Fans Compile Evidence That Red Velvet’s Yeri Is (Not So) Secretly British

Red Velvet‘s Yeri was born in Seoul, South Korea, but many RedVeluvs are convinced that she is hiding her “true” British heritage.

This conspiracy theory may have originated from a Knowing Bros episode where, during a school skit, Yeri claimed to be from the United Kingdom.

She said that she is a fluent English speaker and, to prove it, said, “Hi! My name is Yeri!”

Since then, “Yeri England” and “Yeri Nationality” have become two of the most popular Yeri-related searches on Naver.

얘림 연관검색어에 영국이랑 국적 있능거 개웃기다고요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ pic.twitter.com/We6N6oxFHA

— 자도 (@kimjado_) July 16, 2017

naver popular searches

yeri
red velvet yeri
yeri british
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is yeri really british
is red velvet a british group
yeri nationality
red velvet british

— mae ?¿ (@poeticseul) July 29, 2018

Some fans claim that Yeri isn’t just your average British citizen either; she is descended from the same royal family as Queen Elizabeth II!

to everyone saying yeri isn’t british she’s literally sixth in line to the throne. pic.twitter.com/bQCWCSFBw9

— #POWERUP (@hobjiyoon) July 31, 2018

yeri is british and she constantly visits uk to see her whole british family and she goes to tea parties at the royal palace in fact she's super close with the queen, reveluvs who don't know this are all fake stans

— mari 🍹 (@redmeetsvelvet) July 29, 2018

After all, the “proof” of her nationality is undeniable.

Yeri IS british and she graduated from Hogwarts. How can all of you miss the fact that she found hufflepuff's cup in bellatrix's vault??? Reciept below pic.twitter.com/9ZzVvTjIW7

— Ria #SUMMERMAGIC 💙 (@luviedoll801) August 1, 2018

yeri studied in hogwarts so i think she’s half

— stella (@twilipses) July 31, 2018

The funny thing is, Yeri is kind of bad at doing a British accent.

yeri british attempt pic.twitter.com/4JZLgFeRRN

— katy (@colorfulalibi) July 20, 2017

Then again, if she was trying to hide her identity she wouldn’t try to be good at it…

I just needed that hi hi hi! yeri part again separately. pic.twitter.com/kuDPoL6E0D

— katy (@colorfulalibi) July 20, 2017

…would she?

if you’ll listen closely, you’ll hear yeri’s british accent she’s been trying to conceal for years. pic.twitter.com/zxCaNgn9KZ

— power up (@artsyseuIgi) August 2, 2018

Yeri’s secret heritage has been a running joke in the Red Velvet fandom for a while now, but it gained new momentum after the announcement that “Bad Boy” (English version) would be a bonus track on the group’s new EP, Summer Magic.

To troll netizens, RedVeluvs once again circulated rumours that Yeri is British and managed to convince people that it’s true!

luvies: WAIT WE ACTUALLY CONVINCED PEOPLE YERIS BRITISH

yeri, the one who keeps changing the wiki article: I know this… and?

— mmmmmia #PowerUp 🤖🍉 (@irenescackle) July 31, 2018