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“BAZINGA” by: SB19

CULTURAL and POLITICAL INAPPROPRIATE TERMS

SB19 is a Filipino boy band that debuted in 2018. Its members are Josh, Pablo,
Stell, Ken, and Justin. They are the first Filipino boy group, to make their debut in the
Philippines after being trained by a Korean entertainment company. In Billboard's Hot
Trending Songs Chart, Sb19's Bazinga which has been released last October 2021, holds
the record for the longest time a song has been on the chart.

To counteract the hardships and hate they've faced while becoming famous and
in the spotlight, they've written a song called "Bazinga" that is both an insult and an ode
to their haters. The word Bazinga denotes "an interjection used to rub a good joke on
someone's face or cheer yourself on after a personal victory." This statement is used by
SB19 to show haters that they are stronger than the criticism that comes their way.

Pablo, the leader of the group, discussed Southeast Asian prejudice in a Buzzfeed
interview before the track's release, “At first, we were affected by the comments and hate
speech, but we try to motivate each other that we’re doing the right thing, to keep pushing
no matter what.”

The song "Bazinga" is similar to a motivational speech with a mesmerizing beat.

We found no cultural or political inappropriate terms after thoroughly analyzing and
evaluating the song.

"Bruce Lee" is mentioned in the song ("Bruce be proud, I'm water, moves, they
stagger, wattah!"), but SB19 used the actor's name to emphasize the martial arts
approach that they used in the song.

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I’ll burn y’all till I die
Go throw a stone it might break a bone but be wary because I won’t condone
I’mma beat you even if I don’t learn kung fu
Not a mob just a psycho, I’mma keep it low.

“Bazinga” is a song that was produced by SB19 and is great. It has a great tune,
beat, and rhythm. The song has a great message and it intends it, viewers, to become
resilient and be ready to fight back in any hardships that we may encounter in our lives.
The lyrics were good but some lyrics are culturally and politically inappropriate.

These lyrics can be misleading if you translate the meaning of each expression.
For some people, they might label it as a song that promotes violence, even though it
promotes resiliency and peace. If you are advocating for peace, do not use words that
are affiliated with violence like burning, killing, beating up, mob, psycho, etc. People like
to criticize every small detail just to identify what is wrong with you so be careful about
what you are expressing.
“Every day, I think the load gets heavy”

Cultural inappropriate expression: The employees are getting tons of workloads but the
salary is still at a minimum.

“The world unloads hostility”

Political inappropriate expression: I think this line is just for political reasons
because I believe in culture people are still friendly but in politics, some politicians have
this kind of behaviour which is kinda bitter.

“Buzz killer, I'm killing your buzz, so get the hell out”

Cultural inappropriate expression: I think this line is about killing someone’s

excitement due that they're the one who does it first, they are just returning what they
did. So, I think it’s a form of revenge which in our culture right now people are likely to
do. However, it can also be a politically inappropriate expression which the government
is doing with their rivals.

“Clown! Who's the boss now?”

Political inappropriate expression: In this generation, the boss is the people of the
country, not the one who’s in power because the people of our country are more aware
than those in power.

“Bakit ba hilig niyo mamuna? Masakit na sa tenga 'pag nagbara”

Cultural inappropriate expression: This is my favourite line of the song which is

exactly how people these days are. They are all hungry for gossip and think that they
are all ahead of others.

All in all, their performance is great. Their dance is so modern. The lyrics are on
fire. The setups are just so cool.
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Bazinga by SB19 is a daring music video, since it depicts about fighting back or
not giving up despite of how hard your life is. Wearing those clothes with a combination
of BLACK and RED, represents boldness and vigor. But a certain inappropriateness in
using those hue’s, which is RED and BLACK (as shown in the picture above) which
means a sign of trauma and death. And this is very inappropriate since the music tend to
relay message to its audience to become bold and strong and not to be in death. However,
the music is still great and good.
 “BUTTER” by: BTS

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BTS is a South Korean K-pop group comprised of seven members from various
parts of South Korea: Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook.

