Kpopalypse is back with another episode of the k-pop big boobs guide! Read on as we scientifically explore the important names in the world of k-pop boobs today!
Welcome to another episode of Kpopalypse’s big boobs guide (also known as the only posts on this site besides QRIMOLE that my partner ever reads) where Kpopalypse undergoes rigorous scientific analysis of boob for the holistic benefit of all k-pop lovers and boob lovers alike!
I could put a big disclaimer/explainer here about why these posts exist, what the very important mission of the boobs posts actually is, and how Kpopalypse is promoting sex-positivity and fap-positivity in an increasingly conservative and sex-negative age where sex is associated with shame and guilt rather than pleasure and respect, but frankly I couldn’t be bothered. Everyone is just going to take the most salacious parts out of context anyway, so either you get it, or you don’t. It’s not my fault if you didn’t understand the fap equations.
Of course, documenting large boobs in k-pop is a big undertaking and no list anywhere can ever claim to be truly complete. However I try my best to cover all bases (mainly second base) and bring you all the trufax about k-pop boobs in the world today. Note that this list will only cover girls not listed in previous episodes, so if your favourite hasn’t been listed here, you may wish to check the following posts to see if they were featured in a previous episode of this series:
Bring the girls out – a friendly and informative guide to big boobs in k-pop
Big boobs in k-pop part 2 – the boobs that Kpopalypse forgot
Big boobs in k-pop part 3 – private parts investigations
Pump up the pearly volume – big boobs in k-pop guide part 4
Just like TTs – Kpopalypse’s big boobs in k-pop guide part 5
Wrapping it softly – Kpopalypse’s big boobs in k-pop guide part 6
Return of the boob scientist – Kpopalypse’s big boobs in k-pop guide part 8
If you still don’t find your favourite k-pop girl, she was probably left out to annoy you, or she just wasn’t busty enough to make the cut, or I may be waiting for her to accumulate enough material in order to make research viable so I can include her in a future episode. Feel free to complain about this in the comments below or on your social media of choice.
The usual rating system will apply. Here’s a quick recap:
Size: the amount of raw TT on offer, before other factors come into play.
E factor: E is for enhancement – have boobs been pushed up, padded, taken from flattering angles, benefited from certain presentation in dance routines etc? This number denotes the amount of likely enhancement via these ‘natural’ methods.
PS factor: PS is for Plastic Surgery, and also for PhotoShop. Have boobs been enhanced using these technological methods? This number denotes the likelihood of enhancement via newfangled boobtech.
Fanservice: is a bird in the bush worth two in the hand?
Fapability: a combination of all of the above, plus a dash of completely unfair and biased subjectivity that comes naturally with being a k-pop wrtiter.
Without further ado, let’s get started!
KARINA (AESPA)
Let’s start off with Karina, because why shouldn’t we. K-pop fans have always suspected that Karina is quite busty despite her company’s insistence on low-lighting her natural attributes. This changed in mid 2023 when her group aespa performed at Waterbomb and several photos were taken showing a much less busty Karina than expected. This surprised many fans given the differences between Karina’s look and how a lot of more well-endowed female performers usually present at Waterbomb. Some people even accused Karina of faking her boob amount, certainly a scandalous accusation. So what is the truth?
What fans forgot is that SM Entertainment has always leaned heavily on the boringly conservative side when it comes to letting their female idols show “pearly volume”. Witness the large amount of SM Entertainment artists who immediately increased their boob presentation amount as soon as they were released from the shackles of that particular agency. So there was no way they were going to let Karina bounce around as she pleased at Waterbomb, Lee Soo Man’s pacemaker would surely fail. You can see in the below side-on shot that Karina’s boobs are quite severely squished both inward and down thanks to some heavy-duty compression underwear keeping her assets firmly locked down.
Many fans dutifully pointed this fact out, effectively doing my job for me and proving that kpop boob analysis actually does matter to k-pop fans, despite the fact that they criticise me for making posts like this one which are exactly the same as the posts that they themselves also make on social media to defend their idols. Clearly, whether fans choose the acknowledge it or not, there is a desperate need for a series like this one which focuses on boob science. In the meantime, know that the mere fact Karina’s boobs were even capable of such a seamless feat of squishiness that fooled so many, plus that it was deemed necessary, proves beyond doubt that she’s definitely both well-endowed and all-natural.
