93-520: Aespa ( / ˈ ɛ s ˌ p ɑː / ES -pah ; Korean : 에스파 ; RR : eseupa ; MR : esŭp'a , commonly stylized in all lowercase or æspa ) is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment . The group consists of four members: Karina , Giselle , Winter , and Ningning . The group is known for popularizing the metaverse concept and hyperpop music in K-pop . Aespa debuted on November 17, 2020, with
186-748: A dance and hip-hop track with a "groovy" rap, "energetic" bass, and "powerful vocals". It was released on May 17. It debuted at number nine on the Gaon Digital Chart and peaked at number two, becoming their first top five hit in South Korea. It also peaked at number two on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100 chart. "Next Level" became Aespa's third song to chart on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart, peaking at number three. On July 22, it
279-524: A "minimal up-tempo dance" song, which was released on August 18. Promotions included a 3 episode long web series sitcom show, Better Things, with the first episode uploaded on August 7. Ningning only appeared in limited parts of the sitcom, due to her health conditions at the time of filming. Aespa first performed the single on August 13, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles , for the first show in
372-491: A DJ and presenter. In 1989, after four years of saving money and gaining experience in the industry, he established an entertainment company called SM Studio (named after his initials) in the Apgujeong neighborhood of Seoul, and signed singer Hyun Jin-young . During the 1990s, SM Studio developed an in-house system that looked after all aspects of its artists' careers. Lee's approach was targeted at teenage audiences, and took
465-484: A Korean influence on Khitan. The hypothesis that Korean could be related to Japanese has had some supporters due to some overlap in vocabulary and similar grammatical features that have been elaborated upon by such researchers as Samuel E. Martin and Roy Andrew Miller . Sergei Starostin (1991) found about 25% of potential cognates in the Japanese–Korean 100-word Swadesh list . Some linguists concerned with
558-519: A consultancy fee for his involvement in the music production process. He remained the biggest shareholder, controlling the company's management rights. He founded the music publishing company Culture Technology Group Asia in May 2015 and drone company LeePollux in February 2019. In 2019, KB Asset Management, SM's third-largest shareholder, sent an open letter to the company complaining that Like Planning
651-480: A core vowel. The IPA symbol ⟨ ◌͈ ⟩ ( U+0348 ◌͈ COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE BELOW ) is used to denote the tensed consonants /p͈/, /t͈/, /k͈/, /t͡ɕ͈/, /s͈/ . Its official use in the extensions to the IPA is for "strong" articulation, but is used in the literature for faucalized voice . The Korean consonants also have elements of stiff voice , but it is not yet known how typical this
744-491: A holistic view of the qualities needed to become a successful entertainer. The company was renamed SM Entertainment in 1995. In 1997, he founded the music production company Like Planning. In February 2010, Lee resigned from his position as a member of SM's board of directors , but maintained a role in the company's "management and artist development" divisions. He continued to exert influence over SM through his production company, Like Planning, taking 6% of their revenue as
837-558: A horse. In 1980, he formed the band 이수만과 365일 (Lee Soo-man and The 365 Days). However, media censorship policies under the Chun Doo-hwan government discouraged him from a career in the Korean music industry. In the early 1980s, Lee decided to leave the entertainment world in order to pursue a career in computer engineering. He went abroad to work on a master's degree at California State University, Northridge , where he witnessed
930-545: A later founder effect diminished the internal variety of both language families. Since the establishment of two independent governments, North–South differences have developed in standard Korean, including variations in pronunciation and vocabulary chosen. However, these minor differences can be found in any of the Korean dialects , which are still largely mutually intelligible . The Chinese language , written with Chinese characters and read with Sino-Xenic pronunciations ,
1023-521: A possible relationship.) Hudson & Robbeets (2020) suggested that there are traces of a pre- Nivkh substratum in Korean. According to the hypothesis, ancestral varieties of Nivkh (also known as Amuric ) were once distributed on the Korean Peninsula before the arrival of Koreanic speakers. Korean syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), consisting of an optional onset consonant, glide /j, w, ɰ/ and final coda /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l/ surrounding
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#17327932836211116-468: A remake of " Forever ", the single originally by Yoo Young-jin for SM Entertainment's 2000 holiday album Winter Vacation in SMTOWN.com . Aespa's version of the song, a "mid-tempo ballad characterized by acoustic guitar sound" with "warm lyrics about promising forever to a loved one", was released on February 5. On May 4, SM Entertainment announced Aespa would release a new single titled " Next Level ",
