aespa seemingly confirm comeback with ‘Dirty Work’ teaser

aespa have confirmed their return with an intriguing new teaser – check it out below.

• READ MORE: aespa – ‘Armageddon’ review: the girl group shine brightest at their most experimental

The SM Entertainment girl group on Wednesday announced their comeback with a teaser titled ‘Dirty Work’. Accompanying the teaser is a release date of June 27, though it is currently unclear if that will see the launch of a single, or an entire album.

The teaser sees jewellery being melted down, forming the words ‘Dirty Work’ in gold, bedazzled with diamonds. No snippets of music or visuals of the girls’ comeback concept have been shared.

aespa 에스파 ‘Dirty Work’ INTRO https://t.co/Et1aZOqUVz

aespa 에스파 〖Dirty Work〗
➫ 2025.06.27 1PM (KST)

https://t.co/8IVqBeE9vE #aespa #æspa #에스파 #DirtyWork #aespaDirtyWork pic.twitter.com/7vPUo7OuDW

— aespa (@aespa_official) June 4, 2025

Their comeback will be their first since releasing the mini-album ‘Whiplash’ in late October. Besides the title track, that EP also included the songs ‘Kill It’, ‘Flights, Not Feelings’, ‘Pink Hoodie’, ‘Flowers’ and ‘Just Another Girl’.

In December, aespa’s ‘Supernova’ was crowned NME‘s top K-pop song of the year: “Although aespa have had a solid run throughout their career, ‘Supernova’ so accurately foretells the unbelievable creative and commercial success this year that it may well have been written in the stars. Thrilling and bold, ‘Supernova’ is a three-minute trip into a futuristic cyberpunk utopia, leaving you wanting more the second it’s over.”

The track was also deemed NME‘s ninth best song of 2024: “Bursting with a bouncy electro beat and a stellar hook, ‘Supernova’ affirms the girl group’s ability to thrive in uncharted territory.”

In a four-star review of aespa’s ‘Armageddon’, NME‘s Rhian Daly wrote: “Over the last four years, aespa’s release history has been a little checkered, with the group often sharing a record that knocks your socks off and then, on the next, losing that quality again. Happily, much of ‘Armageddon’ falls into the former camp and reinforces what we already knew – that when aespa are allowed to run free in the sounds and sonics they’ve made their trademark, they’re nothing short of exquisite.”

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