I’m astounded by that interview in which Rosalia blatantly states she is from Spain and then turn around and say she’s Latino. Make that make sense. Rosalia recognizes that the “Urbano Latino” genre has become popular globally and dominating the charts so she wants to capitalize off of it. She wants the streams. If the music wasn’t popping she wouldn’t be trying to claim the sound. Nevertheless culture vultures tend to believe they’re helping to shed more light on certain genres by performing them. They refuse to recognize that they’re colonizing a sound for which they will get praised as being “innovative” and from which they will reap financially while the artists who are actually from the culture or created the genre don’t reap as much or get any attention at all.
Yeah, that whole interview made me lose a few brain cells lol! Exactly, Rosalia and her team know that Urban Latino music is dominating the charts. So, now she wants to jump in the genre without allowing Dominican artists to participate in the actual work (excluding Ozuna, Marie, and Tokischa). Or allow other Latin artists, especially Black Latin artists a chance for exposure. P.S. - Your last two sentences are so true Johnie. Imma pin this!
@@JulianSteve I think there is more to this. I'm from Mexico and through out all Latin American and Latin European countries there is this thinking that we all are under the same umbrella of Latin, I think that's why Rosalia called herself Latin. I think is parallel in Mexico when people say we are all the same while at the same time ignoring racism.
@@JulianSteve Hmm, but what would you say to this. Ozuna has more RU-vid subscribers than rosalia and his songs seem to be more popular and have more views, so then why would Rosalia have to include Ozuna if Ozuna seems to be doing better than her?
@@viomusardathefluffysealgas9347 That's a good point. The thing is Rosalia benefits more from having Ozuna on a record. She's gaining more than Ozuna (in a sense). Also, the collaboration was a while back (2018 -19).
She always gives credit and says her inspirations. As a latino myself, I could care less if she wants to do bachata, reggaeton or cumbia. At the end of the day, is her life and she’s the artist. If you dislike her, or her music just ignore it. There are plenty of artist out there, however I must say that ppl are hypocrite af, when other Latinx artist appropriate other genres they look to the other side.
24:26 she doesn't care because millions of latinos don't care about her cultural appropriation 🤷🏻♂️ they consume her music and they go to her shows, so... Most of latinos don't care 😂 you can see so many latin artists loving her music too.
I think Rosalia using styles of music from other cultures is okay, however I think that at this point one can't ignore the hierarchal structure of the colonized world, and it's not good that because she is white she gets elevated and invested on for doing the music others having been doing before, I think if Rosalia helped promote for example Dominican artists and investing in them and sharing her access of privilege with them, that would make things better.
The way she NOTICEABLY changes her accent in songs where she’s trying to appropriate a style from a different culture makes it blatantly obvious she knows wth she’s doing…the fact that two songs on her new album (MOTOMAMI) are stolen directly from the Puerto Rican vernacular/slang and she uses words that she stole from the DR in other songs is straight colonizer behavior, especially because the most she does to benefit those communities she steals from is mentioning them once in a while and saying, “I love their culture! It feels like my own 🥰,” like it’s a cute or noble comment. She’s talented for sure but she isn’t doing nothing more special than other NON-WHITE Latinx artists have been doing for years but they have never been recognized for it the same way as her because she’s white and privileged 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
I really enjoyed this video! I’ve been subscribed to you for a while and I’m so glad there are more and more Afro Latino voices on social media talking about this type of thing. I did wonder about Rosalía. I’m from the UK and the descendent of people colonised/enslaved by the British. I know how Spaniards don’t like to acknowledge their own coloniser history that much if at all, esp because present day Spain is not doing so well economically compared to other former colonisers, and also because Spaniards are notoriously racist. I really like hearing about the African diaspora and feel kinda protective sometimes. I didn’t even know Rosalía had nothing to do with Latinamerica until fairly recently so her mopping the vibe and sound is wild to me.
Thank you so much for supporting the channel. Also, I am glad that we're having these needed conversations online. I feel like the education system and what we learn from our families/friends are not enough. Content creators talking about topics like mine are needed. NEEDED!
