How The Dating Rumor Between NCT's Taeyong and Red Velvet's Yeri Started + "Proofs" Collected by Netizens
On April 14, the dating rumor between SM Entertainment artists, NCT's Taeyong and Red Velvet's Yeri, was brought to life again after a netizen posted on the Korean online community a blog about the two idols. It's been two years since the dating rumor erupted in 2018, and it is a surprise that some netizens are still rooting for the two stars, who were referred to as the next "SM Couple."
However, while SM Entertainment didn't deny it, fans don't believe in their relationship ever since. Yeri had been involved in dating rumors with several SM rookies and artists, which are often groundless, leading the speculation to subside immediately. But her dating rumor with Taeyong is probably the longest, and here's how the dating rumor of the two idols started.
1. Yeri and TaeYong on Naver
How The Dating Rumor Between NCT's Taeyong and Red Velvet's Yeri Started + "Proofs" Collected by Netizens
Usually, stalkers and sasaengs (obsessed "fan") are the first ones to know if something is going on between the idols. Thus, the keywords involving two idols often appear together when you search one or the other. For instance, when netizens searched Yeri's name, "Yeri Taeyong" appeared.
A post saying sasaengs already know that the idols were dating appears as well when you search the names of the two stars on the Korean platform.
2. "Lovestagram" by Yeri
How The Dating Rumor Between NCT's Taeyong and Red Velvet's Yeri Started + "Proofs" Collected by Netizens
The dating rumor continued until 2019, and Yeri has been getting lots of hates from Taeyong's Korean fans as well. The issue intensified when Yeri suddenly posted her photo with a caption, "Yo-O-ng~ I'm looking [at you] like this." Netizens then believed that it is a nickname for Taeyong given by Yeri, as the male idol is sometimes referred to as "Yong."
3. Sweet, stolen glances and moments with each other
How The Dating Rumor Between NCT's Taeyong and Red Velvet's Yeri Started + "Proofs" Collected by Netizens
As the two were rumored dating, netizens started eyeing them, and a fan allegedly captured some sweet glances between the two idols during SMtown's concert.
4. Yeri's phone's display photo is allegedly Taeyong's photo
How The Dating Rumor Between NCT's Taeyong and Red Velvet's Yeri Started + "Proofs" Collected by Netizens
In one of Yeri's videos, a fan captured the female idol's phone wallpaper, and netizens were quick to speculate that it is Taeyong as it is undoubtedly a person. Some even claimed that it was a photo during the male idols' promotion of NCT 127's "Cherry Bomb" because of the resemblance of the black and white pattern of the clothes and hair color of Taeyong and the person in the photo.
5. Indirect cupcake "kiss"
How The Dating Rumor Between NCT's Taeyong and Red Velvet's Yeri Started + "Proofs" Collected by Netizens
A photo was posted in Pann as well, wherein Taeyong uploaded his photo kissing a cupcake, and Yeri uploaded the same content. Netizens claimed that it was a signal between the two idols.
However, according to fans, it was merely a coincidence because the cupcake isn't unusual at all. It was given to every SM idol during SMtown's Halloween Party in 2017.
Despite these so-called "proofs" collected by the netizens, these cannot be considered as concrete evidence to say that the two are indeed in a relationship. Also, Yeri has been close to several male idols, given her friendly and bubbly personality. These are her special attributes for fans that are sometimes misunderstood by other netizens.
Despite the dating rumor between Taeyong and Yeri, they sat next to each other during SMA 2019. They even smiled at the camera, seemingly unbothered by the gossip.
How The Dating Rumor Between NCT's Taeyong and Red Velvet's Yeri Started + "Proofs" Collected by Netizens
How The Dating Rumor Between NCT's Taeyong and Red Velvet's Yeri Started + "Proofs" Collected by Netizens
This somehow quashes the rumor, igniting the hearts of #JaeYong's shippers (Jaehyun and TaeYong bromance) and #YeRene shippers (Yeri and Irene).
