HYBE Labels‘ new girl group, NewJeans, debuted out of seemingly nowhere, and they were met with mixed reactions due to their catchy songs but questionable lyrics and underage members.
The group’s maknae, Hyein, has been gaining essentially the most consideration due to her younger age. She was born on April 21, 2008, making her solely 14 on the time of her debut, and at the moment.
This isn’t the primary time a 14-year-old has debuted in K-Pop — older idols reminiscent of IVE‘s Wonyoung, NCT DREAM‘s Jisung, and SHINee‘s Taemin all also debuted at 14, along with several others.
Even so, there’s plenty of controversy over K-Pop idols debuting after they’re nonetheless so younger, and a current remark by Hyein has netizens’ heads spinning on the revelation of simply how younger she is.
On August 6, the NewJeans maknae made the remark that the COVID-19 pandemic started when she was in elementary faculty.
혜인이 초딩때 코로나터졌대…
나이차 존나 실감나…— 원투쓰맆포베이비 (@uarmybunny) August 5, 2022
Translation: Hyein was in elementary faculty when COVID hit…
I can really feel the f*cking age distinction…
The remark went viral with netizens sharing their shock on the realization, in addition to what types of issues had been occurring for them after they had been in elementary faculty or when the pandemic started.
- “Omg, I was 20 when it first broke out”
- “MERS broke out when I was still in elementary school”
- “I was already an adult when MERS happened”
- “Swine flu broke out when I was in elementary school”
- “Well, when I was in college there was a thing called SARS…”
Did Hyein’s remark make you are feeling previous too?
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