It seems the max lifespan of idols after debut is 17 years

Quote from monalisalove

Still not a goodbye when they'll perform in Coachella and what about GD who went number 1, broke records and is doing his biggest ww tour ever?

Adios IU, you lasted longer than anyone not named GD and BB!!

Actually just GD since I have not heard too much about the other members

Choi Seunghyun now an actor

Have not heard too much about Youngbae

Daesung hosted a trot show

Quote from icyruios

It's a bit hard to not be around when they have a scandal every month

Super Junior debuted in 2005 and by 2012 it was already in decline

On Nov 2012 , when IU revealed her most famous photograph,

99.9% of all reports said "IU and Eunhyuk"

Virtually nobody said "Eunhyuk and IU"

So by then SJ was already less popular than IU