I'm disappointed at aespa

[seokii]

They've been marketing aespa on their whole digital avatar shtick so honestly I'm not surprised they're not trying to highlight their raw live vocals

Like they're not supposed to "feel" like these cute rookie girls who just wanna show you how well they can sing, they're already being marketed as these cool untouchable digital girls with a really plagiarized polished concept

Live vocals is a risky choice to make because, if they make a mistake (which happens, they're human) it doesn't suit their polished image. It seems pretty clear to me that SM wants to keep things smoothed out to perfection for their performances right now. And that's not really a good or a bad thing so much as just a stylistic choice. And I think it's super SM of them do that, to be honest haha.