K-Pop Star Saiki Weesa Celebrates Moroccan Heritage at Korean Music Awards

During the Genie Music Awards, an event organized by the Korean music platform Genie Music, the Japanese K-pop group Psychic Fever of Exile Tribe received the Next Generation Global award. Saiki Weesa, also known as Weesa, a member of this group, took the opportunity to highlight his Korean and Moroccan origins.

"We are very happy to receive the Next Generation Global award as Psychic Fever. Personally, I am a mix of Korean and Moroccan, so I am very happy to receive this award in Korea!" declared the maknae (youngest member of the group). This sparked comments from Internet users.

The comments are flowing: "Wow, his background is so surprising", "He’s handsome", "Even though he doesn’t have Japanese blood, it’s interesting to see how they made him look a bit Japanese with the clothes and style", "From his visuals alone, I’d say he looks mixed Japanese...", "He has Chanyeol vibes", "A Japanese idol who is Korean-Moroccan, what a global idol", "He has global visuals"...

Born in 2004 in Nagoya, Japan, Weesa (Saiki Weesa) is Moroccan through his father and Korean through his mother. As a child, he dreamed of a career similar to that of pop king Michael Jackson. He was revealed in December 2017 as a member of the Crasher Kidz group. In 2019, he became a member of Psychic Fever, a group that released its first album in July 2022.