chewyandminnie

rlly? i always feel like in music shows, idols that are known for being tan seem to have lighter skin so i always suspect it to be edited in some form, but i guess it could just be the work of stage lighting and makeup....

not surprised. they always use it girls as their blueprint/standard. i remember back when they would compare new and coming visuals with seolhyun (former it girl, i say former since her rep seems to be a bit tarnished following the whole jimin bullying scandal, and i don't see that many articles of her anymore, at least compared to the other it girls like jennie and wonyoung), and her body was considered the most desirable (prolly still is). jennie... we got several girls wanting to look like her (in fact, she's a popular ps template in korea), i also remember so many influencers/ulzzangs/idols following her hairstyle, makeup, fashion sense... wonyoung? she's practically the 4th gen standard. any new pretty girl/visual is bound to be compared to her.

at this point the only way we could ever tell what they rlly look like is by seeing/meeting them in real life or at least some candid press videos...

another reason for me to side eye agencies allowing rlly young kids to debut...

that's why they rlly should keep a close watch on their kid at all costs. their kid is basically "fresh meat" for the predators in the industry. if they thought the kpop industry is all sunshine and rainbows they are unfortunately mistaken. but anyways, if she did get procedures and the parents greenlit it: the thought of her parents being okay with someone as young as her being operated on for cosmetic purposes, when she's not even done with puberty?? that's just too much. are they srsly not afraid of their daughter possibly getting botched or even getting complications during ps? or what effects it could have on her self esteem? since she's not done with puberty yet, i doubt any ps she may have had done is going to age well.

good lord why are idols rlly getting sooooo young??? 13??? how is she supposed to deal with idol workload at such a young age???? like i know this not new but come on! didn't pnation decide not to debut a 12 yr old due to his age? why is this so normalized? she's the same age as my cousin who's born in the same year, and i can never ever imagine my cousin being an idol and going thru the stress of being one. i sure hope her parents are keeping a close watch on her as much as they can. we all know there are so many pedophile freaks in the industry, including some idols themselves who have been caught in the dms of rookies/much younger idols

oh geez rlly? and somehow they don't find that an inconvenience? if i were that person i would get so sick and say "fuck all" and just deadass tell them not to photoshop my face bc i am simply not dealing with that bs every single time i fly. imagine having to explain to them like "oh actually everyone in our country is just incredibly insecure and has a complex and cares too much abt appearance bc our beauty standards are so incredibly toxic so we have to overly photoshop the very photos that are supposed to be a proof of our identity " incredibly wack. defeats the whole purpose of having a photo as proof of identity.

idk how they're going to deal with that possibly happening lmao

tbh, it's kinda hard to pinpoint what chaeyoung has done. some ppl here have commented that she may have had a jaw shave (due to her perfect v shaped face and the seemingly "missing" mandible) and chin fillers but apparently she's had that shape since childhood. but even i have a hard time pointing out what may have possibly changed. she might've possibly done your typical lip fillers, but other than that i rlly am not sure abt what she may have had done.

imagine the entertainment industry actually caring more abt talents than looks... that's prolly not gonna happen in this lifetime esp not in kpop.

i'm pretty sure lots of schools in korea do that, not just SOPA. korean society is very particular with appearances so it's not rlly surprising. but it's still pretty jarring to know that it's very normalized.

same for me. i remember when we had to do rehearsals for our miss saigon school play. unfortunately, i happened to got cast as one of the bar girls so that meant i had to wear sleeveless, skimpy clothing. even worse is that i'd forgotten to shave my pits anyways it's been years since i last shaved them lmao (mainly bc i'm lazy) yes, underarm hair is just as normal as the hair on our heads, and i always found it strange and pretty unfair that guys get to walk around with pits/legs/arms full of hair while us women are called unhygienic or dirty for not shaving them off. btw, there's this song from evanescence named "everybody's fool," and even though it was released many years ago, it's as relevant as ever, and very much fits the whole "journey to perfection/attaining the perfect image" idols are forced to undergo. this part especially sticks out to me: Perfect by nature Icons of self indulgence Just what we all need More lies about a world that Never was and never will be Have you no shame don't you see me You know you've got everybody fooled and this line too: No flaws when you're pretending

pretty sure they still have hair, but very fine hair it almost looks invisible. and i'm pretty sure female idols do hair waxing or the laser hair removal you mentioned (and prolly other skin treatments) . also, this may not be very relevant but i read somewhere that asian men tend to have a hard time growing facial hair like western men do. idk, speaking as an asian myself, our features tend to lean towards what ppl would perceive as "youthful" (softer/rounder features, shorter heights, less/finer hair, less robust/slimmer body build, etc.)

is it just me or it looks pretty fresh? or did she put on lip gloss/lip balm?

def agree. i've mentioned this before but it just feels like surgery from before didn't look too much. but with each passing time, the standards just get worse and more intense. i've been seeing a lot of articles abt well known visuals looking like video game characters/cgi/anime, and that alone convinced me that looking like animated characters is the new standard in kpop.

the fact that they are freaking out abt lines, which are normal and natural to see on most faces... their own beauty standards has brainwashed them and skewed their perception so badly.

and the fact that they have to go to work even if they haven't even fully recovered...

this needs to be plastered on the sky bc not a lot of ppl get this!!!

yeah, she still looks beautiful, but just like most of the procedures idols have gotten, the changes were unnecessary bc she was already rlly beautiful back then

to those that were curious abt what possible work yunjin has done, here is a post from kpoprocedure: unfortunately, her cheekbones did not survive the korean beauty standard's vendetta against them their hatred for beautiful cheekbones rages on...

yikes... it's rlly getting harder and harder to tell what's real from edited; it's almost catfishing. i also posted an example some pages ago of my bias in an interview, and i was able to catch a glimpse of the filter shifting next thing we know, we won't be able to fully use videos/video screenshots as source anymore (and i tend to use those as source for ps analysis a lot)...

i think it just depends on the angle or smth... idk how to explain it in simple terms tho, but i don't think she's developing double eyelids. some eyelids just behave like that.

isn't the snow app notorious for most of those infamous uncanny valley selfies? also (correct me if i'm wrong) apparently the korean tiktok has these filters already set; somebody compared it to american tiktok and the diff was noticeable. and don't even get me started on the makeup, especially their stage makeup... these photos still haunt me...

good to know that! we're happy for you! yes, i def agree idols would look more ordinary/less glamourized if they had led normal lives like us. it also reminds me of this one quote: you're not "ugly," you're just broke.

when i first saw him in the god's menu mv, i thought he looked very unreal, like a video game character. i thought it was just makeup, but i guess his face has rlly gone thru quite a lot... in his earlier photos, he looked cute, but ODDINARY (sorry, couldn't resist i rlly meant to say ordinary). he's still recognizable, but he's a lot more enhanced and refined now.