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aespa have announced their upcoming ‘SYNK: Parallel Line’ EP, which is set to include solo tracks from their ongoing world tour of the same name.
The release was announced today (October 7), according to Korea JoongAng Daily, and will be released on October 9. aespa’s EP will include four solo songs, one from each of the members, all of which were first previewed and performed at their ongoing 2024 to 2025 ‘SYNK: Parallel Line’ world tour.
‘SYNK: Parallel Line’ will include Karina’s ‘Up’, which was co-written by the singer, according to SM Entertainment. Other songs on the EP include Giselle’s ‘Dopamine’, Winter’s ‘Spark’ and NingNing’s ‘Bored!’.
aespa are also gearing up to release a new mini-album call ‘Whiplash’ later this month. It will follow their first studio album ‘Armageddon’, which cae out in May and featured the hit single ‘Supernova’. The quartet also recently collaborated with Canadian musician Grimes on a remix of the song.
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”.
aespa singer Winter was also recently spotted at the opening dates of 2NE1’s highly anticipated 2024 to 2025 ‘Welcome Back’ reunion world tour. Other K-pop idol seen at the events include NewJeans, members of Stray Kids, BLACKPINK’s Jennie and more.
Meanwhile, NingNing will be featured on Jay Park’s upcoming album, ‘The One You Wanted’. The record will also include collaboration with Ty Dolla $ign, Chung Ha and more.
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Sam Smith recently opened up about the “nightmare” experience of getting liposuction as a teenager.
In a new appearance on the Podcrushed podcast, the Stay with Me singer – who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns – spoke with co-host Penn Badgley about deciding to have cosmetic surgery to remove excess fat at just 13 years old.
“I had an operation on my chest when I was 13, because it was starting to grow,” they explained. “There were different reasons behind it, but mostly, I was being teased so much. I couldn’t go swimming at school, and changing in the locker room was awful. So, I ended up having liposuction at 13.”
Getting emotional, Sam shared that they had long struggled with food and body image, though their parents were “incredibly supportive” of the choice to go through with the procedure.
Although the operation “worked,” the Too Good at Goodbyes star admitted that they wore the post-surgery bandage much longer than they were supposed to.
“It was all part of the struggle with eating and my body,” the 33-year-old said. “The liposuction helped, but it was also a nightmare because they gave me a bandage. If I wore it, I could skip to the front of the lunch line. So, I kept it on for nearly a year, saying, ‘Oh, don’t get too close,’ just so I could eat first… so really, the surgery didn’t fix much because I’ve always loved food.”
Lately, Sam has been performing a residency at the Warsaw venue in Brooklyn, New York.
The next To Be Free concert is set for November 19.
