Aubrey O'Day says she feels "no vindication" following the release of security footage appearing to show Diddy assaulting Cassie at a hotel back in 2016. She discussed the viral clip during an interview with Page Six at Gurus Magazine's #30VOICES30DAYS cover launch party on Saturday. O'Day famously signed to Combs’ Bad Boy Records as a member of Danity Kane in the 2000s.
“There’s no vindication for anyone to have,” she told the outlet. “Sadly, if you’re a victim of anyone at any point in time in life, this will ring true to you: There’s no such thing as vindication. It never goes away. It’s never better. And even when people are exposed, it doesn’t take away the experience. I suppose [being vindicated] gives you more credibility. But if you believe in yourself, anyone else’s belief in you doesn’t really matter much anyway. So, no, I don’t feel that."
O'Day also theorized that the incident wasn't the first time Diddy was violent. “Did you watch the video that was released?” she says. “How many more of those do you think there are? Do you think that was the first time that that happened or the first person?" CNN was the first outlet to publish footage of the apparent assault, in which Diddy throws Cassie to the ground and kicks her. In the days after its release, Diddy came forward with an apology video. O'Day also criticized that move on X (formerly Twitter) afterward. "Diddy did not apologize to Cassie. He apologized to the world for seeing what he did," she wrote at the time.
Cassie originally sued Diddy back in 2023, accusing him of physical abuse, and the two quickly settled the following day. Be on the lookout for further updates on Aubrey O'Day on HotNewHipHop.
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K-pop girl group NewJeans have dropped the second part of their ‘Supernatural’ music video.
Last month, NewJeans made their official Japanese debut with their single album ‘Supernatural’. The group have now dropped a second music video for the title track, this time featuring a Korean-language version of the single.
The new visual continues the TV series concept of original music video, this time with the members investigating the strange weather phenomena from the first clip. The story culminates with the girl group discovering a colony of rabbit-like aliens on a neighbouring planet.
“I don’t know what we’ve done / I don’t want to go back / I already know / Don’t know what we’ve been sold / I’ll find out, so it’s sure,” they sing on the chorus.
Last weekend, NewJeans held their two-night ‘Bunnies Camp’ fan concert in Tokyo Dome, becoming the fastest K-pop group to perform at the iconic venue after debuting. The concert was held less than a week after they dropped ‘Supernatural’.
The show featured special performances with Japanese pop duo YOASOBI and Japanese-English singer Rina Sawayama. The latter also teamed up with NewJeans member Hyein to perform her 2020 song ‘Bad Friend’ at the concert.
NewJeans’ Japanese debut came just a month after they made a domestic comeback with their single album ‘How Sweet’. The project included the lead single ‘How Sweet’ and ‘Bubblegum’ as well as their instrumental versions.
In a three-star review of ‘How Sweet’, NME’s Tássia Assis wrote that the two-song release would be “adequate additions to any of their previous releases”, but “lacks the effervescent impact” of their past singles.
In other K-pop news, (G)I-DLE have ropped a music video teaser for ’Klaxon’, the lead single of their upcoming mini-album ‘I Sway’. It will be their second release of 2024, arriving six months after their second studio album ‘[2]’ in January.
