'Millennials and Gen Z appear to have stronger needs to express themselves and feel as if they are happier or more special than others.

Psychiatrists said these scenes reflect major mental health concerns prevalent amongst millennials and Gen Z members. NINGNING gets spiked by hate comments depicted as thorny angry emoticons, while WINTER walks across a dark corridor where rumors about her personality and skills echo off the walls.

KARINA confronts her insecurities about her looks and fear of aging as her avatar alter-ego gloats about her eternal beauty and youth. GISELLE appears distressed as a horde of cameras encroach upon her personal boundaries, reflecting the lack of privacy in the digital world. In the recently released SMCU mini-film, the antagonist tries to demoralize each member by materializing their worst fears. Watch aespa perform 'Girls' for the 'GMA' Summer Concert Series: 'We hope to connect with a global audience and spread a positive message through our music,' aespa's GISELLE told ABC News. aespa, ranging in age from 19 to 21, conveys a deeper message about the struggles younger generations face in the digital world, such as cyberbullying, obsession with social media and perfectionism. The group's story in the SMCU, however, presents something more than a fantastical and futuristic alternative universe. Aespa addresses millennials, Gen Z struggles in the digital world

They venture into a space known as the KWANGYA within the SMCU to find the reason behind the disconnection between the real world and virtual world. In this short film, the four members embark upon a journey to track down their missing avatar alter-egos. 'Next Level,'' released June 20, expanded aespa's unique worldview and storyline.

'The SM Culture Universe is a cinematic series that incorporates an experimental genre called 'CAWMAN,' integrating cartoon, animation, web-toon, motion graphics, avatar and novel,' SM Entertainment told ABC News. Their songs tell the story of aespa and their avatar alter-egos, which were introduced in a mini-film, 'ep1. In the SMCU, each aespa member is assigned their own superpower - GISELLE has xenoglossy (the ability to speak and understand an unacquired language), KARINA is the rocket puncher, NINGNING is the hacker and WINTER is the armamenter.

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