1209-579: A show in Jakarta , Indonesia on June 24. On May 19, an additional 14 shows were announced, extending the tour to North America, South America, and Europe. On May 23, Aespa attended the 2023 Cannes Film Festival as ambassadors for the Swiss jewelry brand Chopard . They attended Chopard's Annual Dinner and Love Party which showcased Chopard's co-president and artistic director Caroline Scheufele 's first Haute couture collection. The next day, Aespa attended
1302-603: A soloist, Karina went on to win a solo music show award for the first time at Show! Music Core for her solo track, " Up ", on October 19. On September 23, it was announced that Aespa would be releasing their fifth extended play Whiplash on October 21, containing six tracks including the lead single of the same name . On November 15, the group won the Artist of the Year award at the inaugural TikTok Awards Korea event. On February 10, 2021, Aespa became ambassador for Givenchy ,
1395-689: A then-unreleased song titled " Life's Too Short ", which was revealed to be from their then-upcoming EP. On May 12, the group was included in Time magazine's Next Generation Leaders list. The magazine noted Aespa as an "experimental but essential player in the music industry, acting as a bridge between the reality and virtual". On May 27, the group was included on Forbes ' 30 Under 30 Asia list. On June 1, SM Entertainment announced that Aespa had signed with Warner Records . They also announced that Aespa would release their second extended play, Girls , on July 8. The extended play contains nine tracks, including
1488-479: A tremendous amount of cash in his personal office and vaults. Lee tried to escape prosecution by staying overseas from June 2002, and was found in a golf course in Los Angeles on 2 August in the same year. While on the run, Lee's passport was nullified and Lee was chased by Interpol . Lee eventually came back to Korea to be investigated on 22 May 2003. A pre-arrest warrant was issued on 7 October, and Lee
1581-541: A video to YouTube in which he levelled a series of accusations at Lee. In the video, he claimed that Lee had founded a company called CT Planning Limited in Hong Kong in 2019 to evade taxes, through which he was taking 6% of earnings from artists' overseas activities. The company had been established using SM's assets but was owned solely by Lee, and was the foreign equivalent of Like Planning. He also said that Lee wanted to force artists to publicly declare his importance to
1674-619: Is also generated by longstanding alliances, military involvement, and diplomacy, such as between South Korea–United States and China–North Korea since the end of World War II and the Korean War . Along with other languages such as Chinese and Arabic , Korean is ranked at the top difficulty level for English speakers by the United States Department of Defense . Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean , which in turn descends from Old Korean , which descends from
1767-656: Is an agglutinative language . The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech . Modifiers generally precede the modified words, and in the case of verb modifiers, can be serially appended. The sentence structure or basic form of a Korean sentence is subject–object–verb (SOV), but the verb is the only required and immovable element and word order is highly flexible, as in many other agglutinative languages. Question 가게에 gage-e store- LOC 가셨어요? ga-syeo-sseo-yo go- HON . PAST - CONJ - POL 가게에 가셨어요? gage-e ga-syeo-sseo-yo store-LOC go-HON.PAST-CONJ-POL 'Did [you] go to
1860-511: Is closer to a near-open central vowel ( [ɐ] ), though ⟨a⟩ is still used for tradition. Grammatical morphemes may change shape depending on the preceding sounds. Examples include -eun/-neun ( -은/-는 ) and -i/-ga ( -이/-가 ). Sometimes sounds may be inserted instead. Examples include -eul/-reul ( -을/-를 ), -euro/-ro ( -으로/-로 ), -eseo/-seo ( -에서/-서 ), -ideunji/-deunji ( -이든지/-든지 ) and -iya/-ya ( -이야/-야 ). Some verbs may also change shape morphophonemically. Korean
1953-399: Is mainly reserved for specific circumstances such as newspapers, scholarly papers and disambiguation. Today Hanja is largely unused in everyday life but is still important for historical and linguistic studies. The Korean names for the language are based on the names for Korea used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word "Korean" is derived from Goryeo , which is thought to be
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#17327932836212046-399: Is of faucalized consonants. They are produced with a partially constricted glottis and additional subglottal pressure in addition to tense vocal tract walls, laryngeal lowering, or other expansion of the larynx. /s/ is aspirated [sʰ] and becomes an alveolo-palatal [ɕʰ] before [j] or [i] for most speakers (but see North–South differences in the Korean language ). This occurs with
2139-544: Is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea . Beyond Korea, the language is recognized as a minority language in parts of China , namely Jilin , and specifically Yanbian Prefecture , and Changbai County . It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin , the Russian island just north of Japan, and by
