The singer Rosalía has been forced to apologize after sharing a post on her social networks that has generated controversy in Argentina. The Catalan singer reposted a video of the former adult film actress Mia Khalifa, in which the now influencer He celebrated Spain’s triumph from a balcony in New York. In the background of that recording it sounded The Pearlone of the most famous songs on the album LUX of Rosalía, while a superimposed text proclaimed that life sounded different now that “the Pearls” (in reference to the Argentine team) had been defeated.
The message on the singer’s networks did not take long to generate a barrage of criticism in Argentina: many followers interpreted the gesture as a direct mockery of the albiceleste, and the indignation quickly spread through social networks. Although the artist deleted the post almost immediately, the damage had already been done: the Argentine public’s anger grew to threaten to become an organized boycott. With Rosalía’s tour in Buenos Aires just around the corner – it will kick off on August 1 with four concerts at the Movistar Arena – numerous fans even began to launch a campaign on social networks in which they claimed to request the return of the tickets for the singer’s concert or even keep them without attending, with the sole objective of leaving the venue empty as a form of protest against the Catalan.
Given the magnitude of the reaction on social networks, Rosalía chose to break her silence through the same channel: in a brief message published on her social networks, the singer acknowledged her mistake. “I hit share because La Perla was playing and I didn’t even read what it said, my bad. Sorry,” he said, emphasizing that he had not noticed the text or the background of Khalifa’s message. Rosalía accompanied her words with an image of the Argentine flag in the background. In a second image, on a background with a heart, he wrote: “I only have love for Argentina.”
Despite the gesture of apology, the commotion continues to be a topic of conversation in Argentina, where the networks continue to rage with all kinds of conspiracies about Spain’s victory in the World Cup final, and where uncertainty persists about whether the controversy will finally affect the audience at the singer’s concerts in Buenos Aires.