DAY6‘s Wonpil is going viral after his reaction to a military story went viral for the narrative that the idol “hates men.”
DAY6’s Wonpil | JYP Entertainment
Wonpil has just been discharged after serving in the Navy for his enlistment and being the first idol to do so.
Wonpil during a performance while enlisted DAY6’s Dowoon, Wonpil, and Young K | Digital +
During the first radio show, with all four DAY6 members back, the members were sharing stories. In particular, Dowoon shared an anecdote about when he was a soldier.
When I was a private soldier, the senior soldiers would blast my songs… Like they would play it really loud on purpose.
— Dowoon
After hearing his story, Wonpil responded, “Ugh, right.”
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Dowoon then went on to explain that the soldiers would urge the idol to sing along, adding, “And they would ask me, like, ‘Hey Dowoon, sing!’ They were playing around, but yeah.”
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While Wonpil only said one line, based on his facial expression, it seemed like he was relating to the experience. While he only says, “Right,” within context, it could be more translated to, “I know what you mean.”
Although the initial tweet got many likes…
도운이 군생활할때 선임들이 일부러 데이식스 노래 크게 틀면서 함불러봐라~! 햇다는 일화 듣는 김원필 이유 없이 그냥 .. 걍 좋음 pic.twitter.com/QVIAFeL53v
— 상훈 ver.2 (@w33nbb) November 28, 2023
A RT also gained attention, which caught the attention of international fans and set the narrative that Wonpil “hates men.” In the tweet, the OP replied, “Ha. Looks like he hates Korean men as much as I do.”
하 나만큼 한남 싫어하는것같애 ㅜㅜ https://t.co/PjeMCGLEG2
— godva (@tm2chngeup) November 28, 2023
When international netizens saw the tweets with massive levels of engagement. Although it was more related to the military rather than men in general, some saw Wonpil’s reaction as hilarious.
this clip going viral among knetz
dowoon said that when he was a private soldier, his seniors would purposely play day6 song in high volume when he’s around and say “dowoon! come sing this song!!”
wonpil’s face immediately changed “yeah right ” pic.twitter.com/Z4fOkQVgRR
— lif (@moonraiijeu) November 29, 2023
day6 being men haters yeah they’re truly for the girls https://t.co/O5Lp0KDZHo
— ❁ (@eternaIyoungks) November 30, 2023
wonpil going viral again for hating Men it’s only his 1st day after discharge lmao https://t.co/Kcv0hwvwnP
— lif (@moonraiijeu) November 29, 2023
On a more serious note, netizens pointed out that in the past, netizens had seen messages about Wonpil from those in the army. While it seemed like a joke to them, netizens pointed out the tone and that his experience was quite different from his other members.
Its sad its probably bcs wonpil just feels uncomfortable with these guys bcs its different from what youngk and sungjin said. They said wonpil talks alot to the point that he doesnt even want to end the phone call.. https://t.co/opwxlx0XNL
— 대상가수팬입니다 (@yapyonk) November 29, 2023
Wonpil that said he spent a lot of the time isolated when he was in the ship, didn’t want to end the phonecalls… we will never know the hardships he faced there, but his face speaks volumes. https://t.co/XY4iIX78Kx
— Mariona (@baiboada) November 29, 2023
While the narrative remained light-hearted when the video went viral, the reaction of Wonpil and Dowoon’s story emphasizes the prejudice and treatment idols have revealed they get when enlisted.
