aespa were the global speakers at the United Nations' 2022 High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development.

On 5 July, the 'Life's Too Short' hitmakers addressed the UN to deliver a speech about the importance of sustainable development and perform their award-winning hit 'Next Level'. aespa, who have virtual counterparts that exist in the metaverse, discussed the urgency of sustaining and maintaining the "real world" and how there should be continued efforts towards sustainable development just as much as there are efforts to advance the metaverse and virtual world.