Netizens Celebrate The 2nd Generation “OG Barbie Of K-Pop” After Her Recent Barbiecore Instagram Post

“The only ‘Human Barbie.'”

As the Barbie movie continues to sweep box offices and gain fans’ love worldwide, many K-Pop fans have joined in on the Barbie-fied trends, editing their favorite idols into Barbie characters.

BLACKPINK imagined as “Barbie” characters in fanmade edits | @BuzzingPop/Twitter
Somi sharing a fanmade edit of herself as Barbie on her Instagram story | @somsomi0309/Instagram
SHINee imagined as “Barbie” characters in fanmade edits | @shineefilms/Twitter

Fan edits aren’t necessary for one idol as she’s already dressed the part of the iconic Barbie doll while touring the world with her former group 14 years ago. She was even awarded by Mattel, the company that manufactures Barbie dolls, in 2012.

Solo artist Jessica Jung, formerly a member of Girls’ Generation, performed a duet that’s remembered fondly by fans while on the group’s Girls’ Generation Asia Tour “Into the New World” in 2009 and 2010.

Jessica Jung | @jessica.syj/Instagram

For her duet, she performed “Barbie Girl” with fellow SM Entertainment artists. Super Junior‘s Donghae and Heechul and SHINee‘s Key played the part of Ken on different nights, making it an unforgettable collaboration each time.

SHINee’s Key (left) and Jessica Jung (right)
Super Junior’s Heechul (left) and Jessica Jung (right)
Super Junior’s Donghae (left) and Jessica Jung (right)

Just two years later, Jessica won the “2012 Barbie Award” at Mattel’s Barbie The Dream Closet campaign event in Seoul.

TVXQ‘s Yunho received the “Ken Award” that same year, and both were gifted a doll made in their likeness.

TVXQ’s Yunho (left) and Jessica Jung (right)

Recently, Jessica again embraced the Barbiecore aesthetic on Instagram, pairing iconic Barbie pink outfits together and modeling them while using an audio clip from the Greta Gerwig film.

Netizens couldn’t get over the return of the “OG K-Pop Barbie Queen,” celebrating Jessica’s return to the trendy aesthetic.

The comment section on Jessica’s recent post was quickly filled with fans praising her as the “Human Barbie.”

| @jessica.syj/Instagram

Jessica Jung also recently reunited with fellow 2nd generation idols, f(x)‘s Amber and former Miss A‘s Jia, while filming the Chinese idol survival program Sisters Who Make Waves 2023.

Check out photos from the reunion in the article below!

Three “Big 3” 2nd-Gen K-Pop Idols Reunite While Filming For Idol Survival Program

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