Ariana Grande’s latest song “7 Rings” is about how rich she is, how she can afford to buy anything, and how that ponytail is bought and paid for with her vast stores of cash. So – a song guaranteed to endear her to millions. In addition to red-bottomed shoes and long strands of presumably human hair, Ariana also purchased some more attention with a particular line from the song (“You like my hair? Gee, thanks, just bought it”). Rapper Princess Nokia accused Ariana of copying her 2017 song Mine and tweeted (and later deleted) about Ariana pulling some cultural appropriation shit, “Ain’t that the little song I made about brown women and their hair? Sounds about white.” Since then, other artists have also gotten in the Ariana Grande “Ripped Me Off” line.
After some people gave Ariana shit for the “like my hair” line, she couldn’t pass up a snappy observation and re-posted a joke from a fan on her Instagram Story.
ariana knows she’s white can y’all calm down now pic.twitter.com/AMEDmVNIMp
— ً (@missedboca) January 19, 2019
A black woman quoted Ariana’s line from the song “You like my hair? Gee, thanks, just bought it,” on her Instagram Stories. She then added “White women talking about our weaves is how we’re gonna solve racism,” which Ariana quickly reposted to her own story.
Taking notice of apparent backlash, the pop singer deleted the comment however, because this is the internet, screenshots of it were already taken and spread around.
Ariana apologized on social media for the comment, saying “I think her intention was to be like… yay a white person disassociating the negative stariotype (SP) that is paired with the word ‘weave'”. “However I’m so sorry if my response was out of pocket or if it came across the wrong way,” she continued. “thanks for opening the conversation and like… to everyone for talking to me about it. it’s never my intention to offend anybody.”
What are your thoughts on Ariana’s choice of words and response?
