aespa Play "Never Have I Ever": Dorm Closets, Fan Cams, and Forgotten Lyrics

The first prompt asks whether anyone has wanted to switch lives with another member for a day. One member said yes, and her reason drew laughter: another member "sleeps so well."

On whether anyone has wished they could steal another member's solo song, the group pushed back. One member said they each pick their own songs "for a reason." The conversation then turned to what they were listening to. The picks were "One Last Breath" by AKMU (as transcribed), "The Healer" by Erykah Badu, "Blue Moon" by Billie Holiday, and "Superpower" by Daniel Caesar. One member also named a Frank Ocean song and then wondered aloud whether it might be Daniel Caesar instead.

Asked whether they have ever played their own songs on repeat, the members gave mixed answers. One recalled that she and Giselle once had nothing to do at home and put on the group's old music videos.

Stalking the comments on their performances got a more enthusiastic answer. One member called it "one of my hobbies," which surprised the others. She described it as a kind of monitoring: checking the comments that appear beside the video.

The prompt about borrowing clothes without asking brought back memories of the members' early days in a shared dorm. One explained that back then the "whole house was a closet basically." Everyone's clothes were mixed together, so nobody asked before wearing something. At that point it was normal. The others joked about spotting their own clothes on each other ("Oh, that's mine"), admitted they don't know how they lived that way, and summed it up as "friendship." Someone then asked, laughing, whether their answers were too boring.

When asked whether they have watched an old aespa interview and cringed, one member said yes and joked that she hoped this video wouldn't become one of them. She explained that the group tends to get "cringe" in interviews outside Korea. In her view, English isn't the only reason. They are often jet-lagged, and "the broken English makes our personalities broken too," so they start acting weird. The others didn't treat this as a problem. One said being cringe isn't a bad thing, another agreed that "to be cringe is to be free," and a third called it cute.

Several members admitted they had practiced choreography in a random public place. It happened when they were trainees, rehearsing "Black Mamba," which was going to be their debut song. Ningning filmed the practice, which she confirmed.

Everyone said they have searched their own fan cams. The members explained the format for viewers: a fan cam is a close-up video of one member during a performance. They called it "a K-pop thing" that lets fans watch their favorite member or focus on one person's movement.

One member said they sometimes watch fan cams just for fun, and told a story about one. When she and another member performed a song called "Lollipop" on its first stage, they both fell. Smoke covered the stage, and they couldn't see the steps. Both tripped at exactly the same moment while singing, which she called "really embarrassing."

On pretending to understand something when they had no idea what was happening, one member said, "That's my life," then "my whole life." Another added, "Even right now."

The prompt about something a member hoped wouldn't come up revealed a mistake from about three days earlier, on the last day of a concert run. During "Supernova," one member's line has two versions. The original lyric is "Watch out," but the concert version is "Let's go." She said the two versions got mixed in her head, and she sang "I'm like some kind of supernova, watch go." The others found it hilarious. She said the mistake left her so happy that she enjoyed the rest of the performance.

Asked whether they have forgotten the words to one of their songs, the members answered "Duh," then took turns naming songs where it has happened. The titles came out as "Can't Help Myself," "Camouflage," and "Next Level." The others then brought up that one member had forgotten her lyrics at Lollapalooza, and she admitted it. They also agreed that one lyric section ("Twisted, take it… Poppin… Bubble bubble") is especially hard. They tried reciting it together, stumbling over "twist it, flip it" until someone landed on "Bubble bubble bubble, yeah."

Asked whether they have muted the group chat, one member answered "Always." When asked what the chat is called, they said the name "will always be a secret" and that they cannot say it. The prompt about pretending to be asleep to avoid talking to someone was answered with laughter and a mock toast of "Cheers" and "Salute."

The members treated falling asleep during a music video shoot as nearly unavoidable. One explained that K-pop videos take two to four days to shoot. A typical day starts around 5 or 6 a.m. and runs into the next day, so "there's no way" a member won't fall asleep.

The last prompt asked whether they have Googled themselves after an interview. Instead of answering directly, one member predicted they would make fun of this very video. With that, the members thanked viewers and said goodbye.