Honestly I think because SM want to make the illusion that aespa is the one on top / 4th gen leaders mediaplay but IVE completely destroyed all their achivements and so they will only look stupid if they comeback now since their results will be compared to IVE. That's why SM postponed their comeback to next year. Snsd comeback can't even defeat rookies let alone aespa the group whose hype built off of mediaplays.
Honestly I think because SM want to make the illusion that aespa is the one on top / 4th gen leaders mediaplay but IVE completely destroyed all their achivements and so they will only look stupid if they comeback now since their results will be compared to IVE. That's why SM postponed their comeback to next year. Snsd comeback can't even defeat rookies let alone aespa the group whose hype built off of mediaplays.