why does aespa never sing live? 

i still can‘t believe this video blew up after 3 months 😭 i just wanna say that i‘m very happy that most people on here, no matter if they agree or not, state their opinions without attacking anybody! i was at around 150 subscribers before this blew up and now we‘re at 300 and this video has almost 100k views 😩 all of your opinions are very convincing so it‘s pretty hard for me to disagree to anybody but again, thank you for being so respectful

not singing live takes away their presence. One of the biggest reasons they seem “robotic” is because they are a smaller group that lipsyncs most of the time :( you can feel a difference between their encores and their normal stages, their encores feel more hyped up and fun bc theyre not lipsyncing (i think)

No but i truly love winter because she doesn't even bother to make sound like she sing live, she just stand there with a blank face. it gets me every time lmao

is it just me or has there been a lack of live singing in general recently because of the emphasis placed on perfect performances? it’s kind of sad tbh…

I believe they never sang live except the encores where they were not required to dance. Some fans are just delusional. I do hope SM lets them sing live for their next comeback because they are very talented.

That high note ningning has in the last verse of savage is impossible to perform with that amount of dancing. like let's be real here

its gotten to the point idc if their voice cracks 100 times while singing I JUST WANT TO HEAR THEM LIVE

i really think them not singing live is one of the reasons why their stage presence isnt good. idols perform very differently when they sing live and dance at the same time and i personally want them to do that as much as they can. i dont care about them not sounding perfect, i WANT to hear them sing live and its only normal for them to not sound as good when they're dancing through the whole song edit: so aespa is performing at coachella in a few days and im very excited to see if they'll finally sing live and how their stage presence will be especially on such a big stage and a large audience second edit: SO AESPA HAVE OFFICIALLY RATIOED ME AND I COULDNT BE HAPPIER IM SO HAPPY THAT THEY FINALLY SANG LIVE AND PROVED MY POINT! their stage presence was so so SO much better im so happy i still wish sm wouldnt have let coachella be their first live singing performance bc they were pretty nervous, i still think they did amazing

i dont care too much when a group lipsyncs, but when they/the fans act like they dont lipsync it really gets on my nervesss "omg she eating CDssss" yeah girl its prerecorded. You wont hear them breathe at all, theyll hit a g5 while doing jumping jacks, theyll have 10 layered metal necklaces right next to the mic that you wont hear, and have a completely relaxed face, and fans are still like "omg slay vocal queen, no one else doing it like her" huh???

idk but i feel like sm is sorta scared abt ruining their reputation as "the agency with the best vocalists" but at the same time this isn't rlly helping them.

Can i just say this video is such a breathe of fresh air. I don't even bother looking at the comments under stages because I know there are thousands of fans raving about how their group sang live when it's just so blatantly obvious that it was a pre-recorded performance, but they genuinely believe it was a live. Some of them even say things like "you have low expectations of these idols" like no they're human as well..your expectations are the ones that are high.

The line "SM doesn't let their rookies sing live" is definitely not true. EXO and Red Velvet sang their debut songs LIVE. Some were even making fun of D.O. because of his voice cracks (ofcourse there were times that they lipsync, but definitely not "always"). And also, Wendy developed vocal nodules because of singing while straining her voice in the "shine on me" part (correct me if I'm wrong). But I do hope SM would let them sing live, because they're getting tired of it that they're not even trying to make it look like they sing live anymore. Let the girls sing!

the only times they've sung a performance live was when they did the encores. other than that, they still have not sung live while dancing, which is disappointing as a fan. i know it's not their fault though! i'm proud to say they're all exceptional singers. SM LET AESPA SING LIVE!!

I find this sad because there are still some very good vocalist in kpop... Chungha in her dance rehearsal video was explaining that for making certain moves it is literally impossible for her to breathe, she has to dance couple of seconds while blocking her breathing... hard to sing at the same time. When you see the earlier gens of kpop, the emphasis was much less on the dance if you compare to today where Kpop is very popular for the choreo and the visuals, and that good singing isn't even a requirement anymore. I find that it really became a "product" and the idols are a "product" not human beings with their limitations. They have to look and be perfect in every way possible while being "live". And that it puts soooo much pressure on the idols that they don't even dare singing live anymore...

Don't worry. There are still a lot of MYs like us who are not delusional. Aespa not singing live is a huge disappointment for us every single time. Still, we love them.

