SEOUL (ANN/KOREA HERALD) – Karina, a member of K-pop girl group aespa, recently revealed she had torn her cornea, during a livestream with fellow member Gisele on Thursday.
The injury had been kept under wraps, but Karina admitted she had been wearing a protective lens for some time. Although advised to wear an eye patch, she chose not to during the group’s recent appearance at the Billboard Women in Music Awards held in Los Angeles last week.
She also confessed to wearing a cosmetic lens over the protective one while performing on stage, noting that she felt “a bit dizzy,” but assured fans that she is recovering well.
At the awards show, aespa picked up the Group of the Year trophy and performed the English version of their hit track Whiplash for the first time.
The four-member act recently concluded their second world tour, wrapping up with a two-day concert in Seoul last month.
