Butterfly Doors
| "Butterfly Doors" | ||||
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| Single by Lil Pump | ||||
| from the album Harverd Dropout | ||||
| Released | January 4, 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2018 | |||
| Genre | Mumble rap, Trap | |||
| Length | 2:12 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer(s) | CB Mix[1] | |||
| Lil Pump singles chronology | ||||
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"Butterfly Doors" is a song recorded by American rapper Lil Pump, released on January 4, 2019, through Warner Bros..
Video
On December 18, 2018, Lil Pump posted a video of himself miming to a clip of the song to his social media accounts. The song features the line "They call me Yao Ming 'cause my eyes real low", and after a later repetition of the line, Lil Pump ad libs "ching chong"[2] and also pulls at the sides of his eyes.[3]
Criticism
American rapper and actress Awkwafina, who is of Chinese and South Korean ancestry, criticized the track on Twitter, writing "Always nice to hear a new song with a Ching Chong adlib. Guess it's better than 'eyes chink' like some other verses I've heard. But can we at least think of some more creative racist epithets? @lilpump".[3] The BBC reported that Chinese users of Weibo had posted screenshots of their reporting Lil Pump's video for "inappropriate content".[4]
Chinese rapper Li Yijie, known as "Pissy" and for being part of a Chinese government-sponsored rap group called CD Rev, released a diss track titled "FXXX Lil Pump". The track contains the lines "The fact is you and white racists the same / Respect yourself, you've suffered the pain / You don't know anything bout the history / Cuz you a nation of immigrants, and if you really won't take it serious, check it out on those Indians."[5] Yijie also spoke to the Chinese government-run tabloid newspaper Global Times, saying that as a rapper, he was "ashamed with what Lil Pump wrote in his song. Lil Pump, one of the most popular rappers in the US, should not humiliate the spirit of the rap".[6]
Lil Pump subsequently issued an Instagram video where he apologized, saying: "I came here to tell you from my part that I'm sorry and I apologize for posting that. It was not my intentions to hurt nobody or do none of that."[7]
Lil Pump released the song on January 4, 2019 with the offensive lyrics removed.
References
- ^ "Lil Pump – Butterfly Doors". Tidal. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ^ Trendell, Andrew (December 18, 2018). "Lil Pump under fire for 'anti-Asian slurs' in new song 'Butterfly Doors'". NME. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ^ a b Mendez, Marisa (December 18, 2018). "Lil Pump Faces Backlash for Using Racial Epithets in New Song". XXL. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ Tom, Gerken; Allen, Kerry (December 18, 2018). "Rapper Lil Pump criticised for racist gesture". BBC.
- ^ Cole, Alexander (December 18, 2018). "Lil Pump Gets Ethered By Chinese Rapper". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ Westcott, Ben; Xiong, Yong (December 19, 2018). "Rapper Lil Pump in racism storm over new video mocking Chinese". CNN. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ Lilah, Rose (December 25, 2018). "Lil Pump Apologizes For Using Racial Slurs: "I Got Asian Homies"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
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