Red Velvet Irene's TikTok With Male Juniors Triggers Heated Fan Debate

A recent TikTok of Red Velvet‘s Irene and NCT Wish‘s Yushi and SION has caused heated debate after a fan of the boy group hid Irene’s face in their post. Fans have since accused the user of misogyny.

Red Velvet has recently been treating fans to a multitude of TikTok challenges with different idols that they came across during their promotions. Most recently, Irene shot a TikTok with her newest SM Entertainment juniors, NCT WISH.

While the challenge itself was cute and just downright adorable, a consequential tweet has triggered backlash from ReVeluvs.

A fan of NCT WISH posted a screencap of the TikTok where Irene’s face was hidden behind an emoji. The Tweet itself talks about how one of the members, SION, is a ReVeluv. OP points out that during the TikTok, he looks at Irene while Yushi looks towards the camera.

엑소엘 유우시 카메라보고 이쁜척 와중 러비 오시온 한번 슬쩍 쳐다봄 pic.twitter.com/RL3ObwP5gr

— 前田hyuck (@maedahyuck) July 7, 2024

EXO-L Yushi was looking at the camera, trying to look pretty, ReVeluv SION takes a quick glance.

— Op on X (formerly known as Twitter)

While the caption itself seems harmless, the emoji on Irene’s face has not sat well with Red Velvet fans. They claim the action is another example of subtle misogyny from boy group fans — who sometimes don’t like seeing their favorite idols next to female stars.

Disgusting male fans, go d!e with ur mysoginy
Fucking stupid, imagine doing this to a woman for males who who prob hate yall #KAM fr 🤏 https://t.co/E4ztnM2OeF

— BJH1🔜 (@329IloveIrene) July 9, 2024

Some fans have reversed the face hiding, quoting the original post with a picture of the two NCT members’ faces being hidden instead.

https://t.co/kmluWuubie pic.twitter.com/qHOO17Pm9W

— andi ೀ (@frvrbaechu) July 9, 2024

https://t.co/uoUFGlWehf pic.twitter.com/yrm5wg5i6A

— 🤺 (@seulgoat) July 9, 2024

Meanwhile, the majority have called OP’s action simply disrespectful.

the audacity to cover irene’s face??? y’all truly a bunch of miserable losers fr https://t.co/EarD2a8mJ2

— ୨୧ (@deepinkeyes) July 9, 2024

getting jealous over your boy looking at irene…don't do too much that's her younger cousin https://t.co/wSLoDZeCuG

— anne brontë (@m4qbeth) July 9, 2024

What are your thoughts? You can check out Red Velvet Irene’s TikTok with NCT WISH’s SION and Yushi below!

@redvelvet_smtown 💫Cosmic Songbird🕊 #Cosmic_Love #레드벨벳 #RedVelvet #아이린 #IRENE #SION #시온 #YUSHI #유우시 #NCTWISH @NCT Official #코스믹 #Cosmic #RedVelvet_Cosmic ♬ Cosmic – Red Velvet