The recent announcement of EXO‘s Suho guest-starring on Red Velvet Seulgi‘s YouTube channel Hi Seulgi sparked a massive debate among fans.
The controversy arose after Seulgi’s supporters accused SM Entertainment of leveraging her platform to promote their artists without offering similar support to Seulgi at other times. Fan insinuated that SM was using Seulgi without her seeing any similar benefits. They even argued that Seulgi should invite close friends to her personal channel rather than label mates.
SM didn’t do sh1t for seulgi, but here they are using her channel again for their promotions, like I get it that you want to promote your artists, but she made that for her personal vlogs and her real life close friends
— IMadeThemHateSeulgi (@kiraappp 2024) (@hanilinsss) July 10, 2024
I don’t want hiseulgi to become another variety yt show. I want her to only invite her close friends
— 🍎 (@oshmix) July 10, 2024
In response, EXO fans asserted that Suho and Seulgi are indeed friends, providing numerous examples of their interactions over the years. They emphasized the genuine bond between the two, countering claims that Suho’s appearance was purely for promotional purposes.
Keep crying when suho & seulgi has been friends for years before you losers know her https://t.co/gfeVxXr3JE pic.twitter.com/OP9CQ5rNSI
— osh (@OuOhsehun) July 11, 2024
SUHO is wearing the same jacket and shirt! 🐰🩷 pic.twitter.com/84jEYT8KVm
— 수호룩봇 (@SUHOLOOK) July 12, 2024
The discussion intensified, with fans pointing out that this episode received unique promotional attention. According to fans, this marked the first time in four months that an article was released about a new episode. Some saw this as a sign of preferential treatment for Suho’s appearance.
mind you the channel is already been 4 months running and this is the first time theyre releasing an article for an episode. like wow you can actually do this but thats not for seulgi tho @SMTOWNGLOBAL 😒 https://t.co/W0UKritjT4
— 매 (@5stars28) July 12, 2024
If only that company actually promote other episodes like they did for today… No one will be upset
— ᕱ⑅ᕱ (@baexsuji) July 12, 2024
all that talk about her supposedly not being relevant enough for him to “use” for promo, devaluing her artistry, & assuming she’s the one who invited him for clout when he was the one who contacted her & invited himself to the show ijbol, case closed. never speak on her.
— 𓆩♡𓆪 (@seulfatale) July 12, 2024
However, during the episode, Suho revealed that he had personally reached out to Seulgi, expressing his desire to join her vlog after watching Wendy‘s episode and how fun it was. Fans took this as another sign that Suho’s appearance was driven by friendship rather than a promotional strategy.
Suho contacted #SEULGI first after seeing Wendy’s episode and said he wanted to appear~#슬기 @RVsmtown https://t.co/P0Y1WLSVHN pic.twitter.com/VRGxCZasPN
— KSG Updates (@KSGUpdates) July 12, 2024
Despite the heated fan debate online, today’s Hi Seulgi episode featuring Suho was super fun and engaging! Both idols showed just how entertaining they can be by spilling some special anecdotes and talking about life as an idol.
What are your thoughts? You can watch the episode through the link below!
