The member of the female girl group of the moment, BLACKPINK, has been making negative tabloids in the South Korean press after her “sexualized” attitude in the stage of the United Stage tour goes viral, more specifically, the “twerk” she’s done in front of the audience.
There are some unspoken conduct rules that all the members of the Kpop music must adhere to in order to maintain a clean, positive image in the public’s eye, which includes, but is not limited to, the prohibition of dating, not voicing any political opinion, and keeping an excellent conduct above anything, after all ,they are called “idols” for a reason.
Since the South Korean culture is quite conservative, it’s not common to see Kpop singers acting too sexy, or having an oversexualized dance choreography, the lyrics also cannot contain a lot of sexual metaphors. That, however, has not stopped BLACKPINK from making music with such approach. Their hit single “Ice Cream” talks about their desire for a cone of ice cream but making it clear that they are actually referring to the intimate parts of a man with multiple metaphors in the lyrics, such as: “I’m nice with the cream, if you know what I mean”. Yes, we know what you mean.
This time, it’s been Rosé who has broken the rule of the “outstanding” behavior by doing the “twerk” dance on the stage of some of BLACKPINK’s concerts. The twerk consists of shaking the buttocks imitating the movement you would do while thrusting in a sexual intercourse, hence why this dance in particular is considered to be heavily sexual.
Rosé was actually asked by a fan to do the dance, she carried a sign that read “Rosie Throw It Back”, which is another way to refer to twerking. The phrase is not new to the “Gone” singer, in fact, a few years ago, in the middle of a live stream on Instagram, Rosé received a comment with that same message, to which she responded with a funny “What? Am I supposed to twerk?”, which was a funny anecdote for the fans, but now it’s a reality. The fans seem to be okay with the singer partaking in the dance, but the Korean culture doesn’t seem to be so fond of it and has actually given her a hard time. Here are the videos of the live transmission a few years ago, and the twerks she has done on the stage of the US concerts.
https://twitter.com/970pjm/status/1546374539168272384?s=20&t=NDhhHOvRcpPtGtq6ws7zuA
rosé twerk levels pic.twitter.com/ZU4FoyDT3G
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