nuckin_futz Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 It's not even remotely racist. What is is though is embarrassingly bad. The song and video is pretty much the musical equivalent of leaving the house in sweat pants and a stained t-shirt. It's a sign you've given up. She's given up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 "It worked for Gwen Stefani in 2005!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 watch it again, but this time just watch avril's dance moves hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsedin33 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I felt awkward watching that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Canada harbors terrorists disguised as pop stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blame Obama Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 im a avril fan but wtf ... lol maybe miley is getting to her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soshified Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Not even an ounce of racism in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckRow Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Pretty much the definition of selling out for her, when comparing her music now to her past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Pretty much the definition of selling out for her, when comparing her music now to her past. yeah, what happened to her corporate-sponsored anti-corporate image from the sk8er boi days? she was so real then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 CBC has reported the video has been pulled from Youtube. The questions is WHY? There is not a single criticism from Japanese people. It seems the political correct police is behind it again. Avril Lavigne's brightly coloured music video for Hello Kitty has been removed from YouTube after being broadly criticized as insipid and, in some cases, offensive. The video, still viewable on Lavigne's website as of Wednesday afternoon and by users reposting it, features the Canuck pop-punk princess prancing about in front of four grimacing Asian dancers and squawking lyrics including: "Let's all slumber party/Like a fat kid on a pack of Smarties." The Japan-shot video also finds the 29-year-old singing in a bedroom, a candy store and a sushi restaurant. The song was perhaps meant as tribute to Japan, which remains one of Lavigne's strongest territories as her sales lag elsewhere. Her self-titled latest album, Avril Lavigne, limped to the worst sales figures of her career in North America but still went platinum in Japan (though it sold far fewer copies than her older records there). But the press has roundly condemned the video. Billboard called the clip an "embarrassment in any language" and mused on how the Hello Kitty video wound up "even more abhorrent than the song," USA Today linked to the video's "cringeworthy glory" while referencing the possibility that it was racist and Entertainment Weekly questioned whether the video was "offensive ... or offensively obvious." Still, the flap over Hello Kitty likely represents the most media attention Lavigne has garnered since announcing her romance with Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger, whom she married in July 2013. Kroeger, in fact, co-wrote and co-produced the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nux4lyfe Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Illuminati symbolism everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 CBC has reported the video has been pulled from Youtube. The questions is WHY? There is not a single criticism from Japanese people. It seems the political correct police is behind it again. Lily Allen's video "hard out here" was called racist, too, for having a bunch of black women back up dancers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 At least she's still the anti-Blitney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergioMomesso Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 You just wasted one minute I will never get back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck2xtreme Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Well.. that was... uhh... ...what??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Just absolute trash. I mean go ahead and make all the money you want off this track I could do the same selling crack to school kids but that doesnt make me a better human. Absolutely atrocious. Hope someone slashes both thier vocal chords. Yea thats a harsh thing to say but if both those clowns are deliberately releasing this audio feeces then it would be well deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nivlek604 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Hmmmm for some reason there is an 'artical' in every major site I go on..... It's almost like it's being spoon Fed to the masses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB007 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Not racist. Like what a few of you said it celebrates Japanese culture. I'm not sure if you can call this song good or bad in this post-modern relativism era, but I can see it being played repeatedly at the clubs this summer. I can see 1st year girls dancing to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etsen3 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Not racist. Like what a few of you said it celebrates Japanese culture. I'm not sure if you can call this song good or bad in this post-modern relativism era, but I can see it being played repeatedly at the clubs this summer. I can see 1st year girls dancing to it. "Celebrates Japanese culture" my ass. Whether that's what she's going for or not, she looks ridiculous and completely failed at pulling it off. As a person of part Japanese background, I can tell there was no racist intent to it. But it does come off as incredibly ignorant. I'm not against making fun of racial stereotypes either, as long as it has context. When comedians/friends make racial jokes, they know what they're doing. They know it's just a joke. I'm not convinced Avril has the intelligence and social skills to make that distinction. I wouldn't call this video racist, but I would call it incredibly dumb. If I saw a video of a bunch of Americans riding around saying "aboot" and "eh" and drinking maple syrup, I wouldn't call it a "celebration of Canadian culture". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB007 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Compare Lavigne's video to this compilation of Japanese commercials: I categorize it as in the same class of ridiculousness. I honestly see it as her (or her creative team's) attempt to 'roll' with the Japanese culture. Whether it works or not is another issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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