Jung Kook's 3D (feat Jack Harlow) Betrayed Everything BTS Stood For

The next solo release from BTS member Jung Kook is out now, simply titled 3D, released under Big Hit Music label in collaboration with American hip-hop artist Jack Harlow. Of course, many Armys are excited because every release from BTS members, whether as a team or solo, is always a real gift.

Everything about the song and the video seems to be perfect. Incredible production quality, special effects, music, wonderful vocals from Jung Kook. But the new release left us with mixed feelings. The message behind the lyrics is incredibly problematic and doesn't have the same ideals that BTS used to have.

Jung Kook's New Release

In July, Jung Kook proved that he can be an incredibly successful artist outside of BTS. On July 14th, he released the single Seven through Big Hit Music, featuring American rapper Latto, in collaboration with American and British songwriters. The song immediately became an international hit and a commercial success, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

And now, three months later, comes his new release, 3D, on the same HYBE label.

A few days before the release, Big Hit Music reached out to fans with the following:

'Jung Kook's second solo single, "3D (feat. Jack Harlow) " is a Pop R&B track with clever expressions of feelings toward an unattainable person from the perspectives of first, second, and third dimensions. Get ready to meet an even more mature side of Jung Kook following "Seven (feat. Latto)".'

So what's the issue?

The problem is that BTS’s lyrics have always been full of self-awareness, being really mature and showing respect for female fans. They haven't played on the dull tropes of rich narcissists who only see women as objects for their sexual desires.

And unfortunately, that's exactly what we see in the song. As it turns out, 'Multidimensional' is not just about Jung Kook and Harlow's lyrical heroes trying to overcome the pain of unrequited love. It's about their unbridled horny energy and their disregard for women's autonomy, which they see as an opportunity to have sex.

Equally problematic was the line 'All my ABGs get cute for me,' directed at Asian female fans. Aside from the fact that it's a brazen fetishization (read by a white rapper), imagine how weird it would be if Harlow read it in the company of female K-pop artists.

All in all, the 'mature side' didn't happen at all, rather the opposite.

Source: WeVerse.