ENHYPEN Ignites Strong Reactions With Their “2025 MAMAs” Address
ENHYPEN is facing controversy after their acceptance speech at the 2025 MAMAs.
The HYBE boy group made history on November 27 (KST) by winning the “Visa Fans’ Choice Award,” a Daesang, becoming the only fourth-generation boy group to grab a Grand Prize at MAMAs.
During the emotional speech, leader Jungwon thanked HYBE founder Bang Si Hyuk for treating the members “not as products or business assets, but as individual human beings.”
Producer Bang Si Hyuk, Kim Tae Ho, thank you for treating us not as products or business assets, but for respecting us as individual human beings, and for always guiding us toward becoming good people.
— Jungwon
The remark quickly sparked backlash online. Many fans suspect it was a forced line to help HYBE “whitewash” Bang’s image amid growing controversies surrounding him.
Netizens fired off comments like:
- “This is exactly why I find HYBE so annoying.”
- “Who made him say that?”
- “What a load of crap.”
- “I just feel bad for the other idols who were evaluated like products in HYBE’s documents.”
- “It’s so irritating. This is the company that used to take shots at other idols, and now they’re like, ‘We don’t do that to ours.’ Yeah, like that’s going to sound convincing.”
Fans took to Twitter reacting strongly to Jungwon’s speech.
jungwon’s daesang acceptance speech
— cel (@yjwszn) November 28, 2025
ENHYPEN is now under the spotlight not just for their big win, but for this divisive moment during their MAMA speech. The controversy is ongoing as fans debate over the sincerity behind the words.
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