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YouTube 211.2K views·YouTube 317 comments·2mo ago·IVE

Hello (An-Young) in Seoul

The Korean context

What happened

IVE's official channel posted a Shorts clip of members An Yujin and Jang Wonyoung as the duo An-Young. The clip's title adds "IN SEOUL," and apart from music its only captioned words frame it as an "off the record" late-night conversation.

More context

Why Koreans care

The pair name works as wordplay: 안녕 (annyeong, the casual word for hello and goodbye) is written beside the romanization "An-Young." With the tags for An Yujin and Jang Wonyoung, it reads as a blend of the two names (An from An Yujin's surname, Young from the end of Wonyoung). Commenters add the plural-style ending 즈 (jeu, like an English "-z") to make the nickname 안녕즈 (annyeongjeu, roughly "the An-Youngs"), which about half of the top comments use. The input does not say whether An-Young is an official unit name or a fan pairing nickname, only that the group's own channel puts it in the title.

In the Korean comments

Majority: Most top comments are short praise built around the nickname, such as "Long live An-Youngz!!!!" and "Our An-Youngz, pretty today as always. Just looking at you makes me smile on its own." Minority: A few commenters read the late-night mood as grown-up and goddess-like: "Both of them give off a mature grown-woman feel, and that is insanely good," and "Goddess duo." This angle appears in only one or two comments. Fandom: Some comments are protective or pleading. One commenter writes, "Wonyoung unnie (older sister), hang in there. In some video they say unnie is tone-deaf." Another begs the duo to join a trend: "FREAKD OUT: please, please join this trend! Please, everyone, An Yujin, Wonyoung, please." The input does not explain what the FREAKD OUT trend is. No top comment criticizes the clip itself, and the only worry voiced is on Wonyoung's behalf.

What the words mean

Two readings are easy to get wrong. First, 개좋네 (gaejonne, "damn good") in one top comment: the prefix 개 (gae, literally "dog") works as a casual intensifier like "insanely," so it is strong praise, not an insult. Second, the 음치 (eumchi, tone-deaf) comment: the ending 래요 (raeyo, "they say") marks it as hearsay, so the commenter is passing on that someone in another video called Wonyoung tone-deaf and comforting her. A foreign viewer could take this as a settled fact or a widespread criticism, but it is one second-hand remark, and nothing in the input rates her singing either way.

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Comments in Korean20

The same comments the article read — most-liked first

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안녕즈 영원해라!!!!

@@l***35

오늘도 언제나 이쁜 울 안녕즈~~♡ 보기만해도 웃음이 저절로 나온다~ 너무너무 고마워~울 안녕즈 사랑해!

@@S***15

진짜..아이브보면서 힐링다한다앗..🫶🏻🫶🏻🥹🥹🩷🩷

BAKBING reaction summary

Most fans are ecstatic, saying 'I love An-Young!' while some commented, 'They're so prettyㅠㅠ.'

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