Why the rise of IVE Leeseo will be bad for kpop in the future

Pretty soon 21 will be considered old for Kpop idols. Twice and BP would be literal grandmas

No, because k-idols debuting at such a young age is not a new concept.

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It's not. But how often do those extra young idols become huge stars overnight?

shes not though

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It's not. But how often do those extra young idols become huge stars overnight?

She's not though? lol

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If y'all say so.

its good for you though. means you can still stan her

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If y'all say so.

Becoming a 'huge star' takes more time than one week. She's just going viral for now.

Let's see how it plays out in the long run.

kpop always had really young members in groups. Just thinking Jyp GG's, Sohee, Tzuyu and Suzy all debut before they were 16. It's been like this and probably won't change.

speaking of ages and things...

by the time Leeseo competes her first contract/kpop idol career she will be around Jisoo's age when Jisoo debuted and be younger than both Irene and Solar (who debuted around 23)

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My tiny brain can barely comprehend this.

don't think about it too hard mate...

ain't good for the brain

i think youre right this time

*JANG WON YOUNG* (of *IVE*) did *debut* (my view) at barely over

*Age 14* on the PRODUCE48 TV Show ... And *immediately* got

CONSIDERABLE Fan Attention (not surprisingly) ... IZ*ONE Group

was formed out of that TV Show.

Obviously , becoming POPULAR at a YOUNGER age , means

MORE CASH FLOW (profit) for the AGENCY involved.

And for the K-pop Idol too ... I do NOT really see much protest

from JANG WON YOUNG that she feels exploited somehow.

But okay , KAHI (After School group) doing her debut

at *AGE 29* , it is not.

Stanning grandma

Her age is nothing new, she's 14, 15 years old in 2 months, Itzy Yuna was like 3/4 months older than her when she debuted

tbh I think minors shouldn't be debuting because the industry is so harsh and the commenters are too savage and cruel towards idols over nothing, not to mention that kids get objectified and creeped on by adults in the industry and out of it so I don't want that to happen to them

i mean

Sunmi Sohee and Hyuna all debuted around 14

that's three members in the same group under 15

albeit Hyuna did get taken out by her parents and some suspect its because she felt sexualized ( although she debuted and kept doing much sexier concepts later regardless )

but the other two seemed to do fine tbh

of course wonder girls werent nearly as sexualized as kpop is today

Eventually your gonna see idols born in 2010