Aespa performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on Jan. 30, 2025. Photos: Aaron Lee/STAFF. OAKLAND — Outside Lands producers knew what they were doing when they booked aespa as the festival’s first K-pop group a couple of years ago. While pop charts are flooded with Asian groups who specialize…

Aespa performs during Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 11, 2023. STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — There’s a first time for everything, even 15 years into a hugely successful music festival. South Korea’s aespa provided just that first at Friday’s opening night at…

aespa, courtesy. K-Pop group aespa on Tuesday was the first officially announced act at Outside Lands 2023, as well as the first K-pop group to perform at the festival in its 15-year history. In a news release, the group’s spokeswoman also said aespa is the only K-Pop group on…