The Japanese girl group f5ve has apologized after sharing an image of KARA‘s Goo Hara.
On April 8, the group’s Instagram account reposted an image to its story, featuring a woman with bold text saying “IDGAF” overlaid. The image also had an additional message in the upper corner and a coffin in one of the lower ones.
This image was formatted as many “memes” these days are; however, many took issue with it because the woman in the image was Goo Hara.
Hara debuted as a member of KARA in 2008 and remained active until her passing in 2019. The idol was recently praised for her part in helping journalists expose the Burning Sun scandal, even as she dealt with the aftermath of being blackmailed by her ex-boyfriend, who threatened to release a sex video taken without her consent.
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After being made aware of Hara’s identity, the group deleted the post and apologized in a tweet. The group explained that they unknowingly shared the image as they were not familiar with Goo Hara or the context of the photo.
Thank you to those of you who have informed our team about the distasteful meme shared yesterday on f5ve Instagram story.
We often feature memes we find using f5ve sounds and were not familiar with Goo Hara or the context around the image (which will not be shared here out of…
— f5ve (@f5ve_official) April 9, 2025
f5ve (formerly SG5, short for Sailor Guardians 5) consists of Sayaka, Kaede, Ruri, Miyuu, and Rui. They debuted last year with single “Firetruck” and re-debuted with “Lettuce,” their first release as f5ve.