Prude Ministry Bans B2ST "Rainy Days"
19 Jul – The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family is back with yet another list of songs they've banned for supposedly containing content that's harmful to the youth and this time B2ST's song "Rainy Days" is included, according to a report on allkpop website.
The song was reportedly banned for the use of 'alcohol' in its lyrics. A line from the song states, "I think I'm drunk, I should stop drinking."
The ministry explained that it alluded to drinking and that it could influence the youth in a negative way, the same reason Baek Ji Young's "I Can't Drink" was banned.
Other songs banned include Jay Park's "Don't Let Go", After School's "Funky Man", and Heo Young-saeng's "Out the Club" for sexually suggestive lyrics, while X-5's "Fantasy" was banned for the use of slang and the mention of 'offensive businesses', as well as 4minute's "Heart to Heart" music video.
The "offensive businesses" mentioned above is referring to none other than a club. Any song or music video that contains the word 'club' or a scene from a club will be hit with a ban.
DJ DOC's "Joy and Pain" and MBLAQ's "Again" were banned for the illustration of violence, while Kang Seung-yoon's "You're My Heaven" was banned for sexually suggestive content and the promotion of violence. SECRET's Song Ji-eun's solo track, "Going Crazy", had both the song and music video banned for encouraging crime.
Songs that are banned cannot be sold to minors under the age of 19 and cannot be aired before 10 PM KST through radio or television.
In response to the ban, B2ST member Yang Yo-seob posted on his twitter on 18 July stating, "I think I'm going to start singing children songs. I need Tylenol" then added, "This is just too much. Sigh... we can't perform with this song." grieving over this fact.
