SM Entertainment‘s youngest girl group, Hearts2Hearts, appeared at the Incheon International Airport to make their way to Hong Kong earlier this week.
The group is headed to the 2025 MAMA Awards — for which they have already drawn massive attention — but the press photos taken during their airport appearance have been slammed as “terrible” by Korean netizens.
Hearts2Hearts’ appearance at the airport instantly became a hot topic on popular Korean forum Pann, where a post with press photos attached has gained more than 40,000 views. In the now-viral post, their visuals are hit with scathing criticism, with OP claiming member Ian carries the whole group.
Ian is really the one carrying the whole group… Ian’s shoulders must be heavy.
— Viral post on Pann
OP’s harsh words sparked heated debate in the comments section.
While some netizens also criticise the members’ visuals, others slam the photos for being terrible and accuse OP of trying to force a narrative through unflattering images when the Hearts2Hearts members look gorgeous in videos.
- “Ye-on… honestly, I don’t even know what to say.”
- “These are just unflattering photos… They look pretty in videos anyway, so what’s the point of dragging them over split-second shots?”
- “Even just looking at Jiwoo, she looks way worse than usual… Isn’t this just a worst-case photo taken when she looked a bit swollen?”
- “Yuha is pretty though.”
- “Bringing out the terrible photos to make them look worse is so pathetic lol. Anyone can see how they look in videos… does forcing a narrative with a few pictures even work? lol”
