{"id":140156,"date":"2025-04-01T15:44:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T22:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=140156"},"modified":"2025-04-01T15:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T22:44:57","slug":"the-blackpink-girls-spark-controversy-after-pre-debut-clips-of-them-saying-the-n-word-are-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/the-blackpink-girls-spark-controversy-after-pre-debut-clips-of-them-saying-the-n-word-are-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"The BLACKPINK girls spark controversy after pre-debut clips of them saying the n-word are revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 30, 2025, the K-pop world went wild when pre-debut videos of the<strong> BLACKPINK<\/strong> girls leaked online. A <strong>former YG Entertainment staffer allegedly shared clips showing Jisoo covering Nicki Minaj\u2019s \u201cRight By My Side\u201d with fragments of Ros\u00e9, Lisa, and Jennie mouthing the N-word during trainee evaluations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFlopKpop\/status\/1906612000853295257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFlopKpop\/status\/1906612000853295257<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Critics questioned Jisoo\u2019s vocal abilities, calling her raw sound. In addition, Ros\u00e9, Jennie, and Lisa\u2019s alleged use of <strong>racial slurs<\/strong> sparked conversations about cultural appropriation in K-pop. Some are wondering if companies are educating their trainees on cultural sensitive issues, while their fans argue that the girls have grown on this issue since their debut.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLACKPINK\/status\/1895307965277839659\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BLACKPINK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BLACKPINK<\/a> 2025 WORLD TOUR SHOWS ADDED<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%EB%B8%94%EB%9E%99%ED%95%91%ED%81%AC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\ube14\ub799\ud551\ud06c<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WORLDTOUR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#WORLDTOUR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#YG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PmZyfd3wQl\">pic.twitter.com\/PmZyfd3wQl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BLACKPINKOFFICIAL (@BLACKPINK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLACKPINK\/status\/1895307965277839659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, others have pointed out that the leaks are 12 years old and that the girls were possibly required to use the racial slurs in their evaluations. Fast-forward to now, the BLACKPINK squad is busy with their solo careers, with each member focusing on their projects. However, they are returning in 2025 with a rumored<strong> full album<\/strong> and a confirmed tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 30, 2025, the K-pop world went wild when pre-debut videos of the BLACKPINK girls leaked online. A former YG Entertainment staffer allegedly shared clips showing Jisoo covering Nicki Minaj\u2019s \u201cRight By My Side\u201d with fragments of Ros\u00e9, Lisa, and Jennie mouthing the N-word during trainee evaluations. Critics questioned Jisoo\u2019s vocal abilities, calling her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":140157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[17],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-140156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"tag-blackpink"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140156"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=140156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}