K-Pop Racism, Cultural Appropriation, & Cultural Insensitivity: BLACKPINK & Black Culture | Part 1
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Preface: On the eve of the Blackpink Coachella 2023 performance, I dive into the K-Pop controversies concerning racism, cultural appropriation, and cultural insensitivity involving Jennie, Lisa, Jisoo, and Rosé. From mocking a Native American war cry in their 2016 “Boombayah” music video which they continued to do on their 2022 Born Pink World Tour, to the use of box braids in Ki This Love along with ponytail braids by Lalisa in her Money Performance Video and cornrows by Jennie Ruby Jane in HBO series “The Idol” by The Weeknd, to the disrespect of Hindu & Indian culture- the YG Entertainment girl group has not shied away from being problematic despite being called out since their debut. Their use of Black women’s aesthetic (e.g. grills, long nails, baby hairs, dressing like TLC etc.), rapping with a blaccent + incorrect AAVE (African American Vernacular English), and hip-hop commentary in Billboard Magazine + Rolling Stone has come under scrutiny by some Black K-Pop fans. But commodifying Black culture is a billion dollar business, do they even care? This commentary video covers it all. Pink Venom M/V, How You Like That, and As If It’s Your Last are also discussed.
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FYI before becoming K-Pop trainees, Jennie lived in New Zealand, Lisa lived in Thailand, Rosé lived in Australia, and Jisoo lived in Korea (she’s the only Blackpink member who isn’t mostly fluent in English). Furthermore, several people on Blackpink’s core team are Korean American or white American, which I will discuss later in the follow up video. Korean homogeneity cannot be used as an excuse in this situation, especially since Jisoo arguably has the least amount of offenses out of all the Blackpink members despite being born and raised in Korea.
I forgot to ask when this vid was first posted, but I was wondering if you would consider making a video discussing IVE's Wonyoung claiming that she created edges and renaming them to "tweety bangs" or if you had even heard abt that because her stans try to pretend as if that never happened.
@@summerspice123 I saw something brief about that. I didn’t look deep into it because apparently Korean beauty bloggers have been using the phrase “tweety bangs” before Wonyoung did, so it seemed like another “reggae mori” kind of issue- I don’t know about the invented part though.
@@AdeolaAsh Oh okay. I didn't know abt that, but yeah, on her Bubble last year she said that "it was her idea to have "tweety bangs" during IVE's "After Like" promotions." After that, her Korean female fans started posting videos of themselves with edges and referring to them as "tweety bangs" and claiming that she was the one who popularized it and when black fans started calling her and her fans out, they got harassed.
And then they always say “well braids are apart of Thailand culture”
They don't care bc their fans will always defend them no matter what. It's honestly so sad
Same as Twice 😔
@@peekarosieposie Every kpop group that has done this tbh
@@vianpik BLACKPINK went too far with it bro !!
@@btssbelovedarmy Ik lol when did I ever deny it? that person mentioned twice, just thought it was worth mentioning that almost every group that has done it has been defended.
From bts to bp to twice to almost every other kpop group has done something racist and fans have defended them.
It’s pretty amazing tbh 😂😂
Bruh how many times have k-pop idols mocked my indian culture. I'm a k-pop fan but literally gurl. These girls were literally mocking an indian classical dance called Bharatanatyam for like four or five times. Not only them my faves have also done that. Thank you so much for pointing them out and holding them accountable
Especially this group, from wearing Indian jewelry, putting Lord Ganesha in front of her feet , mocking tunak tunak, and what not
Great now you do the same, stop supporting them or their music if you really value and care for our culture.
Yeah and i am studying bharatanatyam for 5 year and it's frustrating me that they do mudra like that are mocking an Indian dance form
yeah and They mock us all the time about toilets and poop
Jennie calling hip hop, a genre made to uplift black culture, & watering it down to “cool vibes” is sum we only see blinks defending like blackpink always find a way to piss me awf… profiting off black culture & still being ignorant asl to the roots & cultural significance behind the music they love to use for “swag” aesthetics & rewriting the meaning of hiphop to fit their narrative.
these are grown woman, they know what they are doing idk why ppl try to defend them
Mmmhm! Idolization and parasocial relationships have done a number on modern stan culture tbh
they talk about them as if they have no control over their careers 💀
Blinks baby them while being babies themselves
Exactly because their fans are delusional 😂
@@TrusfratedJeonBooty7299l love your pfp.😅😅
I could never get into BlackPink’s music because they never felt like a real group to me. The group and the music feels like it is a fictional group that would be referenced in a sitcom’s episode. Like the music just have to be believable. It doesn’t have to be well-produced and solid enough to be a certified song. It just has to be believable. Well enough that viewers wouldn’t be distracted by the falseness.
Fictional group in a sitcom!! 😂😂
@@rewbi2196 Rewbi!!! 🙋🏿♀️
Yes, a fictional group. They would be the group that would've been featured in the episode in which the teenage daughter buys a fake ID, sneaks out of the house and goes to the "big, dangerous city" with her friends. They are going to a nightclub to go see their favorite girl group, BlackPink.
