K-Pop girl group aespa has been selected as one of 'TIME' magazine's 'Next Generation Leaders 2022'.

The girl group has become the second ever K-Pop artist after BTS to be chosen for the prestigious list, which highlights global trendsetters with the potential to contribute to valuable innovations in society's future. 

In their interview with 'TIME', the members of aespa described their unique concept, centered around the group's "metaversal origin story". 

Ningning revealed, "Truthfully, we were worried in the beginning, because this concept of ours is something new to our company as well... But our fans really loved it and are even creating memes out of it."

Read aespa's full interview for 'TIME' magazine's 'Next Generation Leaders 2022', here.