Netizens Are Shocked By aespa Giselle And NingNing’s “Unacceptable” Screen Time — Less Than An Inanimate Object
As aespa is one of the smaller K-Pop groups, many fans expect it to be a lot easier for distributions to be equal, whether it’s lyrics or screen time.
However, fans were shocked after a recent video saw members Giselle and NingNing with less exposure… even compared to an inanimate object.
Aespa’s Giselle (left) and NingNing (right) | @aespa_official/Twitter
Aespa is set to release their latest album, MY WORLD, later in the month. Along with music videos, the group released a track video for the song “Salty & Sweet.”
At first, many fans had high hopes for the video and Giselle’s participation as the idol received her first-ever video thumbnail.
Giselle on the thumbnail | SMTOWN/YouTube
Yet, despite the excitement surrounding the thumbnail, netizens quickly shared their anger when they realized that Giselle only had around 9 seconds in the video, with much of it being the idol “glitching.”
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Netizens also noticed that NingNing also had a lack of time in the video. While it was slightly longer than Giselle’s, it was still only 12 seconds in the entire video.
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While it wouldn’t be unsurprising that some members got less screen time as the video was extremely short, the grievances came when they realized that an inanimate object got longer than the two members.
According to netizens, after watching the video, a cake that appeared in the video was on the screen for 15 seconds. It might not have been a huge difference if it was another member, but fans were angry that a cake got more time than the members.
Your browser does not support video.The cake with more screen time than Giselle and NingNing | SMTOWN/YouTube
When netizens noticed what happened, while some thought it was overthinking something that wasn’t even a music video, others shared their anger, saying that it might be small but unfair to the members.
how’s a track video 2+ minutes long but 2 members get less than 20 second screen time. sm you are so unserious pic.twitter.com/JrF3P4TSo2
— aejeans lockdown (@aenwss) May 3, 2023
screentime:
9 secs. 12 secs. pic.twitter.com/fy46y7Hkrt
— (@haegIossy) May 3, 2023
are you fvcking kidding me?? SM didnt even include GISELLE’s solo part in that salty & sweet track video #2 and her chop chop 2-3secs screentime again? YALL ARE GOING TO HELL IM SO DONE.
— (@milkyaeri) May 3, 2023
SCREETIME: giselle VS cake
giselle = 10 seconds
cake = 15 seconds pic.twitter.com/9lBffmIJrG
— AERICHAN (@AERlCHAN) May 3, 2023
there’s no way that stupid cake got 15 seconds of lines while ningning only got 12
— ؘ (@ningcentric) May 3, 2023
It isn’t the first time netizens have noticed Giselle and NingNing’s poor treatment, and you can read more about it below.
Source: Koreaboo – Read More