Throw in some hijinks from the goofy-himbo son and his buddies, bad over-dramatic acting from the "mom," Lisa saying her lines with a cringy blaccent, the father giving an impassioned monologue, the audience "awwws," everyone makes up and roll end credits.
i cant believe how accurate that is, holy shit
@@mimiandy1683 Hello!! 👋🏽👋🏽
Please that is so on point!! A temporary ass group in a temporary ass episode. 😂😂
@@mimiandy1683 This is so accurate lmao😂😂😂
I know I’m late but I can’t help but notice how K-pop girlgroups since the 90s have just copied TLC’s setup. With Lisa Left eye being the only rapper, all these K-pop groups force a female rapper when really there doesn’t need to be one. This goes to show the success and reach of TLC during the 90s cause till this day companies are following that blueprint.
Since the beginning of his career, YG has always culturally appropriated and even did blackface. I’m not surprised that his entire company appropriates I’m just surprised at how people let them get away with this.
He did blackface?
@@AdeolaAsh yea I’ve been a fan of kpop since I was really young and my aunt had VCR recordings of his concerts. I’m sure there is probably a clip of it online but that was my first time seeing blackface. She grew up in Hong Kong and said it was a “cool” thing back then 🥴
@@Malalalaika omg! Was this during Seo Taiji & Boys or after?
@@AdeolaAsh yes! Around Seo Taiji time.
Gdragon also did blackface. Disgusting.
I’m only 4 minutes into this video and I’m so thankful for you for creating it. Ive never looked into black pinks music but decided to watch one video tonight and immediately in my spirit I felt the appropriation. They were on a carpool karoke and talked about krumping and how to do a krumping face. As we know in our community this dance of dance is rooted much deeper for us than just a “angry dance” it’s our pain and our art. I had to see if anyone else felt this way and up popped your video. So thankful that it wasn’t just me.
Thank you for watching 🥹🤍 glad to hear it made you feel less alone
@@AdeolaAsh please drop another video like this, unfortunately there are wayyyy more groups out there 🤦🏽♀️ 😡Hope your doing well ❤️❤️
the article of jennie talking about hiphop and going as far as saying that rhianna is hiphop and that she just “makes anything hiphop” really made me look at the group differently. rhianna is not a hiphop artist at all and is very much a pop girl and always has been, her generalization of black artists gave me the ick. her also saying that their (blackpinks) hiphop is new and has never been seen before made me laugh as the just regurgitate black/afrolatina style and way of rapping. her using the words swag, vibes and “rebellious” to describe hiphop also just shows that they know absolutely nothing about black culture and it’s origins. it’s truly upsetting.
especially when she claimed rihanna was her role model or she 'studied' her; truly just means she likes the aestethic and did her best to copy it to achieve looking 'cool'. so shallow and far removed from the reality of it.
What do you expect from a bunch of factory made Korean idols ? THEY DONT CARE it’s a cash grab for fame.
Jennie and Lisa are peak idol rappers, they claim to be lovers of the culture and as an art form but they know nothing and continue to profit off of something they're not even bothered to learn about.
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they are grown ass women and still act like babies 😂😂 idk why they do these mistakes repeatedly
because their fans act like they never made these mistakes in the first place lol
Gurll you Stan RM you have no right to speak on them
@@Baemon_offcial everyone has a right to speak on blackpink. dont start this useless discussion of 'xyz did this too tho'
@@ajlee2168fr they always use but Namjoon card
@@Foreshadow7 its so tiring istg
‘You gon finna catch me’ will always haunt me and that blaccent especially on money makes my ears bleed
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And a lot of blinks says "Lisa had control on what she was doing on her solo songs" like a GOOD thing 😮💨😮💨
Exactly 😭😭😭
What is… What makes me laugh in that “ain’t this some shit?” kind of way is the fact that no one black is involved in the song-making process. So the cringy blaccent and erroneously AAVE usage is coming from non-black people. To me, it is on some “Robert Downey Jr. playing Kirk Lazarus-who is playing a black man” weirdness.
this is why I don’t take kpop and even khh rappers seriously cause they always cosplay as these “tough gangstas” but have nothing to back that up.
there’s only a few kpop rappers that I like, simply because of their delivery and flows, where there’s no botched AAVE or blaccent.
I want some authenticity from them, like rap about things that truly bother or inspire you, be true to your real life persona instead of becoming a carbon copy of someone else.
Lmfao they talk about the hood...like you are from the nice streets of DAEGU sir 😂
It’s honestly frustrating how non black people can get away with acting like caricature, using a terrible attempt at AAVE, wear certain hairstyles, clothes. They are called trendy and get praised for it.
Meanwhile, us black folks have to code switch for a lot of thing’s. For example: keeping a job, not wanting to be stereotype and etc.
It’s sad!
When us black folks do it we get called ghetto and aggressive in a negative way. When k pop idols do it they get called cute
Facts! 💯
Seriously! And when someone does it over and over again, they're refusing to change. They are refusing to learn. (Or rather, they learned and don't give a fuck.) That's just unacceptable.
And then those obsessed fans say "we need to protect our girls they are getting too much hate" 😑😤
Chile, these ladies will never learn. I'm tired of the world constantly rewarding mediocrity from non black people who mimic black culture. I'm glad that I never fell into the trap of liking BP tho.
