K-pop star Rain took a fan’s reaction too personally and apologised for the subsequent misunderstanding that happened at his recent concert in Taipei, Taiwan.

The 43-year-old, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, held his Still Raining: Encore show at the Taipei Arena on Jan 17.

The female fan, known only as Chichi on social media platform Threads, recounted on Jan 19 what happened at the gig.

Chichi and her two friends were standing near the stage when Rain noticed she did not follow the dance moves during his energetic performance of his hit track La Song (2014), according to a video clip she shared on Threads. He then asked her in Korean why she was not dancing, which was translated into Chinese by an interpreter.

“I’m here for a confession after I was called out by Rain,” she wrote in Chinese on Jan 19. “It was not that I didn’t want to dance - I couldn’t understand what Rain and the interpreter were saying. I require lip-reading or real-time subtitles as I am hard of hearing.”

The netizen said she sang her heart out the first time, but Rain stomped his foot and asked her to do it again, making the “up up” gesture. She thought he wanted her to sing higher and said “sorry” to him, while also pointing to her e...