K-Pop Fans Accused Of Racism After Latin Group SANTOS BRAVOS Gets Called Cringey On Korean Music Shows
SANTOS BRAVOS debuted in October 2025 as HYBE’s first boy band under its Latin American branch, formed through a survival program that drew trainees from across Latin America, the United States and Europe. They recently performed on Music Core, marking their Korean debut.
The response has been rather lukewarm, leading an international fan to call K-Pop fans “racist” because they were not well-received.
They’re so cute bye kpop fans are so racist it’s so annoying pic.twitter.com/rgdMdMJLGF
— venny 𑣲 txtwice + sanas wife (@cyannhehe) April 18, 2026
Korean fans immediately clapped back, claiming it was not racism, but simply a problem of the boys not being appealing.
인종차별이 아니라 빠순이들은 얼굴차별을 하는데ㅜㅜ 한국에서 수요 있을만한 양남 얼굴이 아님.. https://t.co/YD0WFKLRc6
— 하암 (@hhaaaammm) April 19, 2026
It’s not racism, but we’re just lookist. These aren’t the type of Western faces that are popular in Korea.
hhaaaammm
Others called them ugly.
못생겼어요 https://t.co/PA9gXZWQJC
— 성격안좋음 (@4gmzy) April 19, 2026
They’re ugly.
4gmzy
International fans went on to argue that it wasn’t so much about Korean response being lukewarm, but more of American fans being unwelcoming due to their race.
yes i’m racist against white people. https://t.co/BES5bcFr8C
— black grl confidence bop. (@kisslyte) April 19, 2026
Many seem to find their ending poses cringey.
THIS IS FRYING ME 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/EsLkh4lqni
— ❇︎ (@globalpinks_) April 16, 2026
Despite the mixed responses that they received on the music show, Santos Bravos has made their mark as the first Latin group to perform on Korean music shows.
