SM Entertainment’s Social Media Manager Deserves A Raise After The “SMTOWN Wonderland 2021” Halloween Party

They understood the assignment!

As a K-Pop fan, you know that SM Entertainment‘s annual Halloween party SMTOWN Wonderland is essentially our version of the Met Gala, as many of our favorite idols attend dressed in elaborate costumes unlike any other.

This year was no exception as all those in attendance absolutely slayed with their fits. It’s no surprise, of course.

Still, there was one unexpected individual who stole the show, and the amazing thing is we couldn’t even see them! It’s none other than SM Entertainment’s social media manager!

They had a nearly impossible task of keeping everyone in attendance and fans who wish they could have been entertained.

Throughout the entire evening, they kept followers on all social media platforms updated. From Twitter to Instagram to TikTokโ€”you name it!

On Twitter, with each idol’s arrival, they shared multiple photos that perfectly highlighted their original costume. For anyone still wondering as to who they were, they identified both the idol and their character!

Instagram, however, was where the social media manager’s talents truly shined! They regularly updated the Instagram Stories, like Twitter, with each one’s arrival.

aespa’s Karina | @smtown/Instagram
DJ Raiden | @smtown/Instagram

Their additions, such as GIFs and captions, were what really captivated followers, leaving everyone wanting more.

Super Junior’s Shindong | @smtown/Instagram

Red light, green light

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NCT’s Chenle | @smtown/Instagram

The nun is so scary

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The humor and heart behind each post were just right. It was thoroughly entertaining.

SHINee’s Onew | @smtown/Instagram
NCT’s Kun | @smtown/Instagram

All of the pop culture references were awesome. They 100% understood their assignment.

NCT’s Sungchan | @smtown/Instagram

The fact that they understood that this is not just a polar bear… It’s one of the iconic Coca-Cola polar bears!

NCT’s Johnny | @smtown/Instagram

They even know all of the fandoms’ inside jokes!

From left: NCT’s Mark, Jaehyun, and Yuta | @smtown/Instagram

They referenced both Spider-Mark and Yutaย being an IRL anime character.

From left: NCT’s Mark, Jaehyun, and Yuta | @smtown/Instagram

Can we talk about the clever references to the NCT and aespa songs here? Iconic!

Jaehyun | @smtown/Instagram
aespa’s Giselle (left) and Ningning (right) | @smtown/Instagram

The Instagram Stories was also frequently updated. The social media manager would post something, sparking our curiosity only to come back a little later with a follow-up.

NCT’s Shotaro | @smtown/Instagram
Shotaro (left) and Sungchan (right) | @smtown/Instagram

“I’m so curious, yeah!”

NCT’s Jeno | @smtown/Instagram
NCT’s Jaemin | @smtown/Instagram
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The consistency is just *chef’s kiss!*

NCT’s Xiaojun | @smtown/Instagram

You’ll never catch this social media manager sleeping on the job. That’s for sure!

NCT’s Jisung | @smtown/Instagram
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While each post was honestly immaculate, their Twilightย ones for NCT’sย Jungwoo and Taeyong as Bella and Edward were simply flawless.

NCT’s Jungwoo | @smtown/Instagram
NCT’s Taeyong | @smtown/Instagram

From using Christina Perri‘s “A Thousand Years” as sound to using some of the most iconic quotes as captions, it’s all too good.

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Several of the posts were interactive, too, using features such as polls. No one was left out of this party!

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They even offered us a treat… Cupcake anyone?

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This poll is too cute!

NCT’s Ten | @smtown/Instagram

They also gave an inside look at the party. Whoever was in charge of the social media that night made sure to give lots of videos and photos of the party’s atmosphere that helped to make us feel like we were right there too!

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Candy? Don’t mind if we do…

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It didn’t end there either. The effort in producing several creative TikToks at the party with the idols is 100% applaudable.

@smtown_official

๋Œ€.๋žต.๋‚œ.๊ฐ. ํ• ๋กœ์œˆ ํŒŒํ‹ฐ์— ์•„๋ฌด๋„ ์—†๋‹ค๋‹ˆ! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ#YERI #์˜ˆ๋ฆฌ #RedVelvet @redvelvet_smtown #๋ ˆ๋“œ๋ฒจ๋ฒณ#SM_Halloween_Houseย #SMTOWN_WONDERLAND_2021#SMTOWN#HALLOWEEN

โ™ฌ ์˜ค๋ฆฌ์ง€๋„ ์‚ฌ์šด๋“œ – SMTOWN – SMTOWN

The fact that they talked SHINee‘s Onew and Super Junior‘s Siwon into filming. The editing of them together as the Penguin and Batman is perfection.

@smtown_official

๋ฐฐํŠธ๋งจ์ด ๊ทธ๋ฆฌ์šธ๋•โ€ฆ ๐Ÿ’ง#ONEW #์˜จ์œ  #์ƒค์ด๋‹ˆ #SHINee @shinee_official #SIWON #SUPERJUNIOR @superjunior#SM_Halloween_Houseย #SMTOWN_WONDERLAND_2021#SMTOWN#HALLOWEEN

โ™ฌ ์˜ค๋ฆฌ์ง€๋„ ์‚ฌ์šด๋“œ – SMTOWN – SMTOWN

Not only that, but having a series of “Choose Your Character” videos is also so genius.