Size: 7
E factor: 8
PS factor: 0
Fanservice: 5
Fapability: 8
JEEWON (CIGNATURE)
Gosh, look at poor Jeewon, being cruelly exploited by her company. Have you ever seen a more miserable person in your life? Many k-pop fans surely haven’t (despite all the snuff porn from warzones they constantly share on their social media feeds) so they’ve started up a big campaign to “protect Jeewon” from this shameful exploitation, that’ll definitely show ’em. I mean just look at her, she just can’t stop being miserable…
Of course never mind that the videos where Jeewon supposedly objected to Waterbomb were actually T-ara style deceptive edits of much longer content where her reaction was nowhere near as negative as k-pop fans pretended (5:33). But then it wouldn’t be like k-pop fans to lie in order to twist a narrative in their preferred direction, would it? Would it?
Well okay, maybe Jeewon is a little miserable about her wardrobe department giving her some flimsy clothing, but perhaps they just underestimated her volume. If they had only read a post like this one, maybe they would have realised what they were dealing with and come prepared with sturdier fabric capable of giving her some support, but then on the other hand perhaps it’s asking a bit much for smaller agencies who can barely even keep their groups together at all to also compete with SM Entertainment’s Neo Clothing Technology.
Size: 9
E factor: 4
PS factor: 0
Fanservice: 9
Fapability: 9
JEON SOMI
Somi is someone who was actually pretty easy to research for this post as she tends to be a bit more cleavage-friendly than most idols. She’s also quite well-supported, I’ve definitely noticed a pattern where she never goes out in anything all that threadbare, even when she is showing considerable skin.
This is the sign of someone who definitely has some serious natural volume, because bigger boobs do require care and management. Sturdy clothing often comes at the expense of fanservice but Somi is pretty good at picking looks that achieve a compromise. Somi’s use of clothing is often well-chosen but always OH&S compliant, and we like OH&S compliance here at kpopalypse.com.
A lot of vocal analysts claim that Somi lacks “support” and “stability” but I’d actually say she’s one of the most supported and stable idols out there when it comes to the physical support of her lung capacity. However all this support does add considerable volume to her frame, so she’s often presenting a little bit bustier than she actually is. Not a bad thing, of course! This series is about science, not judgement. Have some completely unfair and subjective ratings anyway.
Size: 7.5
E factor: 6
PS factor: 0
Fanservice: 6
Fapability: 8
CHOWON (LIGHTSUM)
It was very difficult to find good pictures of Lightsum’s Chowon for this post, as she’s really not very fanservicey at all (and I didn’t even bother putting her groupmate Nayoung in this list for similar reasons – maybe next time). Hence why I’m using this very old photo for the first image. This isn’t a criticism of Chowon (if anything it’s a positive thing if that’s the way she wants things to be) but it does make research difficult.
However “very difficult” does not mean “impossible” and I think we are able to determine here that Chowon has some significant bustiness even though there’s also some hidden support here (a little more obvious in the video version).
What’s less clear is what sort of enhancement may be happening, but I’m going to go with “probably natural and just plenty of industrial strength clothing”, due to the bounciness in the video linked above. Also, people who have had breast augmentation tend to want to flaunt it a bit (because why spend all that money for nobody to appreciate the results), and apart from that one performance at Waterbomb Chowon has been fairly modest. I’ll knock a couple digits off her fapability rating just so she feels like I’m being less rude if she stumbles across this post (even though that’s probably a lie).
Size: 7.5
E factor: 7
PS factor: 0
Fanservice: 3
Fapability: 6
SWAN (PURPLE KISS)
I had more requests to include Swan in this series than Karina or Jeewon, believe it or not. She’s definitely by far the most requested idol to make the boobs posts this time around so if you have a problem with it definitely blame the fans around you, and the thousands of people who click on my boobs posts daily, and not me. I’m just giving the people what they want, and if I didn’t then people would just go to “hdporn.pics” to find this stuff instead (and yes, it’s there, just take my word for it so you don’t have to scan your computer for viruses 78 times like I did while making this post).
Swan isn’t one to flaunt her boobs hugely, but she’s just so thicc that she can’t really hide how stacked she is – even with reducing colours and outfits that don’t align whatsoever to boob presentation enhancement norms, she still comes off looking like Wendy in Crush Crush. I would spend my digital currency on a Swan lookalike in any computer game.
If anything, it’s generally just a camera trick when Swan doesn’t look busty, but don’t be fooled. What am I saying, I don’t think anyone reading this has any illusions. Are you even reading this.
Size: 9
E factor: 3
PS factor: 0
Fanservice: 3
Fapability: 9
NATTY (KISS OF LIFE)
Natty was another popular pick for this post, and my readers have been raving about her for at least the past year. She’s not really my type, but this post isn’t about personal preferences but boob science, so we should indeed analyse the Natty boobs.
Natty was also one of the first k-pop idols to embrace sideboob/underboob, and while this global trend hasn’t taken off in k-pop to a drastic extent, it’s certainly been influential in a smaller way. Natty should definitely be given due credit for paving the way in this area.
