Even the expression of 'hate' at the mention of real name... Yena Choi, 'Hate Rodrigo'

Singer Choi Yena's new song 'Hate Rodrigo' music video has been privately processed.

On the morning of the 30th, Yena Choi's 'Hate Rodrigo' was switched to private on each music platform, including YouTube and Melon. Yuehua Entertainment, the agency, has not yet revealed the reason for the private music video.

The title song 'Hate Rodrigo' of Choi Ye-na's second single album 'Hate XX', released on the 27th, is a song that expresses cute jealousy towards the object of envy by saying 'I hate all the kids who are better than me'. It is a song with an energetic sound. Yena Choi participated in writing and composing the lyrics herself. The subject referred to in the title is Olivia Rodrigo, a pop star. In a recent showcase, Choi Ye-na explained, "There are many seniors whom I have admired and admired since childhood. Olivia Rodrigo is also perfect and pretty." I did too.

However, among netizens, a heated debate arose over the title of Choi Yena's new song. It is pointed out that it was excessive to mention Rodrigo's real name and add 'hate', which means 'hate' or 'hate', to the title. There are speculations that the music video's non-disclosure may also be due to the controversy over the title and meaning of 'Hate Rodrigo'. One media reported that Olivia Rodrigo's side requested non-disclosure to Choi Yena's side due to copyright issues.

Popular music critic Jung Min-jae posted on his channel, "I was curious about what kind of song would come out after boldly citing the real names of contemporary artists and looking at the concepts and artworks that seemed obvious to be borrowed, but it's disappointing because it's so uninteresting and flat. , It's not even a parody, it's an embarrassing pastiche level."

Olivia Rodrigo is a new pop music singer who sang 'Drivers License'. It debuted in 2021 and won last year's Grammy Awards, including 'Best New Artist', one of the four main awards, 'Best Pop Solo Performance' and 'Best Pop Vocal Album'. won 3 crowns.

Reporter Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia bella@tenasia.co.kr