131 K-Pop Isn't Cool

As we entered the new-media era, it became nothing unusual for the stars of the younger generation to communicate with their fans through social media or dedicated apps.

Actors share glimpses of their daily lives on Instagram.

Idols talk to their fans through dedicated communication apps.

Some even go live every month if they have a contract with a platform or broadcaster, so compared to the past, when you had to act like a sasaeng fan or meet the fan-sign cutoff just to attend a fan sign and exchange a single word with an idol, you could truly say the world had been turned upside down.

But Seo Si-yeon was not an idol who used communication apps or livestreaming platforms.

Nor was she an actress constrained by advertising contracts that required her to post on social media.

As a result, among Seo Si-yeon's relatively young fandom, she was one of the very bywords for being impossible to reach.

Considering Seo Si-yeon's unusual age, her lack of communication wasn't entirely incomprehensible, but it was an undeniable fact that she was far less accessible than even Blooming and Noiris, who were with the same company.

Still, given that she was Seo Si-yeon, she was actually fairly prolific when it came to appearing on traditional TV variety shows, which offered fans some consolation.

Just recently, she had even released something like a documentary through an OTT platform...