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| <b>K-Pop</b> Boy Band EXO Confirm 'Star Wars' Collaboration Music Video <b>...</b> Posted: 05 Nov 2015 08:41 AM PST (Photo : SM Entertainment ) Like Us on Facebook (Photo : Star Wars Facebook ) May the force be with EXO as they work on a promotional music video for the upcoming new 'Star Wars' film. The SM Entertainment boy band has been confirmed to appear in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens collaboration music video called "Lightsaber." After a teaser photo was posted on the Star Wars Korean official Facebook page Tuesday, Nov. 3, K-pop fans surmised the lucky act involved with the popular movie franchise and on Thursday, Nov. 5, it was officially confirmed by SM Entertainment. EXO will release a new digital single titled "Lightsaber" in conjunction with South Korean promotions for the upcoming Disney blockbuster. A short video teaser for "Lightsaber" was uploaded on SMTOWN's official YouTube channel, which shows member Kai showcasing his dance moves. Star Wars: The Force Awakens will premiere in Korea on Dec. 17. EXO released their Japanese version of "Love Me Right" on Wednesday, Nov. 4. © 2015 KpopStarz. All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.  |
| <b>K-pop</b> star IU's song accused of 'sexualising' book's child hero <b>...</b> Posted: 09 Nov 2015 07:29 AM PST 'The Zeze in my song is a third-party fictional creation' ... South Korean singer IU. Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP A Brazilian novel first published more than 40 years ago has unexpectedly become a highly sought-after read, after the Korean pop star IU was accused of sexualising the story of its five-year-old protagonist in one of her songs. José Mauro de Vasconcelos's My Sweet Orange Tree, first published in Portuguese in 1968 and in English in 1970, is set in Rio de Janeiro and follows the life of the boy Zeze, as he gets up to mischief and is mistreated. "Everyone beats him. If you look softhearted he will tell you it's revolting the way they beat on a little kid. Can you believe him when he says he's only six? No! The boy is a liar. He is five years old," runs the copy on the first UK edition. My Sweet Orange Tree has been out of print in English for years, but Abebooks.com has reported that the novel became its most searched-for title late last week after controversy enveloped IU's pop song Zeze, which is based on the story. The bookseller's Richard Davies said that My Sweet Orange Tree was "a much-loved book in South Korea and often studied in schools". According to the Korea Times, the book's Korean publisher has issued a statement saying that: "We regret the way the five-year-old character is portrayed as a sexual object." The paper quotes lines from IU's song which run: "Zeze, come on up the tree quick and kiss the leaves, don't be naughty and don't hurt the tree, come up the tree and get the youngest leaf … you are innocent but shrewd, transparent but dirty and there is no way of knowing what's living inside." IU has since issued an apology, translated by the K-pop Herald, in which she describes My Sweet Orange Tree as a "treasured book", and says: "I swear I did not write the lyrics to sexualise a five-year-old child. The Zeze in my song is a third-party fictional creation taken from the motif in the original novel." She goes on to apologise, writing: "However, after listening to the opinions of those who have listened to the song, I came to realise that its contents could have given offence and even caused some to grieve. I am wholly responsible for my immature handling of things as a lyricist." |
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