Ooo, I can't wait to hear about this. I wondered if this was an issue for this community or not (I'm not Hispanic at all) as I was thinking about how she went from her more classical and traditional original albums to where she is now. I don't even know Spanish though, so language was a barrier to finding an answer.
I just saw in one of her old music videos ,someone commented that she had to do more mainstream music to survive in the indestury. The commenter said rosalia said that in one of her interviews
I am not Latina I’m African but when I was listening to MOTOMAMi I could hear different Latina genres of music such as Reggaeton, Bachata, Bossa nova which is in the track cuteeeeee which had a samba feeling to it I love and respect Latina culture I do see how Afro Latinas get less credit when it comes to the music they had the most biggest influence ,as a African myself I love learning it and love your channel 🫶🏽💕
I got told by somebody from Asia that they love Latin music because they listen to Rosalia. I was so confused, and I'm like "no man, that's Spanish music, she plays the traditional Spanish genre of flamenco; Latin music is different". I sent this person a playlist with Juan Luis Guerra, Chichi Peralta, Juan Gabriel, Los Pericos, Joao Gilberto, Carlos Gardel, Willie Colon, etc. Because this is the kind of music I grew up listenning as a Latinx person living in the continent. Now I understand why I received what I perceived as an ignorant comment; because colonizer Rosalia has been appropriating Latin culture. The person from Asia knew Latin music, they just didn't know Latin artists. I would have been fine if they had said "Despacito" instead. For real Julian, when you said that you were done with the old meaning, I felt like you gave me a hug. I am so done with this stupidity about the old meaning, who has ever said that the French and the Portuguese were Latin too? I have NEVER heard this in my life, but now we want to give a pass to Spain because we like Paella and Spanish wine. No. I'm so done. The European people will throw us under the bus every time because of our "ghetto" and "third world" things, but when an individual European person smells money from our culture, then it's a wrap. Prime example in the Netflix series about Luis Miguel, how his racist Spanish father was not okay with mixing with the "sudacas" but he was fine with Luis Miguel making money from them. And honestly, how can Rosalia be so ignorant to talk about feeling so at home in Latin America. Of course she feels at home, her country colonized, conquered, conducted genocide... Yes, Rosalia, your country made it such that you, more than 200 years later, would still feel at home in our countries. That's what colonization does. Then Spain decided that as a government they would have dictatorship, and a bunch of y'all's peoples came to our countries, to be racist to us, and become a minority that still somehow is revered in the same way that the colonizers v 1.0 were. .............................................. I am so done. Like okay, let's say. Rosalia collaborates with Meghan Thee Stallion and Beyonce, is she gonna appropriate the African-American culture? Like I don't understand how collaborating with Osuma and J Balvin make it okay for her to take the aesthetic of the genre like Iggy Azalea. I want colonizers to stay in their lane and stop appropriating our cultures to make their money; they recognize that as white people they are so bland without our cultures that they make no impact into the public conciousness without being culture vultures, or they wouldn't even go there first. Rosalia could totally participate in the genre of Latin music and still stay in her lane as a white Spanish woman. Look at Macklemore, yes his music is heavily criticized and he is the butt of many jokes, but he still understands that he is a guest in the rap music genre, gives his respect to those who are the pillars of that genre, and he knows he is making music for white people under the broad white American culture. TL;DR: I am angry at Rosalia and other white artists for not participating in the culture as a respectful guest.
Beautifully written comment. P.S. - Yes, I gave you a virtual hug because I am tired of these White non-Latino artists claiming they're Latinos when it's convenient. They are not, and like I said. Language evolves, and in this century, they're not Latinos😭!
I saw the interview where she said she should be categorized as a Latinx woman as the Spanish language comes from Latin -___- I as a black woman of mixed African European, Amerindian and Asian descent wanted to get in the screen and smack her because its bullshit. I'm from Mozambique Angola and Portugal mostly so I only speak Portuguese never in no way have i classified myself as latinx even when non latinx people assume that i am categorized as one, im a musician i will still not call myself one, I HAVE NEVER seen or heard one of our artists ever call themselves that I have a cousin who is half spanish and still does not call herself latina. I'll be honest I am a fan of her work as I think its innovative in a way in terms of the flamenco side of things do like her other songs to but when i listen to some lyrics it does make me feel a bit girl what Ive heard lyrics of hers where she says she is looking more morena (no white person should say this morena means brown) even when she sampled la negra tiene tumbao in some lyrics had me feeling shocked cos how are you going to remix a lyric about black women to fit your aesthetic!!!!! Even when my friend said some ciganos (gypsys) are annoyed at her work as she is not of gypsy descent. But with all of this I blame pharrell and all the men of colour around her and it made me realise some things the downfall of afro latinx women in music are the men in the music industry because they will use all their money and resources to put non black latinx women who cant hold a candle to black latinx performers in a higher position.
