Here we go again... that dreaded "ageism" topic is trending. But what if K-Pop fans aren't referring to ageism in the sense of "you're too old to listen to K-Pop" but rather, "your idols are too old to be idols." Wait—what? Don't worry, you actually did read that right. Some fans may be too young to realize the impact of their own words, but ageism and mental health often go hand-in-hand, and the fandom is feeding into the stigma—netizens complained Monsta X's Joohoney & Hyungwon were too old to be music show MCs, Ahn Jeongmin is apparently too old to debut, and double standards are running rampant—trainee Beomhan's honesty about his mental health is perceived as "oversharing" by some, and BTS Jimin received bullying over a recent encore stage.
