“My Whole Life Has Been A Lie”: Fans Share 9 Realizations About K-Pop That Shocked Them

Are any of these a surprise to you?

Have you ever had a realization about a K-Pop idol, group, or other aspect of the industry that you believed one way for so long that turned out to be wrong? Maybe you didn’t know someone’s stage name wasn’t their real name, or a group’s name was pronounced differently than you realized. Recently on Reddit, K-Pop fans shared realizations just like that, and these are 9 of the biggest shocks according to the post about them.

1. The pronunciation of NU’EST.

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2. HyunA and Sunmi debuted in Wonder Girls together.

 

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3. Jay Park wasn’t always a soloist.

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4. Neither Xiumin or Chen from EXO are Chinese.

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5. The pronunciation of Weki Meki.

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6. Cha Eunwoo is a stage name.

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7. The pronunciation of TRENDZ.

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8. What the SM in SM Entertainment actually stands for now.

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9. The pronunciation of TWICE’s Tzuyu.

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