La Derecha Diario Fito Páez released to feminists: 'If you twerk, don't ask me to support your rights.'
The musician from Rosario caused a stir with his statements about reggaeton, feminism, and aesthetic coherence
Amid the promotion of Novela, his new concept album with rock opera overtones, Fito Páez sparked a controversy that went beyond the strictly musical. Invited to the program Mirá quién vino, hosted by Julia Mengolini on Futurock, the artist harshly criticized dominant urban genres like reggaeton and linked their lyrics and rhythms to an apparent contradiction within the feminist movement.
"That one-note music is what's being caused by the damn market. It bores me," Páez shot, in direct reference to the current mainstream. Although the host agreed and added that "melody and harmony have disappeared," it was the musician himself who went further and presented a viewpoint that caused repercussions: "If you decide to dance to that where they're going to grind on you and screw you all night, it's your problem. Later, when you go to defend rights in Congress, don't ask me to support you anymore."
During the conversation, Páez insisted that he is not against dancing or enjoyment, but against what he considers a trivialization of the artistic discourse. "You can dance to a lot of music: Prince, Charly, Spinetta, Aretha... Why stick only to what proposes such a limited view of the body and desire?" he asked, challenging new generations to seek proposals with greater poetic depth.
Fito Páez y su relación con el kirchnerismo
Novela, his latest work, encapsulates that same spirit. With circus elements, fantastic characters, and a lyrical and theatrical approach, the album proposes an introspective journey in times where —according to him— everything seems to be reduced to the immediate and the commercial. "I've been thinking about this story for 30 years, and I felt it was the right time to make it," he said, about his new studio album.
Fito Páez expressed regret over the letter he wrote about Mauricio Macri's victory in 2011
In 2011, a letter that Fito Páez allegedly wrote against Mauricio Macri's victory in the City of Buenos Aires was released by the newspaper Página 12. When asked about this controversial moment in his life, he stated that it was a "mistake" and that he felt he was used by Kirchnerism.
"I was never a Kirchnerist, never a Peronist, there was no ism, my school is rock and roll, so a whole buzz was caused that I wasn't interested in," he recalled.
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