“Shady!” Popular Idol’s Comments About Being A Past HYBE Trainee Spark Huge Attention

Seunghan has gained attention for his “shady” comments about being a past HYBE trainee, with netizens sharing their reactions.

Seunghan recently did a live broadcast.

During the live, he spoke about how his vocals had improved a lot since he started training at SM Entertainment. The idol then explained how his former company was more focused on dancing and that since moving to SM, he spent more time having singing practice, which helped him a lot.

seunghan said his vocals improved a lot after joining SM bc at his old company, he spent most of his time practicing dance.

🍀: when i was at my previous company, i remember spending so much time practicing dance. there were also a lot of times when it gave me a headache, and i… pic.twitter.com/FKhRaGxfWs

— 𝐍𝐢𝐜🍀 (@itsnicholla) September 17, 2026

In the comments, netizens pointed out that Seunghan actually trained under HYBE as he was with SOURCE Music. While some weren’t surprised by his comments, especially with a wave of criticism towards HYBE idols’ vocals, some thought Seunghan was shading HYBE and other companies that don’t focus on singing as much as they should.

not even surprised 😭

— hanii ☘︎ (@elee_bxbyy) September 17, 2026

just proving that these other labels really do compromise vocals over dance and we been knew that

— es 👾 (@trbledmelon2) September 17, 2026

he’s so shady lmfaooooo. He’s basically saying that source music didnt give a fuck about vocal lessons😂😂😂😂

— Lia (@aiL0210f) September 18, 2026

and there we have it straight from the former trainee mouth🤷🏽‍♀️

— 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐲🍋 (@bluujjanggu) September 17, 2026