Media|Pop singer Saint Clara later apologized to the use of the incel word.
Danish pop artist Saint Clararight name Clara Toft Simonsenhas sparked discussion by criticizing the way women musicians write record and concert reviews.
The artist commented on the subject on Instagram and focused his criticism, especially for the most well -known music media, Gaffa and Sounden in the country.
“Am I just me, or will you become an incel-feel for male critics,” Clara wrote.
“Gaffa or Soundven should not decide whether my presentation was good or bad. It is up to my audience to decide,” Clara continued.
The artist even hinted at his desire to refuse criticism in the future.
Clara criticized music media after sharing a Danish musician On Tuesday videowhere this criticized the world star Sabrina Carpenterista Written concert review. Carpenter performed in Copenhagen on Monday last week. According to KEDDE, the concert reviews were unfair and focused too much on the artist’s appearance.
The editor-in-chief of Gaffa magazine reacts to Clara’s public statement by writing, that denying music estimates is a worrying phenomenon. The editor -in -chief reminded that Clara himself has received positive reviews from both men and women in the magazine.
“No Danish law can prevent us from criticizing music, and by the law we work,” Editor -in -chief Ole Rosenstand Svidt wrote with reference to freedom of expression and press rights.
Clara Since the statement published last Thursday, he has not given interviews on the subject to Danish media. His record company Universal Music commented DR:that this is a personal statement of the artist.
On Sunday, Clara apologized on Instagram to use the incel word. He clarified that he wanted to address, in particular, how too often the concert evaluations of female musicians focus on their appearance and other irrelevant things rather than music.
“Incel” is an abbreviation for words involuntary celibatewhich means involuntary celibacy in Finnish. The term is often used to describe online communities that are associated with female -haired attitudes.