kpop groups (at least bigger ones) don’t collab with artists that won’t bring them any notoriety in the markets they’re to break through in most of the time. would these collabs make aespa a way more respected group ? yes ! but sm doesn’t care 🚬
it genuinely pisses me OFF the fact that sm pitched a bunch of khias, culturally speaking, for the features instead of current relevant ppl who would actually fit aespas's sonic world like slayyyter, underscores, frost children, and wasnt 2hollis right there too??