aespa’s Karina and IVE’s Wonyoung meet for the first time, creating a viral moment between K-pop’s two main ‘it girls’
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Posted by KatL903 Saturday, September 6, 2025 19,314
The long-awaited meeting between IVE’s Wonyoung and aespa’s Karina has just taken place.
On September 5, the two iconic idols met on the set of Music Bank. While Karina was serving as the MC that night, Wonyoung was participating in the show as part of IVE’s recent comeback with ‘XOXZ.’
Together, Wonyoung and Karina led a short performance of the dance challenge for ‘XOXZ.’ Karina revealed that she had been practicing it beforehand because she liked the song a lot.
Later, Karina also met up with IVE’s Leeseo to film another dance challenge together.
The unexpected interaction between Karina and Wonyoung instantly went viral, with netizens stunned to see the two ‘it girls’ of K-pop’s 4th gen finally meeting each other.
“I never expected to hear Karina say the words ‘Wonyoung-ssi’ ㅋㅋㅋ I know it’s part of the script, but I just love to see pretty girls talk to each other”
“It’s nice to see them side-by-side, they’re both so beautiful”
“Those two are both beautiful but in completely different ways, which is nice. They both have distinct strengths”
“Karina looks so innocent with her hair styled like that, and Wonyoung looks really petite and pretty ㅋㅋㅋ She even has her hair in pigtails”
“It’s too much beauty in one frame, my heart can’t take it”
“I was so shocked to see the two beauty queens meet each other, I could barely breathe”
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