TWICE‘s Chaeyoung apologized on Tuesday (March 21) after posting an Instagram photograph by which the 23-year-old Okay-pop star is seen carrying a t-shirt that includes a swastika.
The shirt within the since-deleted photograph had a graphic of a Nineteen Seventies image of Intercourse Pistols‘ Sid Vicious carrying a T-shirt with a swastika on it. The image was used as an emblem of the German Nazi occasion, as Adolf Hitler made it the centerpiece of the Nazi flag.
“Howdy, that is Chaeyoung from TWICE. I sincerely apologize relating to the Instagram publish. I didn’t accurately acknowledge the which means of the tilted swastika within the t-shirt I wore,” her assertion, written in each English and Korean, learn. “I deeply apologize for not totally reviewing it, inflicting concern. I’ll pay absolute consideration sooner or later to stop any scenario related from taking place once more. Sincerely apologize once more.”
TWICE lately launched their twelfth mini-album, Able to Be, and the set debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart dated March 25, 2023. The group’s English single “Moonlight Dawn” is included within the seven-track album, along with songs like “Bought the Thrills,” “Blame It on Me,” “Wallflower,” “Loopy Silly Love” and “Set Me Free.”
The lady group was additionally honored with the Breakthrough Award at Billboard’s Girls in Music occasion on March 1, the place they chatted with Billboard on the pink carpet concerning the album. “We’re prepared to indicate extra of our stunning interior aspect to the world and able to present extra of ourselves,” Tzuyu shared of Able to Be.
