YouTuber James Charles Mocks Indian Classical Music on TikTok

YouTuber James Charles found himself in a controversy over TikTok challenge mocking Indian classical music

Make-up guru and famous YouTuber, James Charles, is the latest to have courted controversy after mocking Indian classical music on TikTok, resulting in a massive backlash by Indians.

In the latest trend, TikTokers have been uploading videos of their faces with the wavy distortion filter against the background soundtrack of classical Indian music, as seen in Charles' video.

James Charles honey you are not the Lata Mangeshkar or Shreya Ghoshal you think you are..pic.twitter.com/cshKFRsdFn

— Yun is a ho(e) WOLO IS COMING (@HoneyJooohoney) August 8, 2020

With TikTok banned in India, Indians took to Twitter, requesting people who still have access to advocate against the trend that Charles participated in.

It's not only James Charles THERE IS A WHOLE ASS TREND GOING AROUND ON TIKTOK .AND THE FACT THAT IT IS NORMALISED . DISGUSTING.
Tiktok is banned in India so we won't be able to say anything there.
if you are on tiktok Please try and educate people about this
THANK YOU

— 𝐝𝐢𝐲𝐚²⁸ ◟̽◞̽ (@habitxmedicine) August 8, 2020

James Charles, you have no right to disrespect the classical music of India. If you don't know about it, it's fine, but no one gave you the right to disrespect an art which takes years to excel.

This year I realised, how hated my culture is across the world, so called +

— lotus⁷💫 (@lunajjkook) August 8, 2020

So you’re telling me that after tiktok got banned in india there is a trend that is mocking our culture and we cant even see it....... So disheartening....these “influencers” really need to realise the difference between trendy and offensive. https://t.co/jjjZFIeini

— Prishita Agarwal (@prishitaa20) August 8, 2020

At present, Charles has a whopping 20.7 million subscribers on Youtube, 20.1 million followers on Instagram, and 21.5 million followers on TikTok.