BIGBANG’s G-Dragon Receives Mixed Reactions For Following aespa’s Karina On Instagram

Recently, G-Dragon has become the center of attention as his side account on Instagram, @peaceminusone, has been found to follow aespa’s Karina. 

In the past, the singer has had several controversies for his interactions with female K-Pop idols on Instagram. For example, he once used one of IVE Wonyoung‘s stickers on his Instagram story, which started a dating rumor between them. In addition, f(x)‘s Krystal had to temporarily shut down her account as she received too much attention after G-Dragon liked many of her posts. G-Dragon also used his side account to follow IU, and later unfollowed her after his action sparked dating a rumor.

Due to these past controversies, many people have criticized G-Dragon for using his side account instead of his official account @xxxibgdrgn to follow Karina. These fans say they want to “protect” Karina from the older idol, and fear that she might be dragged into an unnecessary dating controversy because of him. Many others, however, defend G-Dragon, claiming that following a junior singer is a very normal behavior.