2232-747: Is well attested in Western Old Japanese and Northern Ryukyuan languages , in Eastern Old Japanese it only occurs in compounds, and it is only present in three dialects of the Southern Ryukyuan language group . Also, the doublet wo meaning "hemp" is attested in Western Old Japanese and Southern Ryukyuan languages. It is thus plausible to assume a borrowed term. (See Classification of the Japonic languages or Comparison of Japanese and Korean for further details on
2325-521: The Koryo-saram in parts of Central Asia . The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family . Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible . The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in contemporary Manchuria . The hierarchy of the society from which
2418-527: The yangban aristocracy, who looked down upon it too easy to learn. However, it gained widespread use among the common class and was widely used to print popular novels which were enjoyed by the common class. Since few people could understand official documents written in classical Chinese, Korean kings sometimes released public notices entirely written in Hangul as early as the 16th century for all Korean classes, including uneducated peasants and slaves. By
2511-619: The Billboard 200 chart, marking their first top-ten album in the US. Their third EP, My World , was released in May 2023, achieving over two million sales and becoming their second top-ten album on the Billboard 200. The group released their first studio album, Armageddon , in May 2024. It was preceded by the commercially successful lead single " Supernova ", which topped the Circle Digital Chart for eleven weeks and won Song of
2604-575: The Korea Music Content Association . It also topped the monthly Circle Album Chart for July with 1,645,255 copies sold, which marked the largest monthly and total album sales by any K-pop girl group album in history; the record was broken in September by Blackpink's album Born Pink . On the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, Girls debuted at number three with 56,000 album-equivalent units , 53,000 pure album sales , becoming
2697-589: The Proto-Koreanic language , which is generally suggested to have its linguistic homeland somewhere in Manchuria . Whitman (2012) suggests that the proto-Koreans, already present in northern Korea, expanded into the southern part of the Korean Peninsula at around 300 BC and coexisted with the descendants of the Japonic Mumun cultivators (or assimilated them). Both had influence on each other and
2790-633: The Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea found evidence of Lee earning tens of billions worth of illegal market profits in August 1999 by acquiring 1.1 billion worth of stocks when listing stocks of SM Entertainment at KOSDAQ by a paid-in capital increase. The Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea also investigated Lee regarding circumstantial evidence of lobbying to producers in broadcasting stations and keeping
2883-568: The Three Kingdoms of Korea (not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula), while " -eo " and " -mal " mean "language" and "speech", respectively. Korean is also simply referred to as guk-eo , literally "national language". This name is based on the same Han characters ( 國語 "nation" + "language") that are also used in Taiwan and Japan to refer to their respective national languages. In North Korea and China ,
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2976-616: The Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, it was announced that the group would return on August 5 and 6 for a two-day special concert at the Tokyo Dome , making them the fastest K-pop artist and the first "fourth generation" K-pop act to hold a solo concert at the stadium. On March 29, SM Entertainment announced that Aespa would release a new single titled "Hold on Tight", an "addictive" techno -genre track that sampled
3069-433: The boy band TVXQ took their management agency SM Entertainment owned by Lee to court, claiming that the agency's 13-year-contract (often nicknamed a slave contract ) was too long, too restrictive, and gave them almost none of the profits from their success. The following year, in 2010, South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) created a rule that limited entertainment contracts to seven years. In 2015, Lee Soo-man
3162-606: The lead single of the same name , their first two singles, "Black Mamba" and "Forever," and "Dreams Come True," which they previously released as part of the 2021 Winter SM Town: SMCU Express album in December 2021. Two other tracks on Girls , " Illusion " and the English version of "Life's Too Short", preceded the EP and were released on June 1 and 24, respectively. Pre-orders for Girls exceeded 1,610,000 copies prior to its release,
3255-430: The lead single of the same name . It was released on October 5 to critical acclaim and commercial success, with media outlets praising "Savage" for its "addictive" hooks, refrains, and "masterfully layered" production. The song was included in multiple year-end lists such as NME and Time magazine 's top 10 best K-pop songs of 2021, calling "Savage" an "explosive" track. Commercially, the song peaked at number two on
