"The craziest collab": Fans react as Aespa's Karina dances with JY Park on the group's latest track 'Whiplash'

On November 2, 2024, a video of Aespa's Karina doing a Whiplash dance challenge with Korean singer and songwriter JY Park surfaced on the internet. The video was shared by the girl group’s official social media accounts, including YouTube and X.

The K-pop group’s song, Whiplash, was released on October 21, 2024. This track belongs to the eponymous fifth mini studio album of Aespa. The song was released via multiple music streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and more.

The music video for Whiplash was released via the YouTube channel of SMTOWN. As of this writing, the MV of Whiplash has garnered over 52 million views on YouTube and 1.3 million likes.

Several K-pop celebs, including The Boyz’s Younghoon, ENHYPEN's Sunghoon, Keena, and more, have already done the Whiplash dance challenge with the girl group’s members.

The newest video featuring JY Park and Aespa's Karina was admired by the fans of both idols. As a result, fans flooded the internet with their reactions to their dance moves. One user on X commented:

“This has to be the craziest collab I've seen them do”

Many other mixed responses for JY Park’s Whiplash challenge with Karina were seen online. While one loved their energy, another commented that JY Park was better than many other male idols.

“JYP even in 30y he will still be the same, still feel like in 2000”- commented a fan.

“"Love the energy! JYPark really brought that intensity to life. Karina's performance is on another level!”- expressed another fan on X.

“when you wanna hate but he did better than most male idols out there..”- commented a fan.

“I wanna hate but he’s doing it better than almost all the male idols that did this challenge”- another user on X remarked.

Another fan commented that JY Park truly matched Aespa's Karina's energy.

“the one who can truly match karina's whiplash energy jyp is everywhere, i just saw him with wendy”- wrote an admirer.

“Omo finally a man that matches Karina's energy!!!!”- stated an admirer.

“JYP Dancing to Whiplash was not on my bingo card, lets goooo! Love it!”- wrote another fan.

“in male category, this is how you do a challenge. u should not caring too much about their visuals”- commented a fan.

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Aespa's Karina's UP song won the #1 position at the MBC Music Core show

Aespa's Karina released a new independent track named UP, which won the first music show award. Therefore, she made history by winning first place before the official release of her song.

On October 19, 2024, Aespa's Karina received recognition for her solo song. The K-pop star's recently debuted music, UP, ranked #1 on the South Korean music show MBC Music Core. The idol's song won with 6998 points, beating out AB6IX's NVKED with 3562 points and QWER's My Name is Malgeum with 6439 points. The award is considered a significant achievement for soloists.

The song was part of Aespa's performance during their Live Tour 2024, SYNK: PARALLEL LINE in Seoul, which featured all of the members' solo tracks. As a result, the song did not appear in any music videos or gain any marketing. Given that the song was not included in any of Aespa's official album releases, fans were shocked and impressed by its impact on netizens.