aespa Comes Under Fire For Their Behavior Toward G-Dragon
Girl group aespa is facing the heat over a newly surfaced video of their interaction with G-Dragon at the 2025 MAMAs.
The viral clip captured the moment when G-Dragon was walking to his seat right in front of aespa at the event. As he walked in, Karina stood up promptly, followed by the rest of the members. G-Dragon appeared to greet all four members with a bow. However, only Karina seemed to return the gesture with an awkward bow, while the rest of the members either looked away or simply stood still in their places.
Aespa's reactions to Gdragon also karina affectionately fixing Ningning's hair 🥰🥰🖤🖤🥰🥰 pic.twitter.com/2qX06hMu5Q
— TM Adib || NingKing 🧏♀️ (@tahsin_adib) November 29, 2025
The viral moment has spread across social media, drawing immense backlash for the aespa members and their supposed lack of etiquette.
Is aespa allergic to bowing to senior? https://t.co/Jl7a1FXVLz
— 👱🏻♀️ (@jsuhcoffeee) November 30, 2025
no hate to aespa i love them but bowing isn’t a thing anymore ? https://t.co/cXUdSO7Dtg
— ASURASTELLAR (@enYlesang) November 30, 2025
However, not everyone has reacted the same to the video. Many netizens have pointed out that camera angle could very well be deceiving, and viewers don’t have the full context of the moment. Some also focused more on the members’ clearly nervous demeanor, with Karina’s uncertain body language and Winter grabbing her heart right after G-Dragon sat down and the camera was off their faces.
Winter, my girl, i got ya. I wud react the same as u https://t.co/rXvtJ5AeRy
— _H♡̆̈_🐉👑_∀ΔΣ🌹💡_⋈_II̷I̷I̷_🦋 (@haninakamal) November 30, 2025
giselle couldn't stop staring at that stupid hat 😭 https://t.co/kinlE2ybcx
— francis ! 🎸 (@setfranonfire) November 29, 2025
Which side do you agree with?
