{"id":143072,"date":"2025-05-31T10:14:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=143072"},"modified":"2025-05-31T10:14:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:14:03","slug":"julie-breaks-the-silence-the-kiss-of-life-leader-finally-addresses-the-cultural-appropriation-and-racism-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/julie-breaks-the-silence-the-kiss-of-life-leader-finally-addresses-the-cultural-appropriation-and-racism-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie breaks the silence: The KISS OF LIFE leader finally addresses the cultural appropriation and racism scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly two months of silence from the members, <strong>KISS OF LIFE\u2019s Julie<\/strong> has stepped forward to personally address the controversy that surrounded the group back in April. Fans remember the backlash from the \u201cold-school Hip Hop vibes\u201d birthday livestream for Julie, where the girls were accused of cultural appropriation for wearing cornrows, gold chains, and mimicking rap stereotypes. Initially, the group\u2019s agency,<strong> S2 Entertainment<\/strong>, issued a formal apology, but fans weren\u2019t satisfied\u2014what they really wanted was an apology from the idols themselves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFlopKpop\/status\/1907697384622272909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFlopKpop\/status\/1907697384622272909<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first response from the group came on April 5 via a handwritten letter shared with fans, where the members expressed regret and took full responsibility. They admitted their intent was to honor hip-hop but acknowledged the execution was culturally insensitive. The letter promised growth, education, and a commitment to do better. Still, many fans felt the apology lacked visibility and emotional weight. Read it here:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1908583404989538749\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">KISS OF LIFE issues an apology letter over racial stereotype controversy during their recent livestream:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur intention was to show how much we loved the category of old school hip hop because it greatly influences our music. While shooting the content we ended up taking the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qo4f6xrNfL\">pic.twitter.com\/qo4f6xrNfL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1908583404989538749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 5, 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>On May 31, Julie finally spoke directly during an<strong> Instagram Live<\/strong>. In an emotional moment, she addressed the scandal, saying it was \u201cnerve-wracking\u201d but important. She emphasized the group\u2019s responsibility to learn from their actions and apologized directly to the Black and Latino communities. \u201cWe\u2019re working hard to be better,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Julie\u2019s personal Instagram live apology here:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1928833110700970003\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Julie of KISS OF LIFE apologizes for the group\u2019s racially insensitive birthday livestream on Instagram Live:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s nerve-wracking to talk about everything that is going on, but because we are a bit of a more mature group, it\u2019s very important for us to take accountability for our\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O86hehmDqn\">pic.twitter.com\/O86hehmDqn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1928833110700970003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly two months of silence from the members, KISS OF LIFE\u2019s Julie has stepped forward to personally address the controversy that surrounded the group back in April. Fans remember the backlash from the \u201cold-school Hip Hop vibes\u201d birthday livestream for Julie, where the girls were accused of cultural appropriation for wearing cornrows, gold chains, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":143073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-143072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143072","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=143072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143072"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=143072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}