Popular Male Idol Sparks Shock After Calling A Female Idol “Beautiful”

ALPHA DRIVE ONE (ALD1) member Sangwon is going viral for calling BABYMONSTER‘s Rora beautiful.

ALD1 member Sangwon

BABYMONSTER Rora | YG Entertainment

Some of the BABYMONSTER members, including Rora, appeared on the Inkigayo YouTube show with Sangwon and fellow ALD1 member Junseo.

During the video, there was a “reading” about Rora dying her hair, shich is something she wants to try.

Sangwon then seemingly tried to come up with reasons for her not to do it, whether it was setting priorities, looking at the condition of her hair, and not suffering due to the hair dying process.

He then sparked shock among the idol guests as he said, “Just don’t do it/”

But his comment after had fans swooning as he added, “You’re already so beautiful right now.”

The clip is going viral online.

Sangwon telling Rora not to dye her hair since she's already so beautiful😭 pic.twitter.com/KKgQ4lsRCZ

— itu (@_dainify) July 2, 2026

Netizens couldn’t get over Sangwon’s comment, with some hoping it meant a return to third-gen K-Pop when male and female idols could act like this around each other.

unmasang is segment that artist tells they worries and sangwon full of compliments to rora he's really best mc 🥺🫳🏼 https://t.co/sZvALmZcAc

— ̤̮ (@19wons) July 2, 2026

semoga gen 5 bisa balikin vibes kpop jaman gen 3, no jaim jaim https://t.co/FL2TOhOp4S

— monbluu (@vouzmyavez) July 2, 2026

a male idol telling Rora she's beautiful and suddenly it's a hit tweet hehe. I guess we love this kind of interaction, no awkwardness at all 🤍#RORA #SANGWON https://t.co/BzcKRndQzM

— Ryuü 🐼🐰 (@PandauRORA_Lee) July 2, 2026

You can watch the full video below.