Who Made ‘Neukkeukeu’ Go Viral? The Neukkeukeu Themselves

CORTIS on SBS Radio's Cultwo Show, September 14, 2025

What does neukkeukeu mean? Gen Z’s Korean slang for people behind on trends came from CORTIS’s song YOUNGCREATORCREW, and the ones who spread it most were the “old” themselves: Ma Dong-seok, Max Changmin, Yoo Jae-suk and even the Dodgers.