Australian Influencer Sophia Begg Facing a backlash to use a song in the Mandarin language to document your holidays in Japan.
On Thursday July 17, Begg, 21, accompanied a Instagram carousel Of his first day in Tokyo with rapper Mandarin Skai isyourgodThe song “Blueprint supreme”, according to the New York Post. Several fans argued that the selection of Begg’s songs was culturally insensitive.
“Girl I love you but please, the song is not even in Japanese,” replied an Instagram commentator.
Another poster suggested that the choice of Begg’s song was emblematic of the way Westerners can sometimes illly load the oriental culture.
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“This honestly reflects the privilege of whites to another level … Being able to choose parts of someone else’s culture for aesthetics without having to understand or respect it,” wrote Instagram Dayannee user. “Meanwhile, we, as Asian, grow up being ashamed or mocked for these same things. It is not only a song or an atmosphere, it is a lived culture, and treating it as a trend is harmful.”
The speaker rejected when one of Begg’s fans theorized that she had simply chosen a song that was “currently trendy”.
“The song she used is currently fashionable, but it’s a Chinese audio. If she knew it was Chinese, why use it in an article on Japan?” Replied Dayannee. “Mixing two distinct cultures like this, especially just for aesthetics, presents itself as at the level of the surface and fashionable. It seems racist because it suggests that it chose the song simply because it corresponded to an Asian aesthetic ”, without understanding or worrying that the Chinese and Japanese cultures are entirely different.”
Elsewhere, several Instagram users have written that the mixture looked like “occasional racism”. Begg, which is named Sopha Dopha online and has more than a million followers, apparently referred to criticism only.
A subsequent vlog I presented Begg dancing in the street, as well as the legend: “When the trip leaves the group of groups (there are three of us).”
US Weekly contacted the representatives of Begg to comment.
Despite the controversy, Begg continued in Vlog about his Tokyo trip, especially taking fans for a sumo match, a tour on the metro and a Visit of taste tests of the famous Tsukiji external market.
Begg had previously faced the controversy in 2023 for saying that she would dress in Stingray for a costume party, reports the Daily mail. When a disciple has referred to survival Steve Irwin‘s 2006 died in a Stingray attackBegg seemed to shed light on the tragedy.
“I go to an Australian release party in duo costume. They go like Steve Irwin and I go as a stingray, “she replied.
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Begg’s Stringray costume caused a minor scandal on Tiktok, which led him The Irwin family In order to “clarify certain things”.
“I love Steve Irwin and I would never want to disrespect his family or her inheritance,” insisted the influencer. “It is an emblematic aussia and no offense was supposed by my costume … I thought and thought about my costume and I will not wear it and I will apologize with all my heart to anyone who was offended by this. It was certainly not my intention. I sincerely apologize. “
