It affected her in real life.
aespa member Giselle recently shared a spooky experience during a livestream, which has quickly become a hot topic on social media.
While sharing personal anecdotes from her last tour, Giselle shared a “bad juju talk”, revealing her real-life experience of being haunted. The idol mentioned that while she was on tour with aespa, she brought a book with her, which she refused to name publicly. She recalled feeling “bad vibes” while it was in her hotel room and even having a nightmare, though she admitted that she suffered from sleep paralysis and nightmares pretty often. She also admitted that while she had the book with her, she had some randomly negative incidents happen, even though she wasn’t affected physically.
I do get nightmares and sleep paralysis really often, but it happens when I’m in New York, like, every time.
— Giselle
The incident that she shared following this revelation presumably also happened in New York. Giselle recalled waking up from a nightmare when she got a call from a friend, who told her to get rid of the book. When she asked for the reason, she revealed that she had a terrifying dream.
She said, “I just had a dream, and I just knew it was you. And it just said, ‘It’s still here.’ Like that’s it. And I just knew it was you.”…I was creeped out anyway, so I decided to throw it away.
— Giselle
The idol went ahead to perform some well-known rituals to cleanse the energy in her room, including burning sage and burning a black candle near her door. She left for dinner afterward, and at the restaurant, she handed the book to her manager, asking her to throw it away. Following the dinner, she had drinks with some staff members in her room. As the conversations progressed, Giselle realized that one of the other staff members had the book with them at that very moment. She admitted to being extremely freaked out that the object made its way back to her and ended up insisting to the staff member to throw the book away.
giselle's bad juju talk during live I was actually kind of spooked out 😭
about her having nightmares/sleep paralysis in NY and how she bought a book and her friend telling her about having a dream about her & asked her to throw it out so she asked one of the staffs to throw it… pic.twitter.com/ClwfYE1OAD
— ty (@soshirevelae) October 25, 2026
The story has drawn significant attention, with divided responses. While some were left spooked out, others found her story “corny.” However, fans defended her against the malicious ridicule.
someone said it's a satanic magic book.. giselle I love you girl but use your damn braincells girl.. why did u think it's a good idea to buy it in the first place 😭 https://t.co/Oy2GeGn6QV
— odi (@hodfile) October 25, 2026
she always has the stupidest problems https://t.co/zi9Uir4GUk
— noa (@1emontang) October 25, 2026
https://x.com/zuhaaism/status/2114421315994284528?s=20
i have friends who been following and larping her manifestation and witchcraft bs 😭😭 https://t.co/PgGCL9XCL5
— sandraaa (@sandysayily) October 26, 2026
The way ppl are mocking giselle over this is so weird. You don't have to believe in the paranormal to have some empathy. We don't know the history of every item we buy or who owned it before us, and having a dark aesthetic doesn't mean you're automatically prepared for everything https://t.co/NkuWWV6bZZ
— rane (@chromehaert_) October 26, 2026
“idols should speak freely and show their personality” but then you get mad at Giselle for talking about spiritual things
— nora❦ (@yin0ra) October 25, 2026