Wonyoung
Jang Wonyoung emerged as a Kpop phenomenon.
Though she’s Only 17 years old, Wonyoung has proved herself just as successful as her
seniors.
Wonyoung was the visual and center position of IZ*ONE and IVE.
After her band broke up, Wonyoung found her own way to success.
She is now modeling and working with many famous brands.
From Miu Miu to Innisfree to many more future magazines, which has given her some pretty
good recognition in Korea.
With the massive popularity she possesses a strong fandom and of course, an equally
large number of anti-fans, who believe her skills are so overrated.
According to some netizens, one of the reasons why Jang Wonyoung is the most hated idol of
Kpop Gen 4 is because of her cringy cuteness.
One example is the “Way To Go” cover performance.
The song is performed by 9 female idols from 6 groups including: Wendy (Red Velvet), Jiho
(Oh My Girl), Yuna (Brave Girls), Chaeryeong, Yuna (ITZY), Yoon, Sieun (STAYC) and Wonyoung,
Yujin (IVE).
While the other members got a lot of compliments, Wonyoung captured the spotlight in an unwanted
way.
Although she was still beautiful as always, her acting was criticized for being inappropriate
for the song’s spirit.
"Way To Go" is a bright song, instead of dancing dynamically and decisively like others, her
movements and expressions were said to be "overkill", and the momentum was just “excessive”.
Wonyoung’s cute style has upset a lot of netizens, especially in this performance,
“Wonyoung comes off as very artificial/manufactured.
It makes me uncomfortable to watch her.I feel she tries too hard.”.
Said a netizen.
Some people complained that Wonyoung had a repetitive expression with a puffy mouth,
pouty lips, same old wink and a smile “that somehow scares off the industry” every time
she goes on stage.
It seems like her significant smile has appeared too much on television shows to the point
that it has become “lame” and “predictable”.
This is a sign showing that Wonyoung has to take it easy with her “cuteness” if she
doesn’t want to have more “anti-wonyoung” and be well-known in an unwanted way.
In addition to that, a lot of netizens commented that Wonyoung also has a cringy mouth gesture.
She constantly performs aegyo with an extreme playful smile, doing childlike facial expressions
and cutesy body gestures.
This habit of Wonyoung has made her anti-fans believe she was “fake” or “overreacting”.
Another thing annoys netizens is Wonyoung’s “extreme” way of expressing her emotion.
She often shows her cute character in front of the camera, but sometimes, she may take
it a little bit too far.
During a gameshow when Wonyoung was interviewed, she expressed her surprise by making a naive
face with wide eyes open while sticking out her tongue, which was an “uttermost” reaction
compared to other idols.
Meanwhile, Wonyoung's fans defended that the reason why she had such a way of expressing
was because she’s wearing braces.
Netizens replied that this is not a convincing reason as YuJin wears braces as well, but
she doesn’t have that “cringy” gesture.
Rosé - BLACKPINK
You all must have heard about her name by now.
Rosé is well-known for her beauty, her talent and especially her flexibility.
Most netizens agree that there is hardly any idol who can bend their body as flexible as
Rosé, which you can see through these pictures of her.
There was even a trendy group picture of 4 members of Blackpink called Rosé's Illusion.
At first glance a lot of people thought that Rosé had lost her lower body.
"For a moment, I only saw Rosé's upper half, thinking she was a magician."
Said a netizen.
However, after taking a closer look, people realized that the female idol's body is simply
twisted to one side, obscured by the back of Jisoo.
Unfortunately, this “talent” of Rose is considered “unusual” by some netizens.
Her controversial dance style has triggered a lot of anti-fans and is considered “cringy”
when most of her dance movements are too curvy and excessive.
Some even think that she’s just trying too hard to show off her femininity.
“Don’t push yourself too far or else you’ll break your spine” said a netizen.
In a performance at "Good Morning America" ​​in the US, Rosé was commented that
her dance was quite awkward and too "curvy" compared to the other 3 members.
While the rest had straight and comfortable dance figures, some pointed out that Rosé
was bending her spine and waist too much “as if she doesn’t even have a spine”.
It is still a controversial topic of whether or not Rosé does this on purpose.
A lot of netizens think her dance style is “peculiar” and “annoying”, which ruined
the whole visual part as well as the synchronization of the performance.
Some even question if Rosé’s bendy figure is innate or if it's her intention to create
a highlight for her choreography.
Whatever her purpose is, “her dance moves are a bit tiring to look at”.
Said a netizen.
Meanwhile, a lot of Rosé’s fans think her flexibility is inborn and her dance style
is just her habit since she has been dancing since she was 16 years old, they believe that
if Rosé changed her dance style, it would be uncomfortable for her.
They even complimented that even though Rosé has a thin and fragile body figure, she can
perform her choreography just as strong and sharp as Lisa’s.
And the argument among netizens keeps going on and on.
Somi
Somi is now working as a soloist under the management of The Black Label and she has
received a lot of love from her fandom as well as great support from netizens.
However, this female idol has gotten into a lot of drama since 2019, for her alleged
efforts to look cute aren’t received very well by netizens.
Ever since Somi worked solo, her sexy girlcrush image has been loved by many fans.
But when Somi came back to her cutesy style with her aegyo expression appearing more often
than before, netizens didn't take this very well.
Many of them don’t think this style is “well-fitted” to her.
Some others may even think it’s “awkward” and “forced” when Somi does aegyo face.
In addition to that, another expression that was alleged to be “cringe” is when Somi
pouts on television shows, with a sad naive look or looking sideways.
While her fans think it’s cute, the others think it’s “over exaggerated” when she
tries to pull off a sad puppy look.
Not only Somi’s allegedly “cringe” cuteness but her voice gets on some netizens’ nerves
as well.
Besides being commented as “overrated” or “nothing outstanding”, Somi was also
criticized for her “child-like” voice as netizens think that she’s trying too
hard to twist her voice.
“The thing that annoys me the most is her voice, which is just so child-like and annoying”.
Said a netizen.
There’s even a “cringe moment” video of Somi’s parents reacting to their daughter’s
music video “Boyfriend”.
Their reaction was priceless, netizens said “they both seemed to be a little taken aback”.
Though Somi’s parents still love and support her endlessly, they were just so surprised
to see a different side of their daughter.
Chuu - LOONA
Other than her idol career, Chuu also appeared in many TV shows like Running girls or The
iron squad, especially in her Youtube channel called Chuu can do it.
While Chuu often appears as a cheerful girl with a positive vibe and a bubbly personality
in front of the camera, she has some moments when the netizens have to question whether
or not she’s exaggerating her cuteness.
Take a look at this example.
A netizen captured the moment when Chuu acknowledged that the camera was pointing at her, she immediately
changed her expression from sneering to cute with naive eyes and waved her thumb, which
made a lot of netizens feel cringy.
They even said that Chuu was “trying too hard” to show off her cute character.
Another time in Knowing Bros, Chuu had a quite interesting facial expression when she expressed
herself by looking sideways and sticking out her tongue.
While Chuu’s fans think this action represents her bubbly personality and it’s totally
normal of her to do so, some netizens find it “annoying”.
A netizen just can’t stand it to the point that she… “has to skip the video whenever
she sees her on screen”, as she shared..
And a lot of people seemed to agree with this.
Some even find it funny when Chuu’s way of expression is quite similar to Wonyoung’s
when they both like to stick out their tongues.
So, do you agree with the opinion that these idols are trying too hard to show their cuteness?
Or are some netizens just being too scrutinizing?
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