‘Bad Boy’ Tribute Stage @ 2026 Weverse Con Festival | TXT

What happened

TXT performed a tribute stage of “Bad Man” at the 2026 Weverse Con Festival.

Why Koreans care

“Bad man” is a familiar Korean romance archetype: an emotionally unavailable or hurtful man whose danger creates dramatic appeal. Here, Korean commenters enjoy the casting-against-type contrast between that persona and a performer they describe through ultra-soft food metaphors such as “sticky rice cake” and “tofu,” Korean fandom shorthand for a gentle, squishy-looking face.

In the Korean comments

Majority: Commenters focus on the gap between his harmless appearance and the song’s “bad man” persona: “A bad man served up by the man with the kindest face in the world.” Majority: They intensify that contrast with Korean cuteness metaphors: “He has the softest face in the world—I can’t tell whether he’s a little rice cake, a sticky rice cake, or tofu—and yet he’s calling himself a bad man.” Fandom: One viewer reacts as though this is the return of a performance already meaningful within the fandom: “Wait, they brought this back again? I’m seriously devastated that I didn’t get to see it.”

What the words mean

“Serves up” translates 말아주다, fandom slang meaning to deliver a concept or performance especially satisfyingly, not literally to prepare food. Likewise, “He’s bad for my heart” is a pun on 나쁜 남자: commenters are describing overwhelming attraction, not accusing the performer of bad behavior.