On June 16, a topic about the dating rumor of RIIZE’s Sungchan and aespa’s Winter was published on the Korean forum Pann Nate, drawing almost 150,000 views.
In the topic, the author listed various “evidence” of Sungchan and Winter’s alleged relationship as below:
- Winter set her Instagram profile picture as the deer Bambi since last year, while Bambi is the nickname of Sungchan
- Winter and Sungchan both sharing that they want to go to Switzerland
- Sungchan having a Maltese dog, and Winter used to use a photo of this breed as her background
- Winter said that she likes peaches starting from April this year, after Sungchan revealed that he liked peaches in the past.
Additionally, the author also claimed that Sungchan was spotted sneaking glances at Winter at multiple different events.
However, most netizens believe the included “evidence” to be “reaching too far”, as shared interests like dog breeds, Bambi, and fruits can be mere coincidences. Some even suspected this “dating rumor” to be a sabotage attempt, considering that aespa’s recent comeback is doing extremely well, and RIIZE just made their comeback on June 17.
As of the moment, the topic on Pann Nate has been deleted.
Source: Pann Nate, K Crush
