There was such a big fuss about Aespa's virtual idols concept (1 Viewer)

[Soogi]

but have they actually really explored that concept yet, other than the occassional ae cameo in mv's and teasers? maybe i dont keep up with them enough but ive heard and seen so little from the avatars that i kinda forgot aespa even has virtual members

 

[Mayday]

sm ditched the idea so soon smh

 

[blueberries]

I thought they would do at least what KDA is doing maybe more with the concept, but doesn't seem like it

 

[mysteric]

they’ve ditched it faster than EXO’s lore
there was something about the aes being part of some concert thing like a week ago though

 

[NogaNono]

Honestly I hope it stays that way. It was a bad idea. We don’t need the creepy virtual versions, so let’s just pretend it never happened

 

[eclipsoul]

i didn't like that virtual idol concept at all so i'm glad they forgot about it ngl i hope it stays that way

 

[Emanresu]

SM: So we're gonna have these ultra dimensional avatars right. Like they're electronic bionic Avengers style anime characters that are the girls but not actually the girls. Like they'll look like them... Well kind of... I'm mean not really. And they're gonna connect to your phone and talk to you... well... but not actually talk to you. And you can go to coffee shops and drink virtual tea with them... Well not actually drink tea with them And every fan can be the girls digital friend. they'll text you!!! ... well...but not really. It'll be this big Marval style super Digital universe avatar social experience you can live in and KNOW YOUR IDOLS...... ..well...but....not really.


Fans: ????

SM: (fires intern quietly)

 

[JJbaker]

well they were on a couple of stages

and aespa hasnt done much since like a week after there debut
so i doubt you would see much when the idols themselves have done basically nothing

 

[Darkseid]

Hopefully they don't start getting featured more prominently and that's the end of that

 

[Soogi]

well they were on a couple of stages

and aespa hasnt done much since like a week after there debut
so i doubt you would see much when the idols themselves have done basically nothing

yea but aespa's pretty active on social media so isnt it strange that sm hyped the "friendship w virtual idols" aspect of it up so much but then dont actually utilize the avatars for anything outside of concerts and teasers..? i thought there would be an app or at least a social media post once a week or something

 

[CherryBomb345]

I heard they trademarked an app recently, so it will probably take some time to develop the new ae-avatar content.

 

[JJbaker]

yea but aespa's pretty active on social media so isnt it strange that sm hyped the "friendship w virtual idols" aspect of it up so much but then dont actually utilize the avatars for anything outside of concerts and teasers..? i thought there would be an app or at least a social media post once a week or something

well social media is nothing really to bring in new fans they have basically no presence in the actual kpop community

but they did only debut 3 months ago... so what they have done is actually alot
no1 should be expecting kda level sm hasnt got that kinda money
Riot net worth $25 billion. for a one time event ..
SM ent net worth $44 million for a constant event..
sooo i think some people expected tooooo much i personally think sm did very well

im more wondering when nct is actually going do the technology side of there name what was promised when they debuted at least aespa actually got something xD

 

[LoveYooShaSha]

Not liking the virtual idol concept myself, id be very happy if they ditched it n it nvr came bk. Who knows tho.

 

[Abeamus]

I doubt SM has ditched it because SM like to have a gimmick with their groups nowadays and they don't have anything else with aespa if they leave the AI concept behind so they're probably just figuring things out.

 

[RandAlThor]

aespa it self is not very explored so we can wait a bit.