K-Pop Star Karina Apologizes for Having a Boyfriend: “I Don’t Want to Disappoint Anyone”

Having a partner is very frowned upon among artists of this musical genre because it goes against preserving the virginal idea that they intend to show.

The K-Pop singer Karina, a member of the group Aespa, has had to face a completely surreal situation. The artist has been forced to apologize on her Instagram account after it became publicly known that she is in a romantic relationship with actor Lee Jae-Wook.

“ I know that many of the followers must be disappointed, so I wanted to sincerely apologize to the fans who have given me the warmest support since my debut,” he wrote in a statement published on his Instagram account. The reason behind these apologies is that the personal lives of artists in this musical genre are highly controlled by fans.

And sometimes, having a partner is seen as a betrayal. So much so that there are representation agencies that force them to sign in their contracts that they will maintain their single status, thus preserving the virginal and pure image that is had of them in order to present them as sentimentally reachable people. “Each of my followers is still very valuable to me and I want to heal the wounds that he may have caused,” she added.

The criticism against Karina has been overwhelming. Several of her followers showed up at the door of her representation agency, driving a truck on which there was an electronic billboard criticizing her. “Isn’t the love your fans give you enough?“, said the fans in a hypothesis widely defended by many of them.