Red Velvet’s Irene Gets Rid Of Huge Pimple In Real Time… And Shows It All On Cam!
K-Pop idols are no strangers to the cameras, but even they have their off days! Not many are happy to reveal them on camera, though.

Red Velvet‘s Irene is currently in full solo era mode. After dropping her first studio album, Biggest Fan, and wrapping up promotions, she’s been giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at the album’s creative process through a series of vlogs.
Her latest video, though, has taken on a life of its own. In one clip, Irene candidly talks about a massive pimple that showed up right before a music video shoot. She even puts it on camera, which already had fans in disbelief.
If you’re asking me what happened to my chin. I got a pimple. It wasn’t this big. It was really tiny, but like this, I popped it with a cotton swab…
— Red Velvet’s Irene
her big ass pimple 😭 pic.twitter.com/0RbBqrXzk9
— 슬린 (@seurrene_) May 9, 2026
Ah…. She’s human after all finally I can relate to her
— TAKUMI_96 (@cristiankp9) May 9, 2026
Even Irene gets pimples. ILY girl
— ælac – riginarazione truther (@alactic_records) May 9, 2026
However, the real magic happened after her makeup team stepped in and applied concealer… with jaw-dropping results. The pimple instantly disappeared!


The clip instantly went viral. Netizens on X couldn’t get over how completely it disappeared, with many demanding to know exactly what products and techniques were used.
ok but the coverage is insane like hello i need the concealer asappp https://t.co/U7YzD8o9NV
— audrey (@reneazuma) May 9, 2026
Some even dropped their own tips and tricks for fellow fans to learn.
I also need the technique of coverage and the skincare 😭😭it’s a whole thing
— ra니 🫦 is seeing twice (@ranxol27) May 9, 2026
green concealer in very light, thin layers then go over it with a concealer that is close to your skin shade. That’s the technique 😋
— ˖ ࣪ ‹ zen ⋆。˚ ⋆ ✩ (@cherryz3n) May 9, 2026
Nars pot concealer will do this if you apply it with a flat brush and then let it dry down for like 10m and then put on your foundation after or just leave it if you only wanna wear concealer
— shai (@bratzsunwoo) May 9, 2026
No pimple is a match for a good makeup team, it seems. You can watch Irene’s full BTS vlog below.