I'm so glad there are sane people who know bp is not something very good
The fact that Lisa and Jennie, mainly Lisa, got embarrassed and barely wanted to answer when that interviewer called them out shows that they're aware of the fact that they profit off of black culture and know that they're wrong. And it's funny that the interviewer put them on the spot for their constant cultural appropriation during the time Lisa was getting bashed for her braids in KTL lmao
Also, Jennie's comment rubbed me completely the wrong way because it just goes to show how ignorant and racist she really is because as was stated, Rihanna isn't a hip-hop artist and has never once rapped in any of her songs. Anyways. As I always say, if one has to emulate what they think black people act like in their songs, then to me, they're not a real rapper and Jenlisa definitely aren't if they're making comments like that.
Side note: Happy to see you back!
@@summerspice123 thank you 🥰💓
The whole group is so overrated
Which interviwer??
@@stpotefcc5475 it’s in the video 4:26
Lisa's whole rap parts are blaccent literally
as a black blink who went to their concert in October (it was amazing!!), im not going to lie, those comments Jennie made in her rolling stone interview really hurt me.. especially since it’s actually known in the blink fandom that she has the most black fans. idk it’s frustrating how it’s cool when these Korean idols steal our culture and use it but ratchet when we do it… for example newjeans has been praised for being “influential” when they just stole another concept of y2k from us… ;(
Can we call this "stealing" tho ? Genuine question cause as far as I know, y2k was always called like this and they didn't renamed it.
who are u stealing y2k from its a year
@@Suzutheone y2k is based on black aesthetics popularized by black 90s figures like aaliyah…there is no y2k without black people, that is whats being referred to
@@chosn9925 see my above comment, u guys are rlly dense
@@livlmao508 but why call it stealing?
“My looks today is hip pop, but “pretty” hip hop” sis said that?! 😢
I don't listen to kpop but I heard about the appropriation and decided to look into it a bit more. It really surprised me when I found out how much cultural appropriation there was. Especially at 0:27, I'm part indigenous american and I heard people do stuff like that in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and then they grew up and realized how offensive and just embarrassing it was. This whole situation just baffles me as to how someone can do any of the stuff you mentioned and not see anything wrong with it?
especially when two members have lived overseas and three of them are fluent in english... they are choosing to stay ignorant, choosing money over morals. i also dont wanna hear anyone saying their comoany does this and they have no control over it; they have been so big and influential for a while, if they wanted to change these things they could, they just dont care.
I find it funny how black people could possibly be hated to DEATH if they were to ever decide to be a kpop idol ( this is just one out of countless things we could be hated for ) but when it comes to black people worldwide we must allow everyone into our spaces when it comes to music, hairstyles, fashion etc... It just makes me angry and I don't even blame the black people who want to gatekeep cause it's seemingly a problem when we don't share.
Ya it’s systemic. Black people and our things have always been used and discarded by others. Same way with slavery, same way they mine all of our resources through African child labor for their products, it goes on. I think the only way this can be solved is if we create our own systems, then gatekeeping can happen. Right now, we don’t really have a gate
the definition of hip-hop really made me upset, like bro, it seems like she don't even consume the hip-hop culture or don't give a danm about its history
YG ent has always been an offender of cultural appropriation. From Big Bang all the way to BLACKPINK, the company is fine with it and so the idols see no problem with it even when being faced with people telling them that its not ok. Part of me does believe that had the company given them any pushback for their actions after the first time both them and the company got called out, they would have shaped up and changed up. I'm honestly worried that BABYMONSTER will end up doing the same thing, since its never changed between three different groups. People have told them time and time again to get educated and they say they will but don't listen. It's to the point where I wouldnt be surprised at all if one of the BABYMONSTER members wore dreads, put on a blaccent, or had some of their hair in cornrows during their debut promotions or performances.
Edit to add: Did i start genuinely crying seeing the clip of them mocking with our war cry? yeah (yes im indigenous, yes im pissed)
Ahyeon said the n-word recently. You were right. How disappointing
What is most annoying is how big Western media outlets will just run with these K-pop artists like they don't see the appropriation, the colourism and blatant anti-Blackness.
What gets me is that it's easy to learn, apologize and move on. Everyone makes mistakes, everyone is ignorant in some way. So if a person does something offensive to another culture and didn't realize it but apologized and learned, I'm okay with that! Especially if it was an honest mistake and not malicious.
But after being told OVER and OVER again that what you are doing is offensive....there's no excuse.
How is everyone ignorant in some way why do y'all like acting like everyone has all been racist and ignorant
I'm so glad you made this video. I'm so tired of fans always defending them yet they do it over and over again.
Thank you for the support 🫶🏾
Exactly, I don't like none of them just disgusting.
Love that you said how they are cosplaying black people and not bringing themselves into it! Its so true. Like no one is saying you're not allowed to rap! But rap from the heart, from your own personal taste. Inspired by black artists is great. But if you're copying their accent, their hair, all this shit, it's juet a mockery and a rip off.
