The issue of football is particularly sensitive in Argentina, especially at the moment. Thus, Rosalia found herself at the center of controversy in this country. A few days before her concerts in Buenos Aires, the Spanish star singer actually faced controversy after she shared a post about Albiceleste’s defeat in the World Cup final.
His publication on TikTok of a video of Lebanese-American actress Mia Khalifa, in which the latter celebrated Spain’s victory with the message “How life resonates now that the Perlas have been defeated,” to the sound of a song. Pearl de Rosalia – in Argentina this was taken as an insult. In Spanish, “perla” is a colloquial expression for someone who is conflicted or troubled.
Rosalia’s apologies
After deleting the post, Rosalía apologized on Instagram on Wednesday, explaining that she shared the video without even knowing “what she was saying.” “I have nothing but love for Argentina,” she assured.
Just over a week before the first of four sold-out Lux Tour shows in Buenos Aires, some social media posts claimed that the artist was being boycotted. “What if we ask for a refund for the tickets?”, “I returned the tickets that I bought for my nieces, they themselves decided not to come to you (…) you have extremely disappointed your Argentine public” or even the mention of “in the process of returning tickets” appears among the comments under the latest publication of the Spanish artist.
Concert canceled due to ‘hate messages’
However, sources in the Buenos Aires concert organization indicated that the number of requests for refunds was insignificant compared to the 50,000 seats sold.
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On the other hand, the symphony concert in honor of Rosalía, which was scheduled to take place on Thursday at the Cordoba Provincial Museum, was cancelled. In a press release, organizers explained that they had received “numerous messages of hate.”