Listen: Aespa returns with 'Dirty Work,' first single of 2025
Aespa released new music Friday. File Photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo
June 27 (UPI) -- K-pop group Aespa released their first single of 2025 on Friday.
The South Korean singers dropped the song "Dirty Work," as well as an English version, and a remix with Flo Milli.
In the music video, Karina, Giselle, Winter and Ningning perform in an apparent prison.
"Real bad business, that's dirty work," they sing.
A previously issued press release described the concept as "a fresh contrast to their usual powerful charm."
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