aespa flew to China for their KMSTATION fan sign event in Shanghai. However, their stay became uncomfortable, especially for Winter, who received death threats from Chinese sasaengs.
On X, one Korean MY (aespa fan) opened up about the recent situation the quartet suffered from in China after sasaengs mobbed the group at a parking lot.
In the videos uploaded, some Chinese fangirls were heard cursing at her intensely and taking her photos without her consent.
“If you fall in love, your mother dies,” shouted one sasaeng.
It’s mean:What the hell are you pretending to do? What are you fucking doing? What are you fucking doing? What are you fucking doing? Damn it! If you fall in love, your mother dies! 씨팔！！！
Chinese people has always been very poor. I hope SM can protect them
— Summer (@dixizij11) December 14, 2024
Winter found herself in a difficult situation after the group’s hotel information was leaked, causing the fangirls to block their cars, per a Nate Pann user. It became chaotic that the bodyguards had to use their umbrellas to shield the members from the cameras.
The hate against Winter came after speculations that she was dating Jungwon of ENHYPEN. The news emerged after a witness allegedly photographed the two coming out of the same bar on the same night.
It’s all vulgar language. This person makes money by taking pictures of idols and selling them. Because Winter held an umbrella, she couldn’t take any photos, so she got angry and cursed.Please refer to this link, this person has already been found.https://t.co/AnglOqcFYM https://t.co/c2MOf42fCG
— Aliz🍊 (@kittenwonnie209) December 15, 2024
However, this was briefly debunked by both their labels, with SM Entertainment and Belift Lab stating that the rumors were untrue.
In addition, Jungwon himself also stepped forward to deny both his dating and smoking issues.
Despite this, Winter continued to suffer the aftermath, leading MYs to demand her label to increase the protection for the idol and refrain from sending her to China in the meantime to avoid a similar occurrence.
Chinese fans are so scary… Between crazy stalkers and crazy bullies, it’s so stressful when a group is going to China. Companies should definitely stop sending their artists to China or drastically improve their security & protection https://t.co/PmjUtyORka pic.twitter.com/mSPnY0mNRC
— Maï 🎀🐱ྀི || fuck SM – semi ia (@eyo_listen_up) December 14, 2024
SM is horrible at protecting their artists and allowing something like this to happen, but I’m also appalled at some people’s lack of outrage when this is one of the worse cases of harassment of an idol I have seen. Idk how this isn’t getting the same anger as sending wreathes https://t.co/qWhOpZEBPN
— A~ (@purrina4yu) December 14, 2024
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