One thing I’ve always noticed about Natty however is she’s very firm. I’m undecided if there’s plastic surgery involvement in the chest area, because she does have a relatively broad shoulder span which means that her boob size isn’t unrealistic. However I also have never seen convincing jiggle from Natty like I have with many of the other idols above her on this list, so I remain undecided on this point. Clearly more research needs to be undertaken.
Size: 7.5
E factor: 5
PS factor: 5
Fanservice: 7
Fapability: 7
YEL (H1-KEY)
A popular pick with Kpopalypse readers, H1-Key’s Yel seems to have captured the attention of many k-pop boob appreciators.
Kpopalypse has a slight advantage over most readers in this area, as I was recently able to visit H1-Key in person and determine the level of Yel’s volume for myself. She did look smaller than expected, but to be fair, when I saw her she was wearing something much more reducing and constrictive (a bit like Karina’s Waterbomb-wear discussed earlier), nothing like the photos here which portray her boobs in a much bigger light.
Her boob volume as shown here definitely does make proportional sense given her frame and build in general, so I think it’s a case of these photos being fairly realistic. Obviously she’s benefiting a lot from clothing choices, but I think there’s definitely enough actual volume to validate her place in this post.
Size: 8
E factor: 7
PS factor: 0
Fanservice: 4
Fapability: 7
YOYOMI
Caonimas would like to know if trot performer and Kpopalypse fave Yoyomi is indeed busty and what is the trufax around her boob level. So little around this topic is written online that a search for “Yoyomi boobs” mainly just brings up various links to my own posts, because I’m the only one who has been writing in English about anything at all concerning Yoyomi consistently, more’s the pity.
After extensive reserach into this important topic, I really don’t think Yoyomi is all that busty, she just knows how to dress really well. Followers of her livestreams on YouTube will know all too well that Yoyomi is the proud owner of every piece of clothing ever created, as she regularly streams from a room that has more coat hangers than any backstage wardrobe room I’ve ever seen in two decades of live touring. So I think she has plenty of options available for when she wants to make a busty impression.
The fact that trot dance routines tend to be a bit milder and thus easier to perform than standard idol pop probably helps too. It means she doesn’t have to worry quite as much about stressful dance movements creating wardrobe malfunctions, so she can present herself a bit more daringly without having to be worried about the wrong body part (or the right body part) popping out when it shouldn’t. Busty performers thinking about a career in idol pop but worried about being “horribly exploited” like Jeewon might want to take Yoyomi’s lead and try trot instead.
Size: 5
E factor: 8
PS factor: 0
Fanservice: 8
Fapability: 6
YOUHA
I don’t think a lot of people have noticed all that much as she’s certainly not discussed as often as she should be, but Youha isn’t just an independent artist with some really good songs, she also has a ridiculous body. I don’t even like this type of body but somehow Youha is making me like it. You know that her image is completely self-directed too because she doesn’t exploit her body by wearing skimpy clothing that leaves nothing to the imagination like so many idols do.
Well okay, maybe she does… but at least she doesn’t do horrible exploitative stuff like Waterbomb…
Okay, okay, so she’d probably do Waterbomb too if she was well-known enough to be invited. Hell, her publicity agent has probably been campaigning to get her into it ever since she became a k-pop. Youha is yet another example of how independent k-pop artists who actually get a choice in how they present themselves, more often than not choose to expose themselves way beyond what the k-pop industry and their fans are comfortable with. It’s almost like the entire industry is extremely conservative and boring as fuck, and creative artists don’t like to be shackled by the chains of puritanism, who would’ve thought. Oh and her boobs are real, I guess. Or maybe they’re not. Fuck, who cares.
Size: 7
E factor: 8
PS factor: 4
Fanservice: 10
Fapability: 8
CHAEWON (LE SSERAFIM)
Chaewon has been a popular vote in the Kpopalypse Objectification Survey over the past few years, so we should investigate her form. Especially as it’s widely speculated that Chaewon got breast implants when she had her image change from IZ*ONE to Le Sserafim. Is there any truth to this?
It’s speculated that the above photo shows a breast surgery scar beneath the armpit. However in reality this is unlikely, as the location and type of incision is wrong, this type of breast surgery would generally be performed further up into the armpit, and especially so in the case of an idol who wouldn’t want others to know she had surgery. Why have the surgery site in a position that’s so obvious when you’re an idol? It makes no sense. This mark is much more likely to be something more mundane like a mark from clothing tape, a scratch from a stabby undergarment (thanks wardrobe department, Chaewon probably wanted to “go Irene” on them), or maybe even a different type of surgery such as mole or skin tag removal.
