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'Hijacking Korean aesthetic': Ariana Grande now slammed for Asianfishing

The photos with 'stereotypical' makeup first went viral on Reddit before making a stir on Twitter

Ariana Grande was accused of Asian fishing after she posted a number of pictures on Instagram showing her donning a specific kind of makeup and posing for the camera. Even though the singer has since deleted the pictures, they kept on circulating online, sparking a slew of angry comments.

The photos first went viral on Reddit before making a stir on Twitter. "Am I the only one who’s uncomfortable with the way in which Ari has altered her face?," one user asked on Reddit in regards to the circulating photos. "...The way she takes pictures from certain angles (low) or wears makeup in a way that will conceal her eyelids, creating a mono lid look, it also makes her eyes appear less round and narrower. The way she’s so tiny and petite now, which is a stereotype of East Asian women, and not to mention her cutesy submissive innocent 'sex kitten' persona, once again a fetishisation of East Asian women."

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The Reddit user teddyccino, went on to recall the 2019 events where Grande was also accused of blackfishing, adding, "I also find it interesting that a few years ago, Ari was accused of blackfishing because of her use of certain words, accent, using rap and hip hop in her music and of course her overzealous tanning (which her stans claimed was just down to her Italian background lol). These days, she is looking pretty pale, once again a beauty standard in East Asia."

What is Asian Fishing?

The term Asian fishing is similar to blackfishing. The term is applied when someone whose ethnicity is not Asian attempts to make themselves appear to be Asian. As a result, such an attempt often ends up offending the Asian community and it is viewed as fetishizing and sexualizing Asians.

Asian fishing is typically done by either using makeup to make one's face appear to look East-Asian or by the use of photo editing to make one's features more Asian. Stereotypical “Asian girl costumes,” may also come into play including anime girl costumes and Asian schoolgirl uniforms.

'Why she looks like shes asian fishing'

Even though Grande deleted the photos that offended social media users, the accusations against her did not stop. "Ari's done w blackfishing, she's asianfishing now" one of them said, while another noted, "I didn't believe the asianfishing accusations until I saw this picture cause wow." A third noted, "Ariana Grande is giving lightskins going from summer to winter went straight from blackfishing to asianfishing." A commenter tweeted, "Why she looks like shes asian fishing." A person reacted with, "Ariana Grande hijacking Korean aesthetic is FUCKIN’ WEIRD and class A #asianfishing and idgaf how good the chick sings, this doesn’t get a pass."

'Ariana Grande is NOT Asian fishing'

However, there were those who spoke up in defense of the 28-year-old singer. "Not non-asian people felt uncomfortable and offended by ariana grande "asian fishing" shit while us, Asians / SE Asians didn't even notice it and had nothing to say about it. y'all just love to let successful woman down, don't you?" one of them said, while another noted, "Ariana Grande is NOT Asian fishing." The next remarked, "A lot of these “ariana grande is asian fishing” comments just makes me think y’all have never seen asian people irl".

One more added, "Stop saying 'Ariana is tryna be Asian' or 'she’s Asian fishing' even if you mean to respect Asian culture, what you’re doing is clearly based on a bias that Asian people have “those eyes." have you ever seen a single Asian person irl plz #ArianaGrande." Another wrote, "y’all saying ariana is asian fishing is wrong for so many reasons but mostly because you’re stereotyping an entire race and being racist in the process."