She don't know what hiphop is? Bruh aint no way she's that slow for years of not knowing what hiphop is
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they're a YGE group, its a requirement to be problematic. AKMU are the only ones I can think of with no scandal because the siblings run themselves instead of the company.
it's honesty astonishing how much blackpink has gotten away w simply because they're "blackpink. one of the biggest kpop girl groups"
Ya, I wonder what the reaction would be like if they were a lesser known girl group from a less popular K-Pop label
@@AdeolaAsh I honestly think it’s because bp is built of black culture that they became the biggest girl group. Other K-pop ggs will have raps and use small elements but in more small doses. Creating a brand that imitates blackness can blow up careers, ie elvis or Ariana grande. Ariana was already popular but 7 rings made her a superstar. Bts first English single wasn’t related to their album release from four/five months before, but disco? And instantly was hit with a bb number 1.
@@dotcom3015 Wait, I'm confused on your stance on Dynamite, lol.
"Their failure to show up authentically as themselves" That really is hitting the nail on the head. A lot of rapping in kpop is essentially pop rap. I think a lot of people can accept that, even if it was weird at first coming across rapping in kpop (weird because it wasn't as serious or seem to have the same credibility that you'd expect in Hip hop). That being said, it would've been very cool to see what girls from Korea did with their interpretation of rap and hip hop that filtered through their culture/age/personality/ect. But why use "finna" if you don't use that word? Why act hard if you are not hard at all? Some bravado is okay, but it should still be reasonable to your own personality. Hip hop artists and rappers are judged harshly for their credibility and authenticity. It's obvious they didn't know hip hop enough, otherwise they would of felt like a poser.
it’s sad because i’ve been stanning and defending them for a good five years, but all of that has gone to waste. they don’t seem to really learn from their mistakes. the only time that they apologized for doing something wrong was when lisa wore braids. plus, it wasn’t really an apology considering the fact that it was on a fan call. so basically if that fan hadn’t pointed it out, she would have never apologized for it. and many blinks are defending them saying that they “didn’t know”. OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE. the 4 members are grown mature women who are pushing 30, i’m sure they know what they’re doing. i used to love them, i just can’t support their heartless apathy anymore.
I’m shocked this video doesn’t have more views, because it’s something blinks desperately need to see. The amount of them that defend blackpink by saying that “they do it because of the concept” is sickening. Just because they have a girl crush concept doesn’t mean they need to rap with blaccent!!
Jennie was wrong in her message. It’s the fact that kpop is used from black culture. They’re mainly racist to us blacks but do they know that rapping came from us? It doesn’t seem like it. I really do love them. But all this cultural appropriation with is a no go for me. I’m not even sure if I still wanna use there songs for my RUclips videos.. People say ‘educate them and let them learn from there mistakes’ (mainly to blackpink is what I see) But I don’t really see the point if there just going to keep doing the same shit again and not apologize. I don’t know why they can’t take matters into there own hands and apologize, but they NEED to fucking apologize. I am done with them not appreciating black culture (and others) and then calling our cultures swag, cool, aesthetic.
This is far too out of damn hand and I’m tired of it. Our cultures is not to be used for “aesthetic” it has deep meanings to it. I don’t understand why they can’t just learn abt our cultures. The 2 year break they had should’ve been long enough to learn about a few. I love them but they really need to apologize.
Thank you for the time and research you put into this video!
Thanks for watching! 🫶🏾
Just came across this page recently and I like the contents.. As a black blink(new), I would say that even if they want to imitate the black culture, the least they could do is to come clean and give credit and appreciation to the people they're obviously ripping off from than to feign ignorance and keep repeating the same mistakes even after being notified. They need to do better fr!
Hehe welcome back ! I'm so glad to see you (and your incredibly work) back !
as a black blink (lisa stan) for 6 years its really hard and blinks as a whole need to understand that holding the girls accoutable isnt hard to do. I remember few months back i got attacked by a once (twice stan) for calling out jisoo for mocking desis in a video she did with a man during flower era and they tell me that we kpop stans like to cancel idols for things they didnt do (mind you their faves arw doing the same thing jisoo did at their concert too so why they coming at me for🤷🏾)
also can you do a twice video
Lmao as a black person, do you really still pay their rent and look at yourself in the mirror like??? Embarrassing, our ancestors would be more than ashamed, they clearly didn’t fight for that
@@luztrotman8040People are so brainwashed nowadays, it’s sad.
they were definitley doing the native american war cry on purpose. because it was repetitive and it looked like they didn't care while doing it.
I come back to your channel every once in a while to remind myself why I left kpop and krnb in the dust. The shallowness, racism, colorism, and classism that is perpetuated by not only the idols but the the fans and companies respectively make me sick to my stomach. And it’s sad because I truly like kpop, but as a black woman there is no way in hell I’m supporting the genre and the music careers of these people. That industry is very toxic honestly. People that act shocked every time a kpop idol reveals they have depression, or when a kpop idol passes away due to depression make me realize that these “fans” refuse to hear what many have been saying for years: the kpop industry is toxic to both the idols and the public.
Honestly I had many asian friends who were inspired by me and wanted braids like me. But this was appreciation. What these kpop idols are doing is just putting braids in their hair when they want to look “ghetto” and “cool”. You will never see a kpop idol that has a “elegant” look (E.g Jisoo) to them wearing afro textured hairstyles. Why? Because they think that our hair represents all these negative stereotypes. I will disapprove of other races wearing our hairstyles ( apart from the occasional exception) they often times try to accumulate a stereotype.
people can appreciate black culture without wearing black hair styles.
