Photo Credits: GQ Korea. CDGCDGCDG. Source Music

In the August 2025 issue of GQ Korea, Kim Chaewon emerges in a mysterious dialogue with CDGCDGCDG, weaving together the language of fashion and the spirit of performance. The pictorial does not simply dress her; it frames her in fragments of contrast—architectural silhouettes dissolving into softness, sharp textures draped with quiet restraint. What unfolds is not a portrait in the traditional sense, but an atmosphere—an imagined space where elegance bends into defiance and vulnerability becomes its own kind of strength.

Chaewon carries the imagery with an unspoken gravity. Her gaze lingers like a half-remembered story, powerful in its subtle refusal to explain itself. Every frame holds its own tension: the fabric doesn’t just clothe her body; it becomes part of her narrative, pressing against her presence until the boundary between muse and medium almost disappears. CDGCDGCDG’s layered pieces revel in this tension, leaning into the unconventional yet finding balance in the artist’s understated poise.

There is something elemental about how Kim Chaewon occupies this moment. She is not positioned as a singer stepping into fashion, nor a figure styled into a foreign concept. Instead, she feels like the nexus point between the two worlds—a reminder that artistry, whether through music or design, is ultimately about interpretation, about the courage to let ambiguity speak louder than clarity.

For LE SSERAFIM’s leader, this pictorial is not simply an interlude between releases; it reads like a whispered manifesto on her evolving presence. In an industry that often chases spectacle, what this spread achieves is quieter yet infinitely more resonant: the beauty of reimagining oneself without ever needing to announce transformation.

EDITOR 박지윤
PHOTOGRAPHER 송근도
STYLIST 김혜수
HAIR 하민 at 빗앤붓
MAKE-UP 최다솜 at 우선
SPONSERED BY CDGCDGCDG

Editor: Park Ji-yoon
Photographer: Song Geun-do
Stylist: Kim Hye-soo
Hair: Ha Min at Bit & Brush
Make-up: Choi Da-som at Useon
Sponsored by: CDGCDGCDG

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