Ay querida … Latin music is named Latin music because it contains Spanish. - French , Portuguese Italian and Romanian are also ROMANCE languages aka Latin. They all stem from ancient Latin languages derived from Phoenicians and Greeks and are present in modern Mediterranean areas.
Damn another day another problematic fave of mine getting dragged for being problematic and for the millionth time I’m HERE FOR IT ALL 😂😂😂 but on a serious note let me say I love Rosalia I’ve love her artistry, her music and her personality since I first discovered her music in 2018 her recent album Motomami is my album of the year so far (just waiting for my girl Taylor to drop midnights next month) just a innovative impeccable masterpiece HOWEVER with that being said my girl Rosalia is indeed a culture vulture no doubt about that, I understand and appreciate her inspiration to afro Latin American, afro Caribbean and black American music entirely and she being an artist outside of those communities shouldn’t incorporate those influences in her music but the problem is how she gets this praises for it when she’s not of afro Latina/DOCAS background when the artists in those communities who are being innovative to the same music are looked down upon. Not to mention why is she promoting herself as a Latina how are you a upper class white Spaniard girl trying to attach yourself as a lower-class/inner city afro Latina-American like in your interviews (that billboard growing up Latina is so cringe) and public persona?? And especially when you are aware (can’t say she isn’t she literally a whole college educate girl who studied the cultural history of flamenco music) of the history of colonialism, slavery and white supremacy within afro Latin American, afro Caribbean and black American cultures? Like nah sis you doing too much I believe the backlash against Rosalia wouldn’t less brutal if she didn’t participate in this erasure and whitewashing that the media and award shows are already doing
All of this, Kevin! Thank you for keeping it real. I do not know if you noticed, but her fanbase were going hard for her in the comments. I had to delete a few of their comments because of them being racists/too passive aggressive for me to handle.
@@JulianSteve damn I didn’t even see it I don’t understand why there are fans who don’t get it and go the extra mile to attack others who are rightfully so offended by her culture vulture actions like I said I’m a huge fan of this girl like she’s low key inspiring to get back to college and take up music courses bc her talent and artistry is impeccable but it is what it is don’t make excuses or downplay it bc songs like Saoko bops
And let's not forget that Rosalía in Spain is criticized for not respecting the calé or gypsy culture, the original people and creator of flamenco, even when she has been called to her attention for it, her response was to say "that culture belongs to everyone " and forbade certain questions. She takes advantage of other cultures but does not give a voice or recognition to the people or the comunites that she owes, that is, a covert racist. Not to mention how you can go as a feminist and forget about the racialized women for whom you are in your place. Sorry if my english is not that good.
