Baby DONT Cry under fire for music video teaser

I'm seeing this might go viral on social media. I don't think Soyeon's in charge of MVs and concepts and is mainly producer. This is the risk of debuting minors because it can limit certain messages you want to convey

I knew It would happen when I saw the teaser...

weird that the dude wouldn't know his own product and make a stupid assumption. condoms come in boxes

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I think it's meant to trick viewers.

i get that they were trying to be provocative. it just doesn't make sense. i don't think they proofread the script. regardless, they're gonna get what they want. seems they're going with the all publicity is good publicity approach with this one

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wrong you can sometimes buy individual condoms

Not at a convenience store

anyways

Typical Soyeon these days, trying to be "lol so edgy"

Until you all told me I didn’t think that candy looked anything like a condom packet. It just looks like a candy 💀

IF the intention was to in fact make it seem like as of the cashier is confused by it looking like a condom, the art director is pretty stupid 😭

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so they are criticized because of packaging of a candy?

Well it did look like a condom at first glance and the song being called f girl doesn't help much either lmao

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Why is there a group named after my favourite exo song

Well... I once joked about them listening to that EXO song and being like "Yup, that should be the name of the group"

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wrong you can sometimes buy individual condoms

not where i'm from at least. maybe in korea

I always think that kpop fans complain about everything and exaggerate everything but this is yikes. Someone had to think of this, film it, edit it and release it. And nobody thought this was unacceptable. Unbelievable.

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Until you all told me I didn’t think that candy looked anything like a condom packet. It just looks like a candy 💀

IF the intention was to in fact make it seem like as of the cashier is confused by it looking like a condom, the art director is pretty stupid 😭

We don't have this type of packaging for candy. Obviously my mind went straight to condoms. I obviously didn't expect it to be condoms lol but was surprised when i saw that it was candy

Is their debut song really gonna be called F*** Girl?

interesting

I didn't know how old the members were and on first impression I thought it was a condom too lol

Doesn't f girl mean fuck girl?

Had some time to think this is over and this does seem like shock marketing. This gets people wrongfully talking about the group. They hid a lot of information about the group and it all seems odd we learn more about the group through these means.

I don't want to throw names, but it does seem like a tactic Soyeon would use. Plus, there was stuff said before that Soyeon will be heavily involved with the group. Not a very good look imo to use this tactic to promote the group

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Someone had to think of this, film it, edit it and release it.

multiple someones

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We don't have this type of packaging for candy. Obviously my mind went straight to condoms. I obviously didn't expect it to be condoms lol but was surprised when i saw that it was candy

Condom packets are flat and square ish. This definitely just looks like a candy to me. 😭

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Condom packets are flat and square ish. This definitely just looks like a candy to me. 😭

Then look at the post underneath you lmao it definitely does look like a condom. Also where I'm from we don't have candy looking like that at all

it looks like a condom packaging

Some condoms are candy flavoured and taste quite nice

...

supposedly.

Man, people are so weird.

Am I the only one who don't get why this is a bad thing? Like, why are we acting as if 15 year old boys and girls (or even younger) never had sex? Even if that candy turned out to be a real condom, I wouldn't care at all, because people who want to hate only see: "Oh minors buying condom."

But what I see: "Hey, at least they use protection."

Not to mention, how many people skipped school? You never had a sex education? What if the message is about that, and that's why the song is called "F Girls"?

People overthink everything, and as usual, and they're hypocrites as well.

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Then look at the post underneath you lmao it definitely does look like a condom. Also where I'm from we don't have candy looking like that at all

Sure maybe. After zooming like that I can see it. But again I don’t really care even if it is. They’re teens what’s the big deal.

They have sex. Teenagers literally buy condoms as well.

If they were like 12 I’d get it. But older teenagers what’s the big deal. It also feels like a weird purity culture has taken over people online.

But anyway that’s just my commentary.

What if the F actually stands something else than "f**k" in this song?

Even thoguh I can't think of any "child-friendly" words starting with F at the moment. (or at least some that would make sense.)

This reminds me of Balenciaga. Only the ser directors for that shoot chose for the children to have the BDSM bear, but Demna is still no longer creative director.

Aka: have nothing to do with minors if you want to have sex appeal in your messaging because people will not differentiate the perpetrators and the random actors who happen to be around the problem.

I think its a response to people taking this issue so lightly for so long, like fine well burn it all w fire

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I understand that teenagers have sex, think about sex, and get condoms, whatever. My personal gripe is that we are putting minors in a position where their sexuality is put on display where adults can see it. Unfortunately, there are SO many creeps out there who will take anything and everything that can be deemed provocative and use it against minors. With the rise of deepfakes, especially in Korea, I think it's important to keep minors and anything remotely as separately as possible when it comes to being in the PUBLIC EYE.

We can't keep minors hidden, I don't want that. But I also don't want them put in these kinds of positions, no matter how small we think the innuendo is. These industries already appeal to creeps, and when you give them an inch, they take a mile.

I don’t see that in this clip.

They’re buying a chocolate and some creepy adult in the video thinks it’s a condom and that feels like commentary on how teens/children are sexualized.

I feel like media literacy is dead honestly.

People are outraged simply by the fact that a “minor” was near a condom.