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Rosalía Faces Backlash in Argentina After Sharing Provocative TikTok

The episode shows how a celebrity social post can trigger rapid reputational and commercial fallout.

Overview

  • Rosalía reposted a Mia Khalifa TikTok that used the singer's song La Perla and was widely read in Argentina as mocking the national team.
  • She deleted the repost and apologised on Instagram, saying she had shared the video without reading it and that she loves Argentina.
  • Fans called for boycotts and some people said they returned tickets, but concert organisers say refund requests are small compared with the roughly 50,000 tickets sold for her four Buenos Aires shows.
  • A planned symphonic tribute to Rosalía in Córdoba was cancelled after organisers reported receiving many hate messages linked to the controversy.
  • Argentine media are split in framing the story, with some treating it as fan outrage and others linking it to broader political tensions, raising the risk of lasting reputational damage and further ticket or protest actions.