Zeze, inspired 의해 José Mauro de Vasconcelos’s My Sweet 주황색, 오렌지 Tree, comes under 불, 화재 for its handling of a story often taught in schools

A Brazilian novel first published 더 많이 than 40 years 이전 has unexpectedly become a highly sought-after read, after the Korean pop 별, 스타 아이유 was accused of sexualising the story of its five-year-old protagonist in one of her songs.

José Mauro de Vasconcelos’s My Sweet 주황색, 오렌지 Tree, first published in Portuguese in 1968 and in English in 1970, is set in Rio de Janeiro and follows the life of the boy Zeze, as he gets up to mischief and is mistreated. “Everyone beats him. If 당신 look softhearted he will tell 당신 it’s revolting the way they beat on a little kid. Can 당신 believe him when he says he’s only six? No! The boy is a liar. He is five years old,” runs the copy on the first UK edition.

My Sweet 주황색, 오렌지 나무, 트리 has been out of print in English for years, but Abebooks.com has reported that the novel became its most searched-for 제목 late last week after controversy enveloped IU’s pop song Zeze, which is based on the story. The bookseller’s Richard Davies said that My Sweet 주황색, 오렌지 나무, 트리 was “a much-loved book in South Korea and often studied in schools”.


According link, the book’s Korean publisher has issued a statement saying that: “We regret the way the five-year-old character is portrayed as a sexual object.”

The paper 인용구 lines from IU’s song which run: “Zeze, come on up the 나무, 트리 quick and 키스 the leaves, don’t be naughty and don’t hurt the tree, come up the 나무, 트리 and get the youngest leaf … 당신 are innocent but shrewd, transparent but dirty and there is no way of knowing what’s living inside.”

아이유 has since issued an apology, translated 의해 the K-pop Herald, in which she describes My Sweet 주황색, 오렌지 나무, 트리 as a “treasured book”, and says: “I swear I did not write the lyrics to sexualise a five-year-old child. The Zeze in my song is a third-party fictional creation taken from the motif in the original novel.”

She goes on to apologise, writing: “However, after listening to the opinions of those who have listened to the song, I came to realise that its contents could have given offence and even caused some to grieve. I am wholly responsible for my immature handling of things as a lyricist.”

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