I love the Weeknd's music and as a fan we have been BEGGING him to make a song in spanish specifically bachata and the first person he collaborates with is a culture vulture who ripped of the bachata sound (and mind you bachata music was called "the poor people's music".. rich white Dominicans called it ...campesino music aka music of the people who lived in the mountains {ie since mostly poor people live in the mountains in the Dominican Republic} ) Instead of taking time to collaborate with a DOMINICAN artist, he choose a white rich one. And don't get me wrong I like the song but my gosh what a misstep by Abel (but not surprising given his self hatred & anti blackness roots..also gonna watch ur video next on that)
As a chilean girl and fellow weeknd fan who tries hard to avoid Abel outside of his music, what you said is news to me but it makes so much sense I'm not even surprised by it!! Also sad that he didn't do a collab with latin american bachata artists, there's so many brilliant artist on that genre I love bachata WHY ABEL WHY Thank you tho 💜
Me as a fan, I agree 100 percent with everything you said. She is legit a culture vulture and some folks need to stop being delusional. We have to called people out when they are doing wrong. As much as I love her last album...... she did took a lot of Puerto Rican/Japanese elements and put it in her album 🥲 thats messed up Oh and you said con altura so wrong LMFAO at least you tried 😂😂😂
Okay there are are a lot of mistakes in your videos. First of all, the woman with her in 1:21 is Rebecca who is her manager not her mother, Pilar. Second of all, I think it's lot more complex than that. Rosalia should definitely take awareness about her position as a white woman, I do agree. I do agree that she doesn't need to take a romani accent or to use puerto rican slangs. Even if I do understand that she did her album in several latin countries and that's why she wanted to include the influences, the languages of the countries etc. Nonethless, I think this debate is loooooot deeper than that. A lot of african and indigenes artists aren't valorized in latino industry and that's the tea, especially black women. Latino industry valorize white artists (Karol g, Bad Bunny, Anitta, etc) because there are marketable. There's a lot of racism, sexism and colorism in latino industry (it's not a critic against them, because at the end of the day which industry doesn't do that ? SPOILER ALERT ? None) There's a gap in the system and it enables Rosalia to insert herself. A lot of latino artist denounce that but there are put in the shadow and the main latino artist in the mainstream protect their legacy and are too busy to get their money (which is not judgemental, not everyone speaks about polit and I do get it) ceremonies, instuitions, etc are all to blame. Rosalia should definitely be aware of her privilege. Nonetheless, she doesn't represent a SYSTEM. White system is a whole group of power dynamic in politics, social, economics, etc. It's not something that she could change herself alone, it's a reflexion that the whole societies should think about how we treated other and especially the minorites. But the truth is no one do care, no one wants to take the responsability of it. Rosalia also couldn't be responsible of the esclavigsm and colonialism, but of course she needs to learn better and to improve herself. Moreover, she's not a symbol of it, latino people speak by themselves they don't need Rosalia to speak on her name and also if she starts to talk about it just to please people then it would be useless. That's not how you should fight against an infair system even in musical industry. The solution is to break the codes and to valoized black latina women/indigenes women. A lot of them are hella talented and creative and don't get this chances because they consider as ugly or replaceable and it's not true. The solution is to create fair rules in ceremonies. You can't blame Rosalia, then applause Bad Bunny who puts a durag during the Superbowl Show with JLO and Shakira. People need to be cohererent and also some of you blame Rosalia about everything in industry, things that were before she came in industry. If Rosalia leave, industry would do the same thing with other artist with or without her that's why it's important to precise that it's because of a system and not only her fault even if I do agree that she participates in a way.
@@thesassynerd Shakira jumps from Genre to Genre whenever that genre is popping in the Latin community. She started out as the Latin version of Alanis Morissette then switched to Pop, then did a lot of "genre-bendig" sounds that are know in the Latin music, but she did the sounds that were commercially popular at time of releasing the new music. Example, Shakira released a bachata last year and did not feature a bachatero. The sound was bad and generic, and it was obvious that the song was made because bachata is commercially popping in the Latin community.
@@Sew_OzzyWar_Made_This it’s not problematic lmfao she was huge in latin countries so she signed in us company and they wanted to whitewashing her by majeur her occidental popular songs. This is how Industry works when people get bigger. Us label and companies want to dominate in all the world in every countries.
