One of 2NE1’s most creative music videos, “Hate You“, has been under speculation lately after some Japanese netizens accused it of showing anti-Japanese sentiments throughout the entire video. The music video, which was designed by pop graphic artist, Mari Kim, shows four female characters, which are the members of 2NE1, who fight against a monster, and thus save the world from destruction.

The accusations of the video being anti-Japanese are based solely on two scenes. One is of a nuclear rector which explodes and, according to the Japanese, looks very similar to the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, which was made inactive after a massive earthquake and tsunami damaged it in March. The other scene is of the giant monster that has a red dot on its forehead. Accusers believe that the red dot on the white head is supposed to symbolize Japan’s flag.

Since the netizens came out with their theory, the “Hate You” music video on 2NE1’s official channel has been flooded with comments and opinions. Some comments read, “The nuclear power plant in the video is an insult to Fukushima,” or “If it was a different country, we might have thought it’s just a coincidence. But Korea is different because they celebrated the earthquake in Japan.”

After Japan was hit by a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in March, many Korean stars sent messages of support and donations to help with the recovery process. However, in September during a soccer match between profession Japanese and Korean teams, some Korean fans had a poster that stated, “We celebrate earthquake in eastern Japan,” which created a great deal of conflict between netizens of both nationalities.

Some local media even commented on the debate, adding, “This might just be simple animation. But if more and more Japanese fans start taking it the wrong way, 2NE1’s promotions in Japan might become difficult too.”

2NE1 is expected to release their very first Japanese single on the 16th of November, but with teh way things are going, it’s not looking too great.

Below is the music video, “Hate You”. Do you see anything anti-Japanese in it?