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1/10/2016 J-Pop Band Ladybaby Releases Music [VIDEO] ‘Nippon Manju’: Is It Offensive Or Amazing? : News : Daily Offbeat
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The Jpop band, Ladybaby, released a new video called “Nippon Manju” featuring
Ladybird over Fourth of July weekend.
Although the new music video is meant to be an ode to all things the band loves about
Japan, there’s debate whether the clip is offensive or amazing.
The Jpop group features two young ladies, Rie Kaneko and Rei Kuromiya, known as
“kawaii” (“cute”) idols and Ladybeard, a crossdressing singer and professional
wrestler from Australia who has been performing in Japan since 2013, according to
The Huffington Post. Ladybeard reportedly formed Ladybaby earlier this year with the
teen singers.
JPop Band Ladybaby Releases Music [VIDEO]
‘Nippon Manju’: Is It Offensive Or Amazing?By Ji Hyun Joo 08 Jul '15 15:52pm
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LADYBABY / Nippon Manju Music Clip
The video is seemingly meant to be a satire on Japanese culture, playing on the
“cuteness” of everything and how that concept sells incredibly well internationally.
However, in the midst of delivering its message, the video relies heavily on the
stereotypes that are often associated with Asian women.
Even though the adorableness of the women portrayed in the video is part of the
creative direction of Ladybaby, it can’t be ignored that Asian women are often seen in
this light of being literal lady “babies.” Unfortunately, that aspect is overlooked in this
video possibly due to the mix of metal and pop.
“It sort of feels like the women are being portrayed in an ignorant way in the video.
The point of the video is cool, but I don’t think they had to go so far,” stated Cornell
University student Michelle Jee.
“Nippon Manju” has garnered over 1 million views thus far, successfully showing us
the wonders of Japan and all it has to offer, but confusing us all at the same time.
It begs the question: Was all the “cuteness” really necessary?
We must not underestimate the musical skills of the two ladies that star in the video.
They’re not just two “cute” girls.
Kaneko and Kuromiya are winners of the Miss iD2015 idol audition contest, according
to the publication eRocketNews. As talented as they are, Kaneko and Kuromiya have
found a forever fan through the release of this music video.
“I just quit my job to follow these guys on tour for the rest of my life,” commented
Facebook user Jason Ast.
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