Karina is proud of aespa members’ bond, but her comparison to other groups draws criticism
aespa’s Karina is facing criticism from netizens for her recent comment about the dynamics within K-pop groups, prompting mixed reactions.
During a recent interview, Karina discussed the unity and teamwork within aespa. She said, “Honestly, if you look at other K-pop groups, people fight a lot, and there are a lot of teams that don’t work well together. But even from the beginning, we didn’t have those issues.”
While it is normal for an idol to express pride in their group’s bond, some found Karina’s comment on other groups to be insensitive and unwarranted, given the potential for misunderstanding it could generate.
On the other hand, there are also netizens who don’t see any problems with what Karina said, saying she was only being realistic.
On the online community Nate Pann, a post pointing out Karina’s controversial remark is attracting over 100,000 views and nearly 550 up-votes. Korean netizens left comments:
- But I don’t see what the problem is at all. So what if she said there are many groups that don’t get along? Is this really a thing to criticize her for?
- She was thoughtless, but she didn’t mention specific group names, so it’s not that controversial.
- She’s not even aware of other groups’ dynamics, so why claim they fight a lot?
- Fans of other idols might feel uneasy seeing this
- She didn’t seem to think before she spoke
- Who are the groups that don’t get along? She talks as if she knows it all. This is something that other fandoms can use against aespa
