NCT and WayV‘s WinWin seemingly has shared his stance on the NCT X Starbucks collaboration.
Earlier this month, it was announced that NCT would collaborate with Starbucks.
Fans quickly reacted to this announcement due to Starbucks’s ongoing boycott. Starbucks was not originally listed in the official boycott list provided by the BDS but has since been encouraged as a grassroots effort.
This has led to an ongoing boycott of NCT’s endorsement.
Hello this is DREAMZONECORE#SM_BOYCOTT_GENOCIDE@SMTOWNGLOBAL @NCTsmtown @NCTsmtown_DREAM
ALL EYES ON RAFAH #RafahUnderAttack #GazaGenocide #AllEyesOnRaffah pic.twitter.com/d6bBV6iQL1
— DREAMZONE CORE (@DREAMZONECORE) May 29, 2024
Now, many fans believe that WinWin has given his stance on the collaboration in a subtle way.
On May 30, WinWin shared a phone on Dear.U Bubble along with a message that featured the watermelon emoji.
Watermelon has been used to show support of Palestine as the colors match the Palestinian flag. Users on social media have added the watermelon emoji to their accounts to show their support, as well.
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In addition to this message on Bubble, WinWin shared a post on Instagram that featured a cat and watermelon emoji.
As none of the images included a watermelon, some have found the timing to be suspicious and have taken it as WinWin showing his stance in a way that he can.
The watermelon is even unrelated to his post. I don’t wanna make assumptions nor overlook the meaning of his caption but i hope it’s what I think it is. https://t.co/fAT5Gdn564
— ali. 🇵🇸🇨🇩 (@snipningzs) May 30, 2024
I don’t want to overanalyze this watermelon 🍉 on his bubble and instagram, but I hope he knows and all the messages reach him. pic.twitter.com/JPB7ezfW5R
— Let’s WINWIN (@soonyunqi) May 30, 2024
winwin uses “🍉” emoji in his recent post… hoping this could be about palestine… pic.twitter.com/Z3yERJ53xW
— ❤︎ (@jaeminners) May 30, 2024
btul win FREE PALESTINE 🍉🇵🇸🍉🇵🇸🍉🇵🇸
ALL EYES ON RAFAH스타벅스
스벅은 팔레스타인의 학살을 응원과 자금을 지원하고 있고 시즈니는 엔시티가 학살을 응원하는 브랜드와 연관되는 것을 원하지 않습니다!
매실 피지오
#시즈니와함께_보이콧하자@SMTOWNGLOBAL @SMTOWN_Idn @NCTsmtown_127 https://t.co/xtuwkeSBtU— naur¹²⁷ 🇵🇸 (@aerichanhae) May 30, 2024
NCT’s Taeyong also spoke out about the collaboration, which you can read about below.
NCT Taeyong’s Now-Deleted Instagram Post Seemingly Addresses The Starbucks Collaboration Amid Backlash
