"African Imperial Wizard is a middle-aged white man," the band wrote in their Instagram post. "We had the extreme displeasure of playing with him last night not knowing who he was until he came backstage and, to our shock, took off his hood. The Imperial Wizard (which is a term for a 'Ku Klux Klan' leader) obscures his white identity to the extent that he even wears gloves to cover his hands all while projecting a pastiche of Black African 'tribal' imagery on screen."
Rosalía doesn't do small gestures. The Spanish pop maverick's follow-up to was always going to be an event, and then she posted a video with the London Symphony Orchestra. "Berghain," the lead single from her forthcoming new album, , is all spectacle. Never before has Rosalía flexed her classical training this hard: composing in three languages, turning in a performance that's almost all coloratura. "Berghain" feels as ambitious as Lux's supposed four-movement structure, cantering from violin fireworks à la Vivaldi's "Winter"
You know, I heard that and listened to a little bit of it and was extremely disappointed and disheartened, and actually, I hope he understands how completely disrespectful that song is, not just to law enforcement but to this country. To every single individual that has ever stood up and fought for our freedoms, he just compromised it all by putting out a product such as that, that attacks individuals who were just trying to make our streets safe, she said.
‘Thank you very much. They tried to stop this gig.’ The band expresses gratitude for support amid controversy surrounding a Hezbollah flag display.