The family background of the Aespa members is: in addition to the Chinese member NingNing, South Korean members Karina and Winter are both military families, and the aunt of a Japanese member Giselle is Cho Joo-hee, a special correspondent for ABC News and the director of the Seoul branch, who may be the girlfriend of SM Lee So-man.
Aespa Group is a new girl group launched by SM Korea in November 2020. The group consists of four members of different nationalities, two Korean members Karina (Yoo Ji-min) and Winter (Kim Hyun-ting), one Japanese member Giselle (Uchiyo Ya-ri), and one Chinese member Ningning (Ning Yizhuo), with Karina as the captain. Each member has their own characteristics and division of labor.
On November 17, 2020, the new girl group Aespa successfully debuted with the song "BlackMamba", which was a hit, gained many fans, and won many awards. The MV has exceeded 100 million views in 52 days, setting a new record for the fastest debut MV to reach 100 million views.
Many netizens are very curious about the family background of these four members who turned out to be born, which is also a variety of speculations. Xiaobian takes everyone to take a look.
1.Winter
Born in 2001, Winter (Kim Min-jin) is a Korean. It is reported that it is a military family, who has received a good artistic education since childhood, and has slowly accumulated outstanding lead vocal and dance strength.
Winter is the first member of SM's public aespa, serving as the lead singer and lead dancer in the team.
Winter himself revealed that he was selected by SM when he went to the dance festival. At first, I thought it was a liar, but then I believed it when I came to the company. Later, he was a trainee in the company for 4 years before debuting. Winter's dance and vocal strength are good, the voice is very sweet, and the appearance is also super playable. However, it is very different from the photos of the teenagers that Korean netizens broke out, which caused heated discussion among netizens.
2.Karina
Karina (Yoo Ji-min) in 2000 is also a military family. According to some South Korean media reports, the father may be The Cheol Ofe Chol, the chief of the Jeju Island Naval Police, with a large official title.
Karina is the 2nd member of SM's public aespa. Karina serves as captain, lead dancer, lead rapper, chorus and center in the team. Karina joined SM in 2016 and, like Winter, was a trainee for four years. Karina is a warm-hearted presence like a sister in the team, and takes good care of the Chinese member Ning Ning.
Although Karina can dance, sing, and rap in the group, this is not why Karina was chosen by SM in the first place. The main thing is that her appearance is too good. SM saw Karina's selfie posted on SNS online and directly notified her by private message to come for an interview. Karina is 167cm tall, her face is very small, her body proportions are tall, her legs are long, her arms are thin, and her S curves are charming, just like a real Barbie-like face, which is indeed outstanding.
In fact, AESPA has a higher exposure than other members. Before her debut, she appeared on the stage of SM Taimin's "Want" in 2019.
However, in October 2020, a group of chats between Karina and her friends when she had not yet been announced as a member of aespa were leaking out of the Internet, full of content that belittled seniors, complained about the company, and showed disrespect. However, SM Entertainment has subsequently publicly clarified this rumor and will take relevant legal measures against those who spread rumors.
3.NINGNING
Ningning in 2002 is the Chinese. At present, the family background is not revealed. Officially, she has a strong voice and is now the lead singer in the group.
Ning Yizhuo has participated in programs such as "China New Sound Generation Season 3", "Come On Big Baby", "Starlight 00 Generation" and other programs in China, and has achieved good results.
SM saw her singing strength through these programs and took the initiative to contact Ning Yizhuo. In 2016, Ning Yizhuo officially entered SM as a trainee through the SM Entertainment Draft. After hard training, he made a smooth debut and became a vocal leader in AESPA. However, because of Ning Ning's Chinese background, many Korean netizens said they were not very optimistic.
4.Giselle
GISELLE, also known as Uchiaga Ryori, is of mixed Japanese and Korean descent. GISELLE has outstanding rap strength and fluent language skills such as English, Japanese and Korean, and is the last member of SM's open aespa. GISELLE serves as the lead rapper and chorus in the team.
According to relevant South Korean media reports, Giselle was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in a privileged family. His father was Japanese and his mother was Korean. Because of her mother's relationship, Giselle began to use Korean at a young age, and because she studied at the Noble International School since she was a child, her English was very fluent, so she was proficient in English, Japanese and Korean.
Not only that, Giselle's aunt is also very popular, is the ABC News special correspondent and Seoul bureau chief Cho Joo-hee, who is quite famous in the Korean press. In the past 30 years, Cho Joo-hee has worked as a journalist in the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong and other places, in addition to current affairs, he is also very concerned about the development of K-POP in the world, and has repeatedly shared songs on the Internet in addition to SuperM and other combinations.
As the fact that Cho Joo-hee and Lee So-man live together is spread, it also seems to confirm the fact that she is the girlfriend of Sm Lee So-man.
Because of the above background, Giselle's debut background is also more questionable. Although Giselle herself said in the show that she successfully entered the company through the SM draft, this draft was the one with the largest number of SM participants and the lowest promotion rate. And Giselle is a member of aespa and even the shortest member of the SM girl group in the past, starting as an SM trainee in early 2020 and successfully debuting after 11 months.
So Giselle's trainee time is too short, and the "back door" is "stuffed" into sm comes out.
Not only that, but Giselle also seems to be caught up in rumors of a bad past of underage drinking and smoking, chaos in her private life, and even drug use.
It can be said that aspea members have been controversial because of different black histories and negative news before their debut. However, at present, some revelations have not been confirmed, and the facts are unknown. And at present, their works are more amazing, and they can show their advantages.
I hope that these sisters can shine on the stage in the future, perfectly show their strength, to eliminate the public's doubts about themselves, so that everyone really likes them. What are your thoughts on the introduction of the four members of AESPA?