A photo presumably uploaded on SNS by fromis_9 Lee Chaeyoung is spreading.
On July 10th, articles claiming that Lee Chaeyoung smokes e-cigarettes were posted on online communities such as Twitter and Nate Pann.
According to these netizens’ claim, Lee Chaeyoung recently posted a photo on Instagram Story then deleted it hurriedly.
There was a sky blue e-cigarette in the photo. As criticism continued, Lee Chaeyoung, conscious of this, took down the post.
The product was from Uwell, a Chinese e-cigarette company. The price on the official website store is about 50,000 won.
Due to this incident, fellow member Roh Ji Sun’s live broadcast through the fan community Weverse on July 1st was re-examined. At that time, Roh Ji Sun exposed an e-cigarette liquid bottle while filming her room. This video has also been deleted.
Nate Pann netizens showed various reactions such as “Adults can smoke” and “It doesn’t matter if they don’t smoke on the street.“
Lee Chaeyoung debuted as a member of girl group fromis_9 through Mnet’s “Idol School” in 2017. fromis_9, which moved to Pledis Entertainment under HYBE in 2021, became popular after being called a girl group in which all of its members are visuals.
Recently, fromis_9 won No.1 on SBS M and SBS FiL’s “The Show” on June 13th with the title song “#menow” of their first full-length album “Unlock My World”.
fromis_9 said, “We sincerely thank Flover (official fanclub name). We think ‘#menow’ was able to shine thanks to Flover’s love and support. We said ‘Now is our flowering season’ during the comeback showcase this time, and we will become a fromis_9 who can develop further by taking this trophy as nourishment.“
Meanwhile, fromis_9 will open a pop-up store to commemorate the release of their first full-length album “Unlock My World” at La CASA ROSSA, Gangnam-gu, Seoul from July 15th to 25th.
Source: Wikitree
