aespa Winter Caught Photoshopping, K-Netz React

By Eunice Dawson Oct 05, 2023

In an online community, aespa Winter was caught photoshopping after a poorly-edited selfie. But K-netizens' reactions are rather shocking.

aespa Winter Draws Attention for Poor Photoshopping, K-Netizens Defend Idol

On October 5, Winter took to Instagram to post her selfies taken during aespa's first global world tour, "SYNK: HYPER LINE."

In her photos, the idol flaunted her beauty in various outfits and hairstyles, proving that she slays any look.

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MYs (aespa fandom) emphasized her androgynous visuals that break gender stereotypes, Winter looking both gorgeous and handsome either in a dress or hoodie.

As soon as her photos were uploaded, Winter's top-tier visuals garnered rave reviews, amassing over 887k likes as of writing.

"So handsome."

"Unnie, you are so pretty."

"Ah, this beauty should be illegal."

Amid fans and supporters admiring Winter's appearance, an internet user in an online Korean community pointed out that the idol just revealed that she photoshopped after making an editing mistake in one of her photos.

The netizens then called out Winter for not checking her photos properly before posting them.

When other K-Netz and MYs saw this, they wondered which photo and part the idol exactly photoshopped and based on the post, the 10th photo Winter uploaded has a distorted yellow line on the left side of her head.

In fact, this is not the first time Winter was caught photoshopping, in the past, she was also caught editing her photos due to the distorted staircases. At the time, the star was heavily criticized, but many have different reactions to this case.

Rather, they find it cute and lovely, leaving comments such as:

"Even in the unflattering article photos, she looks stunning, so what's the point of editing? She's already prettier in journalists' photos and broadcast screens."

"She can do this because everyone knows she's pretty anyway."

"It's rather cute haha. I don't know which part you edited, but you look the same."

"Am I the only one who can't find which part was edited?"

"I didn't even notice it because I was too focused on admiring Winter's face."

"It's rather likable. It's better than correcting it like a total crime."

"This is cute! But why would you edit your head hahaha."

"What are you talking about? I tried zooming but I can't see it."

aespa Recent Activities

Meanwhile, aespa, which opened the era of the fourth-generation girl group, proved its growth with explosive album sales this year.

With their third mini-album "MY WORLD" released in May, they ranked No. 1 in K-pop girl groups in history, recording 1,698,784 copies of their initial sales (a week after release). In about two weeks after its release, it sold 2.01 million copies, winning the title of a double million seller.

On August 18, aespa then dropped its latest single, "Better Things."

After sweeping the domestic market, it expanded overseas. Since February, they have been traveling around Asia, North America, South America, and Europe to hold aespa LIVE TOUR 2023 "SYNK: HYPER LINE" and meet with fans.

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Written by Eunice Dawson.