HI Cutie (average age of 12.6) debut with Play U

[pearlychoco.livejournal.com]

Yoo Jin (born in 2003) (girl in the middle) - Leader
Yoon Jung (born in 2004) (second to left with short hair) - Rapper
Ha Young (born in 2004) (second to right) - Vocal
Eun Jung (born in 2005) (first to right) - Vocal
Chae Rin (born in 2006) (first to left with pig tails) - Youngest Member

they're way too young, too sweet & too pure for this awful industry

edited to add in their birth year.

Sources: HI CUTIE 하이큐티 (1, 2), 신동윤 (3, 4)

Comments

[ty.livejournal.com]

Too young!

[saemcrh.livejournal.com]

Omg they’re babies, they’re adorable but no thanks! Let them be children ffs.

[haixiao.livejournal.com]

why did their parents allow this

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

this actual kids give you some perspective .....

like watching those pre-teen girls just acting their age makes one realise how commonly kpop infatilize grown woman only to fit aegyo concepts

let's not pretend we havent seen before girls in their 20's dancing/doing aegyo/dressed exactly like this... for me the creppy part is this cute outfit + heavy make up combo

[sheisagentleman.livejournal.com]

this gave me flashbacks to ioi dream girls. and yes ia w your whole comment

[yxerin.livejournal.com]

stone cold tea

[nekokonneko.livejournal.com]

for real...this is honestly the first time that such super cutesy voices and ott aegyo haven't come off as cringe-worthy to me and it's because, in this case, it's entirely age-appropriate.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

they couldnt make the titles of those youtube videos any longer could they...
also you can see their male trainer (? or ceo?) in the background. i guess he was evaluating them. these kids are way too young for that. they look like a bunch of middle schoolers having fun after school, not like celebrities training for their debut. they dont have "it". let them stay kids for a little longer.

[rainstormraider.livejournal.com]

Wow.
Nope.

K-pop needs to stop debuting kids. 18 and over only please!

[existingisfunny.livejournal.com]

children that must be protected.

is the concept watching them become good? i don't mean this in a mean way, they're so young and unexperienced, the dancing is stiff and the voices are kinda screechy. but they're not supposed to be professional at this age anyway so i'm so confused as to what this is! it's like they're debuting as literal trainees?

[haroobommi.livejournal.com]

this is considered work right? doesn't korea have like laws for age limit?

[pearlychoco.livejournal.com]

doesn't korea have like laws for age limit?

i remember a while back when gp basic made their debut, janey was only 12 & she couldn't perform with her group due to regulations that were passed regarding kids under a certain age (not sure what age specifically) can't debut. this article (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/south-korean-law-protect-young-717098) kinda explains more about laws that were passed to protect underaged singers & actors in korea

[sanctuairee.livejournal.com]

average age of 12.6? ☹☹☹☹☹

[myrrhcat.livejournal.com]

what the fuck.......?

[jaequeeragenda.livejournal.com]

aww no, they kinda remind me of mini moni in those bumblebee looking outfits

but ffff they're so young and whose gonna protect them from the industry? :/ nooooo :( :( :( :( :(

[avrgaesthetics.livejournal.com]

tooooo young. nope. not healthy.

[frequency.livejournal.com]

they're adorable, but they should be allowed to be kids. :/ their company can surely wait another 6 to 8 years before "debuting" them.

[donaldjdrumpf.livejournal.com]

I don't see why everyone is freaking out, they're 13 if u round dummies!

[thomaswilmoore.livejournal.com]

i feel bad for them...
they will know the bad side of life too early :/

[boxcuttergirl.livejournal.com]

ohhh no i don't like this. The loona girl was bad enough.

[nozo-rin.livejournal.com]

Did they now learn from GP Basic?

[accioanime.livejournal.com]

whats sad is that debuting girls at 12 is normal in JPop so if this isnt condemned then it will also get normalized in Kpop. The "common" debut age of 16 is already too young.

[simprov.livejournal.com]

jfc chaerin is literally in 5th grade. that's nuts. and eun jung is in 6th! middle school is still way too young to debut, but i could understand the oldest 3 being trainees. but like 5th grade is way too young to even be a trainee imo

[blck-ink.livejournal.com]

this is sad! why can't they just wait until they're 18 and over to debut them? they're kids, the last they need is growing up in such a toxic environment. they're 12 years old now, who knows if they'll still want to do this next year? why can't their parents just let them be kids?

[yxerin.livejournal.com]

mte

[tiny0fairy.livejournal.com]

no, just let the children be children!

[mntsuklaa.livejournal.com]

The MV was posted a while back and I kept thinking that these girls making a collab with The East Light might be fun.
The song doesn't really do anything for me but I'm pretty sure I'm way out of their target demography.
They're obviously way too young to debut but since there's nothing I can do about it I hope they have as light promos as possible and don't gain haters. Ideally they'll fall into obscurity and go back to school.

[krissasaur]

/RUNS/

[nekokonneko.livejournal.com]

they're adorable, but knowing how seedy and horrible this industry is (and how it revels in preying on children), i just want to wrap them up in blankets and whisk them away.

i can't believe they actually have a member who just. turned. 11.

11!!!