racial fetishization of koreans/kpop idols (part 1) 

those titles literally make me wanna barf

we poc women don’t need to seek validation from other races and ethnicities as long as we are happy with ourselves and who we are..that all that matters

I don't know how to explain it but sometimes I feel like they used the ethnicity of their lover to get attention. There is actually an issue of racism in the kpop fandom, I heard that some black army received a lot of racist comments.

I'm a black kpop fan to and when I see video's like "BTS with black girls," "Do korean boys like black girls," it makes me cringe and I can't really put into words how it makes me feel.

I can't lie as a black girl when I first saw kmusicandblackwomen it made me feel better bc ive been told or always thought asian guys didnt like black girls, but as I kept watching she would just overreact and reach abt EVERY situation. To her kpop idol looks at black girl = HE WANTS THE CHOCOLATE HE IN LOVE WITH THE COCOA 🤤🤤🍫🍫🍫🍫 and the fact they always call us chocolate is embarassing on its own like bruh come on now ur makig us look desperate🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

Thank you for talking about this! That channel always irked me as a black girl like I get it but like chill sis. And I always hated when they put the word CHOCOLATE in the title like ma'am, black women aren't food, calm down

i’m a black girl and i dated a korean girl for three years and everyone just assumed it was because i like kpop and i wanted to have an “””unnie””” or whatever and i just full body cringe thinking about how that even came to peoples’ minds because they see a black person and an asian person in a rs and assume it’s because of a fetish. i’m more mad at the fact that that’s a real problem than i am that people thought i was contributing to it.

ive dreamed about teaching English in a different country for years. but when people join the epik/smoe program just to move to Korea and find a bf/gf is completely wrong and misusing the program.

God damn! She said "part 1" Shit, let me take a seat then...🍿😏

As a black girl, I used to love watching kmusicandblackwomen, but only recently I started noticing then overreacting in her videos and I was absolutely pissed off when she insulted Islam. I am a Muslim girl too and since that day I’ve never watched her videos again. Btw I love your videos, they’re always interesting and you walkways make sure to get your facts right❤️

This is such an important topic I’m so glad you’re bringing attention to this

The worst thing is, this speaks to a much bigger issue. We’re raising black women in a society that teaches us we’re undesirable. The reason these channels are so big is because, for many black women, it’s a form of acceptance that we don’t get in real life. A form of appreciation we don’t see. We’re ridiculed for our hair, our looks, our bodies, the way we talk in what is mostly subtle ways, but it still builds up. We see it in dating app statistics too. And it leaves some with shame regarding their race. Like you mentioned, this channels know this, and take advantage of that for views. The whole thing is a truly upsetting. Our society is failing black women.

your voice is so nice and soothing that it’s hard focus on the actually video topic eihsww

"NCT and BTS like dark chocolate." Me: "And? I like dark chocolate...” *...What does that have to do with wanting to date a black woman?*

I am pretty new to the kmusicandblackwomen channel but I personally always watched the videos for shits and giggles and never to get some bizarre satisfaction. I can and do agree sometimes she/he can be a bit over the top, and so do a lot of those other channels. I am a black woman and a kpop fan which can be rocky waters already. I damn sure don't want to be associated with thirsty ass behavior like this cause most of us are here for the music and the music only. Thanks for making this video. Always love your content. 😍

when i first got into kpop in general I thought it was like helpful? and cute but now I understand how gross it is smh. anyways happy black history month 😄✊🏿

Kmusicandblackwomen needs to be stopped. She's just fetishizing Asian men which is not okay. I understand the appeal of seeing people who you don't normally see together being a couple especially when the cultures clash like Black and Asian. I feel like the standard "being black in Korea" is fine because of the fact it's actually interesting. Kmusicandblackwomen make it seem like all idols have a black fetish which is not true, her videos are just creepy

kmusicandblackwomen literally needs to be cancelled and I hate the term "cancelled". She honestly makes black women look so desperate; like Kai for example could glance at a women with slightly tanner skin and she'd be like "oH wE kNow He LOvEs tHat CHoClAte" and it's creepy. stop.

