PRESSED JAPANESE ANTIS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF HATING "HATE YOU" MV BY 2NE1 ON YT COMMENTS OMFG

[es2pido.livejournal.com]

2NE1’s “Hate You” music video has been caught under fire lately after some Japanese fans accused it of depicting anti-Japanese sentiments throughout the clip. The video designed by pop graphic artist Mari Kim features a storyline where four female heroes (supposed to be the 2NE1 members) fight against an evil monster to save the world from destruction.



The anti-Japanese accusations are largely based on two scenes. One is an exploding nuclear reactor that, according to Japanese fans, looks very similar to the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Also known as the Fukushima Daiichi, the nuclear power plant was made inactive after being damaged by massive earthquake and tsunami attacks in March. The second scene is the one with a giant evil monster that has a red dot on its forehead. According to the accusations, the red dot on its white head is supposed to signify Japan’s national flag (that of course has a big red dot on a white background).




Currently, the “Hate You” music video on 2NE1’s official YouTube channel is flooded with comments from both sides of the debate. Some of the comments read, “The nuclear power plant in the video is an insult to Fukushima,” or “If it was a different country, we might have thought it’s just a coincidence. But Korea is different because they celebrated the earthquake in Japan.”

Japan was hit by a 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March that are remembered as one of the worst in history. Following the disaster, many K-Pop stars and Korean fans sent messages of support as well as donations to help the recovery efforts. However, last September, during a soccer match between Korean and Japanese professional teams, some Korean fans brought out a poster saying, “We celebrate earthquake in eastern Japan,” which fired up fierce controversy between Korean and Japanese netizens.

Even some local media reported on this heated debate, saying, “This might just be simple animation. But if more and more Japanese fans start taking it the wrong way, 2NE1’s promotions in Japan might become difficult too.”

Here’s the video of “Hate You.” Does it look anti-Japanese to you?

Source: Soompi

Praying for them.

Comments

[gardenintheair.livejournal.com]

lmao omg where is this gif from

[es2pido.livejournal.com]

Here:



Philippine National Anthem station ID of my competitor TV network ROFLMAO.

[lasthenia.livejournal.com]

takes a special type of asshole to celebrate something like that. you can't group all of Korea together w/ those fuckwits tho.

I think netizens are reaching but 2NE1 just needs to stop trying w/ Japan tbh

[needsm0retime.livejournal.com]

tl;dr

stopped at "yt comments"

[lasthenia.livejournal.com]

lmao

[prushrush.livejournal.com]

lol youtube comments

[woohyun.livejournal.com]

OMG! Marian in Omona XD

[es2pido.livejournal.com]

SHE'S MY INSPIRATION <3 LOLOLOL

[earthequality.livejournal.com]

during a soccer match between Korean and Japanese professional teams, some Korean fans brought out a poster saying, “We celebrate earthquake in eastern Japan,”.

If I was a professional player from Korea, I would have been so ashamed and ripped all their signs to pieces. What the hell is wrong with people. That still doesn't mean all of Korea has the same sentiment. :/

[itskimbitches.livejournal.com]

u shud see some fans at european soccer games, there's no limit for them...none at all seriously.

[deeinanutshell.livejournal.com]

Whatever you say japanese nietizens. >.>
I keep feeling like the whole ~let's male 2NE1 happen in japan~ thing YG is trying to pull is such a waste of time anyways. Maybe YG will finally stop wasting time/energy/resources on a market that's not fit for the girls in the first place.

[yukahoo.livejournal.com]

The Japan-Korean hostilities played out on the highly controversial battlefield of pop culture frankly goes over my head, but it really does feel like they're grasping at straws... Red dots on forehead is Japan's national flag now? 'K...

The nuclear plant... Hardly an anti-Japan statement, but I guess they could have been a bit more sensitive about it. But... It looks the same? Don't all nuclear power plants look the same? At least in cartoons they do.

I really don't like all these news coming out of Japan. Who's making a profit on all this vitriol?

[michiyo-mori.livejournal.com]

You have GOT to be kidding me. :| Everyone needs to stop jumping to conclusions about racism and also stop being racist at the same time. Everyone. Not just Japan or Korea.

But in this particular case I don't believe there was any racist intent behind the MV. You'd have to be dumb as a post to promote a music video in a country you're insulting within the video.

[streetliights.livejournal.com]

hmm, netizens being their usual ridiculous selves. nothing new here but are 2ne1 even successful in japan?

[ginevragirl.livejournal.com]

no. lol.

[hibinoasako.livejournal.com]

Japan and Korea are the biggest inspiration countries for me but honestly i'm scared for my ass if i managed to get a job over there :|

even the smallest thing from the opposite country will always be a reason to insult each other. why cant we have obama rules the whole world :/

and youtube comments are not worth to read. lots of attention-seeker :(

[hugtimes.livejournal.com]

LOL WTF

[lulu-arashi.livejournal.com]

haha good thing they didn't call it illuminati :P

[hurtmybones.livejournal.com]

Omg lol.

[hardcore2992.livejournal.com]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=2pyq5v4)

[complicaked.livejournal.com]

mmm, ian somerhalder in my omona.
a+ gif.

[5h0rtyy.livejournal.com]

lol wtf?!

[ohprecioustime.livejournal.com]

I dunno which one is dumber the youtube comments or the fact they made this into an article

[she-devil666.livejournal.com]

if there is a comment box, there will ALWAYS be tons of idiots making ridiculous comments so that is a given. i think the fact they made this into article is worse :/

[killclosedrown.livejournal.com]

Is the dot on the monster's head even red? And don't all nuclear power plants pretty much look exactly the same? They either have the cylinder shape like the one in the picture (most have this design), or they're the dome boob shape. Also Fukushima had a meltdown, it didn't explode.

Also I'm pretty sure 2NE1 was actually IN JAPAN when the earthquake happened and didn't fucking celebrate it, unless you consider their agency donating half a million dollars to relief aid "celebrating" it.

[jenniquack.livejournal.com]

this so fucking much
im embarrassed for those who interpreted the mv that way
its not even analytical, just plain fictitious

[eccentricvibe.livejournal.com]

YouTube comments are irrelevant.

[me-mumbo.livejournal.com]

ia. i get bombarded with trolls have the time i leave a comment

[snow-princess21.livejournal.com]

They held out a sign saying "We celebrate the earthquake in eastern Japan"?!?
This is so immature and dumb it really hurts my heart... I just can't ...

[farda.livejournal.com]

i feel like the japan/korea rivalry thing is just as stupid as the portugal/spain rivalry we have here. everyone gets so bent out of shape for absolutely no fucking reason and then people decide to be assholes for fun.

most stereotypical movie "power plants" look like that, ffs. and why the hell are they even pausing the MV in the middle to look at a teeny tiny dot in the middle of the monsters head. ide.

[kawaiiairbender.livejournal.com]

rolling my eyes so hard

[lightspeedsquid.livejournal.com]

lol i don't even know what to say about this

[weerainbow.livejournal.com]

Just goes to show people will find something to complain or hate about if they want it enough :(

[fifi-moon.livejournal.com]

I'm in Japan now and I have heard 2ne1 playing way more everywhere than anyone else. Yesterday alone 4 separate shops had their songs playing.....I have seen way more of 2ne1 and Kara than any other kgroups here.


Except for Jang Geun Suk, he is EVERY where!

[la-geni.livejournal.com]

But they are paid to advertise their shit. It doesn't mean anything as far album sales/popularity etc which by what other people are saying are pretty bad.