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aespa Teams Up With G-Dragon for Explosive New Single 'WDA (Whole Different Animal)' Ahead of Album LEMONADE

(L-R) Giselle, Ningning, Karina and Winter of aespa attend the 2025 Billboard Women in Music at YouTube Theater on March 29, 2025 in Inglewood, California.

aespa has delivered one of K-pop's most talked-about collaborations of the year. The SM Entertainment girl group dropped "WDA (Whole Different Animal)" on May 11, featuring BIGBANG's G-Dragon — and the internet has not stopped talking about it since.

The hip-hop-based dance track is driven by a heavy synth bass and an addictive hook, with G-Dragon contributing both a featured verse and writing credits on his own rap. Fans reacted with near-disbelief online, with comments like "G-Dragon featuring on an aespa track is insane" and "this collaboration is legendary already" flooding social media.

(L-R) Giselle, Ningning, Karina and Winter of aespa at the 2025 Billboard Women in Music, Inglewood, CA; G-Dragon at LACMA's David Geffen Galleries Opening Gala, Los Angeles, April 16, 2026.

"WDA" entered the top 10 of the iTunes Top Songs charts in 17 countries, including Thailand, Portugal, Vietnam, Brazil, and Indonesia, upon its release.

The single serves as the lead pre-release track from aespa's second full-length album LEMONADE, set to drop on May 29 via SM Entertainment. The 10-track album spans electronic dance, hip-hop, rock, and R&B pop — the group's most expansive musical range to date. aespa will follow the release with their COMPLæXITY World Tour, kicking off August 7 in Seoul.

Originally published on Kpop Starz

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