{"id":171820,"date":"2026-07-17T11:52:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=171820"},"modified":"2026-07-17T11:52:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:52:29","slug":"aespas-ningning-reflects-about-the-pressure-of-being-perfect-in-the-k-pop-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/aespas-ningning-reflects-about-the-pressure-of-being-perfect-in-the-k-pop-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"aespa&#8217;s Ningning reflects about the pressure of being &#8216;perfect&#8217; in the K-Pop industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-id=\"SQdIPz\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">During a recent live stream, <strong>aespa<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Ningning<\/strong> reflects about the pressure of being &#8216;<strong>perfect<\/strong>&#8216; in the K-Pop industry, expressing her gratitude but also the negative side of being an idol.<\/p>\n<p data-id=\"cEeYlh\">On July 17th KST, the K-pop idol went live through Instagram to interact with fans by answering some of their questions about online criticism, her position on the <strong>LGBTQ+<\/strong> community and the truth about being an idol.<\/p>\n<p data-id=\"rSuNXk\">When she read a fan asking, <em><strong>&#8220;Ningning, do you love being a K-pop idol?&#8221;<\/strong> <\/em>she spoke with honesty about having another side of her hidden with the intention of keeping a perfect image in front of fans due to the industry demands.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote>\n<p data-id=\"WmNJ3a\">&#8220;I mean, yes. I\u2019m very grateful, and I\u2019m always thankful that I have the opportunity to show you guys this side of me, but I also have a lot of sides to show you guys, so if one day I show you guys the real, real me, don\u2019t be too shocked, okay? Because I really want to be myself. But sometimes, you know, being a K-pop idol, you have to always be cute and always be perfect, but I\u2019m not a perfect person. So, judge me. Come on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cningning do you love being kpop idol\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd8b: I mean yes\u2026im really grateful and always thankful that I have the opportunity to show you guys this side of me but I also have a lot of sides to show u guys so..if one day I show u guys the real real me dont be too shock coz I really\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6c4QVaUZm6\">pic.twitter.com\/6c4QVaUZm6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83d\udc7d\ud83d\udc8b (@icurina) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/icurina\/status\/2077823742844309740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-id=\"RV2yOm\">Ningning concluded by emphasising her gratitude for this opportunity of following her dreams with the members. <em><strong>&#8220;I mean yes. I\u2019m very grateful. If I\u2019m not in this company, in this label, and I\u2019m not in aespa, this group, I wouldn\u2019t be here. So yeah.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent live stream, aespa&#8216;s Ningning reflects about the pressure of being &#8216;perfect&#8216; in the K-Pop industry, expressing her gratitude but also the negative side of being an idol. 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