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"Forever" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Aespa. The song was released as a digital single on February 5, 2021, by SM Entertainment. "Forever" is a remake of the song of the same name by Yoo Young-jin as a part of SM's holiday album Winter Vacation in SMTown.com in 2000. The song is a mid-tempo ballad with an acoustic guitar sound and warm lyrics about promising forever to a loved one. An accompanying music video for the song was published simultaneously with the single's release.

Background and composition
On January 29, 2021, SM Entertainment announced Aespa would be making a comeback with "Forever", which is a remake of a single by Yoo Young-jin, released for SM Entertainment's holiday album Winter Vacation in SMTown.com in 2000. On February 1, 2021, concept photos were released for Karina and Ningning. The following day, concept photos were released for Winter and Giselle. "Forever" was written and composed by Yoo Young-jin while production was handled by Lee Soo-man. The song has been described as a mid-tempo ballad with an acoustic guitar sound and string instruments playing in the background. In terms of musical notation, the song is composed in the key of D-flat major, with a tempo of 184 beats per minute, and runs for four minutes and fifty-eight seconds. Lyrically, it tells the story of a wintry romance.

Promotion and reception
On February 6, 2021, Aespa released the "Cozy Winter Cabin" version performance video. In the video, the Aespa members are sitting in a cozy cabin as the snow falls outside. On February 8, the "Glitter Snowball" version was released. On February 10 the group released the "Romantic Street" version.

In a three-star review of "Forever", NME's Ruby C said that the quartet added a "feminine touch" to their rendition. "The remake manages to do justice to the original, and may even be a little more believable, thanks to Aespa's sweet, girlish charms", she added. Writing for Hypebae, Ye-eun Kim described "Forever" as a "fresh, love-themed track" that shows a "completely different side of the virtual hybrid K-pop group".

Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from Melon.

Studio


 * SM Big Shot Studio – recording, digital editing, engineered for mix, mixing
 * Studio-T – recording
 * Sonic Korea – mastering

Personnel


 * Aespa – vocals, background vocals
 * Yoo Young-jin – lyrics, background vocals, recording, digital editing, composition, arrangement, music and sound supervisor, directing, mixing engineer, mixing
 * Sam Lee – bass, guitar
 * K Strings – strings
 * Shim Sang-won –strings arrangement, conducting
 * Oh Seung-geun – recording
 * Oh Se-young – recording assistant
 * Cheon Hoon – mastering
 * Shin Soo-min – mastering assistant