It's so annoying that companies and some fans can't see that imperfections like shaky voice, voice cracks, heavy breathing are what make the performance interesting and "alive"

the reason people talk about aespa more than other groups is that they are from sm and also their main focus is vocals not dance. the other 4th gen groups also lip-sync but their choreographies are like workouts not saying aespa's choreographies are not hard but they don't have jumps or big moments for people to overlook their vocals. and lip-syncing for encores really made them look worse like some groups sing live even when they are struggling they may get criticized for vocal abilities but people praise them when they improve. for I've many people said that their vocals are not as good as aespa but on contrary, they were singing live unlike them.

TXT,ENHYPEN,Itzy actually sings live in music shows you can even hear that their voices crack sometimes yes their is backpack but you can hear when they sing their parts and also their encore stages doesn't have backtrack.

I love aespa and think they have such great vocals but never believed they really sang live! There's just no way lol Thanks for this video!!

To me these ‘perfect’ performances make it a lot more empty and really fake. In my opinion singing live makes it perfect even if it the choreo is hard and it doesn’t sound perfect, its really impressive which adds to the performance

The easiest way is to just take two performances and make them play at the same time. For aespa, all that I have tried were identical. That doesn't mean they are not talented, but they are not singing live. If SM is scared they won't be able to hit so many high notes they can give them songs with less difficult parts, it's not like you can't have a good song without several high notes. The problem in general is - for aespa and also many other 4th gen idols, that they have so many pre recorded stages that a live stage would stand out maybe too much, since you would go from perfection to idols being breathless, shaky, occasionally flat (of course if the live stage wouldn't be post edited, like so many are). Older kpop fans have nothing against that (I personally think imperfect stages make a perfect performance) because we are used to see real live stages from years ago, where they had mostly one take so if they tripped, fell, had voice cracks it was all left in there, but newer fans are used more to those polished and perfect versions and could possibly react negative if the idol shatters the illusion of hitting a high note while dancing and barely moving their mouth and with absolutely zero strain.

they don't sing live and they never did but what's most annoying to me is the delusional fans that keep insisting that they sing live and everything is perfect and flawless, just accept the facts already that they don't sing live lol

genuinely sad that sm doesnt let aespa sing live

When they debuted, I understand that SM didn't let them sing live to focus more on the choreography. However, with Next Level and Savage, I don't think the choreo is as intense as Black Mamba to not warrant a live performance at least once. We're already in the 4th gen of kpop idols, being a rookie shouldn't be an excuse anymore not to perform live. I was really hoping they'd perform Savage live since the choreo for it was quite simple compared to their previous songs. But to my disappointment, they didn't.

I totally remember EXO and Red Velvet singing live in their rookie days even on the second comeback IcC you can heard RV sing it live clearly but for aespa there literally is no live stages. I know they are fully capable of sining live and i just hope we get to see them sing again soon a

I really thank you for making this video, it's time for people to wake up, perfection doesn't exist

They can sing live, it's just that SM are more focus on this SMP type of thing for their artists. They are more focus on the camera productivity and dance performance. It is disappointing, but please let us not be engage to some of these hatred toward the SM artists. I've been an SM stan for almost 10 years, and I know that SM artists are all capable. They are more than that.

The reason why I've can't really stan Aespa, never heard them live at all. It's not enough that you "know they can sing live."

I can't imagine how scared they will be if they have to perform live , especially after all the lipsync. The netizens will pounce on them for a single mistake .

Tbf it's not just them. Since the pandemic and no crowd being around, all the backtracks have taken over and the artificial processing. Some singers still try to sing over them, but it's not the raw "live" performances I'm hoping for on most occasions unfortunately. Another reason I'm not that big of a fan for music shows.

SM and other companies are pushing for their artists to be more global but SM needs to realize that if that track EVER skips or stops while ANY of their artists are live on a western stage and their mics are not ON it’s gonna be hell.. people/media were already claiming that K-pops completely manufactured and we’ll never hear the end of it..I will never understand SM…I’ll be dammed if I pay money for a concert and the performers are lip-synching

i watched ning nings predebut videos where she is singing and i was really amaze by her vocals, i mean i knew she is great but i did not expect the she's that great. obv the other member are talented too even giselle who's aespa's MAIN RAPPER is a choir member back then. i hope sm finally let them sing. i can't wait to hear their raw vocals and show sm that they don't need to be perfect in odrer to be the best 4th gen girl group that they are

It's always funny to me when they are doing those facial expressions while singing high notes like they really sing it lmao But I don't get why SM doesn't let them sing live. Then they have to prove for 1 performance that they can sing live and then back to lipsync like... what's the point? I don't like the way SM is going with those pre-recorded vocals, I don't want live singing to be dead in kpop. They really want to make robots as idols or what? PS: I'm really curious how they will sing at the live concerts. People will pay money just to "hear" them lipsync?

