GracefulDanny Yes!

+GracefulDanny it was, i checked it out like 10 times.

+GracefulDanny thank you for that. XD

That was the best thing about this performance. :)

If it wasn't for your post I would have never in life even noticed that hahaha

So ironic that white people find this innapropriate but Japanese people finds it cool

“but you’re supposed to feel offended because white people said so”

I'm fine with the presenting Japanese culture, for me the only issue is the fact she wore a Chinese dress instead of a kimono. But yeah, it's really tame in terms of any offence or cultural appropriation, There's some art here and appreciation shown, which we need more of.

​@@G1NZOU I have been to both china and japan and trust me, that's a kimono. Have you ever actually saw a real traditional chinese dress, it's nothing like what she's wearing now. There are many type of kimonos and this is one of them.

@@DanielHall212 I guess you're right, it's mostly the collar and front chest which caught my eye as looking too Chinese but yes, a closer look reveals the proper Obi. And yes, I've seen real Chinese dress.

Japanese not Asians

@@tomotomo5579 Pretty sure Japan is in Asia dude.

@@louisastone3510 I'm from Saudi Arabia and we're in Asia too. Asia is a huge continent with diverse people and cultures.

@@baibac6065 Right👍

@@louisastone3510 There's a lot of countries in Asia!🙏

Thank you EXACTLY

PREACH!!

M P fair enough

literally all of Asia doesn't care

peace

criticising Katy Perry is actually discrimination towards the Japanese, how ironic

as i know she is one crazy fan for anything japan

1.this mock's Chinese people 2.the outfit's isn't even from China 3.and there is the stereotype that Asian women shall love their men unconditionally. so.. .. YOUR STUPID AS HELL

The Mario Numbers does anyone ever call you stupid? believe me, it helps, a lot. 1. This is Japan Kimono, not China dress. Although I myself hate China a lot but there's nothing wrong with dress or cultures. Everyone knows that Katy is crazy for anything Japan and it's no surprise she always wants to bring the traditional dress to her performance to show her respect and love for the country. Japan is her favourite country in Asia, best song goes with the best dress of the best country, that's how she does, that's how it goes. She also performs this song with Western dress countless of time, so don't think this is mocking Asian woman. 2. Unconditonal love is the greatest love. Everything has 2 faces, the song also encourages man to love their woman unconditionally, and that is what our society is lack off, that is what we should try to achieve.

1. it is not a kimono, so what is it? 2. why you think she wants to demonstrate a geisha? why the hell does a geisha appear here? as i said she just demonstrates a normal girl, and she wears kimono just because she likes it. fix me if i'm wrong.

That literally gave me chills.

Iconic. That was my fave part, too 😍😘

Haha I am half Japanese and half Korean~

I think it has cultural appropriation aspects to it. Her dress isn't traditional and kind of sexualized and I wish she could make it more about Japanese culture but it could've been way worse

iar dawrnt knowr myr narme, i think it is mainly Yukata style, but incorporates lots of body styling from the Cheongsam. I’m not sure you can really appropriate the Cheongsam since it in itself is a Han appropriation of Manchu dress and style, fit for the “Modern China” of the 1920s. The hair is shaped more like a Zhou Xuan hairstyle too. I don’t think it’s been sexualised however- the style is very modest and very clearly shows no fantasy aspects to the design.

@@x6621 i totally agree but still i think maybe she could have done something more to her strengths but its not that big of a deal she could have done way worse

then why is her kimono low cut and not even right?

Ya se disculpo

ur not chines or east asian...

And people make this mistake a lot. Always think in the most negative way. But it is indeed appreciation.

@@jardon3004 shut up

@@jardon3004 east asian people love this bro

Sydney O'Bier See, wearing kimono in Japan while performing to Japanese people would make sense. But this video is kinda cringy, since the song and the event have nothing to do with the stage settings

Azuki B Did you read the comment? Japanese people were completely happy with THIS performance, not a theoretical one.

Sydney O'Bier I’m not surprised. It’s all about ignorant ‘politically correct’ moaners who have very little idea about Japan themselves.

