Winter, who dared to mention NewJeans, drew more attention because previously, Seulgi Red Velvet politely refused to dance to 'Hype Boy' due to the situation at her agency.
The conflict between SM Entertainment and Lee Soo Man and HYBE is still going on today. In the midst of a situation that was clearly uncomfortable for SM idols, Winter aespa became a concern because they dared to mention NewJeans.
A post on the online community Pann highlighted Winter's answer when asked, "Besides aespa songs, what songs have you been listening to the most lately?". The 2001-born singer replied, "NewJeans 'Hype Boy'."
NewJeans is a girl group that ADOR debuted last year, and ADOR is a sub-label of HYBE with Min Hee Jin, former creative director of SM Entertainment, as CEO. This 5-member girl group released a number of hits including "Hype Boy".
Winter's answer is getting more and more attention because previously, Seulgi Red Velvet politely refused to dance to "Hype Boy" because of the situation at her agency. Netizens also highlighted the difference in how Winter and Seulgi reacted to it.
"To be honest, Seulgi is too careful, 'Hype Boy' is very popular lately, so no one will criticize him if he dances 'Hype Boy'," commented netizens. "Isn't aespa under HYBE now?" said another netizen.
"But what does the company situation have to do with asking singers to dance?" netizens said. "Seriously, the more I see Winter, he has a great personality, keke," another praised.
"Winter didn't dance 'Hype Boy', he said he listened to it... Seulgi didn't mention 'Hype Boy', why are you comparing? Seulgi always says she likes NewJeans songs and has danced in front of her fans many times. She just said he can't do it now. It seems like two giant companies are fighting each other to eat up SM, and even in SM, it's hard to cover HYBE songs," added netizens. (wk/goddess)
