On June 25, aespa performed at an annual festival '2023 Waterbomb Seoul' that took place at Jamsil Auxiliary Stadium.
On this day, aespa made the crowd go completely wild with their hit songs, 'Next Level', 'Thirsty', 'Illusion', 'YEPPI YEPPI', 'Spicy' and more.
In the middle of their energetic performance, NINGNING happened to drop her goggles that she brought with her to cover her eyes while on stage; she did not realize that she dropped them.
Thankfully, WINTER noticed this and picked the goggles up right away, then handed them to NINGNING when the song was over.
Back then, NINGNING woke up to find that her right eye was infected with Acanthamoeba keratitis when she was little, and Acanthamoeba already acted on NINGNING's eye before the doctors were able to treat it completely.
And at 'Waterbomb' each year, at least one artist who performed there complained of water guns pointing directly at their face while performing.
When it was confirmed that aespa was going to perform at 'Waterbomb' this year, many fans worried that some audience might attack NINGNING at 'Waterbomb' like other artists, not knowing about the condition of her eye.
Therefore, they strongly insisted that the agency cancel the group's 'Waterbomb' schedule.
Instead of withdrawing from the lineup, however, aespa's agency found a way to protect NINGNING's eyes: the goggles.
If nobody had noticed her goggles were gone, and could not find them, then it may not have been safe for NINGNING to continue being on stage.
NINGNING responded with a nod and smile to WINTER's question, "You okay? Are you okay?"
Seeing WINTER take such great care of NINGNING melted the hearts of millions of fans around the world.
— notpannchoa (@notpannchoa2) June 25, 2023
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(SBS Star)