Appeared woke and frivolous (4,2,5)

I believe the answer is:

came to light

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'appeared' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'woke and frivolous' is the wordplay.
'woke' becomes 'cameto' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'frivolous' becomes 'light' (light can mean trivial or unimportant).
'cameto'+'light'='CAME TO LIGHT'

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I've seen this clue in The Times.

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