@@pnklfeflx7332 right
@@pnklfeflx7332 exactly and I don't understand why non-black people can't just do that
Ok
so glad you're back and continue shining light to what a lot of racialised k-pop fans deal with and discuss regularly! i'm looking forward to the upcoming deep dive! i hope you're doing well 💕
Thanks 🥰
¿Donde estan las blinks que dicen que blackpink son unos angelitos?
Yo era blink pero cuando me entere de las cosas racistas que hicieron y tambien comportamientos extraños,como burlarse de un niño con ansiedad social,me decepcionaron.
They made fun of a kid with social anxiety? Wow wtf
Como assim fizeram bulliyng com um garoto com ansiedade social? Nunca vi isso na minha vida
@@Zixjndjdudj Era un programa, un chico estaba presentándose y le temblaban las piernas, Lisa se rió y se burló de eso. Los blinks defendieron a Lisa diciendo que ella no lo decía con mala intención, pero no estuvo bien burlarse.
I am glad to see you’re back to making videos.
Edit: Hearing you talk about Lisa’s natural dialect and accent versus when she’s performing, reminds me of the negative comments people like Cardi B receive for her Bronx dialect. I’m sure that the same people who go “It’s not a big deal,” when Lisa raps are the same ones calling Cardi “ghetto,” “ratchet” or a “bird” because of her natural tone.
Even people called Beyoncé “slow” and “country” because of her Houstonian accent.
But Lisa gets a pass? 🙄
Also, K-Pop stans should be happy that BlackPink isn’t “mainstream” because they would get dragged. And it would be by people from the industry.
And they will get dragged by people, who don’t get a flying-fig about blinks’ threats.
I wonder if that’s why Beyoncé stopped doing interviews 😞
Thanks for the welcome back! 🤍
@@AdeolaAsh you’re welcome
It’s crazy cause the biggest part about being a rapper is writing your own raps which Teddy does for the group… Lisa can dance I’ll give her that, but that’s why I stan Jisoo lol
Lol! The word rapper has really lost its meaning over time
@@AdeolaAsh I feel like it's lost its meaning in the world of kpop not Hip Hop
Girl you literally never miss
🤣 thanks ❤️🔥
7:36 I totally agree. Personally I'm not good at differentiating music genres but the fact that a member of a group labelled as "the biggest k-pop group" and basically began her career as a artist it's embarassing and ignorant that she doesnt know what hip-hop ,rnb ,pop is. I bet they are just repeating whatever yg puts on the table. Ignorant and disappointing. But anyway they are selling. Blame the fans atp.
welcome back adeola
It’s on my list of ideas, we’ll see what happens 💓
Ok. This def makes more sense as to why I felt conflicted listening to some of their songs and their music videos. Not that a Korean can’t sport that style but I feel like it’s only for the aesthetic and not the cultural history and significance. Also not them describing Rihanna as hip hop! ☠️☠️☠️
I’ve been waiting for a video like this!!!
I’m glad it’s finally out! I’ve been sitting on this script since last year, thankfully I got to flesh it out and get it to you guys. Thanks for watching! 💖
YOU'RE BACK!!!!!
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THANK YOU ADEOLA for talking about them, really I am in shock at how everyone is closing their eyes on them when they are clearly making the money out of appropriating others people's culture, especially BLACK, some of them are clearly black wannabes probably watching black artists videos h24 thinking that's how they look especially that last mv LMAO get them. I wish Rosé and Jisoo get detached from them, the whole branding is getting down to that!!! ALSO don't let them bring you down ADEOLA when they come to get you lol, you're spitting the truth and they hate to see it. Also whats up with black people idolising them lmao those are people wishing to be YOU wake up
Thank you for the support! 🖤
@@AdeolaAsh always Adeola🤍🤍 let’s do it for the culture❕
@𝐛𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐱 thanks 🥰
7:19 I remember of that pre debut video where blackpink are dancing to "b*tch better hace my money" by Rihanna, maybe that is the only song by her that Jennie knows about haha
Edit: Anyways i'm sure Jennie doesn't know what hip-hop is and my english is really basic so i apology for any misunderstood 🙏
LOL they definitely know more, they have monthly evaluations for 4-6 years so the amount of songs there probably performed to is A LOT
Nah, she definitely knows more. She sang Rihanna’s “Take A Bow” for her audition that got her into YG in the first place.
@QueenJisoo! 🌹 🌺 Jennie referring to Rihanna as a "hip-hop artist" even though she's not proves that most of these Kpop "rappers" only have their positions because they think being a rapper makes them look cool and have swagger. They don't care to do research about the history of rap or learn the difference between a hip-hop artist and a R&B artist, let alone the fact that not all black musicians put out hip-hop music or raps.
@@summerspice123 I heard another youtube commentatory say, "rappers" are just members who cannot sing, but have the "look". I think this is true for the overall majority (there are a few exceptions, which are obvious).
Wow thank you for this video I actually never noticed the blaccent in their songs, I’ll pay more attention now.
All us black people need to to rise up and stick together and never watch or give ANY attention to these k-pop idols and such so we can take our culture back!!!! We have been robbed for far to long and it’s going to get worse if we don’t do something about it. If we want people to give us respect as a black nation we need to respect each other.