The simple lyrics of "Butter" don't include much symbolism or hidden codes, but
the verses do contain a few witty nods to other performers and pop-culture debris. The
band credits Usher's "U Got It Bad" ("Don't need no Usher / To remind me you got it bad")
and Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" ("Smooth like butter / like a criminal
undercover") in their opening lines. "All the playas get movin' when the bass low / Got
ARMY right behind us when we say so," they sing, referring to their adoring supporters,
known as ARMY.

We found no cultural or political inappropriate terms on the summer-jam song,

"Butter", after thoroughly analyzing and evaluating the song. Although the boy group
faced Anti-Asian xenophobia when they released this song for their genre seems like
changing into western pop culture, still, the lyrics of their song stayed felicitous, to keep
a pleasing upshot as a public figure and also a positive critic towards their songs.

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Smooth like butter like a criminal undercover
High as a moon
Gon’ pop like trouble
Ain’t no other that can sweep you up like a robber
You'll be like, "Oh my God"
We gon' make you rock, and you say (yeah)
We gon' make you bounce, and you say (yeah)

The song chosen is tame and I can hardly find anything that is inappropriate
culturally and politically. Compared to other songs I’ve heard that are offensive and is
directed towards certain groups of people with certain beliefs and opinions. However,
there may be some parts of the lyrics that if taken out of context, will sound incredibly
inappropriate. Another thing is that the song seems to be a bit flirty and certain parts are
supposed to be innuendo, like the lines that are highlighted yellow. If you were to talk to
a stranger and say things like that, you best be prepared to get reported.

In addition, the song Butter by the Korean pop group BTS or Bangtan Sonyeondan
gained popularity throughout the world and even gained positive reviews from music
critics. Its catchy tune could captivate a listener, but the lyrics... not so much. Aside from
some lines that don't make that much sense, it also used some words from the African
American Vernacular English (AAVE) or words that are typically used by African-
American people in the United States. These words are usually derived from longer
English words (going to become gonna or gon; don’t/doesn’t/didn’t become ain’t; you
become ya.) The topic of using AAVE has been so controversial that some non-African-
American writers choose not to use their words just to avoid getting caught up in the
crossfire of those who are against the usage of AAVE (mostly African-Americans).
 But of course, this isn’t the first time AAVE has been used in any KPop song. There
were even issues before where the N-word could be heard, but in reality, the word used
was “naega” which meant either “I” or “me”.

Using a more appropriate English word would be great, but it may end up
butchering the song more and making it worse. Worse in a way that the words would no
longer fit in the tune, nor would it sound pleasant.

“Smooth like butter, like a criminal undercover”

Political inappropriate expression: Even though this line is just a description of

Michael Jackson dance. I now just relate it to politics. If I will analyze it I can say that there
are just politicians that are roaming around smoothly like they did nothing wrong and act
like a victim.

“Know that I got that heat, let me show cause talk is cheap”

Cultural inappropriate expression: I think people these days aren’t content with just
talking with each other. They need to show up to people well. It's a nice move to appear
in front of people but sometimes talking with them even if you cannot see them makes
the bond strong and sincere.

“Rolling up to party, got the right vibe.”

Cultural inappropriate expression: Most of this generation are party-goers just to

have fun unlike the generation before who just rather stay at home than go out, but it’s
nice to go to parties sometimes to refresh.

“And you know we don't stop Hot like summer, ain't no bummer.”

Cultural inappropriate expression: It’s just basically said that the singers aren’t
annoying, they're just having fun. Like these days young adults are often reprimanded by
adults because their behaviour is different but what they just don't understand is that their
generation is different from today's youth who just want to enjoy today's young people but
they know their limits, it also depends on the person.
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Butter is a BTS music which is an easy fun track to listen to. And when we view it
to the other side, there is no inappropriate aspects that we can see on the image. Since
the color YELLOW combined with WHITE represents happiness, warmth and sunshine.