I mean I kinda watch these as a guilty pleasure and for a little chuckle but I dont take it seriously. Like yeah there are idols/asian men and women that have an open mind and like different races. It's also ok to have to have certain preferences buttttt sis has a whole obsession lol

my black ass loved kmbw, but then i started watching these kind of exposing videos and realizing the truth i've been ignoring for way too long. glad you covered this, rosé trash the tea queen!

Girl, I clicked on this video so fast lol. I'm glad that I'm not the only one who find these types of videos cringey, especially the KmusicandBlackWomen channel. I'll admit, when I was younger I was into the interracial couple videos in general but now going into my mid-20's I find these videos problematic. You pretty much articulated what I was thinking really well in the video.

I learned something today from you. I never knew that this was racial fetishization. I must be blind and stupid. I’m black too and I never really got rubbed the wrong way about this because first, I never knew the meaning or “true tea” behind this, so I just laughed about it. But now that I know truth, thanks to you, I am well aware now, and I’ll never let my finger touch any videos like those ever again, cuz no...That ain’t it. People exaggerate too much out of interracial couples (although interracial couples aren’t bad) and idols interacting with other ethnicities and races. You’re right, it needs to stop cuz it’s humilating the fans who are different races, especially black people and it’s also humiliating the idols out there as well. Like I know this is not couple wise, and I forgot whose instagram account it was. It was one of the blackpink member’s accounts, maybe Rosé or Jisoo...BUT ANYWAYS, it was a picture of blackpink and I think four or five black men in one of their concerts from their tour, and someone commented (I’ll just paraphrase it) that blackpink like n***as now, and that they’re into chocolate. Like c’mon. Stop blowing it out of proportion. First stop referring to black people as food, cuz they’re human. Second of all, don’t just plain out refer to them as n***as. It ain’t cute and I don’t even know if that person was black or not when they used that word. And lastly, don’t make it out like that. I’m not saying blackpink hate black people or other races cuz they don’t. But don’t just romanticize it. It’s just them with black men..Don’t make it a BIG deal, cuz it ain’t that big of a deal. Of course it’s nice to see your faves or anyone else in the world that you like with other people like you. However, it ain’t nice when it’s exagerrated. Like c’mon, WE’RE ALL HUMAN BEINGS! Just because you’re this or that, or are in a relationship with someone that different than you, doesn’t mean you should flaunt about it. Have some respect. 🤦‍♀️

Everything you said was straight facts 🔥🔥🔥. It always annoys me seeing this ish cause black fans be minding their own business and then all the sudden “does this KOREAN think this BLACK PERSON is sexually attractive” and I’m like who gives a damn. Just lemme listen to kpop in peace

I'm a black kpop fan and when I see videos like that it makes me so uncomfortable. I remember kmusicandblackwomen used my picture from army selca day and posted it on her tumblr saying she shipped me with a member of bap. I found it weird and kinda creepy.

I used to watch that channel bc I sincerely was curious and didn’t look deep into it.... but honestly like wow it’s really sad bc she puts so much effort to make those videos and it just looks like ppl like are lowkey desperate..? Just bc some idol LOOKS at a fan who happened to be black it doesn’t mean “he wants tha chocolate 🍫😩” like SIS NO SNAP OUT OF IT smh like what if an idol somehow finds out ab that channel.. do u know how embarrassing it would be? Oof bc sis I be reading the comment sections and poor 14 y/o are taking it seriously and it breaks my heart too... Throw the whole channel away🤧

The second a person criticizes kmbw, she blocks people

I honestly watched kmusicandblackwomen for a guilty pleasure and didn’t at all think about it in that way. Even then I thought some of the things she said were a bit delusional and made no sense. Thanks for this video 🙏!

