K-pop star Chaewon sparks health fears with alarmingly thin frame… as fans compare her to a SKELETON

A K-pop star has caused serious health problems during her latest performance after fans noticed her alarmingly thin frame.

Kim Chaewon, one of the most popular members of South Korean girl group TripleS, looked much skinnier than usual while performing on stage at the group’s concert in Taipei.

Dressed in a sleeveless pink midriff and a ruffled miniskirt, the 18-year-old’s bones were clearly visible as she danced to the band’s single ‘Bubble Gum Girl’.

K-pop fans were horrified after a video of the performance was posted on social media, with many expressing concern about her skinny figure.

One commented: ‘It’s surprising that he even has the strength to move, this isn’t normal.’

“The camera adds ten pounds… I can’t imagine how small this girl looks in person,” another wrote.

‘I’m sorry but he’s literally a skeleton. For a moment I thought it was a skeletal AI dancing to K-pop, but oh my god! “This is so wrong,” commented a third.

Chaewon was only 16 years old when she joined TripleS, which had 24 members.

The band has only been around since 2022, but has already released two studio albums, multiple EPs, and embarked on several world tours.

Before joining TripleS, he competed in the K-pop competition series Universe Ticket and was the fourth contestant eliminated.

Before that, he worked as a child actor and made his acting debut in 2008, when he was only four years old.

The K-pop industry brings billions of dollars into the country’s economy every year, and nothing less than complete and utter perfection is expected from the industry’s young stars.

According to the research book titled K-pop: Idols in Wonderland, eight out of ten female K-pop trainees stop menstruating due to overly restrictive diets, Korea Times reported.

Other factors, such as stress and lack of sleep, are also likely to be to blame.

K-pop fans were horrified after a video of the performance was posted on social media, with many expressing concern about her skinny figure.

In 2023, K-pop star Hyein, a member of the girl group NewJeans, revealed the junk food she survived during a music video shoot.

In a short clip shared online, the teenager, who was 14 at the time, was seen picking up sliced ​​avocado, two halves of a cherry tomato and some yellow rice.

Meanwhile, Momo, a member of chart-topping K-pop group TWICE, once admitted to starving herself so severely that she feared for her own life.

The Japanese artist, now 29, said she was told to lose 7 kilograms (15 lbs) a week before TWICE’s official debut in 2015.

If he couldn’t do this, he wouldn’t be able to enter the group.

To reach her goal weight, she ate nothing but an ice cube and exercised non-stop for a week.

Before joining TripleS, Chaewon was a member of the now-defunct girl group Busters, which she joined shortly before her 13th birthday.

TripleS is a 24-member girl group consisting of multiple smaller groups

‘I didn’t eat anything all week and went to the gym constantly. “I spent all my time making sure I had no water left in my body,” Jihyo explained on Candy Nights.

‘And when I lay down in bed and tried to sleep, I was afraid I would never wake up and suddenly I started crying,’ she continued.

‘I ate an ice cube but I thought I could get fat even with that. So that’s what I did, but I didn’t lose 7 kilos on D day, so they gave me about three more days.’

In even more tragic news, former K-pop idol Kwon Mina was rescued after attempting suicide on New Year’s Eve earlier this year.

The 32-year-old, who had tried to end his life many times before, shared an alarming post on social media titled “Goodbye and I’m sorry” on January 1.

Mina previously attempted suicide in 2020, claiming it was due to prolonged bullying she experienced in her former girl group AOA.

He was hospitalized in 2021, a year later, after he was found unconscious in his home following another attempt to end his life.

Before her attempt on January 1, the singer and actress shared on social media that she was ‘not in a normal mood’ and that past bullying and an alleged sexual assault incident in 2007 had caused mental pain.