{"id":552244,"date":"2026-07-21T12:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/552244\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:09:12","slug":"giselle-of-aespa-celebrates-japanese-producers-birthday-amid-dating-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/552244\/","title":{"rendered":"Giselle of aespa celebrates Japanese producer&#8217;s birthday amid dating rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ab379d96-2c45-4ae3-b22f-a91c6f4b8bf9.png\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1200 \/ 1087; width: 100%\" alt=\" Giselle, left, of K-pop girl group aespa and Japanese producer Shintaro Yasuda \/ Xportsnews, captured from Giselle's social media\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Giselle, left, of K-pop girl group aespa and Japanese producer Shintaro Yasuda \/ Xportsnews, captured from Giselle&#8217;s social media<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Giselle of K-pop girl group aespa posted a photo with producer and songwriter Shintaro Yasuda on Saturday, reviving dating rumors from May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">She shared the photo on social media showing the pair wearing helmets and masks obscuring their faces. Giselle captioned the photo &#8220;Hbd&#8221;  \u2014 an acronym for happy birthday \u2014 with a black heart emoji. <\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Yasuda has produced for K-pop acts including STAYC, Yuju and Le Sserafim. He co-wrote and produced Giselle&#8217;s solo songs &#8220;Dopamine&#8221; and &#8220;Tornado.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c1865d07-0344-4225-8385-7a548544c66c.png\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1200 \/ 880; width: 100%\" alt=\"Ningning, left, and Giselle of K-pop girlband aespa \/ Xportsnews\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ningning, left, and Giselle of K-pop girlband aespa \/ Xportsnews<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Dating speculation<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Similar social media posts fueled speculation in May that the two were dating. Online users pointed to photos of slushies that appeared to be from the same store, as well as cherry blossom pictures uploaded around similar times last spring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Although the posts provided no confirmation of a romantic relationship, the claims drew mixed reactions online. While some dismissed the speculation as groundless, fellow aespa member Ningning previously drew attention by leaving a laughing-and-crying emoji on a community post discussing the rumors. Online users interpreted the emoji in different ways, noting it is frequently used in absurd situations.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0d5bac37-e590-4ea6-959f-4d4e50ba90fd.jpg\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 610 \/ 582; width: 100%; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" alt=\"Ningning of aespa leaves an emoji on a post discussing Giselle's dating rumors. Captured from Instagram\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ningning of aespa leaves an emoji on a post discussing Giselle&#8217;s dating rumors. Captured from Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">This article from Xportsnews is adapted by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giselle, left, of K-pop girl group aespa and Japanese producer Shintaro Yasuda \/ Xportsnews, captured from Giselle&#8217;s social&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-552244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}