P Nation Group of girls just debut Baby don’t cry He found himself at the center of the dispute after the release of their MV Teaser debut for “F girl.” Critics are calling the suggestive images of the video, in particular because the group is made up entirely of minors.
The teaser presents a member who approaches a cashier and puts a small package wrapped on the counter, one who visually recalls a condom brand. When the male cashier gives it a disapproving look, he opens the package to reveal a candy, which he then puts in his mouth. Although intended to be brazen or ironic, the scene has attracted an immediate online backlash for its inadequacy Three of the four members of the group are less than 20 years old.
The spectators expressed concern about the debut of the group linked to provocative symbolism, accusing Pnation of “marketing shock value” at the expense of the images of minors. The controversy intensified when it became known that Jeon Soyeon of (G) I-Tle, a respected idol and producer, is credited as the main producer for Baby don’t cryDebut and composed of their track of the title.
Comments on Theqoo:
- “Jeon [So-yeon] It is seriously … disgusting. Do you really want to behave like this for minors who are not yet 19 years old? F**. “*
- “So I trash. Mirano the girls in Look Preppy -Wough, disgusting.”
- “Please don’t behave in order to minors.”
- “Ugh.”
- “Even adult stores do not advertise condoms so clearly. He is clearly aiming for something, and yet he acts as the others are the perverts, seriously?”
- “I was already shocked when he put his fingers in his mouth and pretended to vomit in the MV … I guess this is the concept with which they are going now. I liked Je Yi-Hyun The wicked And they had hopes, but this is disappointing … the other members also seemed quite enough. “
The controversy raises larger worries in the k-pop on use by the sector of provocative or angular concepts, in particular when young idols are involved. Fans and observers in the sector now ask for more weighting decisions and ethical supervision, in particular in the debut phases of the groups of rookie.
