From left: Rapper Lee Young-ji's now-deleted Instagram story, in which she has red hair and wears a red shirt, and her apology post uploaded on May 31, for which the rapper redyed her hair black [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Wearing a red jacket. Flashing a peace sign. Writing the number 2. Or posting a picture of a bowl of

tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes). Usually, none of these actions hold any significance, but during election season, any one of them can get a K-pop idol accused of trying to sway voters.

The most recent case involves rapper Lee Young-ji, who posted photos of her freshly dyed red hair and of herself wearing a red top on her Instagram Story on Saturday — during the early voting period — with boy band Cortis's song “Red Red” playing in the background.

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