{"id":165279,"date":"2026-04-27T13:28:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=165279"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:28:48","slug":"seventeens-hoshis-recent-military-service-performance-has-sparked-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/seventeens-hoshis-recent-military-service-performance-has-sparked-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"SEVENTEEN&#8217;s Hoshi&#8217;s recent military service performance has sparked criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">In recent days, <strong>SEVENTEEN<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Hoshi<\/strong>&#8216;s recent military service performance has sparked criticism after drawing attention and generating debates on social networks.<\/p>\n<p>During the K-Pop idol&#8217;s fulfillment of his mandatory military service, he has been performing with the <strong>Korean Army Taekwondo Demonstration Team<\/strong>, which recently had activities in the United States, sharing their art with other cultures.<\/p>\n<p>However, a viral video from their performance back in Korea has sparked a <strong>debate<\/strong> online due to the artist being announced as &#8216;SEVENTEEN\u2019s performance leader Hoshi,&#8217; generating criticism and accusations of <strong>using him as propaganda<\/strong> to push a more positive discourse on enlistment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">not them introducing hoshi as svt performance leader hoshi and not as kwon soonyoung \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9O94c2W4nG\">pic.twitter.com\/9O94c2W4nG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ub09c bea \ud83c\udf40 (@wonupogialways) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wonupogialways\/status\/2048279773919719819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;not them introducing hoshi as svt performance leader hoshi and not as kwon soonyoung \ud83d\ude02&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Technically, Hoshi is supposed to be serving as a Korean citizen so they should be using his government name. But because they wanna use his fame to bring more attention to their unit, they&#8217;re using his stage name and bringing up his group.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;When you realize military is clout chasing \ud83d\udc80&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Although many <strong>fans<\/strong> do not agree with this decision of using the idol&#8217;s popularity for their benefit, some others understand that it is common and additionally express their <strong>admiration<\/strong> for the SEVENTEEN member for managing to get there and stay happy during the hard military phase.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-165310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hoshis-recent-public-appearance-sparks-criticism-towards-military-service.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hoshis-recent-public-appearance-sparks-criticism-towards-military-service.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hoshis-recent-public-appearance-sparks-criticism-towards-military-service-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hoshis-recent-public-appearance-sparks-criticism-towards-military-service-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hoshis-recent-public-appearance-sparks-criticism-towards-military-service-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hoshis-recent-public-appearance-sparks-criticism-towards-military-service-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hoshis-recent-public-appearance-sparks-criticism-towards-military-service-860x484.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Just so it&#8217;s clear, hoshi chooses to be positive and happy because that&#8217;s the only way to move fwd and not because that kinda life is easy on him. It never is and not to get into how this is all part of a military propaganda..&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;As someone who has been going through multiple military eras, I&#8217;d say that this is so common that they used idols and celebrities as &#8216;the face&#8217; of their specialized military units especially if the idols joined a marching band, musical, or a team demo like Hoshi that has a duty to promote the military through performance&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent days, SEVENTEEN&#8216;s Hoshi&#8216;s recent military service performance has sparked criticism after drawing attention and generating debates on social networks. 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