Critics share reviews of aespa's 'Next Level' comeback

Article: Aespa critic reviews have come out 

Source: Pann

1. [+307, -21] If all you have to say are nice things, why even become a critic? Yes, we all have differing opinions but if a critic speaks on it its taken as if they know better than actual listeners like usㅋㅋ. If he says something bad, people will take it as he's biased because he's running a business.
2. [+215, -13] It's hard because personally, I think Black Mamba was better. It received a lot of positive responses from the public too but I think a lot of people won't like this because they're comparing it to Black Mamba. I think the song has a different SM vibe to it, idk I like it음 ㅇㅇ
3. [+107, -29] I'm a fan and there are parts even I can relate to ㅠㅠ. But fortunately, their rankings went up higher than last time. aespa fighting!
4. [+104, -2] I think this is a song that would attract rabid SM fans to aespa rather than publicㅋㅋ?
5. [+78, -20] I was excited for this to come out but I'm so disappointed. The song is the same, just boring. All they did was throw money into the music video but even the directing is poor. The members don't come out pretty at all. I liked aespa's concept originally but their songs are hard for the public to get into. I hope they can fix that next time. 
6. [+66, -4]  I like that it has an addictive rap but, idk it just suddenly changes into another song? I like their debut song better
7. [+52, -8] I'm a fan of aespa too but honestly speaking, that was a bit difficult to listen to? I expected this too after seeing NCT's songs but I just don't get why SM is insisting on doing songs like this. Just because a song isn't supposed to be popular with the masses doesn't mean you can slack off on the workmanshipㄹㅇ
8. [+40, -7] Still though, isn't it better to experiment with music like this at the beginning of debut?
9. [+28, -2] It's so hard to get into this ㄹㅇ. Looks like all SM idols seem to be doing obscure music that only a few rabid fans would be intoㅋㅋㅋ
10. [+22, -2] 스Are we sure this is an SM song?? I'd expect to see this released in 90s or early 2000s?ㅠㅠ I've seen some songs like this that are decent but...hul, this is just embarrassing.
11. [+20, -3] 근 Looks like in the end, the public has been brainwashed with images. The fact that this is a girl group that only debut less than a year ago is just..
12. [+17, -6] I turned it off because I got bored..