Here are 4 controversial incidents in K-Pop that ended up being misunderstandings.
- TWICE’s controversial during SBS Inkigayo performance
In 2020, TWICE faced some backlash from netizens due to their encore performances.
These netizens commented on how TWICE’s singing skills were lackluster and said they’re really bad at singing.
During an encore performance at SBS’s Inkigayo, some fans noticed a voice at the end, and some thought it was a staff member and saying that TWICE’s singing skills very bad and makes the fans were upset by this and demanded an apology from SBS.
Then, SBS released an official statement and shut down the controversy. The audio is actually not from a staff member. It’s part of a shopping application commercial script. - A fan’s comments about SEVENTEEN’s Hoshi
During a video call, Hoshi was seen curling up his hands like tiger claws, however, Hoshi’s expression suddenly changed for a few seconds later to a rather sad one. Fans speculated that the fan in the video call had said something that hurt Hoshi.
It turns out that this fan was a Hoshi fansite and that in the video call, the two were just playing jokes on each other. - MOMOLAND’s Nancy being “rude” to BLACKPINK
During an episode of Music Core, BLACKPINK was announced as the winners, and when they were giving their acceptance speech, some fans thought that MOMOLAND’s Nancy was being rude to them. The reason fans believed this was because Nancy was seen glaring at the BLACKPINK members.
However, Nancy was also seen smiling and clapping before and after BLACKPINK’s speech. - HyunA being too clingy to Dawn
Triple H was a group comprised of members HyunA, Dawn, and PENTAGON‘s Hui. When the group was active, some netizens thought that HyunA was being too clingy with the members, especially Dawn.
However, it was later revealed that HyunA and Dawn had been dating for years and that he wasn’t uncomfortable with at all.