I'm SOO glad your not one of those channels who use that bumass robot headass voice or just put the words Also your voice is really nice so it's easier to listen and take in the information ✨

Black girl or poc breathes in an idol's general direction: KMBW: AGAJWKQKNAFFFFSSLAKKAMW Y'ALL HE BLINKED AT HER!!1!1! HE. BLINKED. 10/10 HE WANTS THE SWIRL.

Thanks for speaking about this I’m black but I hate watching these types of videos and it disgusts me

it always makes me uncomfortable when people add ‘korean’ or ‘black’ or ‘mexican’ or whatever to their videos about their SOs. it’s your SO, race/ethnicity couldn’t matter less.

i have arrived for my cup of tea

rose trash is the only youtuber that i will watch expose videos from because she is awesome 💯‼️

yup this needed to be made thank u👏🏽👏🏽

"How I met my Asian boyfriend " Titles like that irk me and make me cringe

Your worth shouldn't depend on what other's think of you smh

Speaking of that, can we also talk about this trend of 'Black guy reacts to K-pop' or 'Black guys react to BTS Mic Drop' as if just because it's a hip-hop song suddenly them being black matters here, it's like they're willingly putting out this kind of stereotype about them.

Y'alllll I always thought that the lil black girls in the Ellen show meeting BTS looked like they're 12-15 years old... wtf

*the queen has spoken* 👏🏾

I loved this video and yes its true alot of kpop fans ive talked to has said they wanted to move to Korea to get a korean oppa i mean If you like korean guys or Asian in general then you do you, but moving to a country just to date their races is weird not every korean guy has the same personality or looks the same, this topic need to be talked about great video 💕👏🏻

My cousin always loved japan and went there (before I was even born) one day to explore. He met a Japanes woman and now they are married and have two childrens but like... my cousin actually loves her for who she is and not because she's japanese you know? But now it's like people just want to date asians because they are asians.

Y’all I heard that Kmbw is like 30 something with a whole kid...sis stop obsessing over Korean men and focus on raising your kid 😂😂😂

Ily sm this is my favorite kpop tea channel

I'm so glad to hear you speak about this, and slight sidenote but you always express your opinion so respectfully without being mean or condescending which is rare with these types of videos. Idk man, the emphasis of race or ethnicity in these titles just seems like they're not treating them as people but like tokens or something and that really doesn't sit well with me. I think there's a difference between celebrating diversity in relationships and just straight up reducing someone to their race purely to fetishize them

The tea ☕️ sis

Thank you for saying something about this!! I was so mad that these types of videos keep popping up in my recommendation’s!

I always wanted to know what you thought about KmusicAndBlackWomen. I’m glad you made this video and please keep making great content :)

Gonna sit back and wait for the Queen to upload part 2

"What do koreans think about black women" WE DO NOT CARE. WE'RE DOING FINE WITH OR WITHOUT YOU. People have to stop using black women for views

They could just say like 'A day with my bf' rather then 'A day with my korean bf'

i legit thought about this yesterday. i was about to watch a documentary because of my test tomorrow (which i didn’t even know i had until like 8 minutes ago),, sorry napoleon hun you have to wait i got more impotant shit to watch over here

The only one of those “Japanese boyfriend”/interracial couple genre that I watch is Rachel and Jun (like that’s the genre, not that it’s the only interracial couple I watch period). They were on RU-vid way before this trend started and it’s not a fetishizing thing, like they met because she got a full ride to college on the stipulation that she major/minor in Asian Studies and/or Japanese and study abroad in Japan, and that’s how they met (if you watch the story of how they met she explains it better). I like them because they give interesting details on cultural differences without fetishizing, and their relationship was not about one of them going to a specific country because they were obsessed with the culture.

OOH IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE YAYYYY

sis I have been waiting for someone to talk about this like I get it but some people take it to the next level

Omg thank you 🙏🏾 I’ve been waiting for a video like this. Long overdue.