The idea that Chaewon had implants also isn’t consistent with her presentation, where her boob volume varies wildly. Notice how much flatter than usual she is in the above picture. People with implants tend to present about the same always, because silicone or saline fake boobs are firmer than real boobs and much harder to push down or hide. I suspect that Chaewon just migrated from IZ*ONE’s fairly modest image, to using push-up bras and other support more commonly when in Le Sserafim to fit in with that group’s more mature image. Aren’t you glad this series is here to demystify these important topics. Now you can sleep soundly tonight.
Size: 7
E factor: 9
PS factor: 2
Fanservice: 6
Fapability: 7
MAGENTA (QWER)
I’ve spent a bit of time talking about idols who probably haven’t had breast surgery in this post, so let’s spend a bit of time talking about someone who definitely has. Feminist queen Magenta tends to play down her volume when actually performing with QWER, but she dresses in a much more boob-enhancing way on her social media.
Nevertheless, her volume is plainly apparent in any case, simply because once you have breast implants they are almost impossible to hide. You don’t really have the option of not using a bra, or using compression, because fake boobs just aren’t designed to flatten out… you can try but you won’t get the results of someone with natural boobs. This is how we can be sure that Karina is real and Magenta is not.
No judgement here though, let’s be real – the surgeon did a great job. While I don’t advocate breast surgery for anybody, as I think there’s a lot of risks both in terms of medical health and the quality of the end result, it’s also your body – you can do what you want with it and you shouldn’t let anyone else tell you otherwise. Although if you are going to do it, I’d at least politely suggest try and find out where Magenta got them done and get it done there. If you’re going to fork out all that money, you deserve the best.
Size: 9
E factor: 5
PS factor: 10
Fanservice: 7
Fapability: 9
CHODAN (QWER)
I have to include Chodan here as well, and not just for the obvious reasons that I bias her a lot plus she has outstanding boobs. You see, unlike when searching for most other idols, a search for “Chodan boobs” weirdly brings up a ton of deepfake sites, which honestly I find depressing, as I don’t like or even see the point of deepfakes. So I’m hoping that by including Chodan in this post, people searching for Chodan’s boobs can find her actual boobs and not some messy Photoshop of her head stapled onto some random porn actresses’ body giving someone a handjob. I think Chodan as an avowed feminist would appreciate it if you could actually find real images of her when you searched for her, and not something from ChodanTributes.com.
I was undecided about how much enhancement she might have had, as her boob presentation does vary a bit between images and it’s clear that she’s getting some help from the clothing too. Then I saw her in hanbok:
Let’s be real – if someone can actually look busty in hanbok, they probably have fake boobs, so I’m going with Chodan as very likely fake for this post. Of course you’re very welcome to send research material if you disagree, especially anything showcasing Chodan boob movement or in very boob-enhancing clothing that may (or may not) have a natural contour to it. It’s important to be sure about these things so please don’t hesitate. We need to confirm our information.
Size: 8.5
E factor: 6
PS factor: 8
Fanservice: 6
Fapability: 9
CHAEHYUN (KEP1ER)
I don’t really follow Kep-one-er closely, mainly due to their lack of songs, so I’m not even sure what Chaehyun looks like. The pictures in this post may or may not be Chaehyun. I make no guarantees as to the Chaehyun content of the Chaehyun part of this post.
Just looking at her now I think she’s in a similar position to Yel from K1-key, so what I said about her pretty much applies here too (apart from H1-key having a fair few songs that don’t suck, of course).
So there you go, I’ll just copy and paste the scores from Yel here because I’m lazy. Hey, I don’t have much else to say, but since these big boob lists represent a tiny fraction of the site but are the only post of mine that 99% of visitors to kpopalypse.com even read, I’d just like to take this opportunity to introduce all new readers to the site. Welcome to kpopalypse.com, you can expect the following here:
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Size: 8
E factor: 7
PS factor: 0
Fanservice: 4
Fapability: 7
SOHYUN (TRIPLE S)
Someone told me that I should really check out Sohyun from TripleS so I thought that was a good idea. However regular readers will know that I’ve been having trouble identifying all the girls in TripleS because there’s so many of them, so it took me a while to work out which one Sohyun is. Thankfully I’ve finally worked it out so we can now proceed with this important part of the post.
Sohyun doesn’t really seem that busty to me, but what she does seem is very smart. Maybe she’s even the bookish type, who knows, I don’t know her of course but I just get the feeling that she’s very creative. She also looks very fashionable here, I wonder if she’s considered starting her own fashion label. Gosh I hope her agency lets her do that sort of thing, we all know what those k-pop companies can be like.
Anyway, I hope the k-pop industry is treating her well. It’s got to be tough standing out in a group with all those other members. Stay strong, Sohyun!
Size: 8
E factor: 0
PS factor: 0
Fanservice: 8
Fapability: 5
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