LOONAit is yves He quickly apologized for changing his profile picture to a cartoon character that some have called embarrassing.
On July 28, LOONA’s Yves communicated with fans via the FAB app. That day, she shared a photo of her swollen lips due to an allergic reaction.
In the photo, the idol can be seen with noticeably swollen lips. One fan noted that her lips reminded them of a cartoon character, Koh EunaeLips of Ko Eunae is a cartoon character from a popular early 90s cartoon called Dallulah Hani (translated by Run Hani).
The problem arose when Yves decided to use a photo of the character as his profile picture. Some international fans saw the cartoon character’s hair and lips and declared the image offensive.
Although Ko Eunae is a Korean character, some fans have found the character problematic as the cartoon character shares similar traits to racist cartoons of African Americans once shown in the United States.
it has a lot of characteristics about how black people would be portrayed negatively in the past so it’s very anti-black
— jesse ❍ (@fantasycolIsion) July 28, 2022
Yves de LOONA quickly changed his profile and apologized.
apologies from yves (translated by papago, so this may not be correct) https://t.co/MRatr3Mpzf pic.twitter.com/jUgdsUi1JJ
— astrid⁷ looking at lona (@luvheechuu) July 28, 2022
I see you are upset that I used a picture of Ko Eunae as my profile picture. I used the image because the anime the character is from was very popular in Korea. I apologize to those I have disturbed. In the future I will check if a cartoon character is offensive.
— Yves
Hopefully the idol has learned from the incident and will be more careful in the future.