... In a recent interview with Maeil Business Newspaper, SM Entertainment CEO Lee Sung-soo revealed the label’s plans to reframe Nævis as an “AI artist”. Nævis was previously introduced as the AI system that, within the girl group’s lore, connects aespa to their virtual counterparts, or ‘æ’s. She was previously thought to have sacrificed herself to help aespa, following the events that transpired in the music video and lyrics of ‘Savage’.
Now, it seems that Nævis will make her own musical debut during aespa’s VR concert at this year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) festival, a 20-minute experience set in Kwangya, an infinite, lawless virtual space that features in SM Entertainment’s and in particular aespa’s lore. ...
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