Baek Ji-young “There’s a hole in my belly button~” … Recalling memories of ‘Y2K fashion’ piercings

TV Jun 25, 2025

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Photo courtesy | SBS
Photo courtesy | SBS
Baek Ji-young recalls ‘Y2K fashion’.

On SBS show ‘Wow! Really? Is this happening in the world?’ , which will air on the 26th, he sympathizes with the story of a 20-something who sticks to ‘Y2K fashion’ and self-discloses his past.

On this day’s broadcast, the ‘Time Travel Special’ will be held under the titles ‘Why is Vice President Ko like this?’ , ‘I wear Y2K every day ‘, and’ Ae-soon’s diary ‘, immersing the 4 MCs Jeon Hyun-moo, Baek Ji-young, Kim Ho-young, and Subin and’ guest ‘Hyun-young.

On this day, the protagonist of the story, “I wear Y2K every day,” a woman in her 20s, introduces herself as “Ji Hye-yoon, whose time has stopped in the 2000s,” and shows off a retro fashion similar to the outfit in a cell phone commercial that Lee Hyo-ri wore in the early 2000s.

He completed his Y2K fashion with a cool, deep-cut tracksuit, a bling-bling belt, and large hoop earrings reminiscent of bus handles.He confessed, “I was shocked by what my older sisters and brothers looked like at the dance academy in elementary school, and that’s when my longing(for Y2K fashion)began.”
Photo courtesy | SBS
Photo courtesy | SBS
He then explains, “When I turned 20 and started earning money, I got my belly button pierced and kept buying Y2K fashion items.” Baek Ji-young also seemed to agree and made everyone laugh by saying, “I have a hole in my belly button too.”

In a cheerful atmosphere, Ji Hye-yoon says, “I still like 2000s songs and shows like ‘X-Man, ‘‘Love Letter,’ and ‘Exciting Blind Date,’” and shows off Y2K props that fill her house.Kim Ho-young says, “I think I like the 2000s sensibility itself,” and recalls, “Back then, I used to wear tacks on my Walker heels.”

Baek Ji-young agrees, saying, “We used to clean the streets(in long jeans),” and mentions Kim Hye-soo’s prestige as the original fashion icon, saying, “Kim Hye-soo first made the Levi’s 501 series popular.”




Reporter Lee Jeong- annjoy@donga.com

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