Adele is receiving severe criticism from her Korean fans for the use of an image during her concerts. The image is of a rising sun which has shocked her fans of Korean nationality for political reasons. The image is upsetting fans because of its historical connection to Korea’s past.
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Adele upsets her fans with Rising Sun flag
Adele, who started one of the biggest tours, upset her fans on the first day of her show. Her concert started in Munich Germany on Saturday, August 3. The tour is expected to host 800,000 people with 10 performances. Therefore, it has attracted the attention of the world with such a large scale event. In one of her performances of her song, Rumor Has It, an image of the rising sun flag appeared in the background on the LED lights, which hurt the feelings of the Korean people. The screens are set to set a Guinness World Record with a 220-meter long outdoor screen.
The rising sun flag is associated with Japan’s militarism and is extremely offensive to Koreans. The use of the image in Germany has further shocked Koreans and media outlets. The rising sun symbol holds the same meaning in Korea as the swastika does in the German country. Both symbols are considered taboo in their respective countries. Both of them symbolize imperialism and war crimes of the past, reports AllKpop.
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Netizens react to the use of the Rising Flag
Photos and videos of the Raising Flag imagery at Adele’s concert spread like wildfire on the internet. Korean fans expressed their anger on Korean social media platforms, some of which translated as “How do I put this… white people seem really ignorant and rude. They don’t even know why Nazis are taboo; they are just given the information that Nazis are bad, so they just accept it, right? Otherwise, why would they keep using the former Nazi symbol? They are so ignorant.”
The second comment read, “Very ignorant. Or did the person in charge do this on purpose? Since they can’t use Nazi symbols in Germany, is this an option?” The third comment said, “Do they want to use the Nazi symbol in Germany but can’t, so they use the rising sun flag instead? This seems to be intentional rather than out of ignorance.”
One comment read, “Are they ignorant because it’s an Eastern symbol? I tried to understand, but they should know about World War II. They can’t be ignorant about Japan, so why don’t they have any interest or understanding about the Rising Sun Flag?” while another comment translated to, “The West is so hypocritical. If you don’t criticize the Nazis, as they do, they think you’re rude and make a fuss, but they only criticize who they want to. Hahaha,” as reported by Koreaboo.
