Since her debut, aespa‘s Karina has remained one of the most popular female idols of the fourth generation.
Known as the “human AI,” Karina’s visuals combine with her talents and skills to create an “all-rounder” idol. Speaking of her visuals, Karina is often praised by netizens for her gorgeous, almost non-human looks.
However, one aspect fans love most about Karina is her duality, going from the perfect K-Pop idol on stage…
…to an often clumsy and silly young woman.
karina hitting the table with her foot then bumping her head my clumsy lewserrrr 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/elsm8O7wLr
— 김 (@soshirevelae) August 4, 2023
Fans often refer to her as a “loser trapped in a hot body,” mentioning her nerdy habits which includes naming everything, including flies, and being an avid manga reader.
karina is always coming up with out of the box topics like naming flies and hyeri just passing the vibe check is so 😭 pic.twitter.com/gZrGJ5BK0b
— karina loops (@knyloops) June 7, 2024
Recently, another of Karina’s “hot loser” moments went ultra viral online.
Earlier this month, aespa returned with their first full album Armageddon, featuring the title track of the same name.
The group have been doing the usual promotions for the album, which has included attending fansign events. On June 6, one of these events took place, with fans being able to give the members different costumes and accessories to put on.
One accessory given was a head piece made to look like Remy from the Disney movie Ratatouille. In the movie, Remy uses strands of Linguini’s hair to control his body, and the accessory includes clips to give this appearance.
Someone also gave Karina a chef’s outfit to wear, and in a now viral video, she combined the two. The idol did a big reveal of the rat under her chef’s hat covering her mouth as fans took photos.
The original posting of the video currently has over 2 million views on X alone, with a subsequent reposting having over 3.5 million.
The way she opened her chef hat just to show the little rat on her head, Karina my little loser😭😭 pic.twitter.com/JtzkhvFGzn
— Karina♡ (@ujiminphoria) June 6, 2024
As the reposting did, many lovely appreciated Karina being a “hot loser” again.
my favourite genre: loserrina https://t.co/DEd4G9noUD
— nicole 🐈⬛ ྀི (@baechustokki) June 6, 2024
i feel sick i should’ve been in that crowd giving her the reaction she deserved https://t.co/OKkVHXQUTw
— 🐈⬛ (@miffyisland) June 6, 2024
More and more each day, all of Aespa just keeps showing us they are lovable losers trapped inside the bodies of hot women https://t.co/NLuvrzxfqe
— pogipogi (@pogipogitv) June 6, 2024
We love all sides of Karina!