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LE SSERAFIM's Ever-Changing Image: 5 Music Videos That Defined Their Visual Identity

Hannah Gonzalez [email protected]Sep 21, 2026, 7:02 AM EDT
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LE SSERAFIM 'FEARLESS' MV Capture / Web Capture
LE SSERAFIM 'FEARLESS' MV Capture / Web Capture

Since making their debut in 2022, LE SSERAFIM have rarely looked the same twice as the group has moved through various concepts including sleek minimalism, apocalyptic chaos, sprawling cinematic landscapes and increasingly unconventional imagery.

While the confidence at the center of LE SSERAFIM's identity has remained recognizable, their music videos have continually found new ways to visualize it. That evolution has now continued with "Made My Night." Released on September 11, the group's second single album introduces another chapter in LE SSERAFIM's sound and visual identity.

For LE SSERAFIM, that willingness to change has become part of the identity itself. Rather than relying on one recognizable aesthetic, their music videos repeatedly reinterpret the group's central themes of confidence, resilience and individuality through completely different visual worlds.

With a new era now underway, K-POPIT looks back at five music videos that best capture how LE SSERAFIM's visual identity has evolved since their debut.

1."FEARLESS" (2022)

LE SSERAFIM introduced themselves with a notably restrained visual approach in the music video for their debut single "FEARLESS." Rather than relying on elaborate sets or a complicated storyline, the video places much of its attention directly on the members.

The gym setting, monochromatic spaces, runway-like shots and clean styling complement the controlled confidence of the song. Even the choreography is frequently presented without excessive visual distractions, allowing the group's performance to become one of the video's main attractions.

That simplicity was particularly effective for a debut built around fearlessness. Instead of surrounding the members with imagery designed to prove how powerful they were, the video largely asks them to carry that message themselves. Their expressions, movement and attitude become the concept.

Looking back,"FEARLESS" feels particularly significant because of how simple it is compared with what followed. It established confidence as a fundamental part of LE SSERAFIM's identity, while also positioning the members themselves at the center of their identity.

LE SSERAFIM 'ANTIFRAGILE' MV Capture / Web Capture
LE SSERAFIM 'ANTIFRAGILE' MV Capture / Web Capture

2."ANTIFRAGILE" (2022)

Only months later, LE SSERAFIM took that confidence and placed it in the middle of chaos as "ANTIFRAGILE" literally begins with an asteroid heading toward Earth.

"ANTIFRAGILE" is noticeably louder and more playful than the polished restraint of "FEARLESS." Street settings, damaged cars, flashing signs and increasingly chaotic scenes fill the screen, giving the group's second major music video a much less controlled feeling than their debut.

It works because "ANTIFRAGILE" is not simply another song about being strong as its central idea is of becoming stronger because of adversity. The music video therefore gives LE SSERAFIM something to react against, visually surrounding them with instability while making the members appear increasingly comfortable within it.

It also expanded what confidence could mean within the group's image."FEARLESS" presented confidence through control; "ANTIFRAGILE" suggested that confidence could also mean remaining yourself when control disappears. Even with the world seemingly falling apart around them, LE SSERAFIM keeps moving.

LE SSERAFIM 'UNFORGIVEN' MV Capture / Web Capture
LE SSERAFIM 'UNFORGIVEN' MV Capture / Web Capture

3."UNFORGIVEN" (2023)

With "UNFORGIVEN," LE SSERAFIM's visual world became considerably bigger as the music video moves away from the relatively contained settings of their earlier releases and embraces expansive landscapes.

Western-inspired imagery and a much more cinematic scale which include horses, dusty roads and dramatic outdoor scenes create a world that feels closer to a film than the minimalist performance spaces of their debut.

One of its most memorable images comes through Kazuha and the white wing attached to her back. Her eventual decision to tear it away becomes a striking visualization of the song's refusal to follow expectations or seek forgiveness for doing things differently.

That imagery works particularly well for LE SSERAFIM because their concept had increasingly become tied to choosing their own direction. Instead of simply telling listeners that they would reject expectations, "UNFORGIVEN" gives that idea a physical form: something traditionally associated with purity and perfection is deliberately removed.

The larger scale also reflects the group's growing ambition. By this point, confidence was no longer something that needed to exist only through poses or performance. "UNFORGIVEN" built an entire world around rebellion, allowing LE SSERAFIM's established attitude to become something closer to a cinematic character.

LE SSERAFIM 'EASY' MV Capture / Web Capture
LE SSERAFIM 'EASY' MV Capture / Web Capture

4."EASY" (2024)

However, "EASY" changed direction again, turning inward with darker cinematography and a more atmospheric approach.

Its striking locations and religious imagery give the video a mood that immediately separates it from the brighter streets and open landscapes of"ANTIFRAGILE" and"UNFORGIVEN." Furthermore, the way the group presents confidence also changes.

"FEARLESS" declared it openly and "UNFORGIVEN" turned it into defiance, but "EASY" makes confidence appear almost effortless. Fashion-focused imagery, subdued expressions and relaxed performances match a song built around making something difficult look simple.

The darker visual world consequently gives the group more depth without completely rewriting its identity. Instead of abandoning the confidence associated with LE SSERAFIM, "EASY" changes how that confidence is expressed, proving that their visual language can mature without losing its central idea.

5."CRAZY" (2024)

If "EASY" pulled things back, "CRAZY" did almost the opposite.

The music video embraces eccentricity through exaggerated movement, unusual compositions, rapid visual changes and moments that deliberately lean into absurdity. Rather than maintaining the polished seriousness often associated with LE SSERAFIM's earlier eras, the members are given room to be strange, playful and unpredictable.

Ballroom and voguing influences also become central to the choreography and overall visual language of the video. Those references bring a different kind of movement and attitude into the group's catalog, while fitting naturally with the relentless energy of the track.

More importantly, "CRAZY" expands LE SSERAFIM's idea of confidence once again. Here, confidence is not about looking perfect or remaining composed but rather it comes from being willing to look excessive and to remain unconventionally yourself while embracing it.

Placed beside "FEARLESS," the contrast is especially striking as the group that debuted inside sparse, carefully controlled spaces had arrived at a visual world willing to embrace excess and unpredictability just two years later.

Despite how different these five videos look, the same attitude runs through them. From the controlled minimalism of "FEARLESS" to the eccentricity of "CRAZY," LE SSERAFIM have consistently built their image around moving on their own terms.

That is ultimately what makes their constant reinvention work. LE SSERAFIM are not defined by a particular color palette, setting or aesthetic. Their visual identity comes from the confidence they bring into each new one reinventing what being fearless means each time.

"Made My Night" now adds another world to that evolution. Four years after "FEARLESS," perhaps the most recognizable thing about LE SSERAFIM is that they have never needed to look the same twice.

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