The celebration of Spain’s World Cup victory has taken its toll on Rosalía. The Catalan singer has been forced to publicly apologize after a post shared on her social media unleashed a wave of criticism among her Argentine followers, who interpreted the gesture as a mockery of the Albiceleste team after their defeat in the final.
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The controversy began when the Catalan artist reposted a video published by Mia Khalifa. In the images, the former adult film actress appears on a balcony celebrating Spain’s victory, with the national flag beside her and the song La Perla playing in the background. The post was accompanied by the message: “How life sounds now that the Pearls have been defeated,” a phrase that many users understood as a mockery directed at Argentina.
The singer’s dissemination of the video provoked a flood of criticism on social media, especially among her Argentine followers. Some even suggested a boycott of the concerts Rosalía will offer in Buenos Aires, where on August 1st she will begin a series of four performances as part of her Lux Tour.
Given the repercussion of the matter, the singer wanted to settle the controversy with a message published on her Instagram stories. Over an image of the Argentine flag, Rosalía assured that she shared the video without noticing the accompanying text.
“I hit share because La Perla was playing and I didn’t even read what it said, my bad. Sorry,” the artist wrote, accompanying the message with several crying face emojis.
Along with the image, Rosalía’s official Instagram profile published a statement in which it asked to lower the tone of criticism and condemned the personal attacks the singer is receiving. “After Rosalía’s words, we believe it’s time to reflect,” the message begins, in which they describe the harassment, insults, and hate messages directed against the artist as “disproportionate” “for a mistake that she herself has explained was completely involuntary.”
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The statement also recalls that Rosalía “has demonstrated for years the affection and respect she feels for Argentina and its Argentine public,” both in her visits to the country and in her concerts and meetings with her followers. “It is totally valid for everyone to have their own opinion, but wishing death, insulting, or personally attacking an artist for something she did not do with bad intention should never be the response,” they add.
The text concludes with a call to de-escalate tension and restore the climate of respect between the singer and the Argentine public: “Hopefully we can put aside hatred and remember the respect that has always existed between Rosalía and her followers in Argentina,” the message concludes.
Media Impact
The controversy also reached some Argentine media outlets. One of the most shared videos was a segment from the program La Trinchera, in which several collaborators harshly criticized the singer for having shared a video on TikTok of Mia Khalifa celebrating Spain’s victory in the World Cup final.
During the debate, some panelists claimed to be “fed up with being taken for fools” and hurled serious insults at the artist, whom they even called “fat, whore, and lesbian.” Furthermore, they stated that they had removed all her songs from their playlists as a sign of rejection.
The collaborators also encouraged those who already had tickets for Rosalía’s concerts in Buenos Aires to attend anyway, but with the purpose of boycotting the performance by singing songs by the Argentine group La T y La M. The tone of the program escalated to include criticism of traditional Argentine hospitality towards foreigners and even comments favorable to mass deportations of immigrants, accompanied by new disqualifications.
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