K-pop girl group aespa have announced their upcoming new mini-album ‘Whiplash’ with the release of a teaser.
On September 23, aespa dropped a cyberpunk-inspired graphic trailer for their fifth mini-album ‘Whiplash’, out October 21. According to SM Entertainment per Korea JoongAng Daily, the record will include six new songs. The group will release more information on it in the coming weeks.
The teaser for ‘Whiplash’ comes four months after aespa released their first studio album ‘Armageddon’, which spawned the singles ‘Armageddon’ and ‘Supernova’. The quartet recently collaborated with Canadian musician Grimes on a remix of the latter.
In a four-star review of ‘Armageddon’, NME’s Rhian Daly praised its “supremely confident tracks that more than scratch the itch for the experimental pop aespa do so well”.
The girl group are currently on their ‘SYNK: Parallel Line’ world tour in support of the record, through which all four members have debuted new unreleased solo tracks. Following concerts across Asia and Australia, aespa are set to perform in Bangkok later this week.
In other K-pop news, soloist Lee Hi has released a new single titled ‘One Thing’ in celebration of her 27th birthday. The track is also her first release under new label duover, founded by several fellow former AOMG artists.
Elsewhere, BLACKPINK’s Lisa is set to perform at this year’s Victoria’s Secret fashion show, the lingerie brand’s first in six years. The K-pop singer joins Cher and Tyla on the show’s first-ever all-woman musical lineup.
10cc drummer Paul Burgess has announced that he is leaving the band because the demands of touring have become too much for him.
The 75-year-old musician, who also spent time performing with Jethro Tull, Camel, Magna Carta, and The Icicle Works, has chosen to walk away from the legendary rock group after more than five decades.
He shared: “After so many wonderful years with 10cc, I must admit that the rigours of touring are no longer manageable for me as I get older, and I feel it’s time to let go of the long hours in airports and endless travel on buses.
“I’m not planning to stop playing altogether. I will still perform but at a pace that feels right, working alongside old friends and a new group of fellow musicians called The Guilty Men.”
Frontman Graham Gouldman confessed that it will feel unusual to perform without his “longest-running musical associate.”
He explained: “When Paul and I first joined forces in 10cc, we never could have imagined that we’d still be at it after 30 years, let alone 52.
“Paul has been my longest musical partner and it will feel different to turn around and see another drummer, but I completely understand why he no longer wants to sit on a plane for 14 hours or wake up in a new hotel every day for weeks at a time.”
Ben Stone, who has previously played with Mike and The Mechanics and Bonnie Tyler, will be taking over on drums.
Paul, who had several runs with 10cc after joining in 1973, performed his final show with the I’m Not In Love band in Alexandria, Virginia this past September.
The group is set to continue their And Another Bloody Greatest Hits Tour in the UK next year.
