Kanye West He is one of the most controversial celebrities in the music industry, and the American rapper has been noted for several questionable actions in front of the media; however, this does not prevent the artist from organizing events all over the world to promote his latest album.
The rapper traveled to South Korea to host a listening party to promote his and Ty Dolla $ign’s sophomore album.The Vultures, Volume 2‘, which caused a lot of talk because several K-Pop personalities participated, among whom we saw, minji, DanielleAnd Hanni of NewJeans.
Due to the bad anti-Semitic reputation and the hatred that many netizens have towards the rapper, the members of NewJeans are heavily criticized not only by fans of the genre, but also by different South Korean and American media. This has caused confusion among the fandom, as they were not the only K-Pop Idols who went to Kanye’s concerts, members of 2NE1, aespaAnd TREASURE.
NewJeans was the only Korean artist published by huge publications, American and Korean media were then vilified for making it seem like the entire Kpop industry didn’t go see Kanye 😭 everyone holds NewJeans to the highest standards in every situation, it’s unreal https://t.co/he1FAGWTUy pic.twitter.com/b5xyy6Zjx9
– null 𝜗𝜚 (@newjiram) August 24, 2024
“NewJeans was the only Korean artist to be published by major publications, American and Korean media, and then they were discredited for their participation, as if the entire K-Pop industry didn’t go to Kanye. Everyone considers NewJeans to meet the highest standards in all situations, it’s incredible.“, dictated one X user, defending the girls’ position.