Jay Park Apologizes For His “Allah” Lyric In “Mukkbang (Remix)”
Jay Park has apologized for his lyrics in “Mukkbang (Remix),” following backlash from listeners.
“Mukkbang (Remix),” a 2020 song by Lil Cherry & GOLDBUUDA, features verses by Jay Park, Dumbfoundead, and BIBI. Some listeners claimed Jay Park disrespected both Christianity and Islam by comparing himself to God, the Holy Ghost, and Allah in his lyrics.
calling himself a “God” and comparing himself to the Holy Ghost? Then talking about Allah like that? He disrespected Christianity& Islam right there. Well done JayPark👏🏽if u still choose to support him just admit ur a horrible person and get lost. he deserves to be cancelled https://t.co/0xN8FX6jtg
— princess_thirlwal (@PThirlwal) May 27, 2021
Grabbin’ a fork likе oh my God
Look like you seen a Holy Ghost
Jaw drop, I can never fall off
Worship mе like Allah
Get it done like wallah— Jay Park, “Mukbbang (Remix)
Tw // islamophobic
The fact that jay park also wrote this song just shows how disrespectful he is ,, when will these artists stop using islamic things for their aesthetics and hv a basic decency for our religion ? Its too normalized and got swept under the rug everytime :( pic.twitter.com/yyfuPIsyFP
— Lia⁷ (@yerinkth) May 27, 2021
this is the nth time korean artist direspecting our religion and now jay park too? wtf is wrong with y'all can you respect us at least. we had enough#JayParkApoloGizeToMuslims pic.twitter.com/OpFlJMItrz
— ً (@stayddub) May 27, 2021
Jay Park has now addressed the criticism in a series of tweets. In the first tweet, he apologized for offending listeners but condemned a “false narrative.”
Lyrics were never meant to be offensive or disresepctful. For anyone who took it that way i apologize. Yall outta pocket for “he draggin a religion” or “racist” comments stop with that bull shit false narrative. To me its just lyrics to some its more serious. Simple as that
— JAY BUM PARK (@JAYBUMAOM) May 27, 2021
In his follow-up tweet, Jay Park said he didn’t know the lyrics would be offensive, and he wished “peace of love” to all.
So to the people who feel some type of way about it. I didnt know so thats my bad. Now im gonna go back to impacting peoples lives in a positive manner. Hope yall do the same. Peace and love to everyone ✌️
— JAY BUM PARK (@JAYBUMAOM) May 27, 2021
Jay Park also acknowledged that fans come from all around the world and “take things differently” depending on their perspective.
Yeah but everyone lives in different countries and has different cultures languages and perspectives. Everyone takes things in differently depending on where u are how u grew up ect.words,symbols, mean everything to some but for those who dont know just a other word. Noones fault https://t.co/m4IZy49aSC
— JAY BUM PARK (@JAYBUMAOM) May 27, 2021
Rather than dragging the controversy out, Jay Park hopes to move on from the “misunderstanding.”
Not everyone can know everything and if a misunderstanding causes u to hate me. So be it. Best i can do is apologize to those i offended and move on https://t.co/m4IZy49aSC
— JAY BUM PARK (@JAYBUMAOM) May 27, 2021
In the next tweet, Jay Park apologized “full-heartedly” and showed love for fans. “To those who wanna hate me let em hate,” he wrote, “love yall too.”
Of course if it made u feel bad i apologize full heartedly. Definitely understand where ur coming from. I will be more mindful next time dear. Love all my REAL muslim fans and i hope it dont make u think if me any different. To those who wanna hate let em hate 😎 love yall too https://t.co/ihIw57eW2s
— JAY BUM PARK (@JAYBUMAOM) May 27, 2021
Jay Park has since deleted his original tweets in favor of posting a new apology letter to Muslim fans.
Jay Park Deletes Old Apology To Muslim Fans, Writes New One For “Mukkbang (Remix)”
