Angèle sees blur. This week, Paris Match has chosen to honor the young Belgian singer, by giving her her cover. Supreme consecration for many artists. But the tribute was not really appreciated by the interpreter of Balance your what , who denounces on his Instagram account one at a time "discreditable and sexist" .
On the cover, the 24-year-old artist, dressed in a pink ensemble, has this title: "Génération Angèle, subversive but not aggressive" . An editorial choice pointed out by the singer who first of all recalls that she never validated the photo, taken in 2018. "This cut, my break, this costume, this color, this title" , she writes , accompanying his message of disgusted emojis to translate his dissatisfaction.
Besides the photo, she denounces this publication " without her consent, considering that I have no say"? Before adding that she is particularly exasperated by the terms used in the titraille by the magazine. "They rally my image, my name and a whole" generation ", squarely, in the young girl's box (in pink) who dares to give her opinion (therefore" subversive "... it takes little, eh) but without being" aggressive "," she laments.
We open it but remain pretty and polite eh
AngelaFor the author of the album Brol , the expression “subversive but not aggressive” used by Paris Match refers directly to the criticisms of which feminist activists are regularly the subject. "Fortunately, I am not one of those Naughty VIOLENT and HYYSICAL feminists , " she wrote sarcastically. "Because ok, we open it but remain pretty and polite please eh".
This call for "soft" feminism was already made after the 45th Cesar ceremony and the controversial coronation of Roman Polanski. Many personalities had expressed themselves on the subject, including actor Roschdy Zem. If the actor did not question the anger and "the fight of women quite legitimate" , he nevertheless considered "that this anger must be followed by debate and exchange" . Same recommendation from Juliette Binoche, who said that you have to be "patient with the male world" .