This issue has always irritated me, and I've gotten into multiple twitter wars because of this. I used to love those kind of videos, but now they seem so fucking insulting. Thank you for making this video and i hope it draws more attention to this issue. As usual i love your videos.

Leave it up to Rosé Trash to expose the truth

ugh yes expose them

Girl I just love how you expose them so calmly

I’m black, and I remember being younger and being a new Kpop fan you sometimes catch yourself on that edge of it being less of an interest and more fetishization. I used to have such a low self esteems and was so hungry to be validated that these videos made me feel better. Now I’m a bit older and knowing I was like this makes me feel so gross.

Kmandbw already said that her page is purely for entertainment purposes and it’s suppose to be funny. She legit makes crack videos for specifically black people. I find them funny

This video was definitely needed so thank you! I think it’d be cool to see a video on the reverse side of it as well. Like the sometimes overt appropriation and fetishization of black culture by kpop idols and rappers. I’m black+asian and I’ve always really liked kpop/rap but my own personal relationship with the genre as a person of color sometimes feels complicated. Either way, great video! Thank you!

As a black kpop fan I used to watch kmusicandblackwomen, until the first time someone cancelled her and had an over party for her. I realized she’s mad cringy like some things aren’t worth hyping up. Like I know I’m cute therefore why should I have someone from another race and ethnicity prove to me I’m cute just because they’re the closes thing to the kpop industry. They didn’t chose that title so why allow them to judge people based off of secret validation that’s based of the fetishization of a race.

THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT THIS, my friend has a genuine passion for teaching english and helping people but she's scared to get grouped with people like this because of how popular fetishization of east asians has gotten...

Saw this in my recommendations and I'M SO GLAD💜💜.. I appreciate your opinions and I agree with everything you had to say here.. I'm looking forward to part two and you just gained another subscriber.

Thank you so much for that video. It needed to be talked about

Yeeesss! Keep doing this videos, you touch very important topics 🙌🏻

Your videos are sooo goood especially the one about sm ent ❤️

Thank you for making this video because even the younger fans get mislead when it comes to these things I love your channel by the

Thank you for talking about kmbw shes an embarrasment

Fetishisation makes me feel uncomfortable but from seeing some videos it really seems to go both ways. The way Korean boys seem to be obsessed with dating some idealised version of a foreigner, especially an Eastern European it seems really is just the same thing like all these girls are doing with Korean guys, it be going both ways.

Omg, i love your channel so mUch, you spill the tea on everyonE or say the truth on everything omg I love you

omg yesssss. this needs to be talked about

I personally only like that she posts some cute fan encounters with black fans that I never would've seen anywhere else, like the blk girl who ran into jungkook in seoul. Otherwise, she's hella weird and supports colorist idols who have been problematic since forever. Like all an asian guy has to do is milly rock and they're dropping their pants like bitch what ???

"...The level they are attracted to a certain race or group of people should not be a criteria of someone's worth" Well said wow

THIS IS RANDOM BUT I LOVE YOUR VOICE ITS SO SMOOTH AND IT'S LIKE, A PERFECT TEA-SERVING VOICE OOF

Thank you for saying this I found that channel a day or two ago and it made me feel super uncomfortable. Black kpop fans deserve better and we don’t need to mesure ourselves based on what we THINK some random idol wants from our race.

Yaaasssssss MAZELEE DESERVES MORE ATTENTION BECAUSE THEYE SHOW THE GREAT SIDE OF A BLACK AND KOREAN RELATIONSHIP and another black and Korean relationship is the channel Love withstanding 👍🏽

iblogkbeauty is also a hardcore koreaboo channel hiding under the “i love languages and i want to be an english teacher in korea” gimmick. She’s made a video where she’s desperately trying to look korean and goes on to out one of the members of Apink for their private sexual/romantic relations. Since she’s “dated zico’s best friend” and he told her everything she MUST have the right to release personal info about kpop idols lives right? /s

Finally somebody talks about these videos ooof. Thank you for bringing attention to this!

