Controversy has arose over the sexual connotations of NewJeans's "Cookie"
Soon after NewJeans's "Cookie" began climbing up on Korean music charts, a fierce debate arose over the song's allegedly sexual references.
Then, last week, a professional English-to-Korean translator uploaded a YouTube video, arguing that the rookie girl group song did in fact contain "overtly sexual connotations".
Translator Kim Tae Hoon began, "NewJeans's 'Cookie' was the last song that was revealed. At first, my reaction was, 'Oh, it's good too!'. But the more I listened to it, I went, 'Oh, no'. A few more listens, and that turned into 'Hell, no!'."
The translator then added on, "I debated over whether I should talk about this issue or not. Since this group is comprised entirely of minors, who undoubtedly poured incredible amounts of hard work and effort to debut. The fact that a group like this is involved in this controversy in itself is ugly and unfortunate. And so I was worried that if I addressed the issue, then it would only add fuel to the fire. But ultimately, I decided to make this video in the hopes that in the future, companies would be more cautious when dealing with the lyrics of a song sung by minors."
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