Adele Hit With Massive Backlash After Rising Sun Flag Appears During Her Concert 

British pop singer Adele is facing significant backlash from her Korean fans after the Rising Sun flag was displayed during one of her concerts.

The controversy erupted after the flag was seen on a massive LED screen at her concert in Germany on August 2.

Adele is currently performing ten large-scale concerts at a specially constructed stadium in Munich, designed to accommodate over 740,000 attendees. The concert series aims to set a Guinness World Record with its 220-meter-long outdoor screen.

Despite the ambitious setup, the appearance of the Rising Sun flag has overshadowed these achievements and drawn severe criticism from Korean fans.

The symbol — associated with Japan’s imperialist past and deeply offensive to Koreans — appeared during Adele’s performance of “Rumor Has It.”

Videos of the concert quickly spread across social media, sparking a wave of angry reactions from Korean fans.

• “Crazy. That’s like flashing the Nazi symbol..”
• “How should I put this…? White people seem really ignorant and uncivilized. I don’t even think they understand why the Nazi symbol is bad; They just get fed information that Nazis are bad, so they just accept it, right? Otherwise, why would they keep using the Nazi symbol of the East? They are so ignorant..”
• “Dumb sh*t.”
• “There’s no way they didn’t know what the symbol was when it was so blatantly displayed. They could have just searched it.”
• “So ignorant. Or did the person in charge do it on purpose? Since they can’t use Nazi symbols in Germany, is this a substitute?”
• “Did they want to use the Nazi symbol but couldn’t do so in Germany, so they opted to use the Rising Sun flag instead? It seems intentional rather than ignorant.”
• “At first, I thought they might have been clueless because it’s an Eastern symbol, and I tried to understand. But they should know about World War II. There’s no way they don’t know about Japan, so why do they have no interest or understanding of the Rising Sun flag?”
• “This is insane…”
• “The West is so hypocritical. If you don’t criticize the Nazis like they do, they think you’re uncivilized and make a big fuss about it. But they only criticize what they choose to. Hahaha.”
• “Ah… What’s this? I like Adele’s music, but why is she like this?”
• “Why wouldn’t they just go ahead and use the Nazi symbol instead? It’s the same war criminal flag, haha.”

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— Koreaboo (@Koreaboo) August 4, 2024