So I am surfing through youtube last night and ran across something that blew my wig back. The attached video is one for a song, “Asian Girl,” by the group Day Above Ground. I think that they attempted to first pay homage to the women of the Far East, but got terribly lost somewhere.
The video shows model Levy Tran come home, undress and then get into her bathtub, all the while listening to the groups song offering. Sounds innocent enough, huh? Well, from the first few lines the train falls off the tracks of appreciation for a race of women. As the lyrics run off a list of desired Asian stereotypes: fried rice, sticky rice, butt-fucking all night, Korean bar-b-que, Bruce Lee, Toyota, wonton soup,”best nails in the city” and slanted eyes, before they are done, they even give shout outs to what they feel are “Asian hoods”; i.e. Acadia, J-Town, Koreatown, Chinatown.
With all the protesting of various issues around the world and especially right here in our own backyard, why is there no outrage to this hugely offensive song and clearly racist attitude submitted through demeaning lyrics? Per the band, “Our song “Asian Girlz” was not written with any malicious, hateful, or hurtful intent. We know it is racy and does push the boundaries further than other songs out there. Understand that we do not promote or support racism or violence.” Yeah, right. OK
It’s sad that a record label would sign off on the track, but when twerking and “super-manning hoes” are acceptable forms of music, then maybe I am the only one with higher standards of what music lyrics should be. Can you even call these lyrics or are they more like a racist rant put to music? I guess as long as you make it seem humorous, then it’s ok. The music industry has accomplished the biggest music fail of 2013 with this track. Sad
Source:
http://theclarifiedblackman.wordpress.com/2013/08/01/homage-gone-wrong-or-simple-humorous-music/