SEVENTEEN Jeonghan and Red Velvet Joy's respective entries for ILLIT's "Magnetic" challenge drew divided opinions for these reasons.
Fans Embarrassed As Jeonghan, Joy Look Like They Were 'Forced' To Do 'Magnetic' Challenge
Amid the popularity of HYBE's rookie girl group ILLIT, numerous celebrities and idols are also participating in their viral "Magnetic" dance challenge.
While K-pop fans are enthusiastic about seeing that even artists are supporting the rookie act, Red Velvet Joy and SEVENTEEN Jeonghan raised brows for their versions of the trend.
On April 13, SEVENTEEN held a fan signing event online and met with CARATs (fandom).
In events like this, fans usually take this opportunity for idols to grant their requests, such as making them do a certain dance challenge or other K-pop trends.
This time, a fan shared a clip of Jeonghan doing the viral TikTok challenge for ILLIT's "Magnetic." Earlier, the group SEVENTEEN became trending for the same song when fans did an AI version of it with the group's voices.
240413 yzy b online fansign #정한 #JEONGHAN
— 하니 (@hanniethinker04) April 13, 2024
jeonghan doing the magnetic challenge 😭🤍🤍 pic.twitter.com/dZ3fZiidqX
This time, the idol performed the hand choreography of the song, but he trended not because he did well, but because of his "nonchalant" facial expression while doing it.
Fans expressed their secondhand embarrassment as the idol looked so "forced" without a smile and criticized fans who were asking idols to do stuff like this.
@minjububble_ joy red velvet join magnetic challange #joy #redvelvet #illit ♬ suara asli - cocopie꣑୧
At the same time, Joy's clip from another fan signing event resurfaced as well, and just like Jeonghan, her "lackluster" entry also made fans laugh.
Others pity idols who have to experience this kind of request everytime they are having a fan call.
Here are some of the fans' comments:
do ppl not get embarrassed when they ask him to do things and this is the face he makes when he does it https://t.co/k9xGQ89xjR
— 🐇 (@miffyhoshi) April 13, 2024
lmaoooo soulless and unenthusiastic, does not give a shit about stage presence, he just wants to get the dance right like look at his tiny victorious smile at the end https://t.co/RKr8xMVt6g
— immunogoblin (@tamajjongchi) April 13, 2024
when i thought jeonghan looked forced enough until i saw joy, there’s apparently nothing NOT EVEN A THOUGHT behind those eyes https://t.co/9c5PtHbHpu
— na ◠‿◠ ♡︎ (@giraffedanbi) April 14, 2024
joy is not so joyful here is she https://t.co/qMr0h3ypkr
— acacia (@LIN0LESBIAN) April 15, 2024
ILLIT Fans Unhappy After Seeing Joy, Jeonghan's 'Magnetic' Dance Challenge
Amid this, some ILLIT fans weren't happy with the attitude of the senior idols as their entries seemed to be disrespectful to their juniors who worked hard for the song.
The rookie group's supporters were particularly upset at how both celebrities didn't even try to look enthusiastic while performing the trend. They even altered some of the dance steps, as if "making fun" of the team.
People then highlighted that even if they don't like to do such fan service, they could have turned down the OPs properly instead.
When accusations increased, CARATs and ReVeluvs (Red Velvet fandom) immediately defended Jeonghan and Joy. They explained that since the requests for the dance challenge were abrupt, they weren't able to learn the choreography properly.
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Written by Eunice Dela Cruz
