aespa’s second full-length album 'LEMONADE' dropped on May 29 at 1 PM KST and immediately dominated domestic and international charts. The album topped South Korea’s Circle Chart Retail Album Chart and Hanteo real-time chart. Overseas, the album reached #1 on iTunes Top Albums in 19 regions, including Japan, Brazil, Thailand, Mexico, and Indonesia, and landed in the Top 10 across 38 markets. The title track’s music video surpassed 10 million views within 24 hours of release.
Key Facts
- The album includes 10 songs: double title tracks 'LEMONADE' and pre-release 'WDA (Feat. G-DRAGON)', plus b-sides like 'SHAKEN', 'Switchblade (Feat. Ty Dolla $ign)', 'Can’t Help Myself', and more.
- All tracks from the album entered major music streaming platform charts.
- 'LEMONADE' reached #1 on China’s QQ Music overall digital album sales chart, regular album sales chart, and the Tencent Music integrated K‑POP chart. Sales exceeded 3 million yuan, earning ‘Triple Platinum’ certification.
- In Japan, the album ranked #1 on LINE Music Album TOP100 (real‑time) and AWA real‑time rising chart, and #2 on Recochoku Daily Album Ranking.
- The album achieved #1 on KuGou Music’s digital album sales chart.
- The music video ranked #1 on QQ Music’s Overall Music Video Chart and Korean Music Video Chart.
- aespa will perform 'LEMONADE' on MBC ‘Show! Music Core’ (May 30) and SBS ‘Inkigayo’ (May 31).
- The album marks the start of the third chapter of aespa’s worldview, titled ‘Complaexity’, where cracks appear in reality due to their multiverse travels.
- aespa will begin a new world tour ‘SYNK: COMPLEXITY’ starting with Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul in August, continuing to North America, South America, and Europe.
Key Quote
“The song carries a positive message of drinking up any trials or confusion. I hope fans also gain energy from it.”
— Karina