They previously performed at “SMTOWN LIVE”.
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In 2023, SM Entertainment AND MOON AND BACK launched a reality show to debut a British boy group under the K-Pop system. On August 1, the five members of dear ALICE were introduced.
Reactions were varied, with Korean netizens showing interest in the next batch of kids.
SM Entertainment’s upcoming British boy band fuels the anticipation of Korean audiences
Recently, following their participation in 2025 SMTOWN Livethe group made their debut in a musical show before the actual debut.
On January 16th, dear ALICE appeared M! Countdownwhere they performed a song titled “Ariana”.
While this achievement is undoubtedly exciting for both the group and fans, reactions to the performance were varied.
Many netizens shared positive thoughts about the song, citing the members’ improvements since they were first introduced.
Some accused the hateful comments of “fetishism”, arguing that if a K-Pop group had released a similar song, it would have been better received.
Bro, if Riize released him, you guys would go crazy. Just say you have an Asian obsession https://t.co/NprDXfxzHT
— apple (@aaappleyves) January 17, 2025
Now, if this were a group of Asian men, you would all eat it up. So I assume you’re all fetishists if you hate them. The song is really cute 🤷♀️ https://t.co/910WYNSRl9
— ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔっ b | see wonho 💙 (@cubchuu) January 17, 2025
Some netizens felt that the song and choreography were lacking, especially from a group under SM Entertainment, and objected to the accusations of fetishization.
Horrible song, horrible chorea, yes, it’s over for them pic.twitter.com/ymxeXC0J72
— Miss Burger (@burgerjeans) January 17, 2025
imctfu, some of you in qrts are overcompensating to prove that you’re not all “like other kpop stans” by calling everyone who doesn’t like the song asian fetishists… as if the song is just bad and that’s okay 😭 https://t.co/zoOn3gZFJM
— 🧃 why (@esnupijoy) January 17, 2025
they in qrts LYING it’s not fetishistic to call a bad song bad everyone regularly calls kpop bg music bad please stfu https://t.co/TPeRl01yKo
— 🌪️ (@myngbeans) January 17, 2025
Meanwhile, DearALICE is scheduled to officially debut in February 2025.
