Netizens are claiming that LE SSERAFIM's album cover for "ANTIFRAGILE" is inspired by Japanese craftsmanship.
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K-Netz Claim LE SSERAFIM's 'ANTIFRAGILE' Cover Was Inspired By Japanese Craftmanship
On May 3, netizens gathered in a thread titled, "LE SSERAFIM Also Incorporated Japanese Craftmanship Techniques on Their Album Cover."
The author then relayed how the title "ANTIFRAGILE" also resonated with Kintsugi, the Japanese art of restoring shattered pottery with coating, alongside choices of gold, silver, or platinum powder. OP shared:
"The album logo above visually expresses the message contained in 'ANTIFRAGILE' is impressive.
The design with gold lines engraved on a black background was inspired by the art of Kintsugi, which accepts the imperfections of fragile ceramics and exposes the broken parts as they are.
This also conveys the meaning that members (of LE SSERAFIM) hold onto each other even in situations where they may break and scatter because of external damage, and are eventually reborn as brighter, shining beings."
The author continued:
"Kintsugi, which means 'repair with gold,' is a form of Japanese Tohoku art that repairs broken pottery using rosin, gold, and more. It is based on the Japanese spirit of Wabi-sabi. Wabi-sabi also means to accept life's imperfections, view them as beauty, and express gratitude.
Rather than hide the broken parts, accept them as part of history, and precious materials such as gold or silver are added to create a new vessel with a more beautiful appearance than the previous one."
Here's how netizens reacted to the concept:
- "They're going crazy with this weabooness (t/n: in Korean (ilbbong) is the same as weeaboo, someone addicted to Japan)"
- "And they also include Japanese in every first song of their albums, this is the epitome of being weaboos."
- "Isn't this a group made because they're obsessed with Japan?"
- "Isn't this a forced hate?"
- "It's a fact that a lot of things they're doing are based on Japan."
- "I only pity LE SSERAFIM's members."
- "The weeaboo group."
In a separate platform, FEARNOTs defended the quintet:
- "The fact they did this much research behind the meaning of their cover just to hate on them is so sad lmao. Just call yourselves fans at this point."
- This forced a** hate train. We're so tired wrap this s**t up already."
- "For real, they forget that LE SSERAFIM has two Japanese members. They also forget K-pop takes from a lot of different cultures to begin with as well."
- "I hope the girls are getting all the psychological help they need with this disgusting witch hunt."
- "People need to stick to the script on their criticism with HYBE because attacking the girls is not it."
- "How is this not a witch hunt at this point? It's ridiculous."
- "This is clearly a witch hunt and a smear campaign against them! I'm not even their fan but it's obvious that they're nitpicking every single thing to hate."
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