Aespa and G-DRAGON unite for single ‘WDA’, Aespa announces new album ‘LEMONADE’

Aespa have teamed up with BigBang ‘s G-DRAGON for their new single ‘WDA (Whole Different Animal)’ and announced details of their new album.

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The K-pop girl group will soon release their second studio album ‘LEMONADE’ on May 29 via SM Entertainment (pre-order/pre-save here ). The recod is said to showcase “the group’s expanded musical range across electronic dance, hip-hop, rock, and R&B pop”.

To celebrate, they’ve shared the first taste of the record, ‘WDA’, which pairs primal, body-shaking beats with sleek, sweltering synths. The song also features G-DRAGON rapping throughout, proclaiming boldly: “She a whole different animal” .

The group have also released a trippy, surreal music video alongside the track, where the band members blur and morph into each other. Watch the video below:

Aespa are soon to embark on their ‘COMPLæXITY’ world tour, which begins on August 7 with a two-night residency at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome.

From there, they’ll wrap up their Asian leg with a show at the Taipei Dome, before heading off on their Latin American leg in São Paulo on September 4.

After travelling through the US, they’ll land in the UK and Europe for a run of dates in January 2027. Beginning at Manchester’s AO Arena on the 14th, they’re also set to play a huge show at London’s O2 Arena on the 16th. They’ll then travel through Europe until their final show at Paris’ Accor Arena.

Tickets are on sale now, with UK tickets available to purchase here and US tickets here – see all dates below:

Aespa’s 2026-2027 world tour is:

AUGUST 2026 7 – Seoul, KR – Gocheok Sky Dome  8 – Seoul, KR – Gocheok Sky Dome  11 – Taipei, TW – Taipei Dome

SEPTEMBER 2026 4 – São Paulo, BR – Mercado Livre Arena Pacaembu 6 – Santiago, CL – Movistar Arena 9 – Lima, PE – Costa 21 11 – Mexico City, MX – Palacio de los Deportes 15 – Hamilton, ON – TD Coliseum 18 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena 22 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena 24 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena 26 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center 29 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center

OCTOBER 2026 3 – Los Angeles, CA – Intuit Dome 6 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena 9 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena 11 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena

JANUARY 2027 14 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena 16 – London, UK – The O2 19 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome 22 – Stockholm, SE – Avicii Arena 24 – Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena 26 – Berlin, DE – Uber Arena 29 – Milan, IT – Unipol Dome 31 – Barcelona, ES – Palau Sant Jordi

FEBRUARY 2027 2 – Paris, FR – Accor Arena

Elsewhere, we spoke to the girl group last September , where member NingNing told us about their hopes for the future.

“We always have high expectations and look forward to something, but it doesn’t always come true,” she told us. “So instead of focusing on that, we want to always deliver what’s best and also try very hard and keep that positive energy within us. If we do that, we can then achieve more than expected and get what we don’t even expect in the future.”

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