WJSN’s Dayoung is causing concern among fans by hinting at a situation where her agency has neglected her birthday. In the early hours of the 26th, she posted a photo capturing part of her agency Starship Entertainment’s official account on her Instagram story. The image only showed a birthday celebration post for Kiki member Jiyu, who shares the same birthday as Dayoung, with no mention of Dayoung herself. Dayoung added a short note ‘ㅎ’, but a subsequent post made her feelings more clearly known. She posted a lion proverb ‘토사구팽(兎死狗烹)’ with a hamster character putting its hand in its pocket. The proverb means to use when needed and discard when useless, interpreted as Dayoung expressing dissatisfaction with her agency’s indifference towards her. Starship has not released an official statement on this matter, and the posts have since been deleted. Fans are not taking the meaning of this post lightly, especially considering WJSN’s prolonged hiatus since July 2022 and the focus of members who ended their contracts in March 2023 on individual activities. Celebrating their 9th debut annIVErsary in 2024, WJSN, once a 13-member large girl group, has faced reorganization due to decreased activities and some members leaving. Dayoung is actIVE in various fields, including entertainment shows, but the absence of group activities remains a source of great disappointment for both fans and members.
