SEOUL – South Korean girl group Twice’s latest music video has ignited controversy and confusion due to its overly sexual references, which viewers say does not fit the group’s pure, innocent image.
The release of the music video for TT, the title track of the nine-member girl group’s new album, had sparked excitement among K-pop fans worldwide.
But few of them were prepared for the abrupt sexual symbolism that is jarringly out of sync with the group’s otherwise convincing music track.
Jihyo is first seen eating ice cream in a strangely suggestive way. Dahyun is then shown munching on a carrot.
The shocker is Mina’s hand gesture with a gun barrel, a graphic sexual reference that prompted awkward silence from some YouTube reviewers.
JYP Entertainment, the agency behind Twice, did not explain why it added such provocative scenes.
Some online users speculate that the choreography is also sexually suggestive.
For instance, the members make a hand gesture resembling TT, using thumbs and index fingers, while pointing the index fingers at their bosom.
Some online users point out that TT, when said out loud sounds like “tits”, a colloquial English term for breasts.
In Korean, TT resembles tears and is used as a crying emoji.
Some Philippine fans were surprised by the name of the title track as TT means “male genital organ” in Filipino.
However, these hostile comments were met with angry responses from Twice fans.
