Sex, fries and videotape: the bizarre food porn of S Korean web sensation Showry

In one of a series of bizarre videos that might have popped up on your social media feed lately, an attractive Korean woman is seen wearing a crop-top revealing ample cleavage, with a bobbed haircut and impeccably applied lipstick. At first, it seems as if she is simply flirting with the viewer, but the video soon takes a bizarre turn.

She empties a large bag of McDonald’s French fries in front of her and starts squirting tomato ketchup over them – as well as into her mouth. But she’s just getting started. It turns out that she’s sitting in a huge tub full of ketchup, and as she screams “More? More? More?”, she starts smearing herself with the sauce and then scooping and finally shovelling it over the fries as she teases the onlooker.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Showry, South Korea’s biggest viral social media sensation since pop singer Psy won over the web with his infectious hit Gangnam Style.

In her videos, which involve everything from chocolate sauce and soft drinks to squid and even raw chicken, the 35-year-old sensation presents a bizarre combination of hammy hyper-sexuality, in-your-face cleavage and grotesquely handled food.

Some viewers have been outraged by her over-the-top videos, but many more have been won over by her absurd, joyful nihilism. But most of all, the question on most people’s lips has simply been: why?