Kpop Idols Cultural Appropriation. Why I Think K-Pop Idol Chung Ha Shouldnt Be Accused Of Cultural Appropriation. We see quite often new examples of cultural appropriation by k-pop idols.
We are at a time in the world where combating anti black racism is at the front of a lot of peoples minds. In the K-pop industry articles about cultural appropriation of black culture often spring up. What is cultural appropriation and what is the limit.
Given the disturbing acceptance in Korea surrounding idols using cultural appropriation in their music fans should be able to at least trust their idols to try their best to avoid contributing to the issue and some may say HyunA has certainly not delivered on that.
Chung Ha a member of the former K-Pop girl group IOI has recently gotten herself into a load of controversy with K-Pop fans in and out of her fanbase. The story of kpop being mired in controversies related to flippant cultural appropriation is much older though. DeepStudio Entertainment started a project called YOURS. K-pop is a music genre that incorporates several genres from the West such as pop rock jazz and hip-hop.