On October 28, the second member, Karina, was revealed. The next day, the group's first member, Winter, was officially revealed.
Later that day, it was announced that SM would be debuting a new girl group in November. On October 26, 2020, an intro video was released on aespa's social media announcing their name and logo. The group performing at SBS MTV's The Show on November 24, 2020 She also performed with him on music shows in the following weeks.Ģ020: Debut with 'Black Mamba', fandom name On February 2019, Karina appeared in Taemin's 'Want' music video. She appeared on the 'Rookies Princess: Who's the Best?' segment of the program 'My SMT' in 2016 and was also part of the soundtrack for the Korean animated TV program 'Shining Star' in 2017. On September 19, 2016, Ningning was revealed as a new member of the trainee team SMROOKIES.