TXT Yeonjun's Dance Challenge Triggers Divided Reactions

TXT Yeonjun‘s solo debut, mixtape GGUM, will be released on October 29, 2024. Recently, he revealed the dance challenge for the title track.

Yeonjun is known as one of the best dancers in 4th-Gen K-Pop. He slays any dance challenge. Yet, netizens fear no one will be up for his dance challenge, as his choreography is physically challenging.

THE CHOREO!?? Yeonjun is so crazy 😭?? pic.twitter.com/tiw5NWKyhu

— Maryam 🫧🩷 (@txtdom) September 12, 2024

good luck to whoever is going to do the ggum challenge with yeonjun, this choreo is crazy pic.twitter.com/449tRyf8Fj

— ♡ (@ghostingsoobin) September 12, 2024

yeonjun knocking on the doors of idols he did dance challenges with and them wiping their sweat off their foreheads while looking at the ggum choreo pic.twitter.com/Ctg41fx9uC

— sam 🩷 yawnzzn + ggum party (@tsxtot7sam) September 12, 2024

Yet Yeonjun’s “GGUM” choreography is also receiving criticism, but it’s not due to its difficulty. Some netizens are turned off by the crotch grab included in the choreography.

nothing makes me hate choreography more than when men viciously grab their crotch and stare at the audience like it’s the sexiest thing ever 🤢 https://t.co/iydBCJGCWE

— ada ( • ㅅ • ) (@raspberryhint) September 13, 2024

i’m all for the stage presence but i don’t understand how people do find it attractive tbh

— ada ( • ㅅ • ) (@raspberryhint) September 13, 2024

women rarely do it and when they do it’s not obnoxious meanwhile you cant get through a single bg choreo without an grossly aggressive crotch grab or hip thrust https://t.co/bfAzTKJxQk

— wren 🌷 cr: mahoyo (@yeojinchou) September 14, 2024

Yeonjun’s fans are jumping to his defense, though. They pointed out that one of the most excellent dancers of all time, Michael Jackson, was known for this move. They also felt that it was technically slut-shaming to criticize a dancer for this.

Imagine being born and saying that it's "disgusting" when they touch there, sister, then you don't enjoy THE ART OF BODY EXPRESSION in dancers, what are you doing watching Yeonjun? https://t.co/EI4GShqe2k pic.twitter.com/LUIiBDNYT2

— 𝙔𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙚 🫧 '𝘎𝘎𝘜𝘔' 𝘣𝘺 𝘠𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘯 (@Yeonxann) September 15, 2024

we don’t talk about how gg stans finding yeonjun’s choreography with just normal hip hop moves “vicious” and sexualizing him it’s giving the same energy as those who slut shame girls for having choreo where they even slightly move their hips, it’s the same people hating on both

— .🪩꿈 (@taebinsivy) September 15, 2024

ppl completely disregarding yeonjun doing a 360 rotational twist into a split and focusing on the “crotch” grab is what’s taking me 😭 y’all so selective and annoying pic.twitter.com/0UQwCUtLwK

— alora 𖧵⁵ | GGUM OUT SEP 19TH 🫧🩷! (@hyukaizzn) September 15, 2024

What do you think about Yeonjun’s choreography?