I dont think ***Aespa was trying to convince anyone that they're singing live lol

I heard a theory that sm doesn't let their artist sing live anymore so that more people would pay to go to their concerts to hear them live. Its a horrible strategy for aespa because they are new and people will judge them for everything especially their vocals.

At this point those microphones are just accessories

Not just aespa, I feel like this is becoming more and more used in the K-pop industry nowadays. Remember, this is their jobs and they should know how to sing live whilst dancing because it's getting ridiculous atp. Even if their voice is shaky whilst dancing that's completely fine cuz that's normal, it shows they're putting effort in their performances making fans more excited. However even fans themselves just let it slide and praise them for everything, which is getting really annoying. Companies should really let idols sing live because then we can actually praise them for their vocals on stages.

This is why I enjoy StayC more than most other groups. They tend to sing live more...at least that's how it seems.

The thing is you dont have to go thru too much analysis. Just look at their facial expressions and mouth movement while performing and you can tell right away if it is lipsync or not.

I feel like this is the reason I find their performances quite boring because there’s nothing new each time they perform. The only difference is their outfits, everything else is the same, the backtrack, the robotic facial expressions, the same choreo. I noticed immediately from their debut that they sang with prerecorded vocals and it was weird seeing comments like “best 4th gen vocalists” or like “they eat CD’s for breakfast” when there are other kpop idols who work their asses off to sing live and don’t have big 3 privilege. I get this is all SM’s work, but it’s very disappointing to see.

They stopped trying because SM doesn't let them sing live. That's why they lipsync poorly and it's so obvious. Each girl has the predebut videos to backup their singing but they never get the chance to show it off. It's like a painter always showing off one work because his art teacher says nothing else will sell but pretending to draw it each time, he knows he can paint but always told the same pose, same strokes, same colors. No room for creativity. So he smiles less as he shows off his art. People wonder why he looks so sad because he makes an amazing, true to picture piece everytime.. . So he stays depressed and stuck in that bubble.. stops caring and people critique his art...

we just have to accept to at this point the live singing in kpop is dying because they want to give us "perfect singing machines" as singers or rappers.

thank you. k-pop fans are delusional asf when it comes to this so i just keep my mouth shut but you perfectly encapsulated the issues with live singing nowadays.

I love aespa, but this really butts me. They never really sang live. I really want to hear them sing live. They are music artists, they're supposed to give more importance in singing than the dance. i hope SM let's them sing live, they have incredible voices.

this isn't really a comment about aespa but dude, i love the fact that when you showed a clip of them singing, you let them finish the verse they were singing. i know its not a big deal but so many kpop channels use clips and then just cut the verse off midway and it drives me nuts

I think it all boils down to them being not prepared enough to debut in the first place, sm lays so much emphasis that they give the whole package (Dancing with stage presence) that singing live becomes less important

They finally sang live at Coachella. I am so happy 😍

If their voices sound smooth while doing chest pops and sudden sharp movements , then it’s lip syncing

This video is absolutely perfect.

they are the best vocalists of 4th gen. they really already proved themselves and it hasnt been 2 years since their debut. its a pity sm doesnt let them sing live since theyre basically 4th gen leaders

It’s weird they don’t sing live because their voices are actually incredible

We're so used to perfection at this point, that if idols sang live and went flat or sharp just a little (which new flash: is bound to happen when you're dancing like they are) , they'd be ruined. just look at my poor girl, momo. She has been constantly bashed for her voice, live and recorded, that after seven years of activity with twice, she's too scared to even sing. it's not just on the company's shoulders that push these ideals. we're at fault just as much as they are.

The fact that aespa have the talent to sing really well while performing live but sm just makes them lipsync is so sad

“Sm doesnt let their rookie artists sing live” watch shinee and the chaos that is their debut 🤣 love, from a shawol

This is why I’m having trouble with got the beat as well - I don’t have a problem with idols singing live sometimes and I understand there’s only one song out right now, but it’s just SO OBVIOUS they’re lip-synching that it breaks the illusion for me, like I can’t even convince myself it might be live

I'm lowkey scared for their first concert/full live stage. This situation only puts more pressure on everyone, the public and the girls. if I were them I wouldn't know what to do if after lip synching for my entire career I was thrown into a stage without backtrack. SM needs to get their shit together and let them sing live before the girls suffer consequences and negative reactions from the public

I think they use prerecorded stages because they refilm some of the dance parts in the performance and its hard to sing the same song and dance 3 times

I actually don't care if the tone is perfect or not in a love performance. I just want it to sound authentic so I really hope aespa gets to sing live. Like stayc, You can still notice their live singing on many performances.