3348-584: The "triple crown" award. Savage debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart and also marked Aespa's first entry on the US Billboard 200 at number 20, making Aespa the highest charting K-pop rookie girl group to appear on the latter chart. Savage has sold a total of 788,959 copies and held the record for the highest-selling debut album by an SM Entertainment act, until it was surpassed by NCT DoJaeJung 's Perfume in May 2023. On October 13, Aespa
3441-829: The 17th century, the yangban had exchanged Hangul letters with slaves, which suggests a high literacy rate of Hangul during the Joseon era. In the context of growing Korean nationalism in the 19th century, the Gabo Reform of 1894 abolished the Confucian examinations and decreed that government documents would be issued in Hangul instead of literary Chinese. Some newspapers were published entirely in Hangul, but other publications used Korean mixed script , with Hanja for Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hangul for other elements. North Korea abolished Hanja in writing in 1949, but continues to teach them in schools. Their usage in South Korea
3534-408: The 20th century. The script uses 24 basic letters ( jamo ) and 27 complex letters formed from the basic ones. When first recorded in historical texts, Korean was only a spoken language . Since the turn of the 21st century, aspects of Korean culture have spread to other countries through globalization and cultural exports . As such, interest in Korean language acquisition (as a foreign language )
3627-696: The Circle Album Chart with 1,420,178 copies sold. Two weeks after its release, the album became "a double million-seller" selling 2,011,388 copies and became the second album by a female Korean act to sell over two million copies. The album was then certified 2× Million by the Korea Music Content Association on July 6. On the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, My World debuted at number nine with 40,000 album-equivalent units , 1.33 million on-demand streams and 39,000 pure album sales , becoming their second top 10 entry. On May 10, SM Entertainment announced that Aespa's Synk: Hyper Line tour would continue with
3720-602: The Gaon Digital Chart and at number seven on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart. On December 26, Karina and Winter were revealed as members of the supergroup Got the Beat . The supergroup debuted with the single " Step Back " on January 3, 2022. On January 8, 2022, Aespa became the inaugural winner of the Artist of the Year award at the 36th Golden Disc Awards . On March 1, they won
3813-552: The Gaon Digital Chart and became their second top-five single in South Korea. On October 15, ten days after release, at 1:30 p.m. KST, Instiz 's iChart , announced Aespa's first perfect all-kill , as "Savage" had reached number one on the real-time, daily, and weekly components of the domestic charts — iChart , Melon , Genie , FLO , Bugs! , and Vibe — becoming the first "fourth generation" K-pop act to do so. The song won eight music show awards including three non-consecutive wins on Inkigayo that led to receiving
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3906-721: The Korean Red Cross to help the victims of the Sewol ferry disaster . He directed the Asia performance of Global Citizen's charity concert, Global Goal Live: The Possible Dream. On 8 March 2022, he donated ₩500 million to the Hope Bridge Disaster Relief Association to help those affected by the massive wildfires that started in Uljin, Gyeongbuk. and also spread to Samcheok, Gangwon. In 2002,
3999-525: The Song of the Year award for "Next Level" at the 19th Korean Music Awards . On April 19, it was announced that Aespa would be performing at Coachella on April 23, becoming the third K-pop girl group to perform at the festival. They performed as part of 88rising 's Head in the Clouds Forever set for the second week. Their setlist included "Savage", "Next Level", "Black Mamba", and an English version of
4092-481: The US leg of their Synk: Hyper Line tour. On August 23, Aespa released the single "We Go". The single served as the inaugural opening theme song for the Korean edition of the Pokémon: Liko and Roy's Departure anime, which began airing on the same day. The single contains lyrics about the new protagonists, Liko and Roy, discovering 'precious' things and growing through adventure. On October 6, Aespa released
4185-474: The Year at the 2024 MAMA Awards . In October 2024, the title track of Aespa's fifth EP Whiplash became their first top-ten hit on the Billboard Global 200 at number eight. The group's name, Aespa, combines the English initials for "avatar" and "experience" (Avatar X Experience) with the English word "aspect", meaning "two sides", to symbolize the idea of "meeting another self and experiencing
4278-532: The Year) at the 2021 Melon Music Awards . On November 4, it was announced that Aespa would be releasing a remake of S.E.S. 's " Dreams Come True " on December 20 for SM's Remastering Project and as the lead single of the SM Town album, 2021 Winter SM Town: SMCU Express . The music video for the song was directed by Lucid Colour and choreographed and visually directed by BoA . The song peaked at number eight on
