Weekly Music Video

Today's video is Lolita Bonita by Japanese singer MIREI (full name Touyama Mirei, or Mirei Touyama). It's about Western stereotypes of young Japanese girls or Asian females in general), which stem from the cute submissive girl who is portrayed in a romantic or sexualised ways in manga and anime. This particular genre is known as "lolicon" (short for "Lolita complex). It originated in Japan in the 70s and takes its name from the 1955 book Lolita by Russian born American author Vladimir Nabokov.

Lolita Bonita has mostly English lyrics, with a few Japanese, Korean and Spanish words. "Bonita" is Spanish for "pretty" (and I thought it also translated as "nice", but "lindo/a" is closer to nice), so the song refers to a pretty Lolita type girl from men's fantasies.

"Oppa" is a Korean term for "older brother" used by females, not just for actual brothers but friends/boyfriends too. "Oniichan" has a similar meaning in Japanese. Check out the video description notes on YouTube for more on the meaning behind the song.

The single was released in February last year but I first came across it on Spotify a couple of months ago.

Please view with caution if you think the subject matter my upset you. :)

Want more MIREI? Check out these links:

Music video for Lonely in Tokyo (English version, released in 2020: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/03/weekly-music-video.html

Sell Me Your Love (English single from 2022): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/02/weekly-music-vido.html

Lonely in Tokyo (Japanese ver.)released in May 2023): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMCODoZ2fH8

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