Thanks to the developed beauty industry of Korea, it’s true that nowadays you can mistake
a 30 year-old woman for an 18.
But while such cases are still rare, these specific Kpop idols just blow their fans’
minds, because they literally look younger and younger though 5 years, 10 years have
passed, as if they were mutants like Benjamin from The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button.
You don’t believe it?
Then take a look at these idols whose aging process seems to reverse itself.
1.
Xiumin (EXO) Although he is the oldest in his group, Xiumin
is often mistaken as the youngest member.
His baby face and fluffy cheeks make it easy for people to claim he is much younger than
his actual age.
Even when he was in the military, with short haircut and no make-up, Xiumin still showed
off his chubby face and baby-like visuals.
Thanks to his vibrant energy and sun-bright aura, Xiumin’s youthful look is even more
striking to fans and non-fans alike.
It would be no overstatement to say that Xiumin possesses the ability of smiling away his
age.
No matter which year it is, people would still be screaming over his pics due to cuteness
overload.
The special point is that Xiumin’s youthful features do not seem to leave him at all over
the time.
Fans even doubt if he is a lowkey vampire when comparing his recent look with pictures
of him taken 10 years ago.
For your reference, this is him in 2012.
2013 versus 2019
Can you arrange the pics chronologically if there is no year label?
Aging does seem to have lost its way with Xiumin.
In addition to his ever-youthful facial features, Xiumin also manages to maintain a perfectly
fit body over the years.
No wonder fans and non-fans both treasure his fresh visuals.
2.
Yuna (ITZY) This name may actually hit you with surprise,
right?
Yuna is just 18 years old, in the middle of her youth, of course aging couldn’t have
hit her hard.
However, if you have followed Yuna ever since her debut with ITZY, you would know exactly
what I am talking about.
In fact, Yuna’s visuals have changed quite radically ever since her debut.
Back in Dalla Dalla era, Yuna was just 16 years old.
Nonetheless, netizens thought she looked so mature that she must have been around 25.
On looking back, even Yuna herself admitted that she looked older back then due to her
red hair and a mature style of make-up.
In addition, in the comeback for WANNABE era, Yuna shook the whole fandom with thick bangs,
which received quite criticism because people believed it made her face become darker and
shorter.
Later, Yuna came back to her non-bang hairstyle and also opted for a lighter, more natural
makeup, thus looking much younger than her debut images.
While her old makeup style focuses on the eyes, with full use of eye-liners and dark
shades of eyeshadow, her recent makeup style focuses on the cheeks and lips, creating a
rosy, juicy and youthful look.
Indeed, this light and transparent makeup style that Yuna often uses now manages to
show off her ethereal and spotless beauty and makes it look like Yuna’s aging backward.
3.
Taeyeon (SNSD) It seems that the leader of Girls Generation
does not age at all over the years.
Born in 1989, now 32, she is one of the few that can still retain such radiant white,
flawlessly smooth skin and an innocent smile at that age.
It has been 14 years since Taeyeon’s first debut with SNSD; and every once in a while,
netizens would be taken aback when comparing her visuals along the years.
Over the years, Taeyeon indeed does not look older at all.
Her vampire-like skin and smile combined with the change in make-up and fashion styles of
K-pop idols during the decade has made Taeyeon look younger year by year.
After going through the ups and downs as the leader of one of the most successful K-pop
girl groups, Taeyeon is of course expected to show signs of aging.
However, if anything, she just looks even younger now.
Under her casual Instagram pics, there are many comments saying that she looks like a
baby.
Taeyeon’s ever youthful beauty surely deserves the title of “kid leader” that SONEs [so-one]
give her.
More impressively, Taeyeon does not even look any older when standing besides Gen4 idols
like Aespa.
Although their age gap is over a decade, Taeyeon’s youthful look was by no means beaten.
At this point, time must have missed Taeyeon’s visual somewhere on its course.
4.
Jinu (WINNER) Hailed as the prince charming of WINNER, Jinu
can impress anyone right at first sight with his doe-like eyes, graceful lips, fair complexion
and small face.
His facial features complement each other and offer a gentle feeling to anyone looking
at him.
Despite debuting nearly 10 years ago, Jinu hasn’t lost the youthful aura exuding from
his unique clear visuals.
With his chubby cheeks, Jinu looks playful and baby-like when he smiles up.
Although Jinu has changed his style several times over his working life as an idol, he
still looks as young as ever no matter which outfit or hairstyle he is having.
As he enlisted in 2020, Jinu shaved his hair and no longer wears any make-up.
However, he still looks adorable with his trademark dimples.
It is hard to believe that he is now 30 years old.
Korean netizens even dug up his graduation picture to show that Jinu now looks nothing
different from his high school photo.
Needless to say, at any age, Jinu would still be our refreshing source of daily handsome
energy.
5.
IU At the age of just 28, IU is already one of
the most successful soloists in the K-pop world.
Besides, IU’s adorable visuals also earn her considerable affection from both fans
and non-fans.
As IU has released multiple music products and starred in various drama series, she has
adapted quite a wide repertoire of visuals.
She may look like a princess walking out from a Disney movie, a real life doll, a girl next
door, or an other-worldly being.
With her round eyes, baby-like face and petite body, IU really nailed it when it comes to
age hacking.
After 13 years from her debut, IU still manages to keep her youthful beauty intact.
If anything, IU even looks younger now thanks to her growth in aura and more suitable make-up
style.
On many forums, lots of people would agree that age couldn’t rip IU off her baby-like
visuals.
While fans of other idols could just compare their idols’ current pics versus debut pics,
IU’s fans went as far as comparing grown-up IU with baby-IU.
Surprisingly, it does look like her visuals have not changed much since her childhood.
6.
Suzy Ever since her debut with MissA in 2010, Suzy
has become a national sensation thanks to her unrivaled beauty at the age of 17.
As Suzy grows from a teenage rookie to the famed “nation’s first love” of the new
generation, Suzy just blesses our eyes with more and more of her gorgeous visuals.
Over the decade, Suzy has soared to the world of K-drama after starting out as an idol.
Throughout her career as an idol slash actress, Suzy has changed herself to adopt several
different styles, including historical and action style.
However, there is still one thing remaining unchanged, that is her youthful, clear and
flawless visuals.
Browsing through her pictures over 11 years, we could safely conclude that aging has not
touched this innocent beauty at all.
Still the smooth, fair skin, elegant nose, sweet smile and softly captivating eyes.
No matter which age she is at, Suzy still strikes the screen with a nostalgic air of
youth.
Many also believe that one of the reasons why Suzy looks younger and younger is because
she has managed to lose a lot of weight and has more subtle makeup as well as outfit choices.
In the beginning of 2021, Suzy held a solo concert as the 10-year anniversary of her
debut.
As fans pointed out, she is still drop dead beautiful.
So, which of these ageless visuals struck you the hardest?
Would there be someone else you want to add on the list?
Leave a comment below to tell us what you think.