It's actually a mixture of a cheongsam (chinese dress) and a kimono

I just think it's a bad performance, and because of her bad performance made people think it's some what iggnorant. Its just alright really but then again I will always think Katy Perry has the tackiest stage ideas that are just baffling. Like "Oh good job Katy for performing a japanese style song... at the American Music Awards... What an appropriate time for such a performance." Katy Perry is just a bad performer, good singer,but Ill never got to her concerts. Have you seen the swish swish song? That's just bad in every way

All of the SJW's: THIS IS AMERICA!

what in the actual fuck are you talking about? fucking ignorant

Cultural Appropriation only exist in White and Black people mind

@@ferdinandandi3542 i agree. We love to see embracing each others cultural identity. Weather your black, white, colored people. We're all human

@@masterofbloodbending3121 Ikr, when american adapting japanese, chinese, indian or any asia country culture, we asians didn't think of it as cultural appropriation, except if they're making fun of it. In this case Katy representing it in a good way so its good

IzzuanNymQ Affendi I would love to see Lady Gaga use Asian culture in her art

Too bad she didnt perform Unconditionally

don't you know why? their brains have been constantly brainwashed by the media for the last decade or so and this is the result. retardation at its finest.

JedynyNiemaszglowy “retardation”? BYE

Trhuuu

@@OnikasBaby i know this is hella late but the japanese people and culture are all about respect and sympathy. I visited tokyo and the people there are very sweet. They don't get angry over people who are interested in their culture and they appreciate it. If anything they enjoy it seeing their country noticed especially by such an influential singer as katy perry

ikr only Japanese viewers can be insulted not american viewers

Yeahhh! I would love to see katy performing with filipino folk theme. It's not like she's deteriorating the culture but she is promoting the beauty of it.

Katy Perry confessed it herself kzfaq.info/get/bejne/arNmrLyAlsXej6s.html

@@joshbautista8600 hi oo nga no. Sana mag terno din siya soon

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+川畑徹 It's popular in Japanese and Chinese culture to promote their culture within other countries. They love Americans, Africans, Canadians, Russians, etc. embracing their culture. Many Asian-American stores sell traditional Asian outfits so Americans can embrace their culture. It's called culture appreciation not culture appropriation. Some stupid people think all white people do is be obliviously racist and full of themselves being prejudice. This culture appropriation shit on the internet needs to stop.

+Keanu Marinas Yes I agree some people are taking it to the extremes....it may be culture appropriation but the asian community is not getting harmed from it nor getting something "stolen" from them in my opinion

+川畑徹 This is called cultural appreciation. All she's doing is embracing their culture, not appropiating it and making it her own.

+Keanu Marinas Im not saying you are wrong lol I meant that some people may call it culture appropriation, but there is no harm from it

+Keanu Marinas how is this cultural appreciation? she doesn't even know anything about it! i can guarantee you if you asked her questions about the kimono she wouldn't know shit! thats cultural appropriation! why doe she feel she has to be the one to wear the kimono? why coudln't she sing while ACTUAL japanese women wore the kimono!

I guess I'm confused at what video you watched lmao. There were not people of Asain decent on that stage. Even the drummer was white. I see 1 instrument the drum that's being played, the rest are just being held by random people. The stereotypes are rough but im sure yall love it. I'm just glad we're smarter now. She is definitely

​@@Alexp36500 with that glasses of yours you still can't see and choose to spread Misinformation, The Intro itself has a Japanese instrument playing goodness it really weird people like you say about something without even researching

@gregory2190 I don't need to spread misinformation 😂😂. She's literally appropriating a culture that she should not even be involved with. She's literally the UKs ambassador for Asia. Why?!?! Who df knows! She's white as snow, from a very Christian background, she has no business being an ambassador to anything, not even music with that imperfect pitch. You believe vaccines cause autism too huh? 🙄🙄 go about your business, this is gross and unfortunate to watch. I'm sure she's quite embarrassed now

@@gregory2190 I also can't believe you tried to make fun of me by talking about my glasses. What are you 12?!?! Grow the f**k up. It is 2023 if you can't come up with better insults than that you're fixing to get your little feelings hurt like a mofo sl*tbucket

@gregory2190 w/o researching?!? Dumb b**ch I watched the video. What other research did I need? I watched a white woman appropriate a culture with ALL white dancers and ALL white musicians with a big drum like she's seen in the fake movies 100 times. Stop it. You look ignorant af

Soo true

❤

Heart Girl Gamer -Kylee - right!!!!! I thought I was the one who thought that!!!!!!

