A leading pop star’s dieting journey becomes fodder for peers’ cautionary remarks.

Way, a former Crayon Pop member (real name Heo Min-seon), took aim at HyunA after her slimming success. On the 5th, she posted a video on her Wayland channel titled “K-Pop Diets: Why They Fail and How to Succeed.” In the clip, she discusses yo-yo dieting and notes that “HyunA always had a beautiful figure, and Seo In-young also gained weight.”

Way referenced HyunA’s recent social media post that read, “You’ve been eating a lot. Regain your focus and diet hard. You used to love being bone-thin,” and she said she felt sorry after seeing it. She added that if you starve yourself to lose weight, you’ll end up bingeing, which can cause you to yo-yo again years later.

She also criticized a YouTuber who posts workouts, pointing out that even doing a single squat looked difficult and suggesting that such approaches inevitably lead to yo-yo dieting.

Meanwhile, HyunA herself had publicly announced a diet and recently shared news of a 49kg weight. In a post dated the 4th, she wrote, “From the 50kg mark to the lighter digits, it’s been really hard. How long have I been eating like that?”