Scenes of Blackpink’s Jennie dressed as sexy nurse to be removed from music video
This comes after South Korea's medical workers' union voiced concerns over the “typical sexual stereotype” used in the video for Lovesick Girls.
Scenes of Blackpink's Jennie in a sexy nurse outfit will be edited out of the music video for Lovesick Girls. (Photo: Screengrab from YouTube)
You won’t be able to see Jennie dressed in a nurse’s outfit in the latest Blackpink video for Lovesick Girls anymore.
The group’s label, YG Entertainment, confirmed on Wednesday (Oct 7) that they will remove scenes of the K-pop star wearing a sexy version of the uniform – tight, short dress; a cap with a heart symbol and high heels – after concerns raised by the Korean Health and Medical Worker’s Union two days earlier.
In a statement released on Monday, the union wrote that the outfit worn by Jennie in the music video was completely different from an actual nurse’s uniform and that it imitated “the typical sexual stereotype and excuse it as a simple ‘costume’”.
The statement went on to say that the Korean Health and Medical Worker’s Union “strictly opposes sexual gratification of women and nurses”.
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While YG Entertainment initially responded to the criticism on Tuesday by saying that the video was “an independent genre of art” and there was “no other intention than to express the music”, they changed their tune a day later by saying that they have decided to edit out all the scenes with the nurse’s uniform and that they will replace the video.
YG Entertainment’s new statement read: “While working on the music video for a long time, we did not expect this issue to be raised because (the scenes) had no specific intention to them. We feel greatly responsible for this and will consider it an opportunity to deeply learn. We relay our apologies to the nurses who felt discomfort, and we once again express our respect to all healthcare workers who are working hard for the sake of the health of the citizens.”
Lovesick Girls, from the K-pop group's just-released debut album, garnered 61.4 million views on YouTube in the first 24 hours.
This isn't the first incident where a Blackpink music video needed to be edited after complaints. The video for How You Like That was altered in June after criticisms that the Hindu deity Lord Ganesha was used as a prop.
