Hot Topic singer Lee Young-ji, who collaborated with Hoshino Gen, was shocked by the KakaoTalk update, saying, ”Ah, ugly.”

Singer Lee Young-ji's reaction to the update of the mobile messenger app KakaoTalk is becoming a hot topic.

Recently, Lee Young-ji confided in a fan communication app, "I held off on updating KakaoTalk, but is it okay for it to be updated like this without the consent of the parties involved?"

Lee Young-ji then reacted strongly, saying, "Ah, no, please," "Ah... ugly," and "No, I don't want to!" She also posted a screenshot of her changed KakaoTalk profile and expressed her dissatisfaction, saying, "Even the profile picture I used for Jaebum in high school is spreading everywhere. On my KakaoTalk profile. I'm going to delete it all now."

On the 23rd, KakaoTalk announced that it will be introducing a feed-style user interface (UI) to the Friends tab, allowing users to view their friends' profile changes in a timeline format, similar to social media.

Previously, friend names, profile pictures, and status messages were arranged in a list, but with this update, profile pictures, background photos, and posts are displayed in a grid-style feed. This is the first major overhaul in 15 years.

However, some users have criticized the changes, saying that the excessive display of changes in unclose friends and business contacts is tiring, and that the in-app ad banners have become larger. Online posts such as "How to turn off KakaoTalk automatic updates" have gone viral.

Lee Young-ji's reaction to this has also become a hot topic.

Lee Young-ji debuted in 2019 with the single "Darkroom" and won Mnet's High School Rapper 3 and Show Me the Money 11. She met with viewers through variety shows such as 'Pyonpyon Earth Entertainment Room' and 'Earth's Big Bang Bang'.