aespa Members Can’t Stop Laughing After Karina Accidentally Calls aespa ‘aespo’ During 2025 ASEA Acceptance Speech
Karina of aespa made a cute slip of the tongue during her acceptance speech, causing laughter.
On May 28, the 2nd “Asia Star Entertainer Awards 2025” (ASEA 2025) was held at K-Arena Yokohama in Japan. The event was hosted by THE BOYZ’s Juyeon and IVE’s Rei.
On this day, aespa was announced as the winner of the “The Platinum” award and took the stage.
Standing in front of the mic, Karina said, “We’re so grateful to our fans for receiving such a meaningful award. We worked really hard on our albums last year, and we’ll come back with a great album this year as well, so please look forward to it.” She then continued, “From now on, aespo…”—accidentally mispronouncing “aespa” as “aespo,” which made her burst into laughter.
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Unable to continue speaking, Karina covered her mouth with her hand while laughing, and Winter, who followed after, also said through laughter, “From now on aespa will… please continue to support us.” The two tried to compose themselves while hugging each other, but it wasn’t easy. Eventually, Ningning stepped in and wrapped up the moment, saying, “Please continue to love aespa. Arigatou gozaimasu.”
Check out the hilarious video below!
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