Here’s why YG changed Blackpink’s 'Lovesick Girls' music video.
"Lovesick Girls" has undergone a re-do. On Wednesday , YG Entertainment unveiled a new version ofThe drama apparently started after the Health and Medical Workers' Union of Korea objected to Jennie's portrayal as a nurse during the song's girl power-fueled second verse.
And while Blinks took to social media in defense of the girl group, Blackpink's label ultimately made the decision to re-edit the music video and replace Jennie's scenes with a different look. "While working on the music video for a long time, we did not expect this issue to be raised because [the scenes] had no specific intention to them. We feel greatly responsible for this and will consider it an opportunity to deeply learn," YG Entertainment said in a statement, .
Following premiere on Oct. 1, the"Lovesick Girls" video garnered more than 61 million views within the first 24 hours after its release, becoming the sixth largest music video debut in YouTube history. Additionally, the video has notched a total of more than 140 million views in the week since, though it's unclear whether that count includes views earned before the original version was taken down.
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