God part 1 waiting for part 2

Lilly petals world,slice and rice,and Mazlee are the only blasian couples that I like Lilly petals world and Mazlee have kids and love each other very much. Lilly petals world Lilly is from S.korea her husband is from Kenya. Slice and rice, Rice is Korean American, slice is black. Slices' grandma is Filipino so technically he's Asian.

thank you once again, the queen has spoken! also, could you do that one of kpop in the west? seems interesting and also i want to hear your opinions on it, love ya!💖

GIRL YOU KNOW IM HERE FOR THE TEA!!!!!

THIS CHANNEL IS CLEANSING THE RU-vid COMMUNITY...THANK YOU!

istg you should collab with KPOP JUNKEE. the two best channels for tea spilling.

Thank you for making this video

I used to watch Megan Bowen channel because she used to make inteseting videos about korean culture But lately it's all about "Date with my KOREAN BOYFRIEND" or "whatever... with my KOREAN FIANCÉ" And honestly I don't know how to feel about her.

I get so angry because of these. I have seen some black women comment "my bias will/won't like me. I'm so happy/sad" hunny you don't need someone's approval. You are beautiful. If I, being a brown girl followed that thought I think I would consider myself the ugliest potato in the world.

Thank you so much!!!!... like finally someone is exposing this shit.

thank you for talking about this!! i’m east asian and the the racial exploitation is so uncomfortable for me in the kpop community. can you talk about the general fetishisation of asian ppl in pt2? (e.g wanting to date/befriend someone just bc they’re asian, putting asians on a high pedestal, koreaboos..) i appreciate u so much for speaking out

SOMEBODY HAD TO SAY IT YES! Part 2 please!

I want to be your friend, you have such reflected opinions and I feel like we would vibe tho 💕

Thank you! I’m Muslim Half black n half south Asian and all my 19 years of my life people have made sexualiziing comments about my siblings and I and my parents relationship. And from the beginning I always used to watch kmusicandblackwomen for the shits n giggles however her videos made me feel kinda bad because I’m the product of a black and asian parents so the fetishy feeling crept up on me when she say “he wants chocolate” And I hate how people see us as rare unicorns and would do so much as to move to a different country just to pop out a child who looks mixed? Someone even said to me “ you should be glad she makes vids like that! Now there will be more yous in the world” shit like this makes me feel unexpected sometimes.

loved the vid!!! would you be able to cover jay parks recent scandal and how kpop idols cultural appropriation on black culture, I’d love to hear your option on it! keep it up :)

Me: *in class* Rośe trash: uploads Me: I don’t need to learn

A male kpop idol could breathe next to a black female fan and kmusicandblackwomen would freak out like “He breathes so *hard* next to her. He must want some *DARK* CHOCOLATE AAAAAAAAAA”

I’m a black girl and videos like this give me a bittersweet feeling. Like, watching them can sometimes make me feel better because I’ve grown up thinking that Asian men (and most other races) don’t like me for my skin tone but at the same time I do find it weird and uncomfortable with the way they make the videos titles and how much they - sometimes - over react and make something really small into something big; so I can completely understand why people would feel uncomfortable. I like to see that we can get love and appreciation from many different races and I love to highlight those interactions because, not only is it rare, but it’s also usually looked at as “weird” or “wrong”, but I don’t want it to be something that’s creepy. I know that some of the videos and some of the channels don’t MEAN to be the way they are (like KMusicAndBlackWomen just really wants to make black kpop stans feel good about being a black kpop Stan since the kpop community as a whole likes to be super easily towards black women and HATE the idea of their fave finding a black women REMOTELY attractive) but it comes off that way. So... I’m bittersweet. But, at the end of the day, people are gonna take what they can get 🤷🏽‍♀️

i love your voice! you sound like a sassy class monitor that is intelligent and educated!

Fav kpop Tea channel🔥🔥💕💕