Popular Group Slammed For Blatantly “Targeting” And “Excluding” Own Member

A now-viral photo has ignited major backlash against ALLDAY PROJECT.

The images showed four members — Annie, Bailey, Woochan, and Tarzzan — spending an evening out together in Hong Kong ahead of their MAMA Awards appearance, but Youngseo was nowhere to be seen.

Many quickly pointed out that this wasn’t just a one-off moment. According to upset netizens, Youngseo has repeatedly been singled out or treated differently by other members, leading to growing concern that the group’s internal dynamics are far from equal.

Now they’re openly excluding Youngseo!

— Viral post on Pann

Woochan, in particular, drew heavy criticism in the comments. Netizens accused him of acting warm toward Annie while appearing noticeably blunt or dismissive toward Youngseo — pointing to past livestream moments and interactions that left fans uncomfortable. Many wrote that the pattern has become “too obvious” to overlook, especially for a rookie group still building trust with the public and their fans.

• “Honestly, Jo Woochan is low-key a huge problem. He treats Annie warmly but is totally cold toward Youngseo. When they were in Paris, I saw him wrap his arm around Annie’s waist and thought, ‘Wow… what is going on?’ Meanwhile, he made Youngseo feel awkward and embarrassed just over one comment. And saying it’s because of people’s reactions makes no sense, because the way he brought it up directly on livestream was basically throwing Youngseo under the bus. He got dragged like crazy for that. He’s getting more blatantly biased as time goes on.”
• “But aside from that, it really feels like all of them caught a case of ‘world-class syndrome’… the sunglasses and everything…”
• “They’re way too careless. They’re rookies! How do you go around everywhere while leaving out one member? Everything blew up this promotion cycle… an image can collapse in a second.”
• “Once or twice is whatever, but why are they targeting the same member over and over? It’s such an ick.”
• “The replies feel like they’re intentionally saying, ‘Why are you all so sensitive lol,’ but honestly, from debut until now, it’s always one person being left out… and that one person is always Youngseo. How are we supposed to ignore that…”