NOT CUTE ANYMORE Lyrics – ILLIT (아일릿)

ILLIT flips the script with NOT CUTE ANYMORE, the punchy pre-release single that dropped today, November 24, 2025, ahead of their second mini-album ALTER EGO, and it slaps like finally ripping off the pastel stickers and showing the world you’ve got edges now.

These five girls have spent the last year and a half being everyone’s pocket-sized serotonin boost, but this track is them stepping out of the box. No more jelly shoes and shy giggles; they’re rocking suede vinyls, horror movies, and loose jellyfish energy instead of puppy-dog cute. It’s still got that addictive ILLIT bounce, crisp hi-hats, fuzzy bass, and those little vocal quirks that make you hit replay, but the attitude is brand new.

Think Magnetic-era sparkle mixed with a “I’m done trying to be palatable” smirk. The lyrics are packed with tiny rebellions: limited-edition bean soup over matcha, no keyring clutter, cherry coke is out, horror flicks are in. It’s playful, but the message is clear: cute was fun, now we’re growing into something weirder and freer.

NOT CUTE ANYMORE is the first taste of ALTER EGO, a six-track mini that lands December 8, 2025, via Belift Lab. The concept is all about shedding the forced sweetness and exploring the messier, cooler sides of themselves, think darker palettes, grungier fits, and a sound that leans harder into alt-pop and Y2K attitude while keeping the earworm hooks. Early tracklist teases show this as track two, right after the title cut and before a couple of unit songs and a ballad that’ll probably wreck us.

ILLIT are in full glow-up mode right now, fresh off sold-out Japan showcases and Magnetic still sitting pretty on global year-end charts. At barely 19-20 years old, they’re already tired of being babied, and this single is their polite-but-firm way of saying “we’re keeping the charm, but the leash is off.”

X is exploding with the MV drop this morning, girls everywhere posting their own “not cute anymore” transformations and the jellyfish line is already a TikTok sound waiting to happen. If Magnetic was the sugar rush, this is the first sip of something sharper.

Dive into the NOT CUTE ANYMORE lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss the rest of ALTER EGO for more of ILLIT’s fearless evolution.