{"id":141285,"date":"2025-04-24T17:40:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T00:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=141285"},"modified":"2025-04-24T17:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T00:40:37","slug":"blackpinks-spotify-gets-hacked-kiss-of-life-photo-swap-and-the-n-word-controversy-stir-the-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/blackpinks-spotify-gets-hacked-kiss-of-life-photo-swap-and-the-n-word-controversy-stir-the-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"BLACKPINK\u2019s Spotify gets hacked? KISS OF LIFE photo swap and the N-word controversy stir the pot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BLACKPINK<\/strong>\u2019s Spotify page just entered its glitch era\u2014and it\u2019s not looking stylish! Their hit account suddenly had a new cover photo&#8230; featuring none other newer girl group <strong>KISS OF LIFE<\/strong>. The image wasn\u2019t just random\u2014it was the same pic used during a recent cultural appropriation controversy involving the KISS OF LIFE members, who recently had a birthday live stream, wearing African American clothes and using black mannerisms offensively.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/go1dwing\/status\/1915310962653233504\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">who hacked blackpink on spotify omg <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cnbG2Tf6Io\">pic.twitter.com\/cnbG2Tf6Io<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; sarah \ud83d\udc8c (@go1dwing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/go1dwing\/status\/1915310962653233504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 24, 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>The decision to use the image probably circles back to the<strong>\u00a0N-word<\/strong> controversy involving pre-debut clips of Jennie, Ros\u00e9, and Lisa using racial slurs. These clips, allegedly leaked by a former YG staffer on Discord, have resurfaced and have been causing controversy. The timing of the Spotify hack couldn\u2019t have been worse, especially since it seems to go beyond just BLACKPINK\u2014accounts tied to other YG groups like TREASURE and BABYMONSTER were affected too.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/speakjennie\/status\/1915290082820460687\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">someone hacked blackpink\u2019s spotify profile and put this \ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vx3x3ohM07\">pic.twitter.com\/Vx3x3ohM07<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; valeria \u2693\ufe0e au byler (@speakjennie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/speakjennie\/status\/1915290082820460687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 24, 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>YG Entertainment remains completely silent as fans keep being loud!\u00a0 Social media is flooded with critiques over how the company is handling this scandal and hacking situation. As of now, no official statements have been dropped, but the damage is done. The fandom is demanding answers and accountability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLACKPINK\u2019s Spotify page just entered its glitch era\u2014and it\u2019s not looking stylish! Their hit account suddenly had a new cover photo&#8230; featuring none other newer girl group KISS OF LIFE. The image wasn\u2019t just random\u2014it was the same pic used during a recent cultural appropriation controversy involving the KISS OF LIFE members, who recently had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":141286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[17],"class_list":{"0":"post-141285","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\/141285","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=141285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}