K-Pop Group’s Cover Is Going Viral Amid Selena Gomez Criticism For Role In Controversial Movie “Emilia Perez”

An old song from the K-Pop group Super Junior is going viral amid Selena Gomez‘s criticism in the controversial show Emilia Perez.

Super Junior | @SJOfficial/X

Emilia Perez has been riddled with controversies regarding the cast’s personal lives and also being “offensive” to Mexicans for many reasons.

Emilia Perez: A Disgusting Movie (and Cast) – A Thread pic.twitter.com/TEKtRJl043

— mira 🫧 (@goodwitchmira) January 27, 2025

In particular, one of the controversial moments is the criticism of Selena Gomez’s Spanish in the show.

I’ll let Selena Gomez’s abysmal attempt at the Spanish language, in a movie that’s entirely in Spanish, speak for itself. pic.twitter.com/iXgfJjeAz6

— mira 🫧 (@goodwitchmira) January 27, 2025

Following the controversy on the show with Selena Gomez’s Spanish, a viral post on Facebook has taken netizens by shock. In a post, there is photos from the show and screenshots of Donghae and Eunhyuk. The caption seemingly criticized Selena Gomez by comparing her Spanish to Super Junior.

The screenshots came from Super Junior’s 2019 cover of the song “Ahora Te Puedes Marchar” by Mexican singer Luis Miguel.

When the post was seen on X, the OP also noticed that the original cover from Super Junior was suddenly met with an influx of Spanish comments praising the group.

suju what are u doing there 😭 now the comments of their 'ahora te puedes marchar' mv are filled with praises, comparing it with selena gomez lmaooo pic.twitter.com/lhIgDwUXTX

— mint (@unresolvedmint) February 18, 2025

Netizens shared their own thoughts about Super Junior going viral, including comparing the group’s respect and effort into the song to Emilia Perez.

for context, emilia perez is a really offensive film to mexicans (and LATAM countries), SG Spanish is A DISASTER, dialogues are incomprehensible 😭😭 SJ is being praised bc they really investigated Luis Miguel MV and their pronunciation & meaning is truly well conveyed https://t.co/Lqc3LHcYrb

— Señorita Ces⛧ (@sheltermochi) February 18, 2025

as a mexican, who watched (and hated emilia perez) I can confirm Super Junior’s spanish is so good (specially Shindong, Siwon and Donghae) and even Kyu who is not in the mv, in the SS10 in mexico city he spoke a lot of spanish with an amazing pronunciation 💙

— lu’ ☀️🌙 UP N DOWN 💙✨️ Explorer (@chocothefangirl) February 18, 2025

istg they always get viral for the weirdest thing https://t.co/8Aen53Ot21

— ㅈㅈ (@daldreamin) February 18, 2025

I’m from Latam. I watched clips of the Emilia Perez movie and I couldn’t understand Selena without subtitles. Suju’s Spanish however is perfectly understandable, especially Donghae, he sounds like a native speaker.

— C. (@marcelesteblogs) February 18, 2025

Super Junior is very popular in Latin America, having performed many times in South America, and has many songs with Latino influences, including the likes of “MAMACITA,” “One More Time” with Mexican group Reik, and “Lo Siento,” with Latin Grammy-nominee Leslie Grace.

You can watch the full cover below.