It's very beautiful

I personally wish they'd done some instruments with the track. It compliments it so well!

It wasn’t until I saw/heard this performance that the timing and musicality of the song made sense to me. It always sounded like it was dragging, but now hearing the original with this performance in mind, it’s one of her best songs!

yeah and it just looks great, some people just love to hate things for no reason

Exactly! Thank you for your wonderful comment ❤️ We thought this performance was absolutely beautiful, and neither my mom nor myself took offense by this.

The problem with this performance is that it perpetuates the stereotype of the docile, subservient East Asian girl found in works such as Madama Butterfly and Sayonara. Katy Perry's character will love unconditionally, because that's what East Asian girls do... It's orientalism. It's exoticism. And ultimately it's dehumanizing a group of people by stereotyping and fetishizing them.

1. Fetishizing a race of people is wrong because it strips away the individuality of the people within the fetishized race. You (not you personally) are seeing individuals within the fetishized race, not as individual people with unique traits and personalities, but rather, facsimiles of a mythical sexual creature from your imagination. And refusing to treat individuals as distinct and unique people is a bit repulsive. Other instances of fetishizing can be less harmful. For instance, having a foot fetish doesn't intrinsically ascribe traits and personalities on a sexual partner. However, I still find it problematic, because it can mean an obsession with feet to the exclusion of personality. In this instance, the sexual partner is seen, rather than as an individual human being, as merely a sexual object. 2. I'm sorry if it wasn't clear. I'm not saying that I hold the belief that East Asian girls are docile and subservient and love unconditionally. I'm saying that the Western works I mentioned in my comment portray this stereotype, and that Katy Perry's live rendition of the song perpetuates this stereotype by drawing the parallel between loving unconditionally (as per the content of the song) and being a East Asian girl (as per the performance setting). You may want to say that Katy Perry drew this parallel through "a respect and understanding of Confucian culture... that is admirable," but the similarities in key scenes between Madama Butterfly and this Katy Perry performance convince me that her performance leans more on older Western works that portray East Asian culture rather than the doctrines and beliefs of the East Asian cultures themselves. 3. I am trying to control how people think and live. Why else would I read? Why else would I write? I'm sorry that you found my opinions to be nothing but platitude.

+Martin Luther tell me again how is it fetishizing? All I can feel from the performance was a performance performed using the Japanese culture. It is portrayed how the traditional Japanese culture was and none of the individuality was stripped. If you're saying her outfit was fetishizing, I Guess you should do a little bit more research on outfit of both Chinese and Japanese costumes. She is not fetishizing and you're saying she was doesn't make u fetishizing them yourself?

+rEaR vIeW something that is less worn does not mean that they should stay that way. Does that mean we Chinese men are not allowed to wear tuxedo because we do not represent English men or Japanese women aren't allow to wear evening gowns cause they may appear too sexual? Well no, y'all need to stop telling people to wear what they wanna wear, it's for performance purpose,y'all need be more open minded okay, enjoy the performance.

I disagree, her dress is a mix of Chinese and Japanese garments. Besides her stylist said in an interview, that she dressed up as a Geisha. That shows me, that she didn't do the necessary research in order to perform respectfully towards Japanese culture.

@@juliah.5385 Where do you see Chinese in that garment? The fabric is a typical Kimono print and fabric, the cut is a bit modernized and adjusted so she can easily move across the stage but it isn't something you wouldn't see in Japan... it's not like she was trying to depict an historically accurate Geisha or something. It's a Pop music performance. Maybe watch some Hamasaki Ayumi or Kouda Kumi performances, they wore similar clothes and performed in a similar way in the past too.

@@bodo887I wouldn’t say it’s disrespectful but definitely not appropriate. Correct me if I’m wrong but the song has nothing to do with Japanese culture and especially Geisha culture. People love to use other culture to be aesthetic or to feel some sort of artistry. In the case of Katy Pery she def use Geisha culture as a prop to complete her artistry. And this is why imo this is wrong.

