About a week ago, aespa shared the pre-release song “Supernova” off of their upcoming first full-length album, Armageddon, which is set to come out on May 27.
The song has already been a very successful one for aespa, earning the K-Pop group their first RAK (realtime all-kill) on Korean music charts.
.@aespa_official ‘Supernova’ on Korean platforms:
#1 Youtube Music
#1 MelOn
#1 Spotify
#1 Apple Music
#1 FLO
#1 Genie
#1 Bugs
#1 Circle Global K-pop ChartSUPERNOVA 1ST RAK #aespa_Supernova_1st_RAK #aespa pic.twitter.com/kxlTbiVahB
— aespa charts 👑 (@aespachart) May 19, 2024
This is especially impressive for a pre-release song, and shows just how much aespa’s popularity has grown in recent times! Not to mention, while the song isn’t to everyone’s tastes, many people are obsessed with the track and enjoying how unique and nostalgic of earlier K-Pop generations it is.
And it seems like aespa’s fans are pretty much everywhere! On May 18, the Twitter account for NASA‘s Webb Telescope shared an image of Cassiopeia A, which is a supernova remnant located in the Cassiopeia constellation whose supernova occurred approximately 11,000 light-years away.
Along with the image and a brief explanation of the image, the NASA account also included the “Su-su-su-supernova” line from aespa’s song, which has quickly made the tweet go viral with nearly five million views.
Su-su-su-supernova 💥
Supernovae like the one that formed Cas A (shown here) are crucial for life as we know it. They spread elements like the calcium in our bones and the iron in our blood across space, seeding new generations of stars and planets: https://t.co/juc4NL6kKX pic.twitter.com/RMpRQjlQ7N
— NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) May 18, 2024
It also has over 25,000 retweets, and a lot of them are from humorous and excited fans who are enjoying this unexpected “promotion”!
even NASA were gagged likepic.twitter.com/9RMac96rmu https://t.co/ineBE8kSFq
— ً (@tewigs) May 19, 2024
Winter, How r u? https://t.co/4nlr2uTXcG pic.twitter.com/5x1iG4Zy2B
— imalpacy อ้ะโอ้เอ้ (@alpacaespa) May 18, 2024
SOTU = SONG OF THE UNIVERSEpic.twitter.com/hk1fxNszdQ https://t.co/NjxJYk5D69
— Hugo ꕤ (@aespicante) May 18, 2024
NASA loves to acknowledge a real hit pic.twitter.com/HXc3ky6wwR https://t.co/p2c5yWSMVF
— 네비스 (@aespositive) May 18, 2024
it’s so crazy that supernova’s plural is supernov-ae. aespa girl group of the universe ! https://t.co/KFLNLdWmaq pic.twitter.com/LoeA3IiBUx
— naz 🐈⬛ (@aekvrna) May 19, 2024
It even became the topic of an online forum post, where fans left appreciative and amusing comments about the girl group getting recognized by NASA.
So, NASA x aepsa collab when?
Source: The Qoo and Pann Choa
