aespa Karina took first place in the June ‘Female singer you want to go to the beach with’ poll conducted by ‘giftri’, a fan voting service of ‘Wikitree’, a social news medium that delivers various news in a fun and fast manner. This vote will be held for a month and the ranking will be calculated 100% based on fan votes.
In the vote held from June 5 to June 30, Karina received 219 votes and was ranked first with 11% of the votes. In second place after Karina was Winter, who received 131 votes, or 6% of the votes. TWICE’s Jihyo took third place with 121 votes, or 6% of the votes.
From July 1st, voting is underway with a new theme, ‘Amazing baby..♥ Proud golden youngest’. As of the time of writing the article, PLAVE’s Hamin is in first place with 1,215 votes, followed by Le Sserafim’s Hong Eun-chae (648 votes) and Day6’s Dowoon (146 votes) in second and third places.
aespa, to which Karina belongs, is called ‘Soilermun’ for its unrivaled ‘taste of iron’ concept. Last month, they released their first full-length album ‘Armageddon’, released four years after their debut, and swept first place on various music sites, creating a ‘challenge boom’ at the same time. Additionally, she held her second solo concert on June 29th and 30th at the Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium, where Karina performed her unreleased solo songs, drawing cheers from her fans.
Karina’s personal activities are also showing off. She is currently working as an advertising model for Kwangdong Pharmaceutical’s Vita 500 Zero, Lotte Chilsung Beverage’s Beer Crush, and Converse. She became a hot topic at the game between Lotte Giants and SSG Landers, where she pitched the first pitch on the 23rd, as the viewership ratings at the time of the first pitch were much higher than usual. She also plays in the KBS pilot program ‘Synchro You’ and the Netflix entertainment show ‘Agents of Mystery’, and she is also attracting attention as an entertainment star.