pre recording usually happpens before every show at the venue so it’s different for each performance. they’re still singing live just not while also dancing. for most artists. but aespa’s pre recording as so much autotune that it doesn’t even sound live. a place that i find you call always find live vocals are in concerts, especially if people are paying to see them. you’re not paying to see something pre recorded you’re paying to see something live. from the groups that i follow i find thats always the case

They get hate if they’re not perfect, hate if they have a voice crack, hate if they don’t have amazing stamina, people saying they shouldn’t be idols if they aren’t exceedingly stable on stage while dancing and singing, hate if they don’t sound like they ate the CD. I’m not surprised companies and even idols probably want to avoid that by just not singing live. It’s simply not worth it. The mental stress it causes for them is just too much. Not shocked they don’t sing live and honestly I don’t really care that much. I think singing live is great if you want to do it and if you can do it but if you can’t then that’s fine too. I feel like people put so much unnecessary emphasis on “singing live” and all that does is add pressure to be perfect.

It's pretty amazing how many people don't know what live singing/performance sounds like. You can get up and do any bit of choreo you can think of and try to sing as you go. No matter how talented you are, you're gonna be breathy in spots at the very least.

i do feel bad, especially for ningning, there are many clips of her being frustrated that she can't hear herself or her mic isn't working and they wont fix it. i hope she gets to sing live some day

Winter gave up on Singing live after black mamba😂 they just won’t let her sing. But still I never questioned their vocal abilities ❤️😂 it’s SM

It's just sad the fact that RV has a good vocal line but all the queendom promotions are just lipped

well ok so after the coachella stage, i think aespa can still sing their high notes while dancing. Maybe all of you think aespa can not do 2 these things in the same time because if we take a look at Savage stage at Coachella, all of the members danced weaker than usual. But honestly, they did that because they performed 5 without break. If they only perform savage on weekly music show, it's not suprised if they can do it well. They come from SM and i belive in the future, they will practice more become more perfect. Peace.

Love Aespa but singing “live” with auto tune feels like an oxymoron.

Ok but it has to be said Wendy's voice and technique r such a blessing Jesus she has to be in kpops history as one of the best vocals of all time for sure

As Stray Kids Bangchan said, idols have to pre-record their songs because all they do is work. They have to practice all day, sleep late, and wake up early for dry rehearsals and their performances. I believe that lately the focus is on performance, since the competition is high. Sorry for my bad English ^_^ In my opinion, it doesn't matter how they do it on stage as long as I KNOW THEY ARE REALLY GOOD SINGERS in reality 👍🏼

SM must hate aespa singing live so much to the point they don't even allow them to sing fully live at encore lol. I seriously don't get it. Like they're fully capable of singing live, at least when standing still, but SM still don't want that to happen. P/S: I know that Music Core had the artists sing their encore over audio version, but not Inkigayo.

I really hope SM will let Aespa sing live soon, I'm sure they would absolutely kill it! Unfortunately all SM artists have barely sung live for about two years now, so I'm honestly not expecting much.

I feel like there should be two types of performances: one for dancing and one for vocals. That way people that want a better visual performance and those that want a better vocal performance are both happy. Also, dances shouldn’t majorly effect an idol’s ability to sing. Why have them jump around when they’re supposed to sing?

The worst part about all of this it's the fact that the girls are getting SO MUCH hate for something that's not even under their control. Like do you really think that ningning winning all this Chinese singing contests since she was a child would like to lipsync? Do you think that the choir girl giselle would like to lipsync? Do you think that karina who always participated in talent shows would like to lipsync? Do you think that winter who was trained by the sm producer who only trains vocalist he finds special and powerful would like to lipsync?. It's a shame that sm its wasting their talent by not letting them do what they love and plus, them getting stupid amount of hate from it

Yall should watch this one performance of Nizi U chopstick, it was the real definition of live singin

I hope SM allows them to sing live as I'm sure they will kill it.

I realized Kpop changed alot over the years. I remember in 2014 the emphasis was on performance and singing but the choreo was just to fill the stage and to provide a visual eye - catching factor as well. Nowadays the choreography is way too important. Seeing idols sing with passion and emotions is really rare nowadays.

Idols pre record their live singing in the studio of the music show they’re performing!! It depends on the music show too if they want artists to sing live with or without backing tracks. also you need to remember that music shows want to give the best show for high ratings or else how they going to profit!

I don't have a problem with lip syncing, but why provide mics then, just say its not live.

I just hope that they sing live next time cuz I wanna listen to their actual live voices.

they do have 100% live encore stage but you just choose the one that is not, Inkigayo always have non 100% live for their encores recently, not only aespa..

