SEVENTEEN Fans Make Hoshi’s Dream Of Petting A Tiger Come True
SEVENTEEN‘s performance unit leader Hoshi has long been hard at work integrating tigers into his personal branding, often referring to himself as a tiger and saying horanghaae, a pun on the Korean phrase saranghae that switches “I love you” to “I tiger you.”
He also owns a number of tiger-themed items (such as a phone case and numerous tiger stuffed animals), and frequently wears articles of clothing depicting tigers.
He even wrote a song about tigers! Needless to say, his love of tigers is the real deal.
So when fans saw this video of Hoshi standing in front of a green screen and requesting to have tigers edited into the picture with him, they knew what they had to do.
hoshi’s request pic.twitter.com/DsMoawDj8j
— ★ (@hoshzone) February 4, 2022
Naturally, many fans replaced the video’s background with a clip of real tigers to let Hoshi immerse himself.
Sure thing, babe 😂 https://t.co/qgfuhaIBUQ pic.twitter.com/IIOnE7E8VD
— ):) (@ohprettychaos) February 4, 2022
okay hoshi, carat loves you🤩🐯 https://t.co/iuRetJhdQI pic.twitter.com/SFhyUJ4Ert
— ash💎 (@sebongsmafia) February 4, 2022
Anything for you hoshi https://t.co/uyS0U8gexi pic.twitter.com/Tx3stSRNSw
— xan⁸₁₃ ♡ fox | AMS + TAEHYUN DAY !!!! (@sc0upsbch) February 4, 2022
got u bff https://t.co/DhulUzwsnf pic.twitter.com/uVgDk91G4l
— ★ (@hoshzone) February 4, 2022
Of course, since Hoshi always calls himself a tiger, fans couldn’t resist editing the video to make him pat his own head.
Just one tiger? Anything for hoshi our beloved :))
Horanghae to you my guy https://t.co/RcNIybNRNS pic.twitter.com/BBtydcVN1o
— luka ఇ ◝‿◜ ఇ (@tigernootnoot) February 4, 2022
anything for our hoshi https://t.co/qqhgF89H8l pic.twitter.com/Lh4qbHRTNW
— lalaᵕ̈☘ (@luv9yu) February 4, 2022
They even made him pat the head of fellow member The8 when he was imitating Hoshi in their 5-year anniversary special!
your wish is my command🐯 #HOSHI #SEVENTEEN https://t.co/iuRetJhdQI pic.twitter.com/7SmuaOT16l
— ash💎 (@sebongsmafia) February 4, 2022
Still other fans gave Hoshi the privilege of petting tigers that aren’t real.
anything for u, hoshi🐯#SEVENTEEN #세븐틴 @pledis_17 https://t.co/K0BE8VLVBt pic.twitter.com/CX1WM85Lfj
— HOSHIMARU (@hsmrofficial) February 4, 2022
Including the CGI tigers in this hilarious video!
here, my submission https://t.co/zHBXfKbJtF pic.twitter.com/X3DKmInLqS
— 낮 (@natanattda) February 4, 2022
Given the number of responses Hoshi’s received, he has to be thrilled that CARATs are granting his wishes. We tiger you too, Hoshi!
