(No Napoleons, Hannibals, Scipios, Wellingtons, Churchills, etc show up in this post although Whyknock's Favorite Subject will still be featured.)
Chuu's messenger issues with her managers is making some K-O-R-E-A-N fans upset since it shows she is a tough negotiator, not an innocent girl as seen in her clips.
But some say this is Chuu's 'IU moment'; Chuu will be 24 soon and she cannot try to act like a teenager any more, and it is said that she has largely reduced her innocent and sassy images, and instead was transitioning to a witty image.
As all of you know, KPop's Greatest Anachronism , who was called the Nation's Younger Sister and well praised for her cuteness, released a photo with a certain species of fish and that erased her cute image overnight.
But what Lee Jieun did is quite risky and was disrespectful to ELFs, who have not forgotten even to this day.
As idols grow older, they have to make a transition from their cute images to a more adult one as they grow older and can't do what they used to do at their teens.
There are some idols who look older, like Yoona who was said to have a 'grandmotherly face' from debut, and transition for them is easier since they never had a cutesy or childish image.
But it is harder for those who rose up because of their cute images; even acts which emphasize the so-called 'girl crush' images have challenges when they grow older and the 'girl crush' concept becomes awkward.
It is a perennial question by various idol groups as KPop acts now last longer and the teenager turns into an adult.
I personally feel that those whose cutesy image are too strong will probably need a 'shock event' to end it. It has to be quick and blunt; otherwise it will take too long to be any good.
A new dilemma as groups last longer and they stay in the showbiz for far longer time than before.
