“This may very well be xenophobic…”
NewJeans’ Hanni is understood for her lovable character and all-rounded expertise. She’s additionally one of many non-Korean members of the group, as an Australian-Vietnamese.
She not too long ago held a dwell stream on November 21, 2023, chatting with followers. One fan playfully commented in Korean, “Hanni, cease bettering in Korean.” Many Korean followers discover Hanni’s small errors within the language lovable. Though she is on the higher aspect by way of the language, her occasional slip-ups have turn into one thing followers love.
In response to that, Hanni revealed that she has not been taking Korean lessons. Her final class was two years in the past! The corporate had stopped her from taking Korean lessons regardless of her personal needs.
Hey! I’ve one thing to say. I advised the corporate that I wished to take Korean lessons too. However they stated I can’t. They stated I don’t want them. So I assumed like, “huh? There’s no manner I don’t want them.” However fter listening [to them], they stated Bunnies stated I can’t, in order that they didn’t let me take lessons. I don’t have Korean lessons. My final class was 2 years in the past.
— Hanni
💬: Hanni cease bettering ur Korean
🐰: Hey! I’ve one thing to say! I did ask the corporate to have extra Korean lessons however they stated I didn’t want it
🐰: after listening to everybody all of the Bunnies stated i can’t enhance so i don’t have any lessons my final class was 2 yrs in the past pic.twitter.com/7u5OaH8gtK— NEWJEANS NEWS🇰🇷 (@newjeansnews_) November 21, 2023
Which means that she stopped taking classes even earlier than her debut. Though she has Minji and the opposite Korean members to information her, many followers felt that it was essential for her to proceed to enhance within the language. Regardless that NewJeans has many abroad schedules, their base remains to be in Korea.
Many suppose that from the sounds of it, the corporate stopped Hanni from getting higher as a advertising and marketing tactic, to attraction to extra followers.
- Considering that individuals’s pronunciations sound cute after they attempt to communicate a overseas language might simply cross into xenophobia, however there’s barely individuals who acknowledge that. My bias group additionally has overseas members and it took a very long time for followers to register that we have to cease calling their pronunciation cute, so this matter sits near coronary heart for me.
- She lives in Korea and promotes right here, and desires to do it, so why are they stopping her? So bizarre.
- No, however that is such an apparent professional, so simply why? It’s additionally a plus when different overseas idols in that firm communicate fluent Korean, and what’s extra is that they obtain classes, so???
- Huh? However Hanni is completely good at Korean.
- [reply] she most likely thinks she’s not adequate.
- Let her be taught since she says she needs to.
- Why can’t she? LOL. Her final lesson was two years in the past?
- I don’t suppose it’s such a infantile cause as to as a result of followers suppose it’s cute… Isn’t it as a result of she may analysis about working for different firms in a while that they need to utterly block this?
- Huh, that is so fascinating. The opposite labels in HYBE don’t do that. Kazuha gave the impression to be finding out arduous, so what’s up with ADOR? She stated she needs to, so why are they stopping her/
- Ugh, disgusting.
Others blame Min Hee Jin for doing this to make Hanni follow the group’s youthful idea. Whereas Hanni is nice sufficient on the language to not expertise issues in day by day life, followers reinforce that the corporate shouldn’t be stopping their artists from self-improvement, particularly if they need it.
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