Profile

Stage name	WINTER / 윈터
Birth name	Kim Min-jeong
Born	January 1, 2001
From	Busan, South Korea; raised in Yangsan
Group	aespa
Roles	Vocalist, dancer and solo-recording artist
Group debut	November 17, 2020
Solo route	“Speed of Summer” (2026)
Current status	Active aespa member and solo-recording artist

Winter

Current status: 2026 profile refresh

Winter is documented here as aespa member and independent Artist. This refresh connects the current release “Speed of Summer” to the existing career file without replacing older eras or manufacturing a second biography. The canonical-page rule matters: a comeback changes the chronology, not the identity of the person or group that released it.

What changed with this release

“Speed of Summer” is now part of the official-video tracker and static React card system. The exact upload is preserved, so viewers do not land on a teaser, mirrored playlist item or unrelated performance. The profile explains the career context; the dedicated React handles the close visual and musical reading.

How to read the current era

aespa has enough history that “current” should never mean “only the newest thumbnail.” Styling, distribution, credits and live performance can shift between releases. This file keeps those changes in sequence and distinguishes confirmed credits from interpretation, because confident fan repetition is not the same thing as an official record.

Member and Artist routing

One human receives one canonical page. If Winter has verified independent original music, this profile can appear under both member and Artist discovery without being cloned. Covers, special stages and group lines are still worth archiving, but they do not automatically create a separate solo career or a duplicate search result.

Image-card standard

The image below is a static card, not an infinite carousel. It uses the same local WordPress attachment as the React’s featured, hero, Open Graph and Twitter image. The card may appear on multiple relevant landing pages, but that attachment is never reused as the featured image of another post.

International discovery path

Start with the official artist and company channels, then verify schedules and status through durable notices. Exact video IDs are recorded beside the work. That source-first path makes the catalog usable outside Korea, where algorithmic feeds often surface clips quickly but hide the release chronology and member context.

What the tracker includes

Official music videos, special clips and clearly labeled performance films can all appear in the tracker, but their formats stay visible. A special clip is not renamed an official MV, and a collaboration is filed under every real credited artist without pretending a game or brand is a K-pop group.

RaeRae take

The useful excitement is specific. “Speed of Summer” earned a place here because something in its beat, concept, delivery or chemistry made replay feel necessary. The profile does not flatten that reaction into generic praise; it gives the React room to argue with the details while this page protects the factual spine.

What to watch next

Watch the official credits, live-stage changes, member handoffs and whether the next release expands the identity or repeats its easiest signal. Future updates will attach exact uploads and verified status changes here, keeping the archive readable instead of scattering one career across disconnected pages.

React image cards

WINTER Speed of Summer — read the exact-video React

Official Socials

aespa official YouTube · aespa official Instagram · aespa on Weverse

Exact official upload

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTeFLKMnwjg

WINTER Speed of Summer

Exact official video ID: YTeFLKMnwjg. This is the upload linked by the dedicated React.

Archive continuity note

aespa remains one continuing career file. Dates, exact uploads, lineup status and independently verified credits are added here before interpretation. That keeps the page current without deleting the route that brought listeners to “Speed of Summer” or turning a new promotional cycle into a false debut.

Archive continuity note

Sources

aespa group profile and source archive

RaeRae Reacts

Whiplash: aespa Made Minimal Techno Feel Like a Dress Code and a Threat — exact playlist video jWQx2f-CErU.

Dark Arts PUBG launch film — 2025

Read the exact launch-film React · Watch the official launch filmDaily+22Total views222.7K. PUBG is stored as the commissioning game property; aespa and its four members remain the musical artist routes.

Dirty Work iPhone performance — 2025

Read the exact iPhone performance React · Watch the official performance filmDaily+2KTotal views22M. Four members make 4K120 slow motion document real force instead of manufacturing it.

React image cards

Static cards route each exact official upload to its own in-depth React. Every card repeats that React’s featured and hero image so the archive stays visually traceable.