Teenage Idols Going Through Awkward Phase Between Being Aegyo and Sexualized
“They just turned 16 (Korean age), so they’re at that difficult age when their audience has dwindled to just a few of her fellow female teens and a frightening number of male incel sasaengs,” explained TWICE-member Nayeon, who chuckled as she recalled going through her own girl group growing pains, which she described as flirting between the two extremes of “sweet and innocent” and “fresh, eroticized fodder for the male gaze.”




