KISS OF LIFE‘s recent YouTube collaboration has sparked anger among netizens.
Recently, KISS OF LIFE appeared on the YouTube channel IShowSpeed, whose real name is Darren Watkins Jr.,
During the video, they chatted and learned some choreography, and he showed them his acrobatic skills.
When the video was posted, while some fans loved the unexpected collaboration, many were angry at the decision to have the KISS OF LIFE members on the channel. Watkins is known to be controversial, and many of his comments in previous videos have sparked anger. It meant that netizens didn’t understand the decision to have him personally work with the group to promote them to a wider audience,
I need the staff that organised this fired pic.twitter.com/YaVlWlZS1F
— rainedae ❀༉˚ (@haIachoi) May 13, 2024
i will not be posting that man on this account btw
— natty pics (@nattyhourly) May 13, 2024
kiss of life’s fanbase is like 80% girls and women between the ages 16-26 and s2 decided to have them promote with him?????????? 💀💀 https://t.co/PjoKbIJSSp
— willa ~ semi ia (@kissofwilla) May 13, 2024
I hate their company for this. His audience is not the attention they need https://t.co/tN22ErVZpz
— ExTeenageRobot Redux (@girllwithluv) May 13, 2024
proof that s2 doesnt understand kiss of life’s stan demographic this just pisses me off https://t.co/SrJiYSi8D0
— ً (@kiofkr) May 13, 2024
this just pissed me off considering how creepy he is https://t.co/L9XoIzxuaB
— chichi🐰 (@KlRAKUNI) May 13, 2024
While the demographic and YouTube style of IShowSpeed had fans angry, with many worrying about his audience’s reactions to the girl group members, even though his own reactions were deemed “tame” by his regular viewers, fans also brought up his history with NewJeans.
Back in January, the user came under fire after a video resurfaced of inappropriate comments about the members in a now-deleted reaction video, and fans even reported him to HYBE.
Remembering his reactions to the young NewJeans members made fans even more angry that KISS OF LIFE’s company allowed them to make a video with the YouTuber.
Why is he allowed near any idols after the whole NewJeans incident??? https://t.co/yaqUFSOExz
— Nate 🐶 (@bobayel) May 13, 2024
allowing speed near kpop idols after the new jeans incident is nasty work.. 🫤
— 1111 ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 𖦹 gloom (@j_azzabelle) May 13, 2024
Even his own audience realized that there was something different in the way he acted.
While his behavior was deemed to be “better” than normal, KISS OF LIFE fans are still angry about the collaboration, and many choose not to promote it.
Source: LifeSpeedy
