{"id":9340,"date":"2021-06-25T13:27:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T20:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=9340"},"modified":"2023-01-16T00:01:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T08:01:59","slug":"aespa-under-fire-office-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/aespa-under-fire-office-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Aespa under fire for sexualizing office workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Aespa<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;<strong>Next Level<\/strong>&#8221; dance practice video is criticized for its alleged sexualization of office <strong>workers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As a way of thanking fans for the 100 million views on their &#8220;Next Level&#8221; music video, aespa released the &#8216;<strong>company version<\/strong>&#8216; of their <strong>choreography<\/strong> practice. On June 24, the practice video became a hot topic on online community sites under the title, &#8220;Is Aespa&#8217;s &#8216;Next Level&#8217; Dance Practice &#8216;Company Version&#8217; of Sex Marketing from dance practice?<\/p>\n<p> &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post read:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;<em><strong>They say that dancing in exposed occupational garb, such as with nurses and soldiers, is a professional commercialization of sex. In their office looks in the &#8216;company version&#8217; of aespa, they dance in short blouses, but office workers rarely dress well.<br \/>C<br \/>\n<br \/> Is this the commercialization of sex?<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/em>&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IMpXNQ-MLT4\" title=\"aespa \uc5d0\uc2a4\ud30c &#039;Next Level&#039; aespa Company ver. Dance Practice\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IMpXNQ-MLT4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Netizens commented:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;<em><strong>What office worker dresses like this?<\/strong><\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em><strong>They wear a short T-shirt with an employee identification card. Isn&#8217;t that sexualization?<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>On the other hand, other netizens stated:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;<em><strong>I&#8217;m not sure that&#8217;s the commercialization of sex<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em><strong>It is not a uniform for a specific occupation group<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>In other news related to Aespa, &#8220;Next Level&#8221; has taken first place in <strong>Melon<\/strong>&#8216;s 24Hits <strong>chart<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>More than a month after its release, &#8220;Next Level&#8221; reached No.<\/p>\n<p> 1 on the <strong>24Hits<\/strong> chart of Korea&#8217;s largest music streaming service Melon at 8 p.m. KST on June 21. The 24Hits table is calculated based on the number of unique users during the last 24 hours. As of June 22 at 11 a.m. M. KST, &#8220;Next Level&#8221; is still at the top of the chart.<\/p>\n<p>Now Aespa is now the first girl group to reach No. 1 on the 24Hits chart with a song that was released after the changes to Melon&#8217;s chart <strong>system<\/strong> in July 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aespa&#8216;s &#8220;Next Level&#8221; dance practice video is criticized for its alleged sexualization of office workers. As a way of thanking fans for the 100 million views on their &#8220;Next Level&#8221; music video, aespa released the &#8216;company version&#8216; of their choreography practice. 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