On October 26, 2020, South Korea SM Entertainment Co., LTD., released the group LOGO video
, the group name "aespa (aespa)" from the combination of "Avatar" and "Experience (experie
nce)" the first letters of the combination of "ae" and "aspect". It means "encounter with
another self, embody the new world"; SM Entertainment released WINTER s photo on its offic
ial website on October 27. On October 28, the photo of the second member, KARINA (Yoo Jimi
n), was released. On October 29, photos of NINGNING, a Chinese national, were released. On
October 30, the photo of Japanese member GISELLE (Uchinaga Eda) was released; On November
17, the group officially debuted, and the debut digital single "Black Mamba" was released
on major music websites, and the single MV set a record of the highest number of views on
the first day of the group's debut within 24 hours. On December 27, the group won Best Ne
w Artist (Overseas) at the 2020 Asian Pop Awards for their single "Black Mamba".On January
8, 2021, the music video of the group's debut single "Black Mamba" exceeded 100 million v
iews, setting a record for the fastest time to reach 100 million views. On January 13, she
won the New Artist of the Year award at the Gaon Chart Music Awards. On January 17, she w
on her first single in SBS music program "Popular Ballads" since her debut. On January 31,
she won the 30th Seoul Song Festival Newcomer Award. On February 5, the second digital si
ngle "Forever" was released, which is a cover of Yoo Young-jin's 2000 single "Forever (To
Dads Preparing Christmas Presents for Their Children)". On May 17, the third digital singl
e "Next Level" was released, which was a cover of the OST from the film "Fast & Furious: S
pecial Ops". On June 21, their song "Next Level" topped the Melon 24Hits chart for the fir
st time in 24 hours, making it the first time that a female group source released after th
e Melon chart redesign topped the 24Hits chart. A remix of "Next Level" with DJ Habstrakt,
IMLAY and Lionclad was released on September 14. On October 5, he released his first mini
album Savage, which included six songs including the title track Savage. The album not on
ly sold more than 510,000 copies in its 15th day of release, but also entered the Billboar
d 200 and Artist 100 for the first time. On June 15, the album's lead song "Savage" topped
the Korean audio charts, reaching "All-Kill" [32]. On the 23rd, the MV of the main song "
Savage" has exceeded 100 million views, breaking its own MV record of 100 million. On Dece
mber 11, she won the "Best Female Newcomer" award at the 2021Mnet Asian Music Awards [33].
Won the "Record of the Year" award and the "New Artist of the Year" award at the 2021 Mel
on Music Awards on December 14. On 20 December, the song "Dreams Come True" was released.
In the same month, SM Entertainment announced that Kim Min-jeong (WINTER) and Yoo Ji-min (
KARINA) would debut as the first members of the "GOT the beat" Girls On Top(GOT) project.