IU ‘Love Wins’, was it targeting sexual minorities? Beware of hasty and forced slander [TEN Issue]

[Ten Asia = Reporter Choi Ji-ye]

While singer IU’s pre-released song ‘Love Wins’ is receiving criticism from sexual minorities, the majority of voices are calling for caution against hasty and exclusive slander.

IU’s agency, Edam Entertainment, announced on the 16th through official SNS that the pre-released song for this new album is ‘Love Wins’, followed by a photo of IU and BTS V sitting side by side. The main poster was released. In the poster, IU is filming V with her camcorder, and V is also looking at IU. In addition, the phrase “To a place that my poor imagination cannot imagine” was engraved, attracting attention.

In relation to this, criticism from sexual minorities continues, centering on X (formerly Twitter). The background of the criticism is the song title ‘Love Wins’. Looking at the reason, ‘Love Wins’ is an idiom that was put forward as a slogan by sexual minorities at the time to commemorate the U.S. Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriage on June 26, 2015. Afterwards, when a shooting occurred at a gay club in Orlando, Florida, USA in 2016, it was also used to commemorate and support them.

Accordingly, some sexual minorities, through He pointed out that he could lose. These include claims such as, “Slogans shouted at sites of oppression and discrimination should not be used like this,” and “If you have something to say, express it in your own language.”

In addition, these are ‘Love Wins’ Due to the appearance of IU and V on the poster, people are raising their voices saying that it is even more inappropriate to use that title, saying that ‘Love Wins’ is a song about love between opposite sexes.

However, the fact that IU borrowed this title to exclude sexual minorities and take away their slogan is an unreasonable slander that goes beyond common sense. First of all, the fact that the phrase ‘Love Wins’ is a slogan unique to sexual minorities is only their claim and not a socially agreed upon perception. ‘Love Wins’, which literally means ‘Love Wins’, is interpreted as an idiom that talks about the power of love, which is an important value for humanity. There is also a lot of music and creative works titled ‘Love Wins’, but much of the content is not related to sexual minorities. Previously, American pastor Rob Bell published a book titled ‘Love Wins’ in August 2011, providing insight to readers around the world.

Furthermore, the saying, ‘love wins’ is also something IU often mentioned. IU often said things like this in her interviews, questionnaires, and pre-performance comments. It is reasonable to interpret that ‘Love Wins’ was not the intention claimed by sexual minorities, but was a story IU wanted to tell the public and fans based on her usual philosophy.

After seeing IU and V in the poster, the guess that ‘Love Wins’ would be a love story between a man and a woman was also close to a leap. In particular, IU directly explained & # 39; Love Wins & # 39; through her handwritten letter, in which she & # 39; contained the story of those who try to love to the end in a world that hinders love & # 39; 39; and she did. She also expressed her gratitude to her fans. Above all, it is difficult to judge hastily because ‘Love Wins’ has not yet been released. The phrase

‘Love Wins’ is not the exclusive property of any individual or group. When seeing the same phrase, some people may perceive it as a Christian message, while others may think of sexual minorities. After IU’s new song is released, you may think of IU’s song. Even the same packaging does not contain the same contents. This is why we must be wary of forced slander directed at IU’s ‘Love Wins’ simply based on the title.

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr