A beloved K-pop icon recently stirred concern among fans when she unexpectedly collapsed during a live performance, just weeks after disclosing a drastic weight loss of 10 kilograms in a single month.
The incident occurred as 33-year-old Hyuna was performing her hit track “Bubble Pop” at the Waterbomb 2025 music festival in Macau. In a shocking turn of events, she suddenly fell to the stage floor mid-dance, leaving the audience in disbelief.
Heart-stopping footage of the event, now widespread across social media, captures the moment her backup dancers hurried to her aid as she fainted. A vigilant security guard then intervened, swiftly carrying her off the stage to safety.
The episode sparked an outpouring of concern on social media, with many fans worried about Hyuna’s well-being. This came after she had addressed rumors of weight gain and potential pregnancy by revealing her rapid weight loss in a statement reported by the Korea Times.
In a candid Instagram post shared with her 16.1 million followers, the pop star displayed a scale reading of 49 kilograms, openly discussing the challenge of altering the “first digit” of her weight.
Hyuna’s health history reveals a previous diagnosis of vasovagal syncope in 2020. This condition, characterized by sudden drops in blood pressure and heart rate, can be aggravated by stress, exhaustion, or severe dieting, potentially offering insight into her recent health scare.
Medical experts suggest that such rapid weight loss can lead to nutritional imbalances, which may have contributed to her fainting spell.
After regaining consciousness and taking a few hours to recover from her public collapse, she took to Instagram to apologise to her fans promised to ‘develop more stamina and work hard consistently’.
Hyuna, 33, had been performing her song Bubble Pop at the Waterbomb 2025 music festival in Macau on Sunday when all of a sudden she dropped to the stage floor while dancing
Footage of the terrifying moment circulating online show dancers rushing to support her as she lost consciousness
Hyuna was previously diagnosed with vasovagal syncope in 2020 – a condition that causes a sudden drop in blood pressure and heart rate, which can be triggered by stress, fatigue, or extreme dieting
Footage captured the moment a security guard ran across the stage to pick her up and carry her off after she collapsedmid-performance
‘I’m truly, truly sorry… Although it was only a short time since my last performance, I wanted to show you a great performance, but I don’t feel like I managed to be professional, and to be honest, I don’t remember anything.
‘After constantly thinking about it for a while, I wanted to tell you this no matter what. Many Macao fans came, including our A-ings (Hyuna’s fans), and everyone paid money to watch this performance, so I feel apologetic and truly sorry.
‘It would be amazing if everything went the way I wanted it to, but I’ll try hard…!! I want to thank you for always adoring, loving, and cherishing me ever since I was young, despite my shortcomings.
‘I’m really okay! Don’t worry about me! I hope everyone has a good night… sleep well!!’
Her agency, At Area, confirmed she was resting after the incident.
It comes after Way, a singer from K-pop girl group Crayon Pop, called out Hyuna’s rapid weight loss and expressed concern for her health.
She mentioned Hyuna in a video titled ‘Why K-Pop Diets Fail + How To Succeed,’ posted on her YouTube channel on Wednesday.
‘Hasn’t Hyuna gained a bit of weight lately? I saw her Instagram post where she said, “You used to be skin and bones,” blaming herself, and I felt really sorry for her. It’s good if she’s decided to go on a healthy diet, but she also wrote, “I ate a lot of c***”, of course, eating is fine. But why use such words?,’ she wrote.
Hyuna’s rise to fame was not an easy journey – a notoriously similar story to many young girls and women in the K-pop industry.
She was only 15 years old when she debuted in Wonder Girls as the group’s main dancer. However, health issues lead to her exit from the girl group.
The K-pop veteran confessed to eating just one piece of sushi a day so that she could keep her weight down to 40kg.
‘Back then, I’d survive on a single piece of kimbap while pushing through all the scheduled activities. And that destroyed me. By 26, I was so unhealthy,’ she revealed on the program B-Season.
The singer went into more details about her issues on the Korean talk show Point of Omniscient Interfere, where she admitted that the lack of food led to her developing the fainting condition peripheral neuritis.
K-pop star Hyuna developed a fainting condition after sustaining herself on one piece of a sushi a day
‘I used to eat very little. There were times when I would go a week without eating, and I even developed peripheral neuritis,’ she said, according to Allkpop.
‘Whenever my weight dropped too low, it would trigger it. I would faint after surviving on just one piece of kimbap. I fainted 12 times in a month.’
But Hyuna made her return to the music scene as a singer in the girl group 4Minute, following which she debuted as a soloist.
Releasing one hit after another, the rapper cemented her status as K-pop’s leading soloist.
K-pop brings in billions of dollars for South Korea’s economy each year, so it’s no surprise that nothing less than complete perfection is expected from the young hopefuls entering the music industry.
While a lot has already been said about K-pop’s record labels – where young children and teenagers are sculpted into chart-topping superstars – a shocking statistic was revealed last month.
According to the investigative book titled K-pop: Idols in Wonderland, as many as eight out of 10 female K-pop trainees stop menstruating due to extremely restrictive diets, reports the Korea Times.
Other factors, such as stress and lack of sleep, are also likely to blame.