@smtown_official

Choose your character! Ver. 1๐Ÿ‘ค#JISUNG#์ง€์„ฑ#TAEIL#ํƒœ์ผ#YERI#์˜ˆ๋ฆฌ #JAEMIN #์žฌ๋ฏผ#JENO #์ œ๋…ธ#NCT#RedVelvet#๋ ˆ๋“œ๋ฒจ๋ฒณ#SM_Halloween_House#SMTOWN_WONDERLAND_2021 #SMTOWN

โ™ฌ ์˜ค๋ฆฌ์ง€๋„ ์‚ฌ์šด๋“œ – SMTOWN – SMTOWN

@smtown_official

Choose your character! Ver. 2 ๐Ÿ‘ค #WINTER #์œˆํ„ฐ #aespaย #Raiden #JAEHYUN #HAECHAN #SHOTARO #YUTA #NCT #SM_Halloween_Houseย #SMTOWN_WONDERLAND_2021

โ™ฌ ์˜ค๋ฆฌ์ง€๋„ ์‚ฌ์šด๋“œ – SMTOWN – SMTOWN

@smtown_official

Choose your character! Ver. 3 ๐Ÿ‘ค#MARK #๋งˆํฌ #XIAOJUN #์ƒค์˜ค์ฅ” #GISELLE #์ง€์ ค #SUNGCHAN #์„ฑ์ฐฌ #SIWON #์‹œ์› #ONEW #์˜จ์œ  #NCT #WayV #aespa #SUPERJUNIORย #SHINee

โ™ฌ ์˜ค๋ฆฌ์ง€๋„ ์‚ฌ์šด๋“œ – SMTOWN – SMTOWN

@smtown_official

Choose your character! Ver. 4 ๐Ÿ‘ค #KARINA #์นด๋ฆฌ๋‚˜ #SHINDONG #์‹ ๋™ #JUNGWOO #์ •์šฐ #TAEYONG #ํƒœ์šฉ #YANGYANG #์–‘์–‘ #CHENLE #์ฒœ๋Ÿฌ#aespa #SUPERJUNIOR #NCT #WayV

โ™ฌ ์˜ค๋ฆฌ์ง€๋„ ์‚ฌ์šด๋“œ – SMTOWN – SMTOWN

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Choose your character! Ver. 5 ๐Ÿ‘ค#DOYOUNG #๋„์˜ #RENJUN #๋Ÿฐ์ฅ” #HENDERY #ํ—จ๋ฐ๋ฆฌ #NINGNING #๋‹๋‹ #KUN #์ฟค #JOHNNY #์Ÿˆ๋‹ˆ#NCT #WayV#aespa #SM_Halloween_Houseย #SMTOWN

โ™ฌ ์˜ค๋ฆฌ์ง€๋„ ์‚ฌ์šด๋“œ – SMTOWN – SMTOWN

The usage of their own artist’s songs/sounds for many of the videos was also a brilliant move on their part. Not only does it fit the concepts’ so well, but it’s great marketing!

@smtown_official

Bella youโ€™re my favorite~ ๐Ÿง›๐Ÿป#JUNGWOO #์ •์šฐ #TAEYONG #ํƒœ์šฉ #NCT @official_nct #NCT127#SM_Halloween_Houseย #SMTOWN_WONDERLAND_2021#SMTOWN#HALLOWEEN

โ™ฌ Favorite (Vampire) – NCT 127

@smtown_official

๐Ÿ‘ #KARINA #์นด๋ฆฌ๋‚˜ #aespaย @aespa_official #SM_Halloween_Houseย #SMTOWN_WONDERLAND_2021#SMTOWN#HALLOWEEN

โ™ฌ Savage – aespa

@smtown_official

๊ธˆ์ฃผ๋จน ๋ฌธ์„ ์ƒ ๐ŸฅŠ#TAEIL #ํƒœ์ผ #NCT @official_nct #NCT127#SM_Halloween_Houseย #SMTOWN_WONDERLAND_2021#SMTOWN#HALLOWEEN

โ™ฌ Punch – NCT 127

They’re always on the trends too! The Squid Game references are everything.

@smtown_official

#SquidGame#SHINDONG#์‹ ๋™ #์Šˆํผ์ฃผ๋‹ˆ์–ดย #SUPERJUNIORย #WINTER #์œˆํ„ฐ #aespaย #SM_Halloween_House #SMTOWN_WONDERLAND_2021#SMTOWN#HALLOWEEN

โ™ฌ ์˜ค๋ฆฌ์ง€๋„ ์‚ฌ์šด๋“œ – SMTOWN – SMTOWN

Oh my gosh! Didn’t you know Harley Quinn is a savage?

@smtown_official

Harley Quinn is a certified Savage ๐Ÿ˜ˆ#GISELLE #์ง€์ ค #aespaย @aespa_official #SM_Halloween_Houseย #SMTOWN_WONDERLAND_2021#SMTOWN#HALLOWEEN

โ™ฌ Savage – aespa

We have no choice but to stan the company’s social media manager! They deserve a raise for sure.

Check out the costumes worn at SMTOWN Wonderland 2021 below:

Here Are All The Costumes From The “SMTOWN Wonderland 2021” Halloween Party

Source: @smtown