Overview

• During an Oct. 4 appearance on TV Globo’s Altas Horas, he changed “a grandeza de um menino” to “a grandeza de uma menina, de uma mulher.”
• He called the original phrasing “hétero machista top, horrível” and said the revision recognizes women’s role in shaping men.
• A clip of the performance circulated widely, with the topic trending on X as reactions split between criticism of “identitarismo” and support.
• In a Sunday Instagram post, he described the tweak as a “brincadeira amorosa,” said “the art is free,” and turned off comments on the statement.
• Many listeners contend “menino” is a poetic stand‑in for childlike innocence in the 2002 lyric, and no retraction or formal reversal has been reported.