Rich Man (Aespa song)

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"Rich Man"
Aespa - Rich Man (English version).png
English version cover
Single by Aespa
from the EP Rich Man
Language
  • English
  • Korean
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2025 (2025-09-05)
Genre Dance
Length3:17
Label
Composers
  • Cody Tarpley
  • Rachel Kanner
  • Ben Samama
  • Ryan Jhun
Lyricist Le'mon (153/Joombas)
Producers
  • Cody Tarpley
  • Ryan Jhun
Aespa singles chronology
"Dirty Work"
(2025)
"Rich Man"
(2025)
Music video
"Rich Man" on YouTube

"Rich Man" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Aespa for their sixth extended play of the same name. It was released as the EP's lead single by SM Entertainment on September 5, 2025.

Contents

Background and release

On August 4, 2025, SM Entertainment announced that Aespa would release "Rich Man" as the lead single from their extended play of the same name. [1] A month later, the music video teaser was released. [2] The song was released alongside its music video and the extended play on September 5. [3]

On September 12, two English versions of the track were released with the first featuring Iranian-Dutch singer Sevdaliza and the second was performed solely by Aespa. [4] On September 19, the remix version was released. [5]

Composition

"Rich Man" was described as dance song characterized by a "rough electric guitar rhythm" with lyrics conveying "a message of confidence and independence". [6]

Accolades

On South Korean music programs, "Rich Man" won ten first-place awards.

Music program awards for "Rich Man"
ProgramDateRef.
Inkigayo September 21, 2025 [7]
September 28, 2025 [8]
October 12, 2025 [9]
M Countdown September 18, 2025 [10]
September 25, 2025 [11]
October 2, 2025 [12]
Show Champion September 17, 2025 [13]
Show! Music Core September 20, 2025 [14]
September 27, 2025 [15]
October 4, 2025 [16]

Track listing

  1. "Rich Man" (featuring Sevdaliza) – 3:17
  2. "Rich Man" (English version) – 3:17
  1. "Rich Man" (Yellow Claw remix) – 3:10
  2. "Rich Man" (DPR Cream & H4rdy remix) – 3:17
  3. "Rich Man" (DPR Artic remix) – 2:40
  4. "Rich Man" – 3:17

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Rich Man's liner notes. [17]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Release history

Release history for "Rich Man"
RegionDateFormatVersionLabel
VariousSeptember 5, 2025Original
September 12, 2025English
September 19, 2025Remixes

See also

References

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  2. Lee, Da-gyeom (September 4, 2025). '리치맨' 그 자체, 에스파 타이틀곡 MV 티저 공개 [Aespa's title track MV teaser, embodying the "Rich Man" itself, has been released] (in Korean). Maeil Business Newspaper . Retrieved September 4, 2025 via Naver.
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