4371-469: The ambassador for Indonesian food brand Nabati Richoco. On February 28, South Korean cosmetics company Amorepacific selected Aespa as their new global ambassador for Mise-en-scène. In May 2024, aespa has been appointed as Incheon International Airport's honorary ambassador, and became the model for the new brand Refrear Series contact lens "a-eye". Korean language Korean ( South Korean : 한국어 , Hanguk-eo ; North Korean : 조선어 , Chosŏnŏ )
4464-605: The band April and May (사월과 오월, alternatively 4월과 5월) in 1972 (he had joined the band in 1971), but he later departed from it for health reasons. He gained spotlight for his "good boy" image, supported by the fact that he was one of the few people who were not involved in the weed scandal among Korean celebrities in 1975, and his high academic credentials in Seoul National University. He became known for hit songs such as "행복 (Happiness)", released in 1978, and "한송이 꿈 (A Piece of Dream)" released in 1976. In 1977, he
4557-455: The beginnings of words. /l/ becomes alveolar flap [ɾ] between vowels, and [l] or [ɭ] at the end of a syllable or next to another /l/ . A written syllable-final ' ㄹ ', when followed by a vowel or a glide ( i.e. , when the next character starts with ' ㅇ '), migrates to the next syllable and thus becomes [ɾ] . Traditionally, /l/ was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before [j] , and otherwise became /n/ . However,
4650-416: The company and attempted to insert environmental references into songs to promote his business interests. The National Tax Service said they would investigate the claims of tax evasion. Lacking the funds of their competitor, Hybe eventually withdrew from the takeover battle, enabling Kakao to become the largest shareholder and obtain management rights. Lee released a statement saying he was "moving toward
4743-457: The end of the year. On 3 February 2023, SM said that they would restructure the company without the help of Lee, adopting a multi-production center system to replace his role as chief producer. Kakao Entertainment purchased a 9.05% stake in SM, making them the second-largest shareholder, and signed a business agreement with SM to fund their plans. Lee, objecting to this, filed an injunction against
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#17327932836214836-451: The festival. Giselle was unable to perform with the group due to health issues. The group's set was well received by both fans and critics alike, with Simon Vozick-Levinson of Rolling Stone calling the show a "spectacle" and Starr Bowenbank of Billboard noting that Aespa's "stage presence and catalog has the strength to carry the main stage at a music festival". On July 27, Aespa began teasing their English digital single " Better Things ",
4929-560: The first K-pop artist chosen as such by the French fashion house. Later that year in August, Aespa inked endorsement deals with Korean cosmetics brand Clio , Korean skincare brand Mediheal, French sportswear brand Eider , and in September for KB Kookmin Bank . In November 2021, Aespa was selected as muse for Italian fragrance brand Acqua di Parma , and Mobile RPG Eternal Return announced collaboration with aespa. On April 8, 2022, Aespa became
5022-399: The first Korean dynasty known to Western nations. Korean people in the former USSR refer to themselves as Koryo-saram or Koryo-in (literally, " Koryo/Goryeo persons"), and call the language Koryo-mal' . Some older English sources also use the spelling "Corea" to refer to the nation, and its inflected form for the language, culture and people, "Korea" becoming more popular in
5115-615: The first episode of their first reality show, aespa's Synk Road , which documented their trip to Pyeongchang in the Gangwon Province . Throughout the show, the members were tasked to find hidden 'ae-key' cards, won from various missions and games, in order to 'complete' the eponymous Synk Road . On February 25 and 26, they held their first concert, Synk: Hyper Line , at the Jamsil Arena in Seoul, South Korea. On March 7,
5208-704: The following weeks. Karina also appeared alongside labelmate Kai for a performance in Hyundai and SM Entertainment's collaboration virtual showcase — The All-New Tucson, Beyond DRIVE . Aespa's logo was also teased at the end of SuperM 's "One (Monster & Infinity)" music video. On October 26, 2020, SM Entertainment announced that it would debut a new girl group, its first since Red Velvet in 2014 and its first overall idol group since NCT in 2016. The group's name and members were revealed individually starting on October 27 (in order: Winter, Karina, Ningning, and Giselle). SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man explained
5301-483: The future". Upon leaving SM, Lee established a company called Blooming Grace, which will focus "on the fusion of culture and technology". He acquired part of the Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle company EHang. Lee's wife, Kim Eun-jin, died from cancer on 30 September 2014. Lee is the paternal uncle of Sunny , one of the members of the popular SM group Girls' Generation . In 2014, Lee donated ₩ 500 million to
5394-598: The group was announced as a performer at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco , California , on August 11, making them the first K-pop group to perform at the festival. From March to April, Aespa continued their Synk: Hyper Line concert tour in Japan, garnering a total of 110,000 spectators from 10 sold-out shows across Osaka , Tokyo , Saitama , and Aichi . During their concert at
