After a video of LE SSERAFIM's Sakura crying during vocals lessons went viral, K-pop fans shared their mixed reactions to the situation online.

On July 29, 2024, LE SSERAFIM shared the first four episodes of their documentary, "Make It Look Easy," to HYBE's official YouTube account. During one of the episodes, Sakura was seen shedding tears during a vocal lesson after her trainer asked, "Why did you lose confidence?"

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She revealed that she has feared singing in front of people. During the interview, she revealed that she often wonders why she became an idol and whether being an idol is the best job for her. She stated that whenever she makes a mistake, she thinks that other talented people could have had her spot instead of her.

Sakura added that despite these thoughts, being an idol is the job that makes her the happiest. However, she developed these negative thoughts about herself after hearing negative comments. She adds that she often wonders why she has to go this far, even if she's having a hard time, and wonders what her end goal is. 

"Why did you lose confidence?"
"I'm scared about singing in front of people. I'm so scared"

screw all the people who throw hate on sakura. pic.twitter.com/MpDQ7GPo5U

— joe (@elsserafim) July 29, 2024

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The documentary also showed a video of Sakura alone in the practice room. Though she turned on the music to practice, she ended up breaking down in tears.

While fans of the idol were sympathetic, a large portion of international K-pop fans were not impressed. They stated that, as an idol, it is her job to practice and be good at singing. Many believe that being a good singer is the bare minimum requirement of being an idol and that the main essence of the job is to sing in front of others. As Sakura has been an idol for over 13 years and has debuted in three groups (KT48, IZ*ONE, and LE SSERAFIM), many slammed the idol for not improving throughout the years.

tbh it's hard to feel bad for her like yes criticism always hurts but . she's a GROWN woman that knows damn well that she can't sing yet chose to be a singer for the THIRD time in a row... if she's not gonna improve atp it's either suck it up or find another career path https://t.co/95Du1j5PaH

— ⋆ (@yzhmjg) July 30, 2024

girl be fr you’re in the music industry for a decade yet you still can’t sing?? then you post on weverse that people have different standards?? don’t start crying and get singing lessons than crocheting on your free time https://t.co/aC8NQvbIrE

— antha’ (@jjaengoh) July 30, 2024

if you can't sing you shouldn't be an Idol, stop normalizing mediocre idols https://t.co/q3gXfAQCCP

— ᯓ☆ (@hannicion) July 30, 2024

call me evil but im never gonna have sympathy for a SINGER being afraid to SING like girl thats your only job... https://t.co/gSwmYg4q9m

— zack snyder’s reve festival (@jus2kaiju) July 31, 2024

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They added that even naturally talented idols push themselves to become even better. Many brought up aespa's Ningning, who is known for her amazing vocals even before she started training in SM Entertainment. During an interview, she was asked what was the longest she's practiced, to which she replied the longest was 12 hours. When the interview commented on how tough it was, Ningning replied with, "It's not tough. It's my job."

https://t.co/gyivE1eB3a pic.twitter.com/v4ScOjMMCs

— 2HOT4U (@iinami__) July 31, 2024

Many believe Sakura should adopt that mentality instead of feeling bad for herself.

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Written by Alexa Lopez