HYBE Accused Of Allegedly Trying To Take Credit For aespa’s Karina Success

aespa Karina‘s “UP” is one of the most successful songs from a soloist. The song made a huge hit in South Korea, hitting top positions on various charts despite the song only being a special track from the group’s tour.

As buzz for the song grew, fans soon realized that there was a sudden influx of posts about “UP” on online communities on DC Gallery. What was particular was that all of the posts contained the same title and content. The posts were posted on different communities but around the same time on October 10, 2024. The posts were titled “HYBE producers getting excited at Karina’s success.”

The content of the post included a credits for the song. Karina is credited solely for the lyrics, while producers associated with HYBE such as Slow Rabbit and PXPILLON are credited for song writing and producing.

The post itself tied HYBE into the buzz.

Karina’s new song “UP” was released like a surprise event today. All of the writers are from HYBE. (They wrote ILLIT’s “Magnetic.”) The song is making an all-kill across all domestic charts within just 6 hours of release. The rise is so insane that it’s almost confirmed for first place. We’ll get the birth of a first place song from a girl group solo, six years after BLACKPINK’s Jennie.

— Viral post allegedly from HYBE

While the song itself has received high praise, many attribute the success to Karina herself, thanks to the amazing dance performance and her value as a singer. All her dance challenge videos quickly became the group’s top-viewed videos on Instagram.

Netizens were baffled at how HYBE allegedly tried to insert themselves into Karina’s success.

•  So they want to crush aespa, but they also want to ride on their coattails LOL.
• Ah LOOOOL.
• This is hilarious hahaha.
• They’re so wishy-washy, this is so uncool of them LOL.
• Are they bipolar at this point? They want to crush her, but want to ride on her success. They want to beat her,, but they want to copy her.
• Ugh.
• Speechless.

You can watch Karina’s performance for “UP” below.