Karina, from Aespa, pronounces after controversy

Last Monday, 27, Karinaa member of Aespa, published in his personal Instagram account a carousel of photos in which he appears wearing a black and red jacket, with number two stamped on the front, as well as subtitling the post only with a pink emoji, which generated a controversy on social networks, causing the artist and his agency to speak.

What did it have?

The publication, which initially looked just another record of his trip to Japan, quickly became the subject of discussion of a time that Internet users interpreted the elements present in the post as a possible manifestation of support for the conservative candidate Kim Moon Soo.

This is because, in the current context of South Korea, the country is preparing for the 21st presidential election, in which the colors and numbers of candidates have strong political representativeness. Specifically, number two and red color are associated with the party candidate of the power.

Given the repercussion, SM Entertainment was officially positioned through a statement, which regrets what happened and denies any political intention on the part of the artist. The company stressed that Karina It deleted the post as soon as you realized that you could generate misunderstandings, and to say that it will redouble care so that similar situations do not repeat.

“Hello, here is SM Entertainment. We apologize for causing concern for the publication of our artist Karina. Karina only shared moments of her daily life on social networks, with no other intention or purpose, and erased the post immediately when she realizes that she could be misunderstood. We apologize for any unintentional discomfort. We will also be more careful and work hard to avoid situations like this in the future. distorted or used for specific purposes. We will do the possible to protect all our artists, including Karina. “

Later, Karina He used the Bubble platform to speak directly to the fans, apologizing for what happened, still stating that he had no intention to express political opinion.

“My [nome do fandom]I’m sorry to have worried you. I totally didn’t mean that, but the misunderstanding exploded so great and I thought I should approach you personally because you are very concerned about it, “he said.

The group leader concluded by saying that “in the future, I will pay more attention and pay attention to my actions. Once again, I’m sorry to have worried you.”