5487-649: The group's concept at the 2020 World Cultural Industry Forum on October 28. A video trailer featuring all four members was revealed on November 2, alongside the announcement of the release of Aespa's debut single, " Black Mamba ", on November 17. Upon release, the song's music video achieved the highest number of views for a K-pop group's debut video in 24 hours, with 21.4 million views. The group made their broadcast debut on KBS2 's Music Bank on November 20 to perform "Black Mamba", and earned their first music show win on SBS 's Inkigayo on January 17, 2021. On January 29, 2021, SM Entertainment announced Aespa would release
5580-637: The highest figure for a girl group album in K-pop at the time. Upon release, the album became the first by a girl group to sell more than one million copies in one week on the Hanteo Chart, exceeding the mark set by Blackpink 's The Album in October 2020. It went on to debut at number one on the Circle Album Chart with 1,426,487 copies sold, leading to their first Million certification by
5673-417: The highest-charting debut album by a K-pop girl group on the US Billboard 200 chart at number 20, while its title track peaked at number two in South Korea. In July 2022, Aespa released their second EP Girls , which broke the record for the best-selling album by a K-pop girl group in history and became the first to sell one million copies in the first week of release. It also debuted at number three on
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#17327932836215766-479: The inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial /l/ (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variation of either [ɾ] or [l] . All obstruents (plosives, affricates, fricatives) at the end of a word are pronounced with no audible release , [p̚, t̚, k̚] . Plosive sounds /p, t, k/ become nasals [m, n, ŋ] before nasal sounds. Hangul spelling does not reflect these assimilatory pronunciation rules, but rather maintains
5859-417: The issuance of new shares and convertible bonds, which was upheld by the court. He sold his stake in SM to Hybe Corporation , making them the biggest shareholder. Hybe announced their intention to acquire the company with Lee's support. This sparked a battle for SM's management rights, pitting Lee and Hybe against the SM executives and Kakao. Lee Sung-soo , SM's co-CEO and Lee's nephew by marriage, uploaded
5952-408: The issue between Japanese and Korean, including Alexander Vovin, have argued that the indicated similarities are not due to any genetic relationship , but rather to a sprachbund effect and heavy borrowing, especially from Ancient Korean into Western Old Japanese . A good example might be Middle Korean sàm and Japanese asá , meaning " hemp ". This word seems to be a cognate, but although it
6045-639: The language is most often called Joseon-mal , or more formally, Joseon-o . This is taken from the North Korean name for Korea (Joseon), a name retained from the Joseon dynasty until the proclamation of the Korean Empire , which in turn was annexed by the Empire of Japan . In mainland China , following the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1992, the term Cháoxiǎnyǔ or
6138-472: The language originates deeply influences the language, leading to a system of speech levels and honorifics indicative of the formality of any given situation. Modern Korean is written in the Korean script ( 한글 ; Hangeul in South Korea, 조선글 ; Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea), a system developed during the 15th century for that purpose, although it did not become the primary script until
6231-455: The late 1800s. In South Korea the Korean language is referred to by many names including hanguk-eo ("Korean language"), hanguk-mal ("Korean speech") and uri-mal ("our language"); " hanguk " is taken from the name of the Korean Empire ( 대한제국 ; 大韓帝國 ; Daehan Jeguk ). The " han " ( 韓 ) in Hanguk and Daehan Jeguk is derived from Samhan , in reference to
6324-508: The melody of the iconic Tetris theme song, " Korobeiniki ", for the soundtrack of the Apple Original Film Tetris . The single officially released on March 31. On May 8, Aespa released their third extended play My World . The extended play contains six tracks, with the single " Welcome to My World " pre-released on May 2 and the lead single " Spicy " released alongside the EP. My World debuted at number one on
6417-527: The model for Korean beverage brand Lotte Chilsung 's Tamz Zero. In August, Aespa became the global ambassador for the Korean sportswear brand MLB, selected as new model for Lotte Duty Free . On September 1, Aespa became the global ambassador for Swiss watch and jewelry brand Chopard , and was featured in advertisement for Intel . In December, Aespa became promotional models for mobile game Epic Seven . In October, 2023, Crocs released collaboration aespa x Crocs Stomp Lined Clog. In February 2024, Aespa became
