Two HYBE idols have sparked a major discourse on social media after appearing in a TikTok together where they supposedly made a reference to NewJeans.
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The TikTok in question features Sunoo from ENHYPEN and Wonhee from ILLIT, where the two are seen taking turns dancing to the iconic song, “Tell Me” by Wonder Girls.
sunoo and wonhee tell me tiktok !! cuties pic.twitter.com/vyrTeziBJj
— ✹ (@filmksw) June 13, 2026
Given that this video is one of the rare moments of the two HYBE idols interacting in a candid manner, it soon went viral. However, many NewJeans fans were taken aback by it, as they noted that the pair seemed to be dancing to NewJeans’ viral version of the song’s intro at the 2022 SBS Gayo Daejeon.
am i tripping or they’re dancing to the newjeans version https://t.co/VDT7Isu4xi
— L (@jeansgratis) June 13, 2026
isn’t this the newjeans version https://t.co/TX7OD8BDc6
— shie. (@pouchwonki) June 13, 2026
newjeans out did them pic.twitter.com/mxR0TmP0u2 https://t.co/6ZUTozy0Uh
— sky (@THESAINTSATINE) June 13, 2026
When some fans pushed back, pointing out that the moves used in the TikTok were taken from the original “Tell Me” choreography, NewJeans fans pointed out that those specific combinations of moves were used by NewJeans for their Gayo Daejeon performance and differed from the original intro.
yes those parts are in the choreo but not the original intro which was made and popularized by newjeans i dont get whats the problem… why are we getting mad over this (and i mean both fandoms) pic.twitter.com/gcXDh7fxsj
— 𓂅 (@wafwafu) June 13, 2026
The dance video has since become the center of a heated discourse, with some fans appreciating Wonhee for not fueling the supposed “feud” between the two girl groups and some finding it inappropriate.
LMFAOOO wonhee aint the bitter girl tokkis want her to be https://t.co/2chSF69fAg
— GAV (@gavreesel) June 13, 2026
baby this is for the books this is kpop history IDGAFFF https://t.co/BW2GvBHvGv
— kya 𓏲ּ𝄢ྀིྀི (@02haven) June 13, 2026
this just proves the ‘hatred’ between newjeans & illit is fully one-sided🤐 https://t.co/GKcLNE0QXP
— ྀིྀིྀིྀིྀི (@pradaburger) June 13, 2026
? 😭😭 is belift slow or just arrogant/shameless https://t.co/Q6s9SqLbtN
— al 🧸🦦🐶🐱🐹 (@minjigongjunim1) June 13, 2026
Yeah hybe is ragebaiting to make them victims again https://t.co/k0h0cInVT4
— croneender (@croneender) June 13, 2026
Sorry but that’s so fucking weird doing the newjeans version when both of them are under belift the company that harassed newjeans the most https://t.co/qTesLQ5hbn
— 🐈⬛ྀིྀི (@dittokja) June 13, 2026