Photos of a male idol went viral on Korean online community posts this week, drawing a massive response for what netizens are calling legendary body proportions. The idol in the photos has since been revealed as LNGSHOT’s Ohyul.
Ohyul (Credits: Koreaboo)
LNGSHOT’s Ohyul and the Waist-to-Hip Ratio Debate
The photos showed an unusually feminine waist-to-hip ratio — rare to find among male idols, whose physiques usually trend toward a straight or V-shaped silhouette. The dramatic contrast between Ohyul’s narrow waist and his hips is what sent the images spreading across community boards.
Many netizens, however, debated whether the photos were even real. Comments ranged from disbelief — “So you’re saying there really is an idol like this?” — to discomfort at the scrutiny, with one user writing: “They are judging his body like it’s nothing because he’s a male idol…”
Why Idol Body Proportions Keep Going Viral
K-pop fans are no strangers to proportion discourse — height differences, leg ratios, and face-to-body measurements are practically a genre of their own in idol fandom. But this story cuts both ways: while many fans celebrated Ohyul’s striking figure, the debate over whether the photos were edited, and the ethics of dissecting a male idol’s body, gave the conversation a second life.
Whatever the verdict on the photos, one thing is clear: LNGSHOT’s Ohyul has the internet’s full attention, and his name is trending for all the right — and wrong — reasons.
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Source: Koreaboo — read the full story there.