Brazilian singer Anitta blocks President Jair Bolsonaro on Twitter. after a tongue-in-cheek comment from the president about the colors of the Brazilian flag used by the artist in her show at the Coachella festival.
anitawho has criticized the president before, says he doesn’t want to draw attention to Bolsonaro in an election year.
“I blocked him immediately so his account admins wouldn’t use my social media to create a riot on the internet.”justified.
It all started when the pop artist took the stage at the famous music festival in the United States over the weekend wearing a green, yellow and blue ensemble, a combination featured in the national flag and strongly associated with groups in recent years support was brought from Bolsonaro and other right-wing movements.
“The flag of Brazil and its colors belong to BRAZILIANS. They represent BRAZIL in general. NOBODY can learn the meaning of the colors of our country’s flag,” the singer tweeted after the show, which was full of references to Brazil and its culture in her favelas.
Bolsonaro, who will stand for re-election in October, He retweeted her comment and wrote in a tongue-in-cheek tone, “I agree with Anitta,” followed by several Brazilian flag emoticons.
“Oh boy go find something to do,” the singer replied, before blocking the president to prevent further interactions with his account.
“At this point in time, every demonstration by the artists against him will be met with ridicule.” The “opposite side’s strategy must be to mention his name as little as possible,” Anitta explained the blockade.
Anita, 29 years, has 16.7 million followers on Twitter17.9 million on Tik Tok and 61.5 million on Instagram.
Amid the success of her Spanish-language reggaeton Envolver, which propelled her to the top of Spotify’s global rankings last month, the Brazilian has repeatedly reached out to 16-18 year olds in her country, urging them to sign up to do so can vote against Bolsonaro.
“I position myself as a citizen and as an artist. And I will continue to do so regardless of who is in government. If it’s not done well, I’ll be there and speak my mind,” Anitta said in a recent interview with AFP.
“Brazil needs many changes in the current situation, starting with a change of government,” he added.
I blocked it immediately so its admins wouldn’t keep using my social media to cause a stir on the internet
— Anita (@Anita) April 16, 2022