I like Aespa because Karina is just so darn cute but I totally agree with this video, it’s very obvious they’re not singing live the majority of the time.

some of y’all don’t realise how hard it is to sing and dance at the same time whilst being stable, especially when you’re hitting the kind of notes that winter and ningning are

Yes I would love to hear aespa sing live😫

It’s just not realistic to effortlessly singing while doing this kind of choreography, even when your singing and walking your voice usually shakes a little. SM should let them sing, it looks like even Aespa is kind of bored of lip syncing all the time just like their fans. It’s okay to Lip Sync but not all the time to give singers a break, but SM is ruining their credibility that they’re singers but haven’t sang live once.

SM is just not letting even RV sing anymore... all their Queendom performances were lipsync... and the choreography is not even that crazy... I wish SM would let aespa sing, even if it's not perfect, it would look much more natural, because their lipsync is usually not very well sincronized with the sound... I though it was a problem with the video, but it only seems to happen in their performances...

I think this is a systemic problem in the Kpop world. We have so many singing tv shows, even singing competition use those post-edited vocals that had a bunch of smoothing effects and pitch-correction. It makes "good live singing" an incredibly high standard. And considering how certain groups have been bashed for not having good live singing during encores, I kinda get why SM doesn't want to risk aespa's "AI-perfect" image and let them show less-than-perfect live singing. And it's a freakin' cruel world. If they lipsync, people bash them for being deceitful, but if they do, people'd probably bash them for being out of breath. It's mental how toxic it can be.

Bang Chan pointed out that they do prerecorded vocals sometimes to prevent straining when schedules are packed and they don't get to rest well in between. I love Æspa's vocals but I want to hear them sing and perform live for once, and not just on encore stages.

SM Idols used to use prerecorded audio the first two weeks for promotion and then sing live after that. But ever since the pandemic it seems like they want everyone to lip sync, aespa included. At least other SM idols get to sing live on radio or other things like that but SM hasn't given Aespa the chance. I'm not sure why they keep doing this because it's pretty obvious the idols want to sing. I think it helps them put more energy into their songs and enjoy the song more when its live so I don't blame them. Hopefully they change it once live audiences become a thing again.

i understand everything this person said, ur very accurate on this. now, personally, i think (as u said in the last part) that sm didnt let them sing live cause theyre rookies. its also weird that they said they were singing live after the award thingy when they are rookies and they dont allow them to sing live, now, i do realize/think im probably wrong on some of my statements but this is my opinion and i dont want to ague with anybody, nor offend anyone else’s opinion, so thank you for reading my comment !

This was a good video honestly thanks for educating but delulu fans can finally understand the difference between back track and live performance I think honestly its because of delulu fans that many are very confident in using back tracks cause a lot of fans worship their idols imperfect isn't needed I feel sad for them honestly. I know this is out of the question but what's the outro of the video called its really nice

yeah and rosé is upset that they never get to sing live. there was a clip of her saying that she has to practice music when she's supposed to be sleeping because she truly wants to sing.

I can't believe I ar first thought the encore was their live vocals XD now I now it wasn't but you can still hear Ning trying to sing over the backtrack at one point. You go girl!

4:05 shuhua’s live vocal 😭😭❤️

it's sad, these girls have beautiful voices and this company is making them perform with a prerecorded version. It's natural that they won't have the most stable vocals when they debut, like for example itzy who went from sometimes struggling with the high notes and powerful choreography to being able to do both and sound better than the song itself. I wish that we can see them do a live performance in their next cb

Imagine training for hours, days, and years on end only to not be allowed to sing live like you wanted and were trained to do. That would make me super upset 😭🤚

all you need to be an idol, now a days is too be just good looking.

honestly i can understand why they wouldn’t wanna sing live for the encore. it’s supposed to be fun for them but a lot of people just use encore stages to attack idol’s vocals

For the sm doesn’t let their rookie sing live . I remember when red velvet debuted they were singing live

I cannot even blame any idols who aren't singing live because I already knew it that it's really hard to perform a song while dancing

It's funny because I've met mys who say "you're used to your idols drowning live that when aespa doesn't do it they think the pre-recorded" GIRL- ☠️☠️

One thing i want sm to know is that, we want the girls to sing live, voice cracks and shaky voice is NORMAL cause they're dancing and they're human too, idk why sm is doing this to aespa, tbh i would be more happy if i heard aespa's voice cracked or being shaky, that means they're singing live and wanna showcase their voice, its like sm doesnt have any faith and trust on aespa, aespa has talents, sm believe on your artist