The group aespa continued their ‘global hitmaker’ steps in Japan as well.

According to the list of winners of the ‘39th Japan Gold Disc Award’ announced by the Recording Industry Association of Japan on the 12th, aespa won two awards, including ‘New artist of the year’ and ‘Best 3 new artists’.

Aespa made their official debut in Japan on July 3rd of last year with the single ‘Hot Mess’, and proved their hot local popularity by selling out all tickets for two arena tours and a Tokyo Dome concert, making them the first foreign female artist to do so for two consecutive years.

Aespa also released the double title tracks ‘Supernova’ and ‘Armageddon’ from their first full-length album last year, and their fifth With their three consecutive mega hits with their mini-album ‘Whiplash’, they won the Group of the Year award at various domestic music awards ceremonies as well as the Billboard Women in Music 2025 in the US, and then took home the trophy at the ‘Gold Disc’, continuing their global award relay.

espa will also attend the Tokyo concert of ‘Summer Sonic 2025’, a large-scale urban music festival in Japan that attracts over 200,000 people every year, in August. Expectations are high for them to highlight the festival with their unrivaled performance and ‘Taste of Iron’ musical color.

espa will now wrap up their European tour with their Madrid performance on the 12th, and will hold an encore concert ‘2025 aespa LIVE TOUR - at the KSPO DOME in Olympic Park, Seoul for two days on the 15th and 16th. SYNK: PARALLEL LINE - ENCORE’(2025 aespa live tour - SYNK: PARALLEL LINE - ENCORE) will be held.

Jo Sung-woon, Donga.com reporter madduxly@donga.com

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