Netizens are flabbergasted…
Koreaboo
26 minutes ago
K-Pop idols are no strangers to the cameras, but even they have their off days! Not many are happy to reveal them on camera, though.
Red Velvet’s Irene | SM Entertainment
Red Velvet‘s Irene is currently in full solo era mode. After dropping her first studio album, Biggest Fan, and wrapping up promotions, she’s been giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at the album’s creative process through a series of vlogs.
Her latest video, though, has taken on a life of its own. In one clip, Irene candidly talks about a massive pimple that showed up right before a music video shoot. She even puts it on camera, which already had fans in disbelief.
If you’re asking me what happened to my chin. I got a pimple. It wasn’t this big. It was really tiny, but like this, I popped it with a cotton swab…
— Red Velvet’s Irene
her big ass pimple 😭 pic.twitter.com/0RbBqrXzk9
— 슬린 (@seurrene_) May 9, 2026
Ah…. She’s human after all finally I can relate to her
— TAKUMI_96 (@cristiankp9) May 9, 2026
Even Irene gets pimples. ILY girl
— ælac – riginarazione truther (@alactic_records) May 9, 2026
However, the real magic happened after her makeup team stepped in and applied concealer… with jaw-dropping results. The pimple instantly disappeared!
| IRENE/YouTube | IRENE/YouTube
The clip instantly went viral. Netizens on X couldn’t get over how completely it disappeared, with many demanding to know exactly what products and techniques were used.
ok but the coverage is insane like hello i need the concealer asappp https://t.co/U7YzD8o9NV
— audrey (@reneazuma) May 9, 2026
Some even dropped their own tips and tricks for fellow fans to learn.
I also need the technique of coverage and the skincare 😭😭it’s a whole thing
— ra니 🫦 is seeing twice (@ranxol27) May 9, 2026
green concealer in very light, thin layers then go over it with a concealer that is close to your skin shade. That’s the technique 😋
— ˖ ࣪ ‹ zen ⋆｡˚ ⋆ ✩ (@cherryz3n) May 9, 2026
Nars pot concealer will do this if you apply it with a flat brush and then let it dry down for like 10m and then put on your foundation after or just leave it if you only wanna wear concealer
— shai (@bratzsunwoo) May 9, 2026
No pimple is a match for a good makeup team, it seems. You can watch Irene’s full BTS vlog below.
Red Velvet