ILLIT And LE SSERAFIM Accused Of Encouraging Racism Against NewJeans’ Hanni

The controversy was too big to be ignored. Koreaboo 13 minutes ago HYBE girl groups ILLIT and LE SSERAFIM have sparked a heated outrage on social media over their allegedly problematic behavior toward NewJeans, particularly Hanni. ILLIT | BELIFT LAB LE SSERAFIM | @le_sserafim/Instagram The controversy stemmed from a recently resurfaced dance challenge in which ILLIT collaborated with actress Ji Yea Un to promote their song, “Do the Dance.” NewJeans fans noted that it was odd for ILLIT, which is under the same agency umbrella as NewJeans, to participate in a dance trend alongside an actress embroiled in a major 2024 controversy over her racist mockery of NewJeans member Hanni. She parodied Hanni’s appearance at the National Assembly for an SNL Korea skit, mimicking her accent and broken Korean. “Racist” And “Disgusting” — “SNL Korea” Gets Severely Slammed For Parodying NewJeans Hanni’s Audit Appearance The issue sparked major backlash in 2024, and the official video of the skit was eventually removed from YouTube. As ILLIT’s dance challenge video started doing the rounds on social media again, some fans were reminded that LE SSERAFIM, another labelmate group of NewJeans, had also do...