Thank you for highlighting the fact that these performers are just fake.
They latch onto hip hop culture just because they think it looks cool.
They don’t know or care about the actual culture
If one of them actually grew up in this culture it would be different.
But they’re just poorly mimicking people they really could give less than a fuck about
They continuously do this is because they are superficial
You can’t fix superficial
Sad 😓
I love this type of videos
Thanks for watching ☺️💓
BESTIE IS BACK❤♥️🥰
Hiii 💖 thanks for welcoming me back 🥺
@@AdeolaAsh always you are one of my fav fav’s ✨💕 it’s so interesting that this series is going to highlight the issues of kpop. Also it would be interesting if you looked into P1harmony because I believe the leader Keeho talked about cultural sensitivity but their other member soul wears twist that emulate locks 😒 so it’s like???
the complete disrespect and insensitivity towards indian culture in kpop is truly upsetting. and it’s upsetting how often it’s happening still even in 2023.
i feel like people are quicker to call these things out when its about black culture (rightfully so) but not as much when its about indian culture. maybe its just not happening around me, but it seems as tho a lot of people brush the disrespect/appropiation off when its about indian culture. in kpop, indian elements are everywhere, but i hardly see people make videos or posts calling it out. its crazy.
@@ajlee2168 That’s because Black people advocate for themselves. Due to slavery, worldwide anti-blackness, and colonization, most Black people in the diaspora are aware that we have to fight to get anything- civil rights, basic respect, etc. So due to Black people constantly doing the work to explain things so other people can understand us and treat us better, you will see more non-Black people discussing those same talking points. Furthermore, non-Black people make a lot of money and get a lot of engagement from talking about Black people’s problems which is another incentive for them to be outspoken about it. Black people applaud them and give them the clicks and views, and non-Black people also engage since they prefer watching non-Black/ambiguous people talk about Black issues (due to anti-blackness).
@@AdeolaAsh You are so spot on (every time)! I'm in love with your brain, lol.
@@AdeolaAsh thats interesting, thanks for the response and perspective!
Yg should have made the group name BlackCopy instead of blackpink. I'm glad you're back Adeola.
🤣 it wouldn’t be as catchy. Thanks for the support 🥰
Thank you for video.
Omg I am so happy you are back . Thank you for this detailed video on the group’s plain racism
Thanks for watching and supporting me Rosie! ♥️♥️
@@AdeolaAsh ❤❤
I’m so glad you are back
Thank youuu ☺️💗💖
It makes me mad how people have to forcefully change their accent's to get jobs etc when celebrities like these women can turn their fake ones on and off and get popular from it
It’s sick and very sad
AAHHHHH You are back! I am so happy to see you back. You have been greatly missed. Thank you for coming back and exposing Kpop. It can not be easy becasue you get hate from so many. I hope you know you are needed in this space and are appreciated.
Thank you so much 🥹🫶🏾♥️
@@AdeolaAsh ❤️❤️❤️
Most non-black entertainers always use black people's music, clothes', looks, style to make money but yet always quick too judge the real cultural who create all of it .
Thank you for sharing
Watched this video just 9 minutes before this group was set to go on the Coachella stage on the Coachella RUclips channel and decided to skip them by the time I finished this video.
Thanks for watching! 💓
i love blackpink so much but i do have to acknowledge this (i'm black)
PLEASE TALK ABOUT RACISM IN KPOP AGAINST BROWN PEOPLE AND OTHER COLOURED PEOPLE TOO, IT'S SO VISIBLE!
Not only that….LOOK AT THE DANCES! They literally copy a lot of the choreo we made up. Start trademarking dances since you can these days
Amazing video! I guess it just goes to show how Kpop blatantly profits off black culture yet exploits and mocks it at the same time. It's almost as if they're dismantling black culture, adds a South Korean spin to it, then viola. All of a sudden Kpop becomes a renowned success. In other words, Kpop= Black culture made 'better' to some extent. Disgusting behaviour, really. Also, I feel like k entertainment companies have been focusing way too much on training their idols to be the best singers/dancers and building their idols' images that they neglect that idols go on interviews and will be asked about things in realtion to the outside world not just South Korea. That cultural insensitivity and lack of awareness speaks for itself and if nothing changes it'll be the downfall of kpop in no time. I stopped being a k-pop fan because at some point I was really starting to see through the industry's BULLSH*T. Mind you that was about 8 years ago. The ignorance, hypocrisy and sheer audacity that continues to exist within the kpop industry is GROSS. Colurism, cultural appropriation, ignorance, racism, discrimination you name it. As someone who grew up in Hong Kong with no black people around me, I had to learn it the hard way when I got in trouble for saying the n word cause people around me lied to me and said it was just another slang like 'swag'. I went to study in a foreign country since then and have since been very careful about making inappropriate remarks. The thing with the k entertainment industry is they literally do not see a problem with idols making those remarks which SCREAMS insensitivity and ignorance. Though I want to say that this form of insensitivity happens in Japan too because gyaru culture (a subculture in Japan) is very much inspired by black culture and blackfacing as a means to challenge the japanese beauty standard which isn't very appropriate either imo.