6510-592: The new world". Ningning was introduced as a member of pre-debut training team SM Rookies on September 19, 2016. As part of the team, she appeared on the Rookies Princess: Who's the Best? segment of the program My SMT that year and recorded several covers for the Korean animated TV program Shining Star in 2017. Karina appeared in labelmate Taemin 's music video for the song " Want " in February 2019 and performed with him on several music programs in
6603-516: The pioneers of the Korean Wave . Lee debuted as a singer in 1971 while he was a student at Seoul National University . In 1989, he founded SM Entertainment , which has since become one of the largest entertainment companies in the country. Lee was born in Jeonju , South Korea on 18 June 1952, and attended Seoul National University on and off between 1971 and 1979. Lee debuted as a member of
6696-515: The population was illiterate. In the 15th century King Sejong the Great personally developed an alphabetic featural writing system , known today as Hangul , to promote literacy among the common people. Introduced in the document Hunminjeongeum , it was called eonmun ('colloquial script') and quickly spread nationwide to increase literacy in Korea. The Korean alphabet was denounced by
6789-724: The red carpet for the screening of La Passion de Dodin Bouffant and showcased the brand's new jewelry collection, Red Carpet Collection. On June 8, Aespa threw the first pitch for the New York Yankees against the Chicago White Sox at the Yankee Stadium . On June 10, Aespa performed at the annual Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City , making them the first K-pop act to perform at
6882-510: The rise of "superstars of the MTV generation" such as Michael Jackson . Inspired by the heyday of MTV in the United States, Lee set his sights on laying the foundation for the modern Korean pop music industry. In 1985, he returned to Korea "with a vision of what the Korean music industry could be." Following his return to Korea, Lee ventured back into the entertainment world by working as
6975-669: The short form Cháoyǔ has normally been used to refer to the standard language of North Korea and Yanbian , whereas Hánguóyǔ or the short form Hányǔ is used to refer to the standard language of South Korea. Korean is a member of the Koreanic family along with the Jeju language . Some linguists have included it in the Altaic family, but the core Altaic proposal itself has lost most of its prior support. The Khitan language has several vocabulary items similar to Korean that are not found in other Mongolian or Tungusic languages, suggesting
7068-584: The single " Black Mamba ", which achieved the highest number of views in 24 hours for a K-pop group's debut video. Their second single, " Next Level ", was released in May 2021 to widespread commercial and critical success, peaking at number two on the Circle Digital Chart and earning the Daesang for Song of the Year at the 19th Korean Music Awards . In October of the same year, Aespa released their first extended play (EP) Savage , which became
7161-490: The single "Zoom Zoom", which was served as the ending theme song for Beyblade X anime. On October 10, Aespa announced they would be releasing their fourth extended play Drama on November 10. The extended play contains six tracks, including the lead single of the same name . On January 9, 2024, SM announced that Aespa would be releasing a remake of "Regret of the Times", a single originally by Seo Taiji and Boys . The remake
7254-475: The store?' Response 예/네. ye/ne AFF Lee Soo-man Lee Soo-man ( Korean : 이수만 ; Hanja : 李秀滿 , born 18 June 1952) is a South Korean business executive and record producer who is best known for being the founder of SM Entertainment , a multinational South Korean entertainment company based in Seoul . He has also been referred to as the "president of culture", as one of
7347-441: The tense fricative and all the affricates as well. At the end of a syllable, /s/ changes to /t/ (example: beoseot ( 버섯 ) 'mushroom'). /h/ may become a bilabial [ɸ] before [o] or [u] , a palatal [ç] before [j] or [i] , a velar [x] before [ɯ] , a voiced [ɦ] between voiced sounds, and a [h] elsewhere. /p, t, t͡ɕ, k/ become voiced [b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ] between voiced sounds. /m, n/ frequently denasalize at
7440-671: The top-selling album of the week. SM Entertainment also announced the group's first Japanese showcase, titled: aespa Japan Premium Showcase 2022 ~SYNK~ , which was held on August 6 and 7 at the Pia Arena MM in Yokohama. On June 7, it was announced that Aespa would be holding their second showcase, their first in the United States, titled: aespa Showcase SYNK in LA! on June 26 at the YouTube Theater . On June 14, an additional show
7533-464: The underlying, partly historical morphology . Given this, it is sometimes hard to tell which actual phonemes are present in a certain word. The traditional prohibition of word-initial /ɾ/ became a morphological rule called "initial law" ( 두음법칙 ) in the pronunciation standards of South Korea, which pertains to Sino-Korean vocabulary. Such words retain their word-initial /ɾ/ in the pronunciation standards of North Korea. For example, ^NOTE ㅏ
7626-522: The video game Roblox . It drew the second-highest attendance at a one-time Roblox concert, with 2.5 million visits. The show also drove over 2.3 million recorded visits to the Crocs World in Roblox . On December 14, the group released a collaborative single, "Beautiful Christmas", with labelmates Red Velvet for SM Town 's album, 2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace . On December 28, Aespa released
