The beatmakers were slammed by fans after Alex Pall made a joke that implied Chinese people eating dogs during an interview in Shanghai.
- Sep 12, 2017
AceShowbiz - Uh oh! The Chainsmokers gets criticized for making insensitive joke about Asians. On Monday, September 11, the EDM duo shared on Twitter a promotional video of their trip to China over the weekend. The now-deleted clip found Alex Pall and Andrew Taggart being interviewed by a Chinese reporter, who asked Alex if he would bring his dog while touring.
Alex made what's been perceived as a joke about people eating dogs in China as he bluntly answered, "I mean if she could come anywhere I'd bring her to--well I don't know if I'd bring her to China...." He and Andrew then shared a laugh, while the interviewer looked at the camera, seemingly shocked by the answer.
Unsurprisingly, the racist joke didn't go unnoticed by fans. "No offense but if the chainsmokers can post a video of them making a racist joke imagine what they say behind closed doors," a Twitter user noted, while another snarked, "disgusted at the fact that the chainsmokers really had the nerve to make a racist 'asians eat dogs' joke in front of an asian interviewer."
no offense but if the chainsmokers can post a video of them making a racist joke imagine what they say behind closed doors
— βΩ (@visualsjung) 11 September 2017
disgusted at the fact that the chainsmokers really had the nerve to make a racist 'asians eat dogs' joke in front of an asian interviewer..
— namjoon day (@trbljimin) 11 September 2017
Following the backlash, The Chainsmokers issued an apology. They shared on Twitter a statement that read, "We originally posted a video to share how much we love China and our fans there. We would never intentionally do anything to upset our fans and we apologize if we offended anyone."
https://t.co/0ukfSpfybJ pic.twitter.com/nNnsWXFaWW
— THE CHAINSMOKERS (@TheChainsmokers) 11 September 2017
Additionally, fans found it ironic because Alex made the so-called racist joke on the same day as it was announced that The Chainsmokers would be featured on Korean group Bangtan Boys a.k.a. BTS' new album "Love Yourself 'Her' ". A Twitter user wrote,"Chainsmokers really just posted a video of them being bluntly racist to asian people but they about to release a collab with an asian group."
Another claimed that BTS fans were angry because the boyband was affected by the insensitive joke as writing, "ppl are cancelling their HER preorder bc of the chainsmokers, LISTEN if you hate them that much just skip the song, dont cancel the preorder."
chainsmokers really just posted a video of them being bluntly racist to asian people but they about to release a collab with an asian group
— layπ (@sinhcseok) 11 September 2017
ppl are cancelling their HER preorder bc of the chainsmokers, LISTEN if you hate them that much just skip the song, dont cancel the preorder
— JOONIE'S DAY π°π (@jeonglows) 11 September 2017
