Recently, Red Velvet’s Irene garnered significant attention online after fans noticed her carrying something during a radio broadcast.
It turns out she was holding a mugwort hot pack in the middle of summer!
오늘 서울 최고기온이라던데 쑥찜팩 샤갈 pic.twitter.com/eob2NqmpH9
— 🎀 (@stmyDear_) August 3, 2026
F*ck, today is one of the hottest temperatures, and she has a mugwort hot pack.
But fans know just how obsessed the group is with these hot packs.
Fan: Red Velvet, the unofficial ambassadors for mugwort hot packs.
Seulgi: I’m not sure about the schedule I did today, but I think fans will love it. Yes, please appoint us as the mugwort hot-pack ambassadors! There isn’t a group that loves mugwort hot packs as much as us!
They are even known to have given out mugwort hot packs to the staff at events.
이 쑥찜팩 비공식 엠버서더그룹 왜케웃겨 pic.twitter.com/tDRPkty3vj
— 레규 (@R_gyu0408) February 25, 2025
Red Velvet is giving out free mugwort hot packs! To our staff who work hard, please take one! Thank you always!
The hot packs could even be seen in photos of Irene during summer months.
SHINee’s Minho also couldn’t hide his shock at Irene and previously posted a photo to his Instagram stories.
I’m hot…but you’re cold?…
— Minho
As a result, K-Netizens expressed various opinions about using hot packs during the summer.
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- “Even if she only stays indoors, it’s still damn hot.”
- “At this level, they need to make her the brand model.”
- “I guess the heat doesn’t bother her.”
- “She’s always seen bundled up when going to outdoor concerts on a super hot day…”
- “But doesn’t this mean her body is in really bad condition, if she needs to use that in the middle of summer?”
- “I don’t sweat much either and hate the AC, so I understand her.”
- “My friend who gets cold easily usually says it feels warm when they go out in 36-degree weather…I wonder if she is the same type…”
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