It’s worse in Thailand
For Lisa, as she came from Thailand going to Korea, she would do anything of course to make it. I did noticed on her behind the scene, her videographer is a black person. A lot goes on BEHIND and you would be surprised who works behind. They decide who is their fav artist, but can't decide everything as they are playing idol. As soon as they do cover mags for the big names (Celine, Dior) they become something else. Even Rose when you close your eyes and hear her singing voice, that is Avril Lavigne. Basically the South Korean Kpop is mimicking a lot of what we hear on Western Music. They notice and now it has started to become a problem there with agencies who wants their idol to mimick western culture, makes forgetting about the East Asian fanbased. The Western Music Industry itself seem to have shift there. You can hear Snoop, Kid Cuty, Gomez, aand they even referenced Taylor Swift in "Pink Venom".
That Black videographer stated himself that he would say something if Lisa tried to culturally appropriate in a video he was in charge of. If Lisa doing anything she could to be famous includes stepping on other communities, that’s just something she will have to face consequences for. As she said in the fan call with the fan, she chose those braids for “Money”, she wasn’t forced to do them and that is just one example. Lisa isn’t from a poor family, it’s not like fame is something she needed to save her life and disrespecting others isn’t the only pathway to fame either. YG has always mimicked Black culture with their groups, that’s nothing new and it’s been working for them as you can see.
@@AdeolaAsh Ahhh I didn't know that part about the videographer. That is good to know because I always wondered. I did see some yt choreographer from the US giving ALL old school dance moves to them (I used to dance then that's how I can recognize signature moves). Yeah, Lisa has even did on a show a mimick of a song "Crab Dance" that had a big scandal in Thailand but she never acknowledge or apologized to her own Thai community. I think BlackPink is there for shock value. The only one who has less is Jisoo maybe because she is the oldest and has to show maturity. Even in Korea it seems they don't get invited to shows like the others, and I believe it has to do with them doing things mostly for the Western World. I wished if they are to culturally appropriate, they should use mainly work with blacks who created the genre. Just like Justin Bieber did (Usher and Diddy).They are an okay group (I say okay because the last 2 mv there was TONS of edits and flashes to show how big of a thing they have, but on scene, it is lukewarm ..my opinion) but BlackPink seems to being mostly being problematic for shock value. I will doubt they will continue that route.
@@MissJhane I’m also curious from a marketing standpoint if they’ll continue pulling these stunts as they’re marketing more towards North America and Europe than before
Thank you for this I had no idea. I never got into their music but most recently became a fan of the jenlisa ship. But I'm jumping ship rn and im going to share your videos. This is ridiculous
I've been a blink for 6 years now and been holding out hope that they will change but I gave up after pink venom. It's really setting in how egregious their insensitivity is. It's so disappointing as a black fan especially. I think ima just solo stan Jisoo and call it a day. These idols make it so hard to stay into Kpop with good conscience like why is it so hard for them to care?
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To the last part of your comment, I wouldn't say it's "hard" for them to care, but rather they just "don't want to"!! We've seen time and time again how the choices they make are extremely deliberate and on purpose. Unfortunately, thinking that everyone has the same morals as us will bring disappointment, so it's best to take things/people as they are. :-/
Naa girl jisoo ain't safe either
@@mysticwolf46 No one is safe honestly 💀 you gotta just pick and choose the lesser evils when it comes to Kpop unfortunately
@@mysticwolf46 nah she is .. rosé too
I've been WAITINGGGG for a blackpink video lmfao...theyre (one of) the main offenders of this type of stuff
You're back, I'm so exited! I'm not looking forward to arguing with crazy blinks who don't want to question the problematic things that their faves do but I know not all of them are like that and I really hope people can just listen without being defensive.
Thanks! And lol, less than an hour after posting this, I already had blinks in my Instagram comments harassing me 😭💀 what a life. Standom is insane
@@AdeolaAsh Sorry that you are being harassed. We appreciate your content and you always keeping it real. We were k-pop fans since 2011 but we left the Kpop fandom two years ago.
1:28 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I can't believe this queen is in a video 😭😭😭 her name is IZA, she's a Brazilian singer, please stan her
Yes, she’s the love of my life 🥹🩷
Bro if you can’t even describe what hip hop is then that’s a sign you need to stop, I’m honestly tired of them , they can’t keep making excuses they’re grown ass women 🥴
It makes no sense honestly
So glad you are back!
And I highly appreciate that you have subtitles on these videos! Makes it even more accessible and it's nice to see the effort made ♡
Thank you for watching, I’m glad the subtitles are helpful! 🥹🫶🏾
Who was the singer in your atlas vpn shoutout? She looks amazing. I almost thought she was Tiwa Savage. ❤
Iza! She’s an Afro-Brazilian singer, here’s a playlist of her songs open.spotify.com/playlist/27XQdxBftF9YidWzoj4XLq?si=V6FQI18qSI-gtbf1jvuRjA
Yes! Please i like to see more because Inwas not aware the level of appropriation bp members did
another great video! I was wondering what are your thoughts about afrobeats slowly getting used in kpop, it seems like they’re just using whatever it’s seen as “trendy” without understanding the culture behind it.
