I wonder if you follow the Korean girl group April?
april is a female singing group launched by DSP on August 24, 2015. It was originally composed of 6 members: Jeon So Min, Kim Chae Won, Lee Hyun Joo, Lee Na Eun, Yang Ye Na, and Lee Jin Sol.
Although Jeon So Min and Lee Hyun Joo withdrew in 2015 and 2016 respectively, the popularity of the group has not diminished at all due to the release of the "Dreaming" and "Boingboing" albums and the addition of Yoon Chae Kyung and Sung Na Ran (Rachel).
Among the group members, Li Na Eun is particularly popular. In addition to participating in variety shows, she has also appeared in dramas such as "The King of Hip Hop" and "The Day I Discovered by Chance".
Unexpectedly, she was beautiful and generous in appearance, but on July 23, 2020, someone who claimed to be a primary school classmate revealed that she likes to bully others. Because the response was timely, it was not affected too much.
It wasn’t until the younger brother of former member Lee Hyun Joo gave her a hard blow on February 28, 2021 that her career was put out of crisis.
Lee Hyun-joo’s younger brother said that his sister had been severely bullied in the April team and developed symptoms such as panic disorder and difficulty breathing, and even committed suicide due to depression. When my sister quit the group, she was forced by the company to copy a statement stating that she wanted to challenge her acting skills and quit the group. As a result, she was misunderstood and suffered even more serious online abuse. From the beginning to the end, no one in April ever apologized to my sister.
quickly aroused heated discussion among Korean netizens because he posted the identity card photos of the whistleblower and his sister's birth date and related group photos, which matched Lee Hyun Joo.
After Lee Hyun Joo’s younger brother broke the news, netizens who claimed to be Lee Hyun Joo’s friends stepped up their efforts and directly identified what April members had done.
For example, Jeon So Min, who was the first to quit the group, was the first to bully Lee Hyun Joo; Kim Chae Won deliberately sow discord with Lee Hyun Joo and others; Yang Ye Na and Lee Jin Sol kept ridiculing Lee Hyun Joo... The one who bullied the most was Lee Na Eun, who used Lee Hyun Joo's grandma as a gift The granddaughter's thermos cup contained cheongju sauce and she also stole sneakers with Lee Hyun Joo's name written on them. When she was found out, she became arrogant and refused to apologize.
Many of Li Na Eun’s elementary and junior high school classmates also joined in, showing off their diplomas and angrily criticizing Li Na Eun’s bullying behavior in school.
Li Na Eun's company completely denied the accusations made by netizens, but also indirectly admitted that the thermos cup was filled with soup.
Li Na Eun's career was severely damaged due to the bullying scandal, her role was changed, and the variety shows she participated in were suspended or cut.
She did not speak out until 4 months later, saying that the rumors were inconsistent with the facts and that she had been immature and unskilled in the past and would work hard to do better in the future. Her agency also charged Lee Hyun-joo's younger brother with charges of frame-up and defamation.
But what is embarrassing is that after investigation, the South Korean police determined that Lee Hyun Joo's younger brother's behavior did not constitute a crime, and believed that Lee Hyun Joo was repeatedly excluded and bullied within the group.
On January 28, 2022, April announced its dissolution.
html On April 28, Li Na Eun made her comeback, but her popularity was not as good as before. But soon, her career also ushered in a turn for the better. She signed with Namoo Actors as an actress and became colleagues with Lee Jun-ki, Seohyun, Song Kang and others.On November 16 last year, she also starred in the SBS TV series "Chaebol x Detective".
On January 2 this year, Korean Entertainment broke the news of its first new relationship. The protagonist is the 24-year-old herself and Korean athlete Lee Kang-in who plays for the French Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain club.
According to reports, they received news from an insider that Lee Na Eun and Lee Kang In were in love.
They started following the filming last year and found that on November 14th and 15th, Li Naeun went to the parking lot under the player dormitory and had a date with Li Kangren in the car. After the game, the two went on a date at Li Na Eun's home.
html On the 17th, reporters saw the two of them going out intimately in an apartment in Guri, Gyeonggi-do, where Lee Na-eun lives.
After the news came out, Korean netizens turned on the ridicule mode, calling them "birds of a feather flock together".
22-year-old Lee Kang-in is the youngest member of the South Korean national football team and an athlete for the Paris Saint-Germain team in the French Ligue 1. He was once involved in rumors of being a big name, but he clarified them all.The secret filming incident was an accidental injury, and the person taking the secret filming was another athlete Huang Yishu. However, Li Kangren and Huang Yishu were friends and had expressed support, so they were also involved in the controversy.
The filming time of Li Na Eun happened to be at the same time as the romance rumors.
When Korean netizens speculated that she was successful in both her love and career, Li Na Eun was the first to draw a clear line, saying that the two were just acquaintances and denied being in love. The so-called date was just to get tickets.
Lee Kang-in’s agency said it had “no comment.”
Judging from the reactions of Korean netizens, Li Na Eun still has no counterattack in terms of reputation.
But with Korean entertainment’s historical tolerance, it can turn around if there are works. I wonder if her reputation will be reversed after her work "Chaebol x Detective" is released?
