Rookie IVE has a scandal that mocks Indian culture, aespa is mocked for only lip-syncing

Recently, rookie group IVE and "pet chicken" SM aespa have been constantly entangled in a series of controversial noises.

IVE has just debuted but is already a prominent name in the Kpop music industry, not only because of the two former members of IZ*ONE but also because of the great achievements that the 6 girls have achieved with the single album ELEVEN.

It can be said that the attraction of IVE is no joke when the members of the group are often called out on large and small forums. In addition to many positive feedbacks about the stunning visual lineup, IVE is often entangled in many unnecessary controversies, typically about the issue of costumes or attitude when performing.

Recently, the group was once again "stoned" by netizens for an act that was said to mock the traditional Indian dance.

Specifically, on December 11, Starship uploaded a behind-the-scenes video of IVE's MV ELEVEN. The first half of the clip is very ordinary when it shows the good teamwork and lovely interactions of the members during the recording of the debut MV.

However, in the second half of the video, a few observant fans noticed an "unusual" detail. It was the scene where leader Yujin put his hand under Rei's chin, and the Japanese member started following the joke by moving his neck. At that moment, the caption that appeared was "Dduru dduru ddu".

The next minute, Rei continued to put his hand on the chin of the person next to him, Jang Wonyoung, and she reacted similarly. All 3 members looked very happy while joking around and even laughed loudly during the process.

This moment quickly went viral on two platforms, Twitter and TikTok. For people from South Asian countries (including India), the act of rocking the neck and head to the music "dduru" comes from traditional Indian dances and should be respected. not sarcastic.

Although some people feel that IVE has done nothing wrong, some other difficult netizens are angry and disgruntled because they think they have been severely insulted in terms of culture, especially when the "troublemaker" is a new girlgroup. infant is less than 1 month old.

Some netizens' comments:

- I'm an Indian and I'm actually a bit annoyed. They've only debuted for a month, but they're already acting like this.

- I don't think it's right to boycott them, but at least they should be taught. We don't even know if they were intentionally hinting at Indian culture in doing so.

While IVE was scandalized by ridicule of Indian culture, aespa - SM's new girl group was also "sacrifice" continuously.

Accordingly, aespa is one of the groups that have won many impressive awards at MAMA 2021 such as Best New Female Artist, Best Dance Performance - Female Group. However, after attending this big award ceremony, the SM girls suddenly got into a series of controversies on social networks. End of being criticized for the boring stage like a weekend music show, and then the choreography that became a "joke" of Karina. Netizens also criticized aespa for revealing lip-sync at MAMA and promotional shows in the US such as The Nick Cannon Show, The Kelly Clarkson...

Netizens even stated firmly that since their debut, aespa has never sang live, but only lip-synced, over-singed music with lyrics, or a pre-record stage! Many comments on social media confirmed that SM always let aespa lipsync but never once showed off their "authentic" vocals. Many people mock aespa fans who often flatter idols' vocals, but in reality, the group is the "lipsync god".

However, according to fans, aespa used to sing live and the girls' vocal skills are very good. Fans are passing on a "rare" live stage video of aespa, when the group performed the song "Black Mamba" at the MBC Song Festival on December 31, 2020. This stage was also confirmed as a live performance through the program script of the staff.

Fans claim that aespa's live singing skills are undeniable. The group also impressed with the encore video like "swallowing the disc" at some Savage stages in October. Therefore, criticism for aespa's singing ability is "ridiculous". The fact that aespa often lipsync without singing 100% live is said to be "SM's fault" for not letting the girls "show off their talents".

Not stopping here, aespa member Giselle was also criticized for "slandering" in public. Specifically, when aespa toured the New York landscape at the Empire State Building, Giselle took a photo with her phone. She looked down and exclaimed, "If my phone falls down, I'm going to kill myself."

According to Korean netizens, Giselle used the word "suicide" - a sensitive word that is avoided in ordinary Korean communication. Although the context of the sentence is not meant to be malicious, Giselle should have used the word "probably dead" instead of "I'm going to commit suicide" as in the controversial statement above. In addition, Giselle's use of verbs also meant to emphasize suicide, so the more pressing reaction of Korean netizens was encountered.

Fans defended that Giselle might not be good at Korean so she didn't know the rules of words. Even fans think that Giselle's statement is very cute and sincere. However, Knet still had a rather harsh reaction. Korea is a country with a high suicide rate, and Giselle's casual use of the word referring to death is thoughtless.

In October, Giselle also caused controversy when lip-syncing the forbidden word racist. Netizens think that Giselle needs to be more careful in words because it is easy to affect the group's image as well as her own image.

As can be seen, IVE and aespa are both very hot names, so it is easy to fall into the "sight" of netizens.

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