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A lot of buzz is surrounding BLACKPINK Jennie ’s latest solo release for “Mantra.”
Although the video was restored it seems to be constantly blocked or receiving copyright strikes, making it hard for the MV to accumulate views properly. Despite this, Jennie is still trending with “Mantra” at #2 on YouTube’s music charts and even won an award for her first performance on Music Bank after 8 years.
The song “Mantra” is a very smooth track with an upbeat instrumental that has a great tempo, party beat, and easily likable sound which makes it a perfect dance track. Alongside its woman-power lyrics and girl-coded theme, Jennie showcases her beauty in her own way without any limitation or reservations – and that seems to be the problem. Anti-fans even began commenting if her outfits were too provocative and if her lyrics were just as inappropriate.
Some male fans of Jennie complained that the song is making men feel “left out” and questioned why “Girls need to have songs like these?” It seems that male fans are claiming women are being put on a pedestal and that “Mantra” is another form of radical feminism. A post on Twitter was going viral with women and men in Korea going back and forth with a heated discussion on Twitter (X).
아니 ㅈㅁ 제니 만트라 댓글 왜이리 약한 남자들이 많아… 예쁜 애들한테 얘기 하는거야 웅앵웅 ㄴ 너나 잘해 내가남자로태어난걸어떡해너희가맨날여자여자여성의날챙길때소외감이어쩌고저쩌고나도껴줘 ㄴ 남성들끼리 연대하세요 pic.twitter.com/yU5aDkcLKK — 💬 (@rrpelse) October 15, 2024
