The question of live singing vs. lip-syncing comes up a lot in the K-Pop industry and is also a controversial one.

On an online community forum, Netizens recently talked about how IVE's Jang Won Young and Leeseo did a special cover of IU's "Strawberry Moon" on "2022 MBC Gayo Daejejeon."

People said they were "lip-syncing" instead of dancing, and they were using the same audio recording from their previous cover of the song, which was posted on their YouTube channel.

On January 4, a post began trending on Nate‘s community board Pann under the title, “LE SSERAFIM ALSO LIPSYNCED WHILE SITTING DOWN“. The post pretty much talk about how come no one is complaining over LE SSERAFIM members for also lip-syncing while sitting on stage.

The netizen who wrote the post explained, "Jang Wonyoung was cursed at a lot when she lipsynced while sitting down, but LE SSERAFIM did the same thing? Even foreigners didn't have much trouble with it at the time, and no one would go look for everyone's clips except 'them'. They only do this to IVE. Isn't that way too harsh?".

The netizen added, "Kim Chaewon is known for having a good voice, but they can still sit and lip sync depending on the situation. Have you ever seen communities with thousands of comments trash LE SSERAFIM like they did to Jang Wonyoung?".

Other netizens quickly responded with post, such as:

"If it wasn't Jang Wonyoung, they wouldn't care, but since it is, it drives them crazy".

"No matter how good their skills are, they can't stop swearing at her because Jang Wonyoung is the one sitting down and lip-syncing. Is this proof that they aren't as well-known as they should be? ㅠ.."

"Those roaches are teaching you what it means to be hypocritical."

"Can you Pann btches stop hating on female idols? When male idols mess up a choreography, you guys say it's cute and even make gifs of them with filters, but when it's a female idol, you guys make a big deal out of it. (I'm not saying this to be mean to male idols; I'm just making fun of the double standard). Stop it already, whether it's LE SSERAFIM or Jang Wonyoung. Can't you all just get on with your own lives? You guys get upset when people tell you that "a woman's biggest enemy is another woman," but you'll never get over the idea that women hate each other until you die. You guys work the hardest to dislike other women. Pann btches"

What are your thoughts?

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BLACKPINK’s Jisoo shared a surprising story from her trainee days!

On January 29, the latest episode of Dex’s Fridge Interview was released on YouTube. During the chat, Dex asked Jisoo if she ever rebelled or broke the rules as a trainee. She confidently replied, “Not at all. The only rebellion I had as a trainee was eating.”

Dex then jokingly imitated her younger self, saying, “I’m perfect, so why are they telling me not to eat? I’m going to eat tteokbokki!”

Jisoo laughed and admitted, “Actually, I was really chubby back then. They kept telling me to lose weight, but I always said, ‘No, I need to eat. I like myself chubby.’”

She even recalled a moment with YG Entertainment’s founder, Yang Hyun Suk:
“The boss told me to lose weight, and I responded like that. He just walked away, thinking, ‘She’s a weird one.’ I literally said, ‘No! I like myself chubby!’”

Jisoo then revealed that after she debuted, she naturally lost weight. She added, “Later, after I debuted and naturally lost weight, he was like, ‘You didn’t lose weight when I told you to, but now that you debuted, you did.’”

Fans are loving Jisoo’s confidence and honesty! Meanwhile, her full interview on Dex’s Fridge Interview is now available on YouTube.

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