Korean YouTuber Under Fire for Saying Joy Should Leave Red Velvet After She Wore a Feminist Shirt
South Korean YouTuber PPKKa is currently under fire after saying that Joy from Red Velvet should be kicked out of the group. This comes after Joy was spotted wearing a shirt that says, "We Should All Be Feminists."
On August 20, PPKKa shared a video to his YouTube channel titled, "The Reason Joy Is Selfish". In the video, he speaks about Joy being caught wearing the feminist shirt. In the video, he slams Joy for being a "fake feminist", saying that her adorning herself with makeup and corsets, as well as acting cute and sexy to sell products, is the opposite of what a feminist is. He also criticizes her for wearing the shirt when her job is judged according to levels of her commercial value.
PPKKa called Joy an "amazing contradiction".
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He went on to say that instead of being a bad influence on members Wendy and Seulgi, Joy should just leave the group and become a solo singer like HA:TFELT and promote her feminism ideals alone.
He added that Red Velvet had been disqualified from his list of potential wives who he will get married to in the future.
Netizens were enraged over the video and left numerous comments calling him out. Check out some netizens comments down below:
"What did Joy do so wrong? All she did was to wear a t-shirt?"
"As if Joy would marry a guy like you anyway."
"This guy is too much."
"This is enough to get sued by SM Entertainment."
"This guy is ignorant, that is why he talks so much."
Check out his video here:
Previously, Joy was criticized by some Korean netizens after she posted a series of photos to Instagram, in which she is seen wearing a Dior white shirt and a grey suit jacket. When people started noticing she was wearing a feminist shirt, many started calling the idol "selfish", as this t-shirt can negatively affect her and Red Velvet. Korea is known for being close-minded with things like feminism, and though it is slowly getting better, there are still many who disagree with the feminist movement.
Many have also come to her defense, however. Some say that it's just a t-shirt, and she most probably wore it since she was sponsored to do so. Some have also complimented Joy, saying she looks gorgeous in her outfit.
What do you think of the situation?
ABOUT JOY
Joy is a South Korean singer, actress, and host who first debuted with Red Velvet in 2014. Notably, she is the only member of the group who was not introduced as part of SM Rookies, the pre-debut trainee team of SM Entertainment. As a member of Red Velvet, they released two studio albums and nine mini-albums. TIME Magazine and Billboard have praised them for being one of the most popular K-pop groups worldwide.
In 2015, Joy started her solo television activity, first appearing on the MBC variety show "We Got Married", where she was paired with BtoB's Yook Sungjae. They became the show's most popular couple in history. In July 2017, she appeared on "King of Masked Singer", where she won the first round of the competition. In 2019, she was selected as the host for "Get It Beauty", earning herself the Beauty Icon of the Year award at the Brand of the Year awards.
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She has also promoted as an actress. She first made her acting debut in 2017 as the female lead in the music-based drama "The Liar and His Lover". In 2018, Joy was cast as the female lead in the MBC drama "Tempted", which earned her numerous award nominations for her performance.
Joy has also released numerous OSTs for dramas. She released an OST in 2018 for her drama "Tempted" titled "OMG!". In 2019, she released the song "Dream Me" with NCT's Mark for the soundtrack of "The Ghost Detective", which was later included in Spotify's Top Korean OSTs of 2019 playlist. In 2020, Joy released the solo song "Introduce Me a Good Person" for the drama soundtrack of "Hospital Playlist". The song was so successful, it charted on the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 chart, the Gaon Chart, and earned her second place on the Melon Female Solo Chart.
In 2020, she collaborated with R&B artist and producer Crush for the song "Mayday", which was highly successful, charting at the top of the Genie and MelOn charts. She was subsequently nominated as a soloist for the Melon Music Awards Top 10 Artist Bonsang. She is the first female SM artist without an official solo debut to be nominated for a Bonsang.
