BTS Jin's 'Super Tuna' Criticized Over Allegedly Controversial Lyrics
Jin's self-composed song "Super Tuna" is being criticized for allegedly having controversial lyrics involving naming dispute issues.
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BTS Jin's 'Super Tuna' Criticized Over Allegedly Controversial Lyrics
Back on December 4, BTS' oldest member, Jin, released a short self-composed song in commemoration of his 29th birthday (in international age), titled "Super Tuna."
Immediately after the song's release, the song garnered explosive popularity from fans all around the world, even making way for the "Super Tuna Challenge" craze on various social media sites.
"Super Tuna," which features a fun and addictive melody, sung in trot, has cute lyrics, and choreography that is reminiscent of a tuna, had already surpassed 20 million views on Youtube, landing on the platform's top trending videos.
Media outlets have also praised the short song for playing a significant role in promoting the East Sea to the world. However, that's where the criticism comes in.
Following the song's release, Japanese netizens have criticized the lyrics of "Super Tuna," which centers around Jin's love for tuna and fishing, and deemed it controversial due to the mention of the East Sea in the part, "Where did my fish go, the East sea, the West sea, where could my fish be."
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Why the Mention of East Sea is Controversial in BTS Jin's 'Super Tuna'
Currently, Korea and Japan are in a naming dispute over the marginal sea located between the northeastern part of the Asian continent, the Korean Peninsula, the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, and the Littoral Province of Russia.
To the Japanese, they argue that the sea should be named "The Sea of Japan," wheras South Korea supports the "East Sea," and the "Korean East Sea" for North Korea, and have even requested the International Hydrographic Organization for their respective names to be known as the official one.
According to Japanese netizens, the mention of East Sea in the lyrics would denote that the sea is named as such, and that people all round the world may recognize it as such considering BTS and Jin's global popularity and influence. Hence, they criticized the song and are protesting for a change in the lyrics.
Netizens commented, "The whole world is listening to 'Super Tuna,' and if the Japanese do not protest against it properly, the world will know it as the East Sea," and "As a Japanese, we need to protest and have the lyrics revised so that the world will recognize it as the Sea of Japan."
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However, the International Hydrographic Organization have mentioned in the past that if no agreement on the name has been reached between the neighboring countries, then there should be no problem for Korean nationals to refer to the sea as the East Sea.
On the other side of the spectrum, Korean netizens are praising Jin for promoting the East Sea, and even left comments saying that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should commend the idol for doing so.
They are also defending Jin from the criticism, stating that Jin is a Korean, and that if they don't like hearing the East Sea, they should not listen to the song.
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Written by Robyn Joan
