Ángela Aguilar during an awards ceremony in 2018. (REUTERS / Steve Marcus)
Ángela Aguilar faces the first major scandal of her life. Filtering photographs in which he can be seen Gussy Lau, his sentimental partnerexposed the 18-year-old singer to a public scrutiny like never before. However, she has a shield in her favor that frames a key difference between her and other artists who have faced similar situations: the good image he has built up in his early but fruitful career.
I’m sad, disappointed, I can’t believe I’m making this video; my soul hurts There are some photos out there that I didn’t consent to coming out,” Angela said on her Instagram account.
Controversy tends to become the buzzword for most young artists. And without the necessary guidance to ride the waves of sensationalism, they often prefer to exploit the impulse, however negative, to confirm the cliché that bad publicity doesn’t exist. Not so the youngest of the Aguilar dynasty, heir to one of Mexico’s most brilliant musical families, who has garnered firm support from her followers, the artistic community, and anyone with common sense. From Ana Bárbara to Johnny Caz, through Amandititita and Edén Muñoz, Pepe Aguilar’s daughter received impressive support in the video where she explains how she’s feeling right now.
Ángela Aguilar received tokens of support from the artistic community. (instagram)
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From the beginning of her career, at the age of 9, Ángela understood that she had to talk to her work. That’s enough and more than enough, because that’s how the dynasty to which she belongs has always done it. She made it in this line. His musical profile may or may not be popular (the numbers say he likes it, and a lot), but no one can doubt the resources he’s used to get himself to the top of his job in record time: He has never resorted to self-promotion of his personal life to boost sales, a far cry from the inclination of some of his peers who are camera addicts even at the cost of their dignity.
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The youngest of the Aguilars only shares what she wants from her personal life. And that is how it is supposed to be. Artists are public figures, yes, but they achieve this distinction thanks to their work. They become famous because they have accomplished something transcendent in their field of activity. In this sense, Ángela Aguilar can be distinguished from the influencers. You’re famous for being famous.
The tabloids have promoted the idea that artists’ private lives are in the public interest. And no, it isn’t, and less so if they don’t want it to be. If there are lovers of self-promotion and mockery, like Alfredo Adame, then that’s their problem and nobody else’s. Aguilar is not looking for the microphones, they are looking for the microphones precisely out of hunger to find a detail like the one that has attracted attention in recent days. The next few weeks will be a feast for the press, always trying to find an error in the numbers that had given no cause for punishment.
Ángela has chosen the alternative path, that of work as a way of gaining recognition. Many voices claim that he was born in a golden cradle, as if that guaranteed triumphs and applause. The last name might be a boost, but it’s just a snippet of the merit. Today she’s very famous and it doesn’t seem to have inflamed her ego in any way like so many of her age do who think this world doesn’t deserve them.
Of course, there’s never a shortage of immediatism experts to learn all the truths of the current trend. The easiest is to download insults and mockery. This mentality always finds an argument that is as childish as it is despicable: “If she’s a millionaire and famous, how will jokes affect her?”. Virtual courts lack the most elementary sensibility. From the anonymous profile picture, it is very easy to direct the lives of others.
Because in this case, as in many others, the most common position is to attack the one who has the most fame. Gussy Lau was the one who confirmed the relationship on his social networks, putting Angela in a vulnerable situation that she didn’t ask for. Luckily, no burlesque voice has the strength to drown out the critical sense of those who, with a gossipy character, have really campaigned for the young woman’s privacy, and who, when the bad booze is over, will shine with their work again. as the only argument.