

😊😊😊

[@C0715]

Can you react to (G)I-DLE? (Sorry if my English is not correct)

[@firstknight117]

If you're that bored and miserable (expressions on your faces make that very clear) watching this, why bother wasting your time?