Rosalía kicked off her first show in Argentina on the LUX tour and did not miss the opportunity to apologize, once again, to the audience after the repost of a Mia Khalifa video in which she referred to Argentinians as “pearls.” The Catalan artist spoke bluntly: “What a colossal screw-up, you.”
The first of four dates at Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires gave the singer a chance to address the controversy that has surrounded her on social media in recent weeks: “Oh my God, what a mess the other day,” she commented. She explained that she had been “scrolling, not paying too much attention,” and reposted the video, only to regret it shortly after: “It was never my intention, really, I feel terrible about what happened.”
Then the artist took the opportunity to share a memory of her first visit to the country, at Lollapalooza 2019: “I remember opening the show of ‘El mal querer’ with ‘Pienso en tu mirá’ and I remember hearing all that crowd singing,” before starting to sing the track at that very moment. “How could I have a negative feeling toward a place like this?” she concluded.