3:30 Botched AAVE Lmfaooooo
😭😭🤣
In my opinion the entire music industry is screwed both in USA and in SK. The record companies bottom line is to make profits. I'm really offended with Justin Bieber, "Peaches" song being called RNB, like WTF!!! Anyway nice video, SK economy is ranking in Billions off of Black Cultural, not just music, but fashion, beauty and tourism. The entire Korean wave would have been a ripple, without the influence of Black Cultural.
I hope no kpop fans find this video cause I'm telling you, they lose their cool everytime someone talks facts about their idols
Hey Adeola this is first time im requsting something can you pls make a video how these koreans always mock indian culture like wearing swastika tshirt , in a recent show youngji wearing lord ganeshji tshirt and idol singing gayatri mantra in a seductive way . Im really hurt this time . Can you pls make a video on that . Plsss can you !!!!!!!
I’ll see what I can do! In the meantime, you might want to check out a channel called “kpopish.”! They’re Indian and they talk about these topics all the time, likely much better than I ever could
@@AdeolaAsh oo thanks for sharing the info
Please keep making videos like this calling out anti-blacknes. Sending love and strength through the blinks and hate ❤❤❤
Good video! I think at this point of Korean music disrespecting black culture and our people. I think it would be very interesting if some black musicians no matter what genre they’re in make diss tracks on them just for kicks. 😂🤣
I’ve seen something similar happen before and it didn’t help. They just kept going back and forth until someone moved on. It didn’t resolve anything
@@AdeolaAsh oh well, black people don’t get enough respect internationally anyway. 🙃 I guess it is what it is that this point
I love your videos 🤧🤧
It gives me goosebumps
Thanks for watching ☺️🤍
Hi Adeola Ash i am a big fan. Please tell me what is the of the music backround
Hi! I don’t know if you’ll be able to find it online but it’s a copyright free song called “Time Forest” if I remember correctly
@@AdeolaAsh 👌 Thank you so much and I love your videos can't wait for part 2
@@madalinaendrias thank youuu 💓💗
Honestly, for me it’s like a love and hate relationship with them but now I’m slowly starting to loss interest in BlackPink at this point🤡 Welcome back btw😊❤
Thanks for the welcome back! 🤍
@@AdeolaAsh no problem sis!
the name of their group alone sounds like pick from Rihanna's theme.. black and then pink🤔
I have a question regarding this. I believe your takes on BP are absolutely correct and it is not my intention to minimize your points, but would you say this applies to Black Artists using Asian aesthetics also?
e.g. Nicki Minaj - Chun Li, Migos - Stir Fry, SZA - Doves In The Wind.
What exactly is the threshold for when someone expresses themselves using another culture without simply appropriating it?
When it comes to appropriation of other cultures, I usually let the respective group speak for themselves, but I’ll try my best to answer your question.
Nicki Minaj, Chun Li: the main critique I saw was that Nicki was hyper-sexualizing Asian imagery. I was confused by this as Chun Li, the video game character, has always been upheld as a powerful sex symbol…and that’s exactly what Nicki portrayed in the video. I thought maybe it was because of Nicki’s clothing until I saw Chun Li, the original character, wears less clothing than Nicki did. Overall I ended up confused since I see Asian people allow and encourage non-Asian people to cosplay Asian characters all the time at anime conventions, comic conventions etc as long as they don’t change their natural features to do so.
Migos, Stiry Fry: Migos hired Chinese-British director Sing J. Lee and he created the entire concept for the Stir Fry music video. He personally said, in a Genius interview, that he made sure they “were homaging everything with respect, and in the right way.”
I don’t know anything about Doves in the Wind.
Is it the time to finally unstan bp for me---?
yes
And when we need her most she returns. 🥹 happy birthday to me. ❤
Happy Birthday 🎉
Happy birthday!! 🥳💓💓
@@AdeolaAsh thank you 🥺💕
@@prettyclassybear7683 Happy birthday, hope you have a great day! 🎂🎁 And when Adeola uploads, it's always a good thing, I agree. 😊
Does anyone know who the Brazilian artist was from the atlas vpn ad?
Her name is IZA
Iza! Here’s a playlist I made of my favorite songs from her spotify.link/0QuLm5Z7Xyb The one she was singing in that clip is called “Gueto” 🫶🏾
@@AdeolaAsh thanks!😀💕💕
@@lolaBee9 of course ☺️🤍
This why i stopped being blink 😕
I don't know about the other things but as an Indian , how is wearing bindi is cultural appropriation, though it has a very deep meaning and believe into it especially the red bindi but it's also commonly used as a beauty product too
I didn’t say wearing a bindi was cultural appropriation nor did I even mention bindis in this video, so I’m very confused by this question
@@AdeolaAsh well I'm asking that you may have known , cause people mention it too
@@rahulsahu7696 Here are some articles by South Asian women that explain the bindi cultural appropriation topic
nileswestnews.org/31336/west-word/bindis-are-not-a-fashion-trend/
www.susannabarkataki.com/post/bindis-are-not-your-cute-fashion-accessory
I am so happy you are back!! You stay on everyone's necks. 😂😂 I hope you had a good break and you continue to take care of yourself, along with blocking the naysayers and the delulus. 💕💕
Thank you 🥰❤️🔥