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In this episode of Anatomy of a Song, I return to aespa's discography to see whether their vocals continue to impress beyond the Lemonade album.

Using songs including "Shakin'," "Bite," "Drama," "Dark Arts," "Attitude" and more, I break down the isolated vocals, harmonies and vocal textures that make aespa one of the most fascinating vocal groups in 4th generation K-pop.

What stood out most wasn't just the technique, but the individuality. Each member brings a distinct tone, personality and approach to the music, making even the busiest arrangements feel surprisingly easy to follow. Whether it's powerful belts, rich lower registers or subtle harmonies hidden throughout the mix, aespa continue to reveal new details every time I revisit their music.

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karol

please do flowers and kill it from whiplash mini album

Jonathan

In another life, 'Shakin' would've been a title track cause holy shit... that track and the work put in FOR A B-SIDE is insane. Dude, Ningning surprises me every time cause she has no reason having that much body in her lower register it takes me out every time. If you ever decide to do a pt 3 with more b-sides, I recommend Flowers, Mine, You, Melody, and I'll Make You Cry (if you want an early aespa song) or... New Vid Idea: Battle of the aespa solos to see which one of them puts in the work when it comes to stacking and vocal melodies since they all had a hand in writing/composing their solo music. I think the best ones would be Up, Dopamine, Blue, and Ketchup&Lemonade for this context of AoAS since they are the most vocal-based tracks.

shye

aespa - Drama [Dolby Atmos Stems] [7.1.4] [Hidden | Background Vocals] has 112k views on YT for a reason 🙂‍↕️ drama was just too #goated!!! the girls and EJAE went crazy with the layers.......

shye

also I recently realised DemJointz had no part in Shakin 🤯🤯🤯 which is so crazy to me cause it screams him... Moonshine were the beasts behind Shakin'!

Koko3op

Oooo i'll need to listen to that!! Yess i dunno why i thought it was demjointz oiuhdfsoi

Jasmine W

i'm so happy that you checked out drama 🫶 one of my favorite songs to listen to acapella i cannot get enough of these anatomy of a song episodes. you have put me onto music that maybe i didnt understand on intial listen but listening to it stripped back makes me want to listen and catch each vocal moment ! even if our tastes don't always align, i thoroughly enjoy listening to you dissect and analyze these songs 💕💕

Koko3op

Omgg thank you so much this makes me so glad!! Yaaaayy