ILLIT Wonhee Receives Intense Backlash Over Mistranslated Post, Triggers Multiple Fanwars

A mistranslation led to intense fanwars between BLINKS and ONCES.

ILLIT’s Wonhee has recently been involved in a major controversy that directed intense hate and backlash towards her. The 18-year-old K-pop idol recently talked about TWICE during a radio show interview where her words were mistranslated. Wonhee was asked about her choice of a song to play on the radio, and her mistranslated response ignited intense criticism and also started a fanwar between BLACKPINK and TWICE fans. Read on to know more. 

During a guest appearance on Park So Hyun’s Love Game radio show alongside fellow ILLIT members Mocha and Yunah, Wonhee was asked to select a song to be played. She chose TWICE’s ‘Heartshaker’ and explained her decision by saying that she chose the song because growing up, TWICE had been a huge part of her life. She would follow all of the group’s content. When ‘Heartshaker’ came out, she used to dance to it all the time.

ACCURATE TRANSLATION‼️‼️‼️

WONHEE said that,

“In my opinion, when I think of K-pop girl groups, the first group that comes to mind is TWICE sunbaenim. Since I was young, TWICE were always someone my friends watched and who naturally became a part of my daily life.” https://t.co/UlchiPuuBm pic.twitter.com/BnU0L1efEJ

— ILLIT BASE (@base_illit) July 20, 2025

ILLIT’s Wonhee’s answer was very simple, unproblematic and even adorable. She just expressed her affection for her favourite K-pop group. However, things started to get twisted when a post containing a mistranslation from this interview went viral. The incorrect translation read, “In my opinion, when it comes to the most popular girl group, it’s always been TWICE.”

Blinks are now harrassing Wonhee over her opinion about TWICE’s popularity.

These are the same people who call others misogynists every other day. pic.twitter.com/ZrZi4dOaEB

— 4️⃣ JeanXx 4️⃣ (@twice_mixx) July 20, 2025

This angered BLACKPINK fans as they feel that globally and even in South Korea, it is BLACKPINK who has had more impact as a girl group. TWICE’s fans stepped in to defend their favourite group and things got ugly. Wonhee was trolled relentlessly, called names, and even had her pictures edited due to the mistranslation.

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This incident with ILLIT’s Wonhee just points out how ruthless K-pop fans can be. Without verifying Wonhee’s words she was harrased and trolled.

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First Published: July 22, 2025 6:06 PM