Popular Idol’s “Unrecognizable” Visuals During Live Stream Hit With Extreme Hate

Resurfaced screenshots of NCT‘s Haechan from an old VLive broadcast have been making the rounds on Pann, drawing harsh criticism over his appearance.

The post went instantly viral, with the OP even saying the screenshots look so shocking that they thought it was AI.

How did they even think to go live looking like that?
Absolutely shocking.
At first I thought it was AI, lol.

— Viral post on Pann

The post had even previously gained attention on X (formerly Twitter) where Korean fans had trouble identifying who the idol was.

One of my mutuals on Twitter changed their profile picture to this. Does anyone know who this person is?

— K-Pop fan on X

트친인장이 이걸로바꼈는데 혹시이분은 뭐하는분 인가요? pic.twitter.com/YEPgRLM5OU

— 비워 (@bewareishot) May 1, 2026

In the comments of the viral Pann post, many other netizens also couldn’t figure out who it is. While some pushed back against the criticism, pointing out that the screenshots are old.

• “Who is this?”
• “Seriously, who is this?”
• “This is scary.”
• “Wait, isn’t this Haechan? This looks old. It’s such a typical move for NCT antis. They can’t be bothered to find recent stuff, so they always drag out old photos. Jaemin antis do the same thing, posting old photos like they’re recent.”
• “Isn’t this Taemin?”

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