HYBE Criticized After KATSEYE’s “Gnarly” Accused Of Being Inappropriate For Minor Member
On April 30, KATSEYE released their new song, “Gnarly.”
As soon as the song was released, the lyrics were blasted and ridiculed after netizens made fun of the “awful” lyrics.
HYBE Blasted And Ridiculed For “Awful” Lyrics In New KATSEYE Song
Yet, the video has sparked more anger due to member Yoonchae, who is 17 years old, making her a minor.
Netizens pointed out that some scenes left them feeling uncomfortable as they didn’t feel it was appropriate for Yoonchae, including choreography and a scene of two flies making love.
Netizens shared that the choreography, lyrics, and paired with the clip of the flies are inappropriate for a minor. It sparked a debate, with some saying it’s normal for teenagers that age, but due to the public nature of the release, including possible live performances, netizens felt it was inappropriate and were disappointed in the direction of the track.
i also feel like the song was not appropriate for a group w a minor in it no shade, yoonchae don’t need to be singing about all that just yet pic.twitter.com/Qm7ESJc2aa
— ✰ (@breathinjennies) April 30, 2025
there was a lot of really weird stuff that was going on the mv that i don’t think was appropriate for a minor like yoonchae to be doing https://t.co/J2JyaUOQMq
— brynn 🪽ྀི . ݁₊ (@fimfart) April 30, 2025
a few of y’all in the quotes upset but they’re actually correct. yoonchae is still 17 at the end of the day. so, some of the things that were done in the mv & song is weird https://t.co/gSOCrVEjTZ pic.twitter.com/FZxjpDfIBx
— mo⁺¹ 🩷 (@kyoseobs) April 30, 2025
There’s a whole minor in that group what heck was this scene 💀 pic.twitter.com/BEeazSTrJm
— ri 𑁍 (@tokkiga) April 30, 2025
this isn’t me calling the song bad or anything but i’m saying this from a very genuine place of concern: yoonchae is just 17 and this doesn’t seem appropriate. hxg do better pic.twitter.com/aSSptwSOfI
— mari 🥪 (@kzatseye) April 30, 2025
i’m not comfortable w this part in the choreo at all yoonchae is a baby😭😭? pic.twitter.com/hCuaAAf8G3
— bon bon♡︎ (@boneeers) April 30, 2025
yoonchae is a minor?? hybe is so fucked up pic.twitter.com/cLRXZsByuZ
— skyler 𓃹 (@attentionakgae) April 30, 2025
people really out here defending hybe with their not minor appropriate choreos, when madison beer just recently opened up how weird scooter braun is with minors, and that dumbo is currently getting his paychecks from hybe, ya'll are going to hell pic.twitter.com/2mbseQTIWS
— εз (@lsdowner) April 30, 2025
It isn’t the first time HYBE has been criticized when it comes to the treatment of young idols, and you can read about it below.
