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❱❱ .﹢𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗗, July 8, 2022 ❱❱ .﹢𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗗, 2020 - 2022 ❱❱ .﹢𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗥𝗘, Pop ❱❱ .﹢𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗧𝗛, 19:28 ❱❱ .﹢𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘, English, Korean ❱❱ .﹢𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗘𝗟, SM, Warner, Dreamus ❱❱ .﹢𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗧𝗬𝗣𝗘, Extend Play ❱❱ .﹢𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥, 8 ❱❱ .﹢𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘, Life's Too Short, Girls ❱❱ .﹢𝗕-𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘, Illusion, Lingo, ICU, Black Mamba, Forever, Dreams Come True ❱❱ .﹢𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘, Positive ❱❱ .﹢𝗧𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗦, 22 ❱❱ .﹢𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧, aespa
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﹢ʬ﹗Professional Ratings - Aggregate Scores
Source • Rating
Metacritic | 78 : 100
﹢ʬ﹗Professional Ratings - Review Scores
Source • Rating
AllMusic | 4 stars Beats Per Minute | 77 : 100 Clash | 7 over 10 NME | 3 stars Rolling Stone | 4 stars SoundX | 7.5 stars
Upon its release, Girls received positive responses from music critics, who praised Aespa's complimented its energy, consistency, and diversity. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 to ratings from publications, the album received a mean score of 78 based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
In a four-star out of five review for Rolling Stone, Kristine Kwak said that it "includes everything one could want from an Aespa record" from heavy synth beats and strong "piercing" vocals to visuals that "don't give you a second to blink". Writing for AllMusic, Neil Z. Yeung gave Girls a 4 out of 5 rating, citing it as a "edgier and more aggressive than most of their contemporaries". Yeung added that the EP is "brisk nine tracks, there's enough variety and energy to make it an engaging and irresistible listen". For Beats Per Minute, Chase McMullen rated the album 77 out of 100, applauding that album "does exactly what it's meant to, in exactly the time that it takes to do so". Rhian Daly of NME gave the album a three-star rating, pointing out: "If 'Girls' is a bid for superstar status, though, it sometimes plays it too safe." Clash's critic Robin Murray wrote that the album "demonstrates an advancement of aespa as artists" and "it has solidified the group's creative intentions whilst also illustrating their ability at owning other concepts".