Jennie and Son Tung M-TP both have a passion for capybara (a water rat). Capybara has emerged in recent years and has become a favorite animal for young people.
Recently, Jennie created a fan chat group on Instagram and named it "capybara only".
Previously, the image of this water cat was included in the Jentle salon glasses Collection - a project in collaboration with Gentle Monster.
The Blackpink member once caused a stir when launching 2 capybara accessories to decorate the glasses, priced at about 1.7 million VND.
In a video clip Jennie posted, she also hummed along to sing the famous song "Capybara, Capybara, Capybara".
Jennie loves capybara so much that she decorates many capybara-shaped objects at the glass collection launch event, or places a water rat-shaped animal remover at the office of her private company OA - Oddatelier.
In the MV "Ice cream" featuring Selena Gomez, the female singer has a short scene appearing with capybara.
In Vietnam, Son Tung M-TP is also famous as a "hard-working" fan of capybara. In 2024, the male singer shared photos of celebrating a birthday with a fleet of capybaras at a party.
Son Tung M-TP once changed his Instagram and TikTok representative photos to capybara. Son Tung's TikTok account name is also "capy boy" - the nickname he called himself in some posts on social networks.
The 9X singer once intended to raise a real capybara and asked for information from friends. When he learned that he could not raise capybaras like pets, Son Tung could not help but feel regretful.
Capybara is loved by young people for its plump and cute appearance, soft fur, gentle, gentle nature and somewhat silly expressions.
In recent years, capybara-shaped items such as stuffed animals, keychains, clothes, etc. have been popular and sought after by young people.
Products related to them such as stuffed animals became "hot" thanks to some famous people taking photos with them such as Jennie or Son Tung M-TP.
Data from social media trend listening platform SocialHeat said that the Capybara topic attracted more than 210,9000 participants, creating nearly 350,000 discussions and 4.7 million interactions in a short time.
In 2024, according to YouNet ECI, the capybara teddy bear made a breakthrough with more than 12.6 billion VND in revenue for 17 best-selling shops on Shopee and TikTok Shop.
videos about the pink version and the watermelon version of capybara caused a stir on social networks, attracting millions of views.
