K-pop, through a Western lens
SONGS DON’T GET MUCH MORE OFFENSIVE THAN Lil Dicky’s “Korea,” which made its debut on the rapper’s FXX sitcom Dave on June 16. The song’s music video shows him defecating in the middle of downtown Seoul and dancing cheesily with a group of women who spin South Korean flag umbrellas, as a vaguely Asian flute whistles in the background.
But the scene’s tastelessness is intentional. In the comedian and rapper born Dave Burd plays an exaggeratedly clueless version of himself as a way to make sharp observations about the absurdities embedded in pop culture, race and
