Francesca Michielin digs in top and leggings: “I’m a serious singer even half naked”

With the irony that distinguishes it, Francesca Michelin she wanted her opinion in some way on the controversies that have arisen in recent days around some colleagues. Her selfie in the mirror is a way of claiming the right to show herself as she pleases, without having to give in to the eyes of others, without censoring herself to please the public at all costs: because it’s not a cleavage that defines her as a professional.

Did you undress? you are not a singer

Elodias she has always had a bold and provocative style: she is a woman who is fully aware of herself, her body and her femininity and who loves to play with it in a daring but always authentic way. This earned him heavy criticism, a real criticism sexism mixed with body shame. The singer has been compared to a Cubist for her movements, she has been described as a “mandrappa”, the finger has been pointed at her sensual music videos and her skimpy clothes.

For her part, she called herself “a proud smandrappa”. he always put firstly, one’s own freedom and self-determination🇧🇷 He always claimed the right to show body as she sees fit, without this having to put her at the center of gratuitous insults and, above all, without it diminishing her as an artist🇧🇷

The venomous comments have reappeared on her new photos, but she’s not the only one in the haters’ crosshairs. Similar comments are directed to To emerge, “guilty” for having chosen to give himself a new image, but one more consistent with his current feeling, more consistent with his way of being. Sexy photos in lingerie were considered inappropriate for an artist.

And the same fate befell the charismatic Beatriz Quinta, one of this year’s most popular X Factor contestants. After the release of the single “Se$$o”, the singer caused an uproar by completely undressing in the Milan subway. Only Beatrice Quinta’s comment stands out in Francesca Michielin’s last post, who gave the keyboard lions a poke.

Francesca Michielin’s provocation

“Today I went back to training for the tour, but the purpose of this post is different, which is to ask the Hamletic question: can I publish a half-naked photo and still be a serious singer? Spoiler: yes”: this is Francesca Michielin’s post. The singer shared a photo in sportswearwith a short top and leggings and ironically highlighted the criticism that singers receive when they choose to share images of their bodies.

Bold photos are interpreted as synonymous with lack of seriousness, lack of professionalism: they become the pretext to discredit the artist, to question his talent. Instead, she reiterated that in a jumpsuit or evening dress, with a miniskirt or shorts, in sneakers or high heels, an artist remains and must be taken into account for his voice and his talent, for the commitment he puts into his work. I work . Someone did not think that in the photo she was naked enough to justify these words. “The degree of nudity doesn’t suit you either,” he replied, indirectly quoting one of her songs.