ok time for another rant yayy What is sell out and why is there controversy? ==================== "Sell Out" is a recently released music video that is a parody of Blackpink's "Shut down". I don't really understand if since im not in the kpop community, but from the comments it seems like it disses Blackpink A LOT. As expected, some blinks (blackpink fans) got really mad and started drama and fights in the comments calling it immature and degrading. Now the whole comments section is a dumpster fire. ==================== DISCLAIMER ==================== I am a classical musician and a twosetter, so I may be a little biased. I will try my best to understand where the kpop stans are coming from but will be also defending twoset. ALSO, THIS IS JUST MY OPINION. I have never met twoset, or blackpink and I don't know any of anyone's intentions. Because this happened so recent, a lot of what I will say are allegations or opinions. ==================== "this music is trash because people keep talking about how good the rapping/dancing/singing is but its actually trash kpop is way better" ==================== First of all, you are entitled to your own opinion. I do not care if you think the rapping is fire or trash because it is your opinion. If you think it's cringe, then that's fine. I personally think both Shut Down and Sell Out are cringe because Shut Down only samples like 4 measures of Paganini and Sell Out has some cringe lyrics and the dancing is cringe. If you love Shut Down or Sell Out, that's totally ok. Second of all, THIS IS A PARODY MADE FOR SATIRICAL PURPOSES. A lot of the comments don't understand that this whole thing is supposed to be a joke and not serious. Obviously the depth and meaning will not be as much as a more serious original music video like Fantasia. It is supposed to dunk on whatever it's dunking on while also having high production value. Sure, the rapping and lyrics are cringe, and sure, I do personally think Blackpink's rapping is better, but the rapping isn't supposed to be the main part of it, nor did Twoset formally train for years on how to sing or rap because they did not train in pop and they are violinists. Lastly, this may sound hypocritical considering twoset roasts a lot of things, but why? You can roast the video as much as you please but it's getting to a ridiculous point where people think the video should not exist. Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean you should disregard everyone else's opinion. ==================== "twoset is offensive and mean and they should be cancelled fugue this humor because its not funny and they don't deserve 4 mil >:00000000" ==================== Now here is the more controversial and juicy part. I can summarize this in 9 words. It Is Not Your Place To Speak On This I get that in America there is something called Freedom of Speech, which means you can say whatever you want without getting censored/go to jail, but there is also something called being mindful about what you are saying. I get that you can get heated over something you find offensive or rude. If I saw a parody of a Chopin etude dissing Chopin and being like "classical music is boring Chopin's dead so who cares" I would get pretty heated and may want to act on an impulse by attacking the music/the people who like the music. But the thing is, it's satire. It's a joke. It's not supposed to be taken seriously. I could get offended, but if I do I could literally just click off and forget about it. I understand if you find it offending, as I also find the lyrics a bit appalling or mean but that isn't an excuse for treating everyone who has a different opinion than you like they are the empty bottles of Shostakovich's vodka.
[cont from above] If Blackpink finds this content offensive or harmful, then sure, I do think twoset should take it down or apologize because the most they were being was insensitive, but if Blackpink finds it funny or ok then you shouldn't keep attacking twoset just because you find it offensive and start saying that this is offensive to blackpink, because you don't know if it is. ==================== Conclusion ==================== In conclusion, while I do find the music video to be cringe and slightly appalling/more roasts than usual, I really don't like how the kpop stans are going about it. It is like the dream stans who cancel random people who make jokes about him. You can say it is offensive to you, or that you don't like it, but PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF CHOPIN KEEP IT CIVILIZED AND UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I SWEAR 70% OF THESE COMMENTS ARE BY EITHER LITERAL CHILDREN OR EXTREMELY IMMATURE ADULTS WHO DON'T KNOW PEOPLE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT SENSES OF HUMOR AND TASTES AND HAVE THE 0 BRAINCELLS TO REALZE THAT THIS IS ALL A JOKE AND HARASSING RANDOM PEOPLE IS NOT OK. It's just so infuriating, that we live in a society run by a bunch of (no offense) bacteria sized brain Gen Zers and children. I really think that if none of this cancelling and ridiculous stuff changes society is actually going to go downhill. So yeah, there's my rant hope you enjoyed If any of you enjoy Blackpink then you can give your own take in the comments because I would like to know what the kpop stans (that aren't overboard simps for their idols and think of them as pure saints they must protect at all costs which means obliterate any human that has a different opinion than them) think :))) this is how i feel about this whole thing :_)
