Avril Lavigne Confuses, Offends With ‘Hello Kitty’ Music Video
Avril Lavigne’s “Hello Kitty” music video is receiving considerable backlash for its depiction of Japanese culture.
Avril Lavigne Confuses, Offends With ‘Hello Kitty’ Music Video
Avril Lavigne’s “Hello Kitty” music video is receiving considerable backlash for its depiction of Japanese culture.
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Went and watched the video, what's the big deal? Having lived a long time in Japan and having endured JPop I see no difference. Her quality is a little better then most Japanese pop artists. Not my style, but hey, I'm not the market.
I heard about it on the radio. "It was racist" they said. I hate when white people get too sensitive about stuff and assume it's racist for other people.
Agreed, I didn't find anything racist in this video — takes a lot of cues from K and Jpop at a pretty surface level, but there's no crime in that other than shallow artistry.
Honestly, I'd put it on the same level of poor Engrish used in Japanese music videos. Well intentioned, but kinda misses the mark of actually getting the language right … but no one gets up in arms about that.
If it's guilty of anything, it's just a bad song.
Agreed +James C. Deering.
+Rob S +Gregory Jackson My g/f said that after she watched it. Japan has been copying/mimicking American stuff for a long time… sometimes poorly. Don't get what the fuss is over. shrug