First, watch the following. Now, let’s talk about it. We’ve covered a number of racist issues before, us being an Asian-American related website and all – so this kind of thing actually seems a bit mild in comparison. A uber popular KPOP group, EXID, arrived in town and it was apparently mayhem at the airport […]
Read More Worst Ever: TMZ Correspondent Makes Fun of KPOP Group’s Korean AccentSteve Aoki is no stranger to the sacred tenant of a live performance known as the stage dive. Crowd surfing is one of the many skills he’s perfected as a young man in the EDM realm. He’s made extensive use of props and rafts and can be seen soaring from various platforms into the welcoming […]
Read More Worst Ever: Steve Aoki’s Stage-dive FailThey say music is the universal language – and I guess it’s true even in the absence of it. You don’t have to understand Korean to cringe at this performance from the Reality TV Hip-Hop competition, Show Me the Money 3. This contestant seemingly had some momentum before choking on Mom’s jjapaghetti with this dud of a […]
Read More Worst Ever: This Awkward Korean Hip-Hop Reality TV PerformanceIt’s hard to bring up Yoko Ono without invoking some very passionate opinions – calling them mixed wouldn’t even begin to describe it. But no matter because the Lennon widow has managed to remain quasi relevant for decades now – and her brand of… unique music doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. But this performance […]
Read More Worst Ever: Yoko Didn’t Kill It With This Performance, But Music May Have Still Died a LittleMaybe I’m just desensitized at this point but this kind of thing does’t even make me flinch anymore. I see it, I sigh, and I move along. But for those that haven’t heard the latest controversy in Pop music, another artist has chosen to bastardize elements of Asian culture and inject them into their work. […]
Read More Worst Ever: Avril Lavigne Attempts to Go Kawaii With “Hello Kitty” MVLast night’s Super Bowl ad blitz was a bit underwhelming. There were a few standouts but the overall presence felt unmemorable and lackluster. But one of the standouts in my mind was the following ad from Coca-Cola. The clip makes use of a multi-lingual rendition of the patriotic tune, “America the Beautiful”. It was one […]
Read More Worst Ever: Folks Freaking Out over Coca-Cola’s Super Bowl AdOK, OK, OK. It’s clear as day that Snoop is cool with the individual in Blackface make up. But even if he isn’t phased, that doesn’t make it right. South Korean media has a history of using Blackface caricatures in it’s productions, and though the cultural atmosphere is very different, I personally think it needs […]
Read More Worst Ever: Blackface in South Korea (Next to Snoop Dogg)I was making the rounds on the Internet the other week, and came across this blog post about a musician, Jeremy Lim (no, not Lin) whose material was stolen, rebranded, and sold – all without his consent and without him seeing any of the profits. He made the discovery when he got copyright notices on Youtube […]
Read More Worst Ever: A Musician’s Story About How His Music Was Stolen & Sold For ProfitOK. By this point I think Patrice Wilson is fully aware of what he’s doing. Kids with marginal talent, a little bit of money and their parents with illusions of grandeur approach Mr. Wilson to put together a song and video package. Next thing you know, we have such “gems” like Rebecca Black’s “Friday”. These […]
Read More Worst Ever: The Masterminds Behind Rebecca Black Return With Alison Gold & “Chinese Food”So we haven’t had a Worst Ever article in a little while… but this video gives us an unfortunate reason to resurrect it. I get it, this band (Day Above Ground) has “yellow fever” and they want to poke fun at it. I dunno if there truly is a right way to do that but […]
Read More Worst Ever: A Really Unfunny “Tribute” to “Asian Girlz” by Day Above Ground
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