NEED TO KNOW
- Rosalía spoke out in a since-deleted remark after a TikToker accused her of benefitting from Latino tradition — however not understanding it
- The TikToker’s accusations got here after the Spanish singer stated she was the “reverse” of Unhealthy Bunny, who solely sings in Spanish, on Popcast
- In her remark, the “Berghain” singer stated her phrases have been taken out of context
Rosalía is talking up after a social media consumer took her remark about being “reverse” of Unhealthy Bunny “out of context.”
On Oct. 30, the Spanish singer-songwriter, 33, appeared on the New York Occasions‘ Popcast and opened up about her strategy to singing in numerous languages. At one level, the interviewer referenced a previous interview with Unhealthy Bunny, 31, the place he stated he did not really feel any “obligation” to sing in a language apart from Spanish in order that non-Spanish-speaking followers to grasp.
To this, Rosalía — who sings in 13 completely different languages on her forthcoming album Lux — stated she felt the “reverse” of the Puerto Rican star.
“I care. I care a lot that positively I am gonna even make an effort to sing in a language that’s not my language, will not be my consolation zone,” she stated.
Then, the interviewer requested about “the followers that do not communicate that language.”
“However at the least there’s 13 languages. I hope there’s a bit one thing [for everyone],” she stated.
Days after the podcast episode aired, a TikToker accused Rosalía (actual identify Rosalía Vila Tobella) of understanding “nothing” about Latino tradition and its historical past.
“The rationale why [Bad Bunny] decides to solely sing music in Spanish is as a result of he’s standing up for his tradition. One thing you can not relate to as a result of, what? You aren’t a Latina, you’re Spaniard,” the TikToker stated.
“He is standing up for one thing that you simply simply do not get,” she added. “You aren’t a Latina, but you will have benefitted from Latino tradition. So you need to have the ability to arise for it. However it doesn’t shock me that you simply’re identical to, ‘Not my circus, not my monkeys.'”
In a since-deleted touch upon the put up, the “Con Altura” singer responded in a prolonged message: “Hey, I perceive your standpoint however I feel it’s being taken out of context,” she started.
“I’ve nothing however love and respect for Benito, he’s an important colleague that I like whom I’ve been fortunate to collaborate with,” she wrote of Unhealthy Bunny (born Benito Martínez Ocasio), with whom she collaborated with on 2021’s “La Noche de Anoche.”
“I’ve all the time been grateful to Latin America as a result of, regardless of coming from one other place, the Latin folks have all the time supported me all through my profession and I empathize with what you’re explaining,” she wrote. “Exactly for that purpose, it saddens me that that is being misinterpreted as a result of that wasn’t the intention.”
On Lux, which is ready for launch on Nov. 7, Rosalía will sing in her native Spanish, Catalan, English, Latin, Sicilian, Ukrainian, Arabic, German and extra.