He advised artists to seek cultures before any action.
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Blackswan‘S Fatou seems to have given his thoughts on Kiss of lifeThe recent controversy.
Kiss of Life was the subject of online criticism after Julie’s Birthday Livestream, during which the group depicted racist stereotypes and was accused of cultural appropriation. This led to the apologies of their agency and, more recently, a handwritten by Kiss of Life, who were both welcomed with conflicting reactions.
The personal apologies of the kiss of life sparkle mixed reactions heated
Many Netizen believed that the apologies were not specific enough and did not really recognize the groups from which they had been appropriate.
In a shared post on X, Fatou shared similar thoughts in a tweet that has not directly mentioned the kiss of life, but is presumed to concern the controversy. In his message, Fatou has a firm position, calling those who act “in the dark” after their actions.
If you want to apologize to us black, make sure you turn to us. Do not use everything we created, run with it and then try to recite in the dark. We have already crossed this circus, and I hope it is the last, so please do the right thing. Will not kill you😁
– _faromi23_ (@Faromi23) April 6, 2025
He also offered the advice to do research to better understand and show respect.
I will say it before sleeping, know that you would be nothing without Black😎/Afro music, so please respect the people behind it and the culture, and if you really want to understand some research (in reality it is really fun) you will fall in love more 😁
– _faromi23_ (@Faromi23) April 6, 2025
Some have encountered problems with Fatou’s message, accusing his spelling on the situation as someone who is not Afro-American in particular, since much of the thought of hip-hop culture originated with blacks in America or simply did not approve the message.
Girl come from Senagal😭😭 We didn’t create anything who had made a mockery from AAS … not you guys #Ever March https://t.co/nabc8oxtrg
– Kira ୧ ‧₊ 🍓 ⋅ ⋅ ☆ (@pinkdayoung) April 7, 2025
“Did we create?” Lmao
You are not even African American, what did you create?
Trying to earn a weight from this controversy and does not even involve your people.
It won’t make them financially supporting you outside of Token Stanning, KPop Stans are False AF, but nice attempt IG https://t.co/vf2812cyhh– mskiwistowberry (@mkiwistowberry) April 7, 2025
BlackSwan’s Fatou behaves once again stereotyped: pic.twitter.com/xodpp8xajp
– k_dolls (@kpopidolls) April 6, 2025
Others felt Fatou’s place like a black k-pop idol, together with the cultural appropriation that occurred with many parts of black culture, had completely good in his comments.
A woman of color literally in the sector who talks about her unpaid culture .. let’s understand that she met and interacted with Natty before, so … and you are competing on her because she will not stand BS?
Talk your shit Fatou..🙌🏾 https://t.co/frjkdz4zp5
– Kai💭 Firstfruit🍏 (@neokaikai) April 7, 2025
A black kpop idol that openly criticizes racism and specifically Flacphobia in the KPOP sector? Oh, we love to see it! https://t.co/mzshqzsuto
– Hi I’m Ki and they are 6’1 only fyi guys (@daikimengg) April 6, 2025
Fatou, a true black artist by Kpop who tells his peers in the music sector to stop lack of respect for his people and is beyond the embankment that the KPop world continues to do this SH **. Kpop was created by blacks and every single kind of music began because of his. https://t.co/vgdqqybba
– Maro ᰔ🔻free Palestine (@admirerox) April 6, 2025
