Labour apologise for graphic song use in latest TikTok
Spectator (UK)Jan 08
Labour Apologizes for TikTok Video Featuring Explicit Song Lyrics
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Above: The logo of TikTok displayed on Dec. 24, 2024. Image copyright: Wang Gang/VCG via Getty Images
The Facts
The UK's Labour Party has faced scrutiny after posting an AI-generated video on TikTok promoting their policy plans, including improved National Health Service wait times, increased police presence, and affordable housing. The video has garnered over 100K views.
The video's soundtrack included a Portuguese song called "Montagem Coral," which, when translated to English, contained lyrics about men giving drugs to "naughty" women. It states, "The young girl got addicted," and included explicit sexual language.
The promotional content showed various AI-generated animals, including a lion in a suit, a police bulldog, and a rabbit in NHS uniform, all presenting Labour's policies for government reform.
The Spin
Conservative Party narrative
As if promoting songs about drugging and having sex with young women wasn't bad enough, these revelations come just as the party is facing heat for failures to bring those guilty of grooming and rape to justice. Just six months into the new government, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has proven incapable of promoting, let alone ensuring, the safety of young British women and girls.
Labour Party narrative
While this TikTok post was a terrible mistake that won't happen again, it's vital to remember Labour's dedication to women and girls. The party is working to reduce violence against women by at least half, introduce specialist rape teams in every police force, and strengthen stalking laws. Labour is also pushing for maternity rights extension and equal pay, showing their commitment to women's security and equality.
Narrative C
There's a larger issue at the heart of this story, which is social media and modern music flooding young minds with vulgarity and misogyny. Songs are now shorter, less complex, and often filled with negative themes, tailored for quick hits on apps like TikTok. This degradation of quality reflects a broader issue of content oversimplification and the promotion of less imaginative and more repetitive, crude music.
