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IN THE MP WORLD OF K-POP, ’S HARD FOR STARS TO BE GAY
HOLLAND’s “Neverland” This was the but song of the first openly gay K-Pop idol – a te in. BESTIE’s “Exce Me” At one pot the vio, a girl asks a guy for his number – but he turns out to be gay.
Nell’s “The Day Before” This song addrs the heavy relatn between homosexualy and suici. What mak this song’s mic vio even more impactful was that was released on May 17th which is the ternatnal day agast homophobia, bi-phobia, and transphobia. His mic vio featur an amazg reprentatn of a gay uple, ternatnal upl, and racial diversy.
The untry’s ary recently sentenced a pta to prison for sleepg wh other servicemen, and over half of South Korea’s populatn thought homosexualy was “unacceptable” 2014, acrdg to a Pew survey. A product of s environment, K-pop has a long way to go to be clive: There aren’t any openly gay sgers currently, and LGBTQIA-posive songs are rare. The mic vio for ’s heart-wrenchg ballad seems pretty typil, until a last-mute plot twist turns “Please Don’t” to a subtle nod at the difficulti gay men face Korea, where double liv are rampant among the LGBTQ muny.