Next Level - Aespa

 

Aespa’s Next Level was released on May 17, 2021. The song was a remake of the song of the same name by artist A$ton wyld. Next Level was originally released in 2019 for the movie Hobbs and Shaw (a part of the Fast and Furious franchise). Korean lyrics by Yoo Young-jin with compositing of the music by Yoo Young-jin, Adam Mcinnis, Mario Marchetti, and Sophie Curitis. Arrangement credit is to Yoo Young-jin, Adam Mcinnis, and Mario Marachetti.

The song features members: Ninging, Karina, Giselle, and Winter. At the time of the release, the average age of all four members of the AESPA was about 20.25.

When you break down the song into the number of words, Aespa sings about 364 words total with the average per member being 86.3. Standard deviation is 14.1 with a margin of error of 7.1. The song is sung in English with 200 words at 54.9 percent while 164 words were in Korean at about 45.1 percent. Overall the song is sung by the majority as individuals with 321 words (88.2%) being sung by the members themselves, while 43 words (11.8) are sung when they sing in unison. Karina has the highest number of words, while Ningning has the least. [see chart ranking below to see # and percentages]

Next Level has a total time of 3 minutes and 41 seconds with a total of 3 minutes and 34 seconds total time sung. The average time sung by each member is around 50.3 seconds with a standard deviation of 7.6 (margin of error of 3.8). The song is sung 88.8% of the time as individuals for a total of 3 minutes and 10 seconds, with 24 seconds (11.2%) being sung together. The member with the most time was the same as the word count Karina, however the member with the lowest amount of time was member Giselle who had a second less than member Ningning. [see chart ranking below to see # and percentages]

Next Level did not win any music show wins, however the song was nominated for 9 songs total, winning 5. The song charted on 11 charts, with their peak hitting number 2 on 4 of the charts. [For chart breakdown see chart below]; Next Level had also found a spot on twelve charts, placing first on three of the charts one including Spotify.

Overall Next Level scored a total of 2,369.4 points.

Next Level earned a grade level of B+ for Word distribution and an A for Time distribution.  

Rank

Words	Line
Rank Member Words Percent 1 Karina 108 29.7 2 Giselle 87 23.9 3 Winter 81 22.3 4 Ningning 69 19	Rank Member Seconds Percent 1 Karina 1:02 29 2 Winter .52 24.3 3 Ningning .44 20.6 4 Giselle .43 20.1

Awards	Charts	Lists
Music Show: 0  Wins: 5  Nominations: 4	South Korea Gaon: 2  South Korea Hot 100: 2  South Korea Gaon Monthly: 2 South Korea Hot 100 Monthly: 2  US World Digital: 3  South Korea Year End (2021): 5  Billboard SK: 11  Singapore: 23  South Korea Year End (2022): 25  Billboard: 65  Japan: 77	Idology: Placed  SCMP: 1  Spotify: 1  Teen Vogue: Placed  Tonplein: 1   IZM: Placed Billboard: 2  NME#1: 2  Insider: 3  Music Y: 5  NME#2: 34  Rolling Stone: 89

Points

Standard Deviation	178.3
Margin of Error	189.1
Music Show	0
Awards	1,129
Charts	873
Total	2,369.4
Word Distribution Grade	B+
Time Distribution Grade	A