Kpop idols debuting at such a young age combined with short idol group lifespan makes us feel nostalgic over literally young people

you could be an actor, live your own commoner life, own business, make music, be a soloist, anything really.

For real...

at the point they're rich af. they can do anything. they could buy a goat farm and raise goats and never do anything for money ever again

What it feels like not being in a rat race and successful rich and early retirement etc? lol pretty fricking great i assume. Although they will have to go on with their lives and find something else to do after that which is really hard. It's like an athlete's career then.

This is one of the main reasons why temporary groups are great. They may be heart tugging on the fans and the members knowing that they group will, one day, disband earlier than full length groups, and there are few downsides to temporary groups.

But you've seen it with the former IZ*ONE members. As of now, they all moved on to something else and many are finding success in it with their group's previous success to help. This is also great because if they decided that they didn't want to continue something in the entertainment industry, they could still pursue a higher education or try and live a normal life and still get to say "hey, I was in a KPOP group!"

blaming sk weird obsession with youth