@@thesassynerd hmmm, may not be problematic, and she may have gained more fans when she started playing for the US market (and that wasn't the problematic thing... You're right, problematic is not the right word for Shakira)... The issue was (before she was marketed to the US) when she started out with Pies Descalzo, it was a alternative rock (yet pop) sound and it what was brought her recognition as an artist in the LatinX music. When Dónde Están los Ladrones, it was still a bit alternative rock-pop, but what was great that she incorporated some of her Arabian sounds to celebrate her heritage (one of her parents are from the middle east, can't recall 😅) which was so original and it was very her, and we loved her for it! But after Whenever, Wherever came out (I think I got the title wrong 😅), the LatinX fans started to see her as a sellout because she left behind some of the sounds that made her the artist they all fell for. And I see why too. I do like Shakira but I only seem to like her older music. Anything new she has made it's just very generic (way too pop and commercial IMO), and not a fan of her English music. To me, it just doesn't hit the same 😕
Why is this even a topic of concern for people? Let alone people who aren’t even Latino or speak Spanish? Rosalia uses Latin American influences in her music, but visa versa for Latin American artist. And us in the Latin American community know the difference between appropriation and appreciation. And she not taking anything away from Latin American artist. They are thriving and earn more awards than her so I don’t see what the issue is. Leave this to the Latino community, and I’m not talking about the “no sabo” kids from America that call themselves latinx and don’t speak Spanish. 😂
Hi! Thank you so much for this video I'm a musician from Chile, I've been part of the music scene in my country, I know well about how vicious the music industry is and how weird and problematic a lot of folks in said industry can be. I cannot speak for black Dominican musicians, but I can say that all of the things pointed out in this video regarding the industry and their stars are accurate. I'm glad you called it out in this and many of your videos, it's necessary, music enthusiast and fans should not tolerate and normalize any of this , art deserves to stay in dialogue, being analyzed and questioned, that's the whole point of it. Also, we as musicians need to bring ourselves back to earth, being reminded that we cannot get away with anything Just because we have talent, charisma, a rough life, etc. We are not above everyone else, we are Just artists. I know I'm late to do this, but in case someone read this, I'm going to mention some Dominican musicians and dancers, in a too late attempt to reverse part of this mess Alexandra La Reina Luis Vargas Rodolfo Montaño Castro (a RU-vid channel with lots of videos of Dominican Bachata dancers with song credits) And dropping two great black female singers/songwriters from my country: Luta Cruz Nekki Again thank you for this!! Edit: I'm not saying this exact problems happen in every music genre present in my country, but this problems are prevalent in the local pop scene as well and thanks to a worldwide growing interest in latin american music, combined with the experiences of latin american artists making it big in México and LA, at the centers of this developments, we know well about this mess (there are even some chilean reggaeton artists divesting from it)
its always made me so disgusted and sad when she openly said she feels at “home” in central/latam.. like I AM MEXICAN. YOU ARE NOT AND WILL NEVER BE! she speaks spanish with that silly ass accent and thinks she can pass as latina ..
@@olg06 the fuck does that have to do with anything.. if you maybe did a little reading you’d see that jenna ORTEGA who plays wednesday is in fact mexican so im not sure what you were trying to say here
@@daija9783 Because she said Wednesday Addams is a Latina character. The characters are not Latinos. The Addams family are Goth (germanic culture). Saying they are "latino" is culture vulture.
@sewer~rat LOL no. Addams family were never mexicans/puertoricans in the original comics. It was only until the 60's tv show that gomez addams was changed to be half "castillian" which is Spaniard. And well Spaniards are not Latinos. 🤓
Hi, as a Spaniard and a fan of Rosalía. I see where she is coming from. Although we did colonize South America and Latino countries, growing up around many Latino people in the U.S. made me realize how much we share culturally. Music is one of these things, going to Spain and living there, I noticed reggaeton, bachata, dembow being extremely popular!! We love their music and it isn’t in the term of always claiming it as our own, but instead enjoying the genre since we use the same language. (i.e. how people enjoy UK drill music in the United States)
@@JulianSteve Rosalia claimed her great grandfather was Cuban... So that's another way for her to steal. That Cuban great granddad surely was already of white Spanish descent
Many others like Alejandro Sainz and Enrique Iglesias were brought up as "Latino" I don't get why a female gets so much hate for showcasing her artistry. Rosalia is the most complete artist and is truly talented stop trying to create borders around music it's 2023 also Rosalia produces her own music.
What also needs to be explored is how Latin American countries view as cultural appropriation amongst one another vs what the United Sates does. A genre like cumbia which is from Colombia has been used by so many other Latin countries lol For a lot of Latinos it’s not so much about giving explicit credit. The credit can lie in the effort of giving a great performance.