@@hayu6788 As I said it is a POP music performance and Katy Perry never claimed to depict a Geisha or historically accurate representation of Japanese culture as far as I know. If you watch Japanese pop artists you will see many Japanese women performing in similar fashion as Katy Perry, so she is wearing a style that is accurate to Japanese POP culture. Watch anime, the characters also don't always wear historically accurate costumes....

Katy Perry confessed it herself kzfaq.info/get/bejne/arNmrLyAlsXej6s.html

@@neko-xu1dp lol you still mad and still at it

@@Snugglepuffs im not mad. Maybe you are lol. Masking their own crave for cultural appropriaton through katy perry

@@neko-xu1dp you're not just mad, your'e mad mad

@@Snugglepuffs ok ad hominem. You can never have a decent discussion about this so youre attacking me. Nonsense

Pastelli Plays yass agreed

Salad Yun dude, calm down. Im asian American, but I'm not offended. I love the way she showcased Japanese culture here, it was beautiful and magical. You can tell a lot of research and thought went into this stage. I love to see Asian culture represented positively in American media. Cause for so many years we were always the evil kung fu warriors in the white martial artist's way or a nerdy kid or just a one line stereotype. This was a nice change to finally see our culture on the big screen being represented respectfully and beautifully.

an asian person and an asian american person have completely different experiences. an asian person lives in a country where most people share their culture, race and ethnicity. asian americans don't. we are marginalized and a minority.

I don't see why anybody would take offense to this I mean there were clearly black people and asians in the performance as well lol. Culture needs to be shared and experienced anyways to make the world more diverse.

joseph, i’m going to safely assume you’re a white person. there’s a clear way to appreciate and spread culture without appropriating it and offending those in which the culture belongs to. i’m an east asian person and i’m telling you here and now that i’m fucking offended and you, i’m assuming, are not asian and therefor it’s not your place to say whether my culture can be spread or not. next.

Because of the theme in the performance. They're saying its cultural appropriation but they don't know Katy actually did it as an homage to Japan due to a bad earthquake they had. She wanted to show all the beautiful things from Japan that are often overlooked

Like what? Fans and Geisha and Taiko drums?

+ChaoticButterfly Actually, yes I think the taiko drums were a perfect addition to the song and embraced the culture well, at least for me. I've grown up with eisa (taiko) and seeing the drums really made me happy. It may not have a significant meaning for you, but it does for me because it reminds me of home and all the friends and family I have loved unconditionally since childhood also for me what was really beautiful were the cherry blossoms. In Japan, sakura are so delicate and beautiful. to me it was a perfect way to describe this song. While some people are leaving rude comments and bashing on her for this performance (on KZfaq and elsewhere) it made me like her even more. So thank you Katy Perry for a beautiful song and performance! :)

Christyna Sakura My point was, I don't see how these things are "overlooked." Japan is well-known for Geisha, fans, _and_ taiko drums...

+ChaoticButterfly sorry, I misunderstood your first comment

Madonna did it first. Nothing Realy Matters music video, Paradise (Not For Me) video and Madonna's Takara commercial (Japonese TV) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7djh7eYyMi2mnU.html

後ろの人にはもっと大きな声で言うwww

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Jacob Noble I know what it is.

Who Dosen't?

She has one of the most unique voices in pop music tbh

She sounds amazing now but she sounds like sht here

@@r0bz1985 Hm ya im Katy Cats and im agree :' but i greatfull now her sound better and so perfect

I agree but there was really no reason for the slits on the chest XD, it was a great performance. People tend to think too much and get into unnecessary criticism

+alexander wei Of course there's a reason: Boobs. xD

The girl's gotta move. But I love how her team incorporated some traditional instruments and dance moves. They did their homework!

Nicole B All the details were her idea, more than her team. Katy Perry always has had full creative control in her craft.

It's a shamisen your welcome o3o

Agree. She is madonna this era.

I agree….She’s one of the best performers!

The best performer that ever lived? Beyonce

​@@Arichxcnot

True

I agree

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