Sexualized Images of LE SSERAFIM’s Chaewon Spark Outrage Online
LE SSERAFIM’s Chaewon is facing controversy over AI-altered sexualized images going viral.
The controversy began after photos of Chaewon, seemingly manipulated using AI, spread quickly online. One post alone got over 60,000 likes in less than 24 hours, sparking fear and anger among netizens.
The outfit shown in the images is from a fan sign event Chaewon attended early in 2025. But netizens quickly pointed out that the viral sexualized versions were fake, created by AI tools altering the original photos.
— Gardox (@Gardoxjj) January 6, 2026
Real photos from the fan sign confirm Chaewon wore the outfit naturally without any sexualizing edits.
250316 M2U Fansign@le_sserafim
#르세라핌 #LESSERAFIM #LE_SSERAFIM #김채원 #채원 #KIMCHAEWON #CHAEWON pic.twitter.com/FKJMZupnRp— Dokkaebi Kpop (@DokkaebiKpop) March 23, 2025
Fans and netizens are calling out the sexualization and the use of AI technology for harassment. The backlash is strong against the user who posted the altered images.
> this account is just perversely disgusting omg how tf is it still around
— serene (@bobamochiiii)
> some of yall deserves a public execution by looking at the way yall treating women
— z (@ghostinyoon)
> this is why you know le sserafim fans are full of grown man incels
— (@summerskieshao)
> 이게문제야ㅆㅂ 이런 성희롱이 만연한 사회라 자기만족 주체적 섹시가 성립이 안 되는 거라고… 이딴 성폭력글이 좋아요 몇 개를 받는지 돌았네 걍
— 난 첫 키스가 구토 맛이다 (@denji_chain_)
> This is the problem, FFS. In a society where this kind of sexual harassment is so widespread, ‘self-satisfying, self-directed sexiness’ can’t even exist… The fact that garbage sexual-violence posts like this get likes, people are seriously out of their minds.
> 사진 뭔가 ai로 만든 느낌이 드는데 걍 죽으셈
— (@seowol_do)
> The photo kind of looks like it was made with AI — just go die.
The incident highlights growing fears about how AI technology can be weaponized to target female idols and increase sexualization in K-pop. Fans and observers continue to monitor the situation closely.