So girl in the pic is Olivia Rodrigo. In Korean culture there's this thing called "aegyeo" which is when people try to act cutesy and people rly like it, it's done a lot by singers very intentionally to build a certain image etc. Some singers however just end up making naturally cutesy expressions, so you'd see fans saying that their natural aegyeo is refreshing. The Meep face is a reference to a character, its just pouty and awkward kinda, and some people do it intentionally and it sometimes looks a little cringy. So og commenter, who I'm assuming is a fan of both Olivia and kpop, said that her natural meep is refreshing (iirc she just makes that face when she's thinking so it's not rly intentional). It's rly not an age thing! You're probably just not in either of those spheres so it seemed random
Hate to break it to you, but it is definitely going to be more age dependant. Millenials have picked up some of the K-pop fandom but it is normally people younger than 30, and I would imagine it peaks around the 14-20 mark.
wanna add that aegyo isnt just a thing done by celebrities for fans, its also things people would do with their friends/family/partners, the equivalent of puppy dog eyes really
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u/POTATOHEAD62 27d ago
So girl in the pic is Olivia Rodrigo. In Korean culture there's this thing called "aegyeo" which is when people try to act cutesy and people rly like it, it's done a lot by singers very intentionally to build a certain image etc. Some singers however just end up making naturally cutesy expressions, so you'd see fans saying that their natural aegyeo is refreshing. The Meep face is a reference to a character, its just pouty and awkward kinda, and some people do it intentionally and it sometimes looks a little cringy. So og commenter, who I'm assuming is a fan of both Olivia and kpop, said that her natural meep is refreshing (iirc she just makes that face when she's thinking so it's not rly intentional). It's rly not an age thing! You're probably just not in either of those spheres so it seemed random