Choi Yena's Change In Visuals Receives Mixed Reactions For THIS Reason: 'It's Too Much'

Netizens are discussing the idol's current appearance.

On May 28, Korean netizens flocked to an online thread titled, 'This Is What Choi Yena Looks Right Now." In the post, the author uploaded several images of the "Good Morning" singer, which were drawn from her official Instagram post earlier on February 25.

Netizens conveyed their opinions on Yena's new look and pointed out how the idol had changed her styling and makeup. Many have also conveyed that her lower eye puffs, popularly known as "aegyo-sal," were too excessive and that she needed to change her salon.

Read their reactions below:

• "It's because of the way she drew her inner eye corners."
• "She looks the same but the makeup in the 2nd pic is way too overboard that she looks a bit different."
• "She kind of became more trendy looking."
• "No, but what is this makeup? She needs to change her beauty salon."
• "I think the previous makeup style brought out her charm much better."
• "The previous salon was better. What's with the exaggerated aegyo-sal? Did they make it stronger for the stage?"
• "The inner-eye makeup and the heavy aegyo-sal are too much. It feels like the makeup is diminishing Yena's charm."
• "Her makeup looks really weird."

Meanwhile, in a separate forum, international fans also gave out their take on Yena's new styling. Similar to the reactions of Korean netizens, they were also divided in their responses, as many claimed that light makeup perfectly suits Yena way better than heavy ones.

Here's how they reacted:

• "This is the kind of makeup that only looks good with a filter or something put over it. It's halfway decent because she's already pretty."
• "Honestly, Yena's charm is her freshness, I like her with light makeup more than thick makeup like this."
• "Take out the aegyo-sal and it's not a terrible makeup look."
• "She looks like a combination of all LOONA put together in one person
• "I can't stand those aegyo-sal omg."
• "The look would be way better without it too."
• "I've seen this exaggerated aegyo-sal look on Liz from IVE too but she had a little natural aegyo-sal so it didn't look flat like this."
• "This gives more Douyin than Gyaru in my opinion. Aegyo-sal kind of makes me itch when it protrudes like that. It's uncanny."

In other news, Choi Yena made headlines due to her appearance on the YouTube show, "Don't Forget Your Breakfast 2" on February 6. Before she became one of K-pop's most-loved soloists, she was also a member of the best-selling project girl group IZ*ONE.

During the episode, Yena mentioned her former group, which disbanded in 2021, and revealed who pays frequently every time the members gather to have a meal.

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Written by Israel Monte