On April 11, EPEX released their third mini-album, 'Prelude of Anxiety Chapter 1: 21st Century Boys,' featuring the title track "Anthem of Teen Spirit."
On this day, the boy group released the music video to their title track and quickly became a hot topic on various social media platforms such as Twitter. This is because netizens found that the boy group referred to 'Crystal Night' in the lyrics to the song. Many netizens are alleging that the boy group was referring to 'Kristallnacht,' which was a horrible event in which Jewish people were brutally murdered by the Nazis.
Additionally, netizens are claiming that EPEX's stage performance outfits also closely resemble Nazi soldier uniforms.
epex’s latest tt references a horrible event in german history where jewish people were terrorised and murdered. please don’t support this song. i’m disgusted and the company + songwriters should apologise. jewish suffering is not an aesthetic. #이펙스 #EPEX #EPEX_2ND_COMEBACK pic.twitter.com/rxjhqS5lUT
— #1 chae luvr (@huachengfanclub) April 11, 2022
went to see epex new mv and what in the holy ghost of everything who approved this im honestly at loss of words, REFERENCING A NAZI POGROM in a kpop song what in FUCK pic.twitter.com/Y2p7XWWkvv
— nico ٩(ˊᗜˋDKB UNITED (@yukusbee) April 11, 2022
EPEX
— Kpop Receipts (@Kpop_Receiptz) April 11, 2022
- Anthem of Teen Spirit lyrics
- "Crystal Night is coming" reference to Kristallnacht
- the uniforms looking similar to Nazi pic.twitter.com/uRIY7IehdT
Some fans contacted one of the songwriters in regards to the problematic lyrics to the song, only to receive a reply telling them to reach out to the group's agency, C9 Entertainment.
Therefore, many are taking it upon themselves to raise awareness and receive a response back from the company.
Zeniths I was able to get a reply from one of the songwriters of EPEX new Song pic.twitter.com/F8uReRdC3x
— Rαɳια ♛ is meeting EPEX again! (@B98EX) April 11, 2022
i messaged one of the songwriters about this and this is what i got as an answer. please keep an eye out for an email template and in the meantime keep tweeting about this and trying to contact c9 https://t.co/XAnQVquMp4 pic.twitter.com/3Q4LoCLVg0
— ree’s archive account (@giseokbff) April 11, 2022
here’s the email template btw https://t.co/l4Edig2pq3
— ree’s archive account (@giseokbff) April 11, 2022
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