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2022
C9 Entertainment apologizes and announces lyric changes
Company response
After EPEX's newly released single and video drew criticism over lyrics and military-style outfits seen by some as Nazi-related, music label C9 Entertainment apologized for judging the metaphor complacently and not checking, and announced changes to several lyrics. The label said the imagery was not intended to refer to historical events.
Company response
Apology — C9 Entertainment
the label fully apologized for having "judged complacently" the expression as a metaphor and for not checking.
Remediation — C9 Entertainment
As such, they announced that they would change several lyrics accordingly.
Source excerpt
Others, however, took issue with the track, specifically lyrics referring to crystals such as "Crystal Night" and "The night in the crystal." This, to many, seemed to be referring to Kristallnacht
As such, they announced that they would change several lyrics accordingly. "The night in the crystal" will become "Myself in the crystal." "Crystal Night" will become "Crystal Light."
In a statement shared over social media days later, C9 Entertainment apologized for the misunderstanding.