aespa’s Main Dancer Karina Faces Criticism Over Dancing Skills in Viral Video

aespa is facing backlash over their recent performances and choreography.

The controversy began as fans and critics slammed the choreography for “Rich Man” and “Dirty Work.” Many say the moves make the members “look bad” and are hard to pull off.

As the situation worsened, some started questioning the group’s overall skills, especially targeting Karina’s dancing.

A clip from aespa’s SMTOWN Jakarta 2023 performance resurfaced showing Karina’s dance break. It sparked strong criticism online.

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— Roséannechae¹ is DIFFERENT ✷ˎ-ˊ (@chaewonzpet), September 20, 2025

Twitter users roasted Karina’s dancing, doubting her skills as Main Dancer. Some blamed SM Entertainment’s media play for overselling her talent.

they are so fucking bad im crying
— catalina (@crrimed), September 20, 2025

sm mediaplay is insane because they really managed to gaslight the entire kpop world that this girl was an ace??
— 𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖚𝖗𝖊 (@jenslure), September 20, 2025

The problem with Aespa is that whenever they do their dance routines- they never fully complete a dance step before doing the next one and so it looks incomplete, rushed, unpolished and messy and that’s what Karina is doing here (she does it a lot btw)- I said what I said
— 𝓪𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓴𝓹𝓸𝓹 (@_pinkssi), September 20, 2025

aespa has yet to respond as criticism surrounding their dance skills and choreography continue to heat up. Fans remain divided over whether the group can bounce back from this wave of backlash.