BLACKPINK’s Jennie accused of cultural appropriation for using Sanskrit word Mantra as new single’s title; How You Like That controversy resurfaces

BLACKPINK’s Jennie is all location for her solo comeback with a impress-current single Mantra. The Ok-pop idol has been raising anticipation along with her genius advertising and marketing abilities, revealing current teasers and photography. Nonetheless, amid the fun, she would perhaps be going by diagram of cultural appropriation accusations and a brand current controversy with the name of the song, Mantra. Fans absorb since come to her defense stating that the observe has been historical by many artists through the years.

Not too prolonged ago on X (beforehand Twitter), about a posts emerged accusing Jennie of cultural appropriation. An individual identified that Mantra is derived from two Sanskrit phrases that account for a instrument for the mind.

“The observe “mantra” has actually nothing to achieve with the lyrics she wrote and it is a long way disrespectful”, the individual wrote, accusing her of disrespecting the Hindu religion. One other particular person has accused her of ‘exploiting’ the Hindu tradition along with her song title.

In light of this scenario, BLACKPINK’s previous controversy bright How You Love That tune video resurfaced online.

The customers identified that in the meanwhile they positioned Hindu God Ganesha’s statue on the ground, while Lisa become rapping sitting on a ‘throne’. Many expressed their discomfort with this and accused the crew of cultural appropriation by inserting a sacred object on the ground as a prop. Following the controversy, the tune video become edited and the statue become removed from it.

With these current accusations, some even demanded that Jennie must restful get rid of her mantra tattoo on her waist and shin.

In the period in-between, followers absorb come to the BLACKPINK member’s defense calling the accusation a ‘spurious rage’. Some identified that many other international artists absorb beforehand released songs with this observe, but never confronted such criticism.

Others talked about that, “Or no longer it is a long way the model of observe ‘mantra’ which is already exported to western vocabulary with a diversified, causal meaning, staunch admire ‘yoga’, ‘karma’ etc.” BLINKS are calling the accusers ‘haters’ searching to unfold a ‘spurious detrimental’ sooner than Jennie’s remarkable day.

In the period in-between, Jennie’s current single Mantra is location to start on October 11. This can impress the Ok-pop famous particular person’s first solo tune in some time. She also has two songs in her solo discography to this point, SOLO and an English special single You & Me.