An online post claiming that an SM Entertainment co-ed project group would debut recently went viral.
Garnering over 2 million views, the alleged project group was set to debut in 2026 with the lineup of aespa’s Karina, Red Velvet’s Seulgi, EXO’s Kai, NCT’s Taeyong, and NCT’s Mark.
| Rumors claim SM Entertainment is preparing a 5-member co-ed project group set to debut in 2026
The alleged lineup includes:
– Karina (aespa)
– Seulgi (Red Velvet)
– Kai (EXO)
– Taeyong (NCT)
– Mark (NCT) pic.twitter.com/AHvncCdCzX— pow⭑.ᐟ (@baesweb) August 28, 2025
While this garnered much anticipation from international fans…
O MY GOSH THEY'RE LITERALLY MY FAVS ARTISTS IN SM SO SEATED https://t.co/Ehd6XK2HUQ
— riri ✨💙 manifesting dami solo in september 🙏🙏 (@yujimini_) August 28, 2025
please please please be true https://t.co/FXjxfs45pt
— mads (@reigenboobs) August 28, 2025
no one even knows what this means to me https://t.co/8e0pmxWWWe
— felix: fairytopia (@loverbug) August 29, 2025
…it didn’t seem to fly with Korean netizens.
- “Someone save Mark, please.”
- “Unit group my ass.”
- “It could’ve been possible if Lee Sooman was still around.”
- “It’s such bullsh*t, but seeing it has so many likes is hilarious.”
- “Such bullsh*it.”
- “OMG, not Mark again.”
- “The lineup is just not possible…”
- “I guess co-ed groups are the new trend?”
- “This just came from that person’s imagination.”