7719-413: Was a member of the Korean indie band Sand Pebbles [ ko ] . In addition to his career as a musician and his studies in university, he worked as a radio DJ and TV host during this time. Lee Soo-man was also known for his trio with singers Lee Moon-sae and Yoo Yeol [ ko ] called Masamtrio (馬三트리오), named as such because of their appearances that resemble that of a long face of
7812-563: Was alleged to have violated foreign exchange rules, having failed to report real estate purchased in Los Angeles, as mandated by the Foreign Exchange Law. His company responded that it was a "mistake" made by their American subsidiary. In 2021, he was included in the names of figures in the Pandora Papers . He was mentioned 399 times across 280 documents, tying him to eight paper companies in Hong Kong, five of which used
7905-454: Was announced that Aespa had signed with Creative Artists Agency for their future activities in the United States. On September 10, it was announced that remix versions of "Next Level" will be released on September 14, along with a music video and a visualizer video for "Next Level (IMLAY Remix)". On September 14, SM Entertainment announced Aespa would release their first extended play, Savage . The extended play contains six tracks, including
7998-700: Was announced that Aespa would be releasing their first Japanese single " Hot Mess " on July 3. The single marked the group's Japanese debut and includes two other songs "Sun and Moon" and "Zoom Zoom", the latter previously released on October 6, 2023, as the ending theme song to the anime series and franchise Beyblade X . Later on June 29 and 30, when kicking off their second world tour at Jamsil Indoor Stadium , Aespa revealed four solo tracks, one from each member. The solo tracks were later released in Synk: Parallel Line , their first digital single album , on October 9. Despite not having officially debuted as
8091-710: Was announced, for June 27, after the tickets for June 26 sold out. The group was also named the Apple Music: Up Next artist for June. On July 5, Aespa delivered a speech and performed at the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development . On July 8, Aespa performed at Good Morning America 's Summer Concert Series in Central Park , which featured the first performance of "Girls". On October 23, Aespa performed virtually for Crocs to celebrate their 20th Anniversary on
8184-481: Was arrested on 8 October. On 14 October, Lee was approved of bail after paying 30 million won. On 19 October, Lee was prosecuted without detention. In September 2004, the Supreme Court of Korea sentenced Lee to two years of imprisonment along with three years of probation. Lee was released in a special exemption in 2007 commemorating the fourth year of Roh Moo-hyun 's presidency. In 2009, three members of
8277-487: Was first introduced to Korea in the 1st century BC, and remained the medium of formal writing and government until the late 19th century. Korean scholars adapted Chinese characters (known in Korean as Hanja ) to write their own language, creating scripts known as idu , hyangchal , gugyeol , and gakpil. These systems were cumbersome, due to the fundamental disparities between the Korean and Chinese languages, and accessible only to those educated in classical Chinese. Most of
8370-612: Was included in People magazine's Ones to Watch 2021 list as a "Rising Star". On November 25, the group performed on a float, celebrating women in STEM , at the 95th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade , making them the first Korean girl group to perform at the parade. On December 2, they won their first Daesang (Stage of the Year) at the Asia Artist Awards . Two days later, on December 4, the group won their second Daesang (Record of
8463-406: Was released on January 15. On February 19, it was announced that Aespa would be embarking on their second world tour, Synk: Parallel Line , kicking off in Seoul on June 29 and 30. On April 21, it was announced that Aespa would be releasing their first studio album Armageddon on May 27. The album is led by two title tracks " Supernova ", which was pre-released on May 13, and " Armageddon ", which
8556-488: Was released together with the entire album. "Supernova" was a commercial success in South Korea and achieved perfect all-kill status, as it simultaneously reached number one on the real-time, daily, and weekly components of iChart . It became the group's first song to top the Circle Digital Chart , and their first top-ten hit on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, peaking at number six. On June 3, it
8649-504: Was taking 46% of SM's operating profit each year. They demanded a merger between Like Planning and SM, which the company rejected. On 23 January 2020, Lee Soo-man was listed by Billboard as one of the world's influential music industry leaders. He worked on South Korean girl group Loona 's 2020 EP [#] , which was his first ever project away from his namesake SM Entertainment. In October 2022, SM announced that they would terminate their production contract with Lee's Like Planning by
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