>The original intention I wanted to convey through this music video was to call out people who are snobbish, who act as though they’re above it all, who point fingers and impose their own standards—especially the so-called “condescending” types who misbehave while judging others.
>By mirroring their actions, I wanted to show them their own behavior and, in a sense, turn the blade back on them. That was the story and purpose I wanted to express through this music video. I wanted to reproduce those finger-pointing actions and moments of condemnation while secretly being worse behind the scenes, and perform them in a way that would make such people feel the same discomfort they cause others. By showing their behavior exactly as it is, I wanted them to experience how unpleasant and disrespectful it can be.
>At the end of the video, I planned to show the character ultimately self-destructing.
>However, I have since realized that, certain scenes may feel uncomfortable to some viewers. When creating and releasing this project, I never intended to hurt anyone, to make anyone feel uncomfortable, or to worry my fans. It was my fault not to recognize how it might be interpreted in that way. Therefore, I will replace the scene in question with another cut as quickly as possible.
One thing I would like to make clear is that my values (the ones I have lived by) remain exactly as you have seen them until now. I really wanted you to know this.
>The stories I want to tell through my music, the messages I truly want to share, are all contained within the upcoming content, albums, and songs. Through them, I’ll be able to show my intentions more clearly. So please give me a little more time and listen closely to what I’m trying to say.
>Thank you sincerely for always believing in me and supporting me.
Kino has been critiziced for [the MV of his pre-release](https://youtu.be/tiHQSQEaDNc), specifically the scene where Kino’s character seems to be watching an adult video while he eats pizza, receiving accusations of being a misogynist because of it.
As seen in the translation above, Kino went on weverse to explain the message behind the MV, admitting his mistakes about how it ended up being interpreted in a wrong way that he didn’t intend, and he will edit the controversial scenes as soon as he can, also asks people to not make wrong assumptions about his values.
Lilac-Soul on
Removing the controversial scenes waters down the sharp social commentary. It’s terrible that he felt the need to do this, as an *artist*. It is so not his fault that the media-illiterate viewers couldn’t comprehend that by *playing a degenerate character*, there might be an actual artistically valid point to using such offensive scenes (commentary on the young male misogyny/incel epidemic and the very real toxic consumption of porn; oppressive work and purity culture; the young suicide rate epidemic in korea to name just a few).
The industry is reinforcing their ridiculous purity standards on idols once again and suppressing their artistic freedom because it’s too unpalatable for viewers. This is just sad.
yadynamite on
People shitting on him hadn’t even watched the MV or listened to the song… they just saw a 5 second clip on twitter and went on to say he’s misogynistic…
chanyeol2012 on
Twitter was insane for this. Some people were trying to point out that his character in the mv was supposed to be a disgusting person, to which others then criticized further saying “he had to watch porn to show that?” And that he was despicable anyway for coming up with that depiction…. I can’t with people
xAxlx on
As usual, media literacy is dead. Depicting something as an artist is not the same as co-signing that thing.
k-hot on
Was it… not kind of obvious what he was going for? Full disclosure, I didn’t know there was a controversy about this until literally just now, but I watched the MV right when the song released and I’m not sure how people thought “greasy and dead-eyed, holed up in a dark room, stuffing cold shitty pizza in his face while watching porn” was meant to be an endorsement when it’s pulled straight from the basement dweller archetype. If people felt like it was gross and uncomfortable, yeah, it’s framed in a way that absolutely *is* gross and uncomfortable. That’s the intended effect. Why would Christian Bale do all that murder?
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[Translation cut of his explanation](https://x.com/ilovekinosobad/status/1974424289844568526)
>The original intention I wanted to convey through this music video was to call out people who are snobbish, who act as though they’re above it all, who point fingers and impose their own standards—especially the so-called “condescending” types who misbehave while judging others.
>By mirroring their actions, I wanted to show them their own behavior and, in a sense, turn the blade back on them. That was the story and purpose I wanted to express through this music video. I wanted to reproduce those finger-pointing actions and moments of condemnation while secretly being worse behind the scenes, and perform them in a way that would make such people feel the same discomfort they cause others. By showing their behavior exactly as it is, I wanted them to experience how unpleasant and disrespectful it can be.
>At the end of the video, I planned to show the character ultimately self-destructing.
>However, I have since realized that, certain scenes may feel uncomfortable to some viewers. When creating and releasing this project, I never intended to hurt anyone, to make anyone feel uncomfortable, or to worry my fans. It was my fault not to recognize how it might be interpreted in that way. Therefore, I will replace the scene in question with another cut as quickly as possible.
One thing I would like to make clear is that my values (the ones I have lived by) remain exactly as you have seen them until now. I really wanted you to know this.
>The stories I want to tell through my music, the messages I truly want to share, are all contained within the upcoming content, albums, and songs. Through them, I’ll be able to show my intentions more clearly. So please give me a little more time and listen closely to what I’m trying to say.
>Thank you sincerely for always believing in me and supporting me.
Kino has been critiziced for [the MV of his pre-release](https://youtu.be/tiHQSQEaDNc), specifically the scene where Kino’s character seems to be watching an adult video while he eats pizza, receiving accusations of being a misogynist because of it.
As seen in the translation above, Kino went on weverse to explain the message behind the MV, admitting his mistakes about how it ended up being interpreted in a wrong way that he didn’t intend, and he will edit the controversial scenes as soon as he can, also asks people to not make wrong assumptions about his values.
Removing the controversial scenes waters down the sharp social commentary. It’s terrible that he felt the need to do this, as an *artist*. It is so not his fault that the media-illiterate viewers couldn’t comprehend that by *playing a degenerate character*, there might be an actual artistically valid point to using such offensive scenes (commentary on the young male misogyny/incel epidemic and the very real toxic consumption of porn; oppressive work and purity culture; the young suicide rate epidemic in korea to name just a few).
The industry is reinforcing their ridiculous purity standards on idols once again and suppressing their artistic freedom because it’s too unpalatable for viewers. This is just sad.
People shitting on him hadn’t even watched the MV or listened to the song… they just saw a 5 second clip on twitter and went on to say he’s misogynistic…
Twitter was insane for this. Some people were trying to point out that his character in the mv was supposed to be a disgusting person, to which others then criticized further saying “he had to watch porn to show that?” And that he was despicable anyway for coming up with that depiction…. I can’t with people
As usual, media literacy is dead. Depicting something as an artist is not the same as co-signing that thing.
Was it… not kind of obvious what he was going for? Full disclosure, I didn’t know there was a controversy about this until literally just now, but I watched the MV right when the song released and I’m not sure how people thought “greasy and dead-eyed, holed up in a dark room, stuffing cold shitty pizza in his face while watching porn” was meant to be an endorsement when it’s pulled straight from the basement dweller archetype. If people felt like it was gross and uncomfortable, yeah, it’s framed in a way that absolutely *is* gross and uncomfortable. That’s the intended effect. Why would Christian Bale do all that murder?
Media literacy is truly dead tbh