One of China's most famous pop idols sparked widespread concern after fainting on stage during rehearsals.
Wu Xuanyi, 30, was rehearsing for a performance on the popular talent competition series Sisters Who Make Waves when she collapsed, according to Koreaboo.
Footage of the incident spread like wildfire on Chinese social media sites.
In grainy clips, the singer and actress can be seen being carried off stage by staff members.
Xuanyi's agency later confirmed that the star had fainted from a mixture of extreme exhaustion from being overworked, on top of harsh weather conditions.
Many of the performances on Sisters Who Make Waves are filmed outdoors, exposing the contestants to the elements.
Xuanyi is one of the most popular stars in China with a packed schedule that includes acting, music, modelling and more.
She first shot to fame in South Korea as a member of the K-pop group WJSN, before starring in the Chinese music competition series Produce 101 China.
She placed second on the series and became part of the girl group Rocket Girls 101.
Outside of music, Xuanyi appeared in a string of Chinese television dramas and reality shows and launched a solo music career.
Xuanyi is far from the only Asian pop idol to faint from exhaustion.
In 2019, Im Yeojin was performing with her girl group LOONA when she collapsed on stage at Mexico City's Pepsi Center amid the group's gruelling world tour.
In footage of the incident, the K-pop star struggles to remain on her feet before toppling to the ground.
One of her bandmates desperately tries to grab her arm to prevent the fall, but ends up getting pulled down with her.
The star is pictured with the popular Chinese girl group Rocket Girls 101 in 2020
Last year, K-pop star Hyuna admitted that she had previously survived on one piece of sushi a day to maintain her slender figure, which led to her fainting and developing health problems.
'Back then, I'd survive on a single piece of kimbap while pushing through all the scheduled activities. And that destroyed me. By 26, I was so unhealthy,' she revealed on B-Season.
She went into more details about her issues on the Korean talk show Point of Omniscient Interfere, where she admitted that the lack of food led to her developing the fainting condition peripheral neuritis.
'I used to eat very little. There were times when I would go a week without eating, and I even developed peripheral neuritis,' she said, according to Allkpop.
'Whenever my weight dropped too low, it would trigger it. I would faint after surviving on just one piece of kimbap. I fainted 12 times in a month.'
Vasovagal syncope, also known as reflex syncope, is a medical condition that causes a brief loss of consciousness due to a decrease in heart rate or blood pressure.
In 2020, Hyuna fainted several times while filming a music video for her album I'm Not Cool.
Her health woes continued the following year, with the singer fainting again while filming the video for her song Ping Pong.
Addressing the incident afterwards, Hyuna wrote on Instagram, 'I was happily dancing, but I collapsed again, so I was very upset because my body didn't allow me to do what I wanted 100 percent.'
She added, 'I guess it is my fault for not taking care of my body sooner. When I woke up, my blood pressure was at 70/40 at the time, so I couldn't continue filming immediately.'
In 2019, the Bubble Pop hitmaker confirmed that she'd also been diagnosed with depression and a panic disorder.