Korean slang profile
NOT CUTE ANYMORE
NOT CUTE ANYMORE
A challenge set to ILLIT’s song, with framing that looks as though someone is holding up a hat and a movement shaking one leg.
A challenge set to ILLIT’s song, with framing that looks as though someone is holding up a hat and a movement shaking one leg.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- NOT CUTE ANYMORE 챌린지
- Earliest source found
- Dec 28, 2025
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
NOT CUTE ANYMORE 챌린지는 촬영 각도부터 맞춰야겠어.
For the NOT CUTE ANYMORE challenge, I’ll need to get the camera angle right first.
02Documented history
- 2025-12-28Dafanew introduced a challenge combining ILLIT’s music with hat-lifting framing and a one-leg movement.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Dafanew’s 2025 roundup describes it as using a sped-up version of ILLIT’s song, with a camera setup featuring a slightly lifted hat. The challenge uses the song of the same name. Who filmed it first and exactly how the choreography came about could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were checked directly in the article. The original material and when the expression was coined need separate verification.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 데패뉴 2025 연말 결산✍🏻 밈 트렌드 : 데패뉴 | 트렌드&스타일링 (데패뉴)Published Dec 28, 2025Original source checked Nov 12, 2026