Alright yall can we get back to appreciating one’s ability to curate music from other worldly places and ones chosen artistic expression? We have to return to the time when music wasn’t political. (( AS A LATINA FROM MEXICO I love hearing Rosalia make songs on all things Latin. If anything it’s a compliment that others want to replicate from our cultures. Just because she’s from Spain and singing in other countries styles shouldn’t define her as a colonizer. She’s not the only one either who does that, you can blame the industry. This girl just wants to sing have fun and be known as a great singer Let’s return to enjoying music solely for the sounds and how it makes us feel
I don’t like Rosalia’s music and I have no opinion of her personally because I don’t know her much. However, I don’t think we should gatekeep reggeton and we should not prevent any other artist from performing whatever music they want to. They can do a genre a music and infuse their culture or flair to it. She maybe contributing to advancing the genre.Example: Urban music and she putting in flamenco elements etc. i really cannot stand her music but I think she is free to do whatever she wants to perform so be it. It makes music more diversified. Cultural appropriation exists I know but we don’t know who’s doing it and it’s hard to tell who actually loves the music and who does it for the money. Elvis Presley loved black music and is that appropriation? Perhaps but unless Elvis would have said so, there is no way to know. Rosalia can sing whatever she wants. Period. Is she appropriating ? maybe yes maybe not hard to prove so why even bother? I know one thing: She is not making a dime from me because she does not do anything for me. If someone Asian makes heavy metal, they should. Just because they were born in another culture or country, doesn’t take away the fact an Asian artist may truly love the genre and they want to express it by adding Asian instruments or whatever
I do understand your opinion, but she even changes her accent, that’s why I thought she was Latina. And I’ve heard she said in an interview, she’s Latina, which is weird.
I first heard about Rosalia from her "first" smash hit Con Altura, I immeditely thought she was Puerto Rican (cause she looked puerto rican on the cover plus the styling ), I was superrrr surpirised that she was Spaniard.. not ONCE did that cross my mind while listening to that song
Samee.. I thought she was Latina, but I was baffled when I found out she’s not. Cuz she changes the accent and stuff. I dunno if I am allowed to speak on this (I’m only half from Latin America) but what she does isn’t right.
Thank you for the heads up! I knew that already, but some people say he's mixed. Also, his parents look mixed to some people. I believe they're fully Black though.
When and why did it become globally acceptable to gate keep cultures? Music is WORLDWIDE music is a language of the soul. If you vibe with it you vibe, if you don’t so what? This argument is poorly conducted. That’s like saying Americans can’t eat Chinese food, or blacks can’t dance cumbia and merengue (they do) this whole white vs colored/indigenous tale is perpetually placed in front of us to bring us away from harmony. When we know worldwide music is the one thing that brings different peoples together.
hi! i have a question or two if you don't mind me asking 😊 i've done research on this before, and so the only consistent conclusion that comes up for it is respect, research, keeping an open mind, give credit, and recognizing that if you are participating in a culture that isn't yours, there may or may not be some bounderies set for you. if someone were to participate in making music that isn't from their cultural background, how would you go about it? in the video, i understand the part where you mentioned how Rosalia should have consulted and worked with people from that culture when making music from said culture, and assuming that applies here, is there anything else that's vital to the whole process? also, something else thats come up is proffit and taking up space within that cultural section of the industry. would a way of not proffiting off of the thing you are doing be by using that money and attention to give back to the community you are partaking in? and what would be a good way of not taking up space? you don't have to answer this obviously, and if you don't want to for whatever reason, it's perfectly understandable. thank you for the time and effort you put aside for these videos, they're really educational!
Agreed, like I’m a half Asian half white musician. A lot of my ancestors were gassed in gas chambers or listen to traditional Vietnamese music. Am I not allowed to play rock guitar because I don’t have any ancestry playing electric guitar with psychedelic influences??????????? Am I allowed to learn jazz chord progressions??? Gate keeping is so backwards
I get why she could be seen like that but people who speak Spanish are likely to be influenced by other countries with same language so her influence is understandable.
You have a point. I just do not like how she's being credited for things that Latino artists have been doing for a long time. She gives credit here and there, but it's the bare minimum in my opinion.
The fact you took your time to bash an artist that has constantly stated that she gets influenced from different music types. You don’t have to be from that country to make music. She is not a culture vulture people dislike her because she is talented in everything she does. She is a true artist!! Every artist now a days collaborates with other music that’s not part of their culture. Why hate instead of appreciate.
I agree with you. I notice people not from LATAM get the most worked up about her for being white and making this music. Are we gonna cancel Taylor Swift, Enrique Iglesias, or any non black artist making pop/hip hop because they’re not black? This is such a non issue.
@@frankibarra1107 um, she still uses a Latin American accent😂Yes, she clearly does mistakes. If it was one and she apologized, I would’ve moved on. But I feel like she doesn’t see she’s making these huge mistakes and it makes me feel uncomfortable. It feels like she’s fetishizing South America. If you feel fine with it, then it’s alright, but don’t expect everyone to feel the same. Have a nice day :)
@@soaa_stay9932 fetishizing South America? Ok…. As a latino myself I don’t mind ppl from different cultures/countries use our words, slangs or sound. Because at the end, nothing is entirely ours. Language changes all the time. You are entitled to feel uncomfortable but I hope that you also feel uncomfortable for other Latin artist such as Karol G, Bad Bunny, Shakira etc… because they do exactly the same.
@@CelineFerociousThank you so much, Celine. Also, it depends on the situation because both of them are using a sound/word that is used by Dominicans in “Con Altura.” If there were input from Dominicans in the industry it wouldn’t be too bad. Depending who you ask lol! Of course, it’s not the same situation as The Weeknd. I hope this makes sense😭‼️
Great video Julian! This reminds me of the Italian group Il Volo... I used to listen to them back in the day (loving their voices), but when I tapped back in, they were "suddenly" Latin artist.
I may be 7 months late watching this video, but the title of your video took the words out od my mouth!!! I never heard of Rosalia until her album Motomami came out 😅 Not going to lie, haven't listen to reggaeton (at least hardcore or to new artists) for a minute, ans was like "iight" not bad? But when i discovered that she started out as a flamenco singer from Spain... And she's leading in the reggaeton and dembow genre at a international level where she's popping in the US?? My ears started to peek... Idk, that shit was wayyyyyyy off. Like, do you know how many female artists were trying to break it into the reggaeton?? Not many, and the one that did (Ivy Queen) did not get the same praise as her.... Better yet, she uses the moaning voice/sound that was so popular in the 90s/00s reggaeton, like where are those ladies flowers???? Rosalia is talented AF, i actually like her Flamenco stuff more than her current stuff.... There said my piece 😂 Edit: Ok, I'm at the part when she released "Motomami", and I'll make a confession, i didn't listen to the whole album 😂 but the fact she did a bachata... With the Wknd?! Y esa falta de respeto?! Fuck no. Nope. Nopity nope. Do not touch Bachata unless you're Dominican! Da fuck! 😡🤬
i think it's very american to comment on cultural appropriation between a spanish-catalan artist and latino cultures despite butchering every spanish word in the video, just because you have the "lation-american" badge lmao. like bffr
Ethiopian isn't a race tho lol. It's like Dominican. He's a Black Ethiopian. I don't know if he has non-Black Arab admixture but Weeknd is a Black man.
@@JulianSteve you're welcome 😊. He's probably is biracial but I never heard him talk about his background like that. I mean I'm not a big fan of his soo 🤷 😕
@@JulianSteve OK. "Candy" its a refrence to the movie "Lost in traslation" the male model is her friend Alton Mason who pretty much dress like that. By the way Rosalía rides motorcycles since 8, both of her parents are very passionate.
There are many people that called out about it tf LMFAO leave Julian alone he said what he said 😮💨its important to spread awareness about these topics and calling out celebrities when they messed up.
Que curioso que los anglos odien tanto que una mujer española este triunfando. No veo ese odio a Enrique Iglesias, el hijo nepotico de un cantante de un régimen dictatorial, o Alejandro Sanz, que casi nadie sabe que no es de Miami... Será que os da rabia que alaben a una mujer? Sabia que los yanquis y anglos eran muy misóginos, pero no sabía que tanto 🤔 Creo que es simple como esto: no spanish no opinion 💅
You missed the point of the conversation. No one cares that a Spanish woman is succeeding, people are offended that she portrays herself as some working class Latin American no doubt to appeal to Anglo Americans and Latin Americans for profit. She a lot like Azealia Banks if you remember her.
