Hyolyn Once Let a Best Friend Steal Her Boyfriend: She Says She Would Not Be So Calm About It Now

Singer Hyolyn admitted this week that a best friend once ended up with her boyfriend, and that she handled it far more graciously than she would today.

The revelation came during Hyolyn's appearance on No Bbaekku Tak Jae-hoon, the candid YouTube interview channel hosted by broadcaster Tak Jae-hoon, which aired on August 5. The conversation started with Tak pressing her on a reputation that surprises people: despite coming across as assertive and self-assured, her past boyfriends apparently described her as unexpectedly innocent.

"I can't pretend to be innocent, and I can't pretend to be cunning either," Hyolyn said flatly. It was Tak who then raised the story that clearly resonated most with viewers: that because she is not the type to play games or push back, she once lost a boyfriend to a close friend and simply let the two of them go without making a scene.

Hyolyn confirmed it, without much drama. "What was I supposed to do? They were in love with each other," she said. But she drew a clear line between the person she was then and who she is now. "These days I wouldn't just let it go. I'm going to meet a boyfriend soon."

Tak followed up by guessing that an experience like that might have made her protective about group hangouts, perhaps preferring to keep a partner away from friend groups. Hyolyn pushed back on that too. She said she actually enjoys socializing in groups and is confident enough now that losing someone that way is not something she worries about.

Hyolyn debuted as a member of SISTAR in 2010 and has built a solo career since the group disbanded in 2017, known as much for her powerhouse vocals as for her straightforward personality. Moments like this one, where she speaks plainly about personal experience without hedging, tend to travel well on social media, and early clip views from the episode suggest this particular exchange is already finding an audience beyond her core fanbase.