On November 28, the British Daily Mail site received countless criticism from the online community and BLACKPINK fans after an article that “offended” this group.
Specifically, Allkpop reported that the Daily Mail ‘s article was titled: “Maybe, you have never heard of the K-pop phenomenon BLACKPINK before the king honored them. But here, we reveal about Dieting, daily weight pressure and plastic surgery pressure have left a dark ghost behind the world’s biggest girl group.”
The group BLACKPINK consists of 4 members: Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa, Rosé.
The article exposes the “dark side” of the K-pop industry, emphasizing that bullying, abuse and exploitation are increasingly common. Young people endure harsh training regimens, daily weight checks, and diets to stay slim. They are also pressured to have cosmetic surgery and forced to sign consent contracts, causing all activities to be strictly controlled by the management company.
Many BLACKPINK fans are upset over the use of the group’s name in association with negative posts and undermining the group’s success with false statements.
In particular, they “stoned” the statement: “Maybe, you have never heard of the K-pop phenomenon Blackpink before the king honored them.” BLACKPINK is a global music group and has fans all over the world, England also has many fans of this band.
Besides, many people pointed out that the article was also misleading by only highlighting aspects of K-pop training from a negative perspective without in-depth research. Therefore, the article resembles a summary article with vague, general information that has been seen in many other articles.
Many BLACKPINK fans believe that Daily Mail is the most tabloid newspaper among the tabloids that has tried to lower the reputation of Asian music groups.
The group was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Recently, King Charles III awarded the Blackpink group the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), recognizing their contributions to raising global citizen awareness. on responding to climate change. The event took place at Buckingham Palace in London – England.
They are happy with their MBEs.
Blackpink once took on the role of public relations ambassador for COP26 – the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in the UK in 2021.