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Gwen Stefani was accused of cultural appropriation for her look within the music video for her new music “Mild My Hearth,” a collaboration with Jamaican rapper Sean Paul and singer Shenseea.
Within the video, Stefani, 52, wears dreadlocks and a blue and yellow outfit that matches the Jamaican flag whereas dancing and singing to a reggae beat.
“Y’all. Mom Appropriation is BACK!!!!” one individual wrote on Twitter. “The place my 2000s No Doubt / Gwen hive at!!!?? ITS TIME!!!”
One other Twitter commenter wrote, “Pricey Gwen, You’re far too comfy with cultural appropriation. Y’all Bear in mind the harajuku women? The bindi she selected to put on in a single her movies? The bantu knots? The imitation of indigenous tradition inside a music video, in addition to, indecently portraying Latina ladies?”
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Gwen Stefani and Sean Paul carry out “Mild My Hearth” on “Jimmy Kimmel Reside” on July 13, 2022.
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One more Twitter consumer accused the “Voice” coach of treating tradition like “costume up.”
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“It’s time you cease treating folks’s heritage like a infantile recreation & give it the respect it deserves. Alternatively, why don’t you painting your OWN cultural background inside your work? Im certain folks would like to see that.”
Nonetheless, the No Doubt lead singer had quite a lot of supporters.
Gwen Stefani attends the forty eighth AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute celebrating Julie Andrews at Dolby Theatre on June 09, 2022 in Hollywood, California.
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“Sean Paul and plenty of Jamaican folks do not thoughts, they’re there on the set of the video lol,” a Twitter defender identified. “Sean Paul even praised Gwen for embracing the tradition for years.”
Paul, in an interview with Rolling Stone, referred to as the music an “epic dream” come true. “I’ve been a fan of Gwen Stefani endlessly.”
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Shenseea mentioned in the identical interview: “I really feel honored to be tapped by two legends for this collaboration, the entire course of was thrilling and collaborative. I can’t anticipate our followers to benefit from the video!”
Gwen Stefani’s Harajuku Ladies seen performing within the window of Bloomingdale’s division retailer on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan on September 3, 2008, in New York, New York.
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The “Hollaback” singer has been accused of appropriation earlier than.
Her first solo album “Love. Angel. Music. Child.” from 2004 featured a number of tracks about Tokyo’s Harajuku counterculture style. Stefani expressed her love for the offbeat fashion. She additionally had 4 Japanese dancers dubbed Love, Angel, Music and Child who carried out in a number of movies and typically reside.
Stefani defended herself in an interview with Paper journal final yr.
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“We study from one another, we share from one another, we develop from one another and all these guidelines are simply dividing us an increasing number of,” she mentioned.
