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omonatheydidSays Trayvon Martin-like Instagram photo was both "HUGE misunderstanding" and reference to cover art from Big Bang mastermind's next solo effort
An Instagram photo of South Korean pop idol G-Dragon wearing what appears to be a hoodie and dark coloring over his skin was not meant as a comment on race or politics, according to a rep for the Big Bang leader.
"GD was simply wearing different facepaint colors and this is a HUGE misunderstanding," the spokesperson said in an email to SPIN. "The facepaint is only a color variation for his album cover which includes black, white, and red. It is in no way meant to be a political or racial statement."
The rep further clarified, "It’s being derived by a simple photo shoot where GD was using different facepaint colors for his upcoming album."
G-Dragon's spokesperson also said SPIN's article reporting on the image "is completely wrong and taken out of context."
The response comes after we reported on the photo, noting its resemblance to an iconic image of slain Florida youth Trayvon Martin and pointing out that it had drawn criticism online. Though the singer's Instagram account made no mention of Martin, the image bears an eerie similiarity to a meme that had Frank Ocean, Diddy, the-Dream, and others posting photos of themselves in a hoodie last year. (Rap-Up has a good collection of these Martin-inspired images.) Online forums Oh No They Didn't! and One Asian World previously pointed out an alleged connection to the Martin tributes.
G-Dragon is set to appear at KCON 2013, a K-pop convention in Los Angeles on August 24 and 25, and he is readying a new solo album. G-Dragon's 2012 "Crayon" was SPIN's No. 1 K-pop song of the year. His group Big Bang's "Bad Boy" was one of SPIN's 21 Greatest K-Pop Songs of All Time. Check out our coverage of a Big Bang concert in New Jersey here.
The original Instagram photo is below:
That's some Justin Bieber level of PR...
EDIT:
the official omona twitter has shared our open letter with authors from spin and the la times who wrote articles about GD.
Spin
An Instagram photo of South Korean pop idol G-Dragon wearing what appears to be a hoodie and dark coloring over his skin was not meant as a comment on race or politics, according to a rep for the Big Bang leader.
"GD was simply wearing different facepaint colors and this is a HUGE misunderstanding," the spokesperson said in an email to SPIN. "The facepaint is only a color variation for his album cover which includes black, white, and red. It is in no way meant to be a political or racial statement."
The rep further clarified, "It’s being derived by a simple photo shoot where GD was using different facepaint colors for his upcoming album."
G-Dragon's spokesperson also said SPIN's article reporting on the image "is completely wrong and taken out of context."
The response comes after we reported on the photo, noting its resemblance to an iconic image of slain Florida youth Trayvon Martin and pointing out that it had drawn criticism online. Though the singer's Instagram account made no mention of Martin, the image bears an eerie similiarity to a meme that had Frank Ocean, Diddy, the-Dream, and others posting photos of themselves in a hoodie last year. (Rap-Up has a good collection of these Martin-inspired images.) Online forums Oh No They Didn't! and One Asian World previously pointed out an alleged connection to the Martin tributes.
G-Dragon is set to appear at KCON 2013, a K-pop convention in Los Angeles on August 24 and 25, and he is readying a new solo album. G-Dragon's 2012 "Crayon" was SPIN's No. 1 K-pop song of the year. His group Big Bang's "Bad Boy" was one of SPIN's 21 Greatest K-Pop Songs of All Time. Check out our coverage of a Big Bang concert in New Jersey here.
The original Instagram photo is below:
That's some Justin Bieber level of PR...
EDIT:
the official omona twitter has shared our open letter with authors from spin and the la times who wrote articles about GD.
Spin
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Date: 2013-08-02 02:31 am (UTC)Re: That Black in Asia tumblr post on GD though
Date: 2013-08-02 02:31 am (UTC)Not to mention speaking slang is looked upon as being "ghetto and cheap".
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Date: 2013-08-02 02:33 am (UTC)Dude, oh my God. How fucking stupid do you have to be...
Re: That Black in Asia tumblr post on GD though
Date: 2013-08-02 02:34 am (UTC)I turn 30 next month...and I know he meant well..but...*sigh*
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Date: 2013-08-02 02:34 am (UTC)Re: That Black in Asia tumblr post on GD though
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Date: 2013-08-02 02:37 am (UTC)did you at least see the comments where they tried to back pedal about how she was trolling and it was all just a big social experiment to prove how angry people get
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Date: 2013-08-02 02:42 am (UTC)blackface is not something that has any roots in korea, it was something that they more than likely saw in american media and started to imitate, it's not part of their cultural AT ALL, so you can take the cultural differences excuse and shove it. if they want to imitate something that was (sadly) initiated in another culture, then they have to deal with those consecuences. Sorry, but they dont magically get a pass.
why would you assume everybody here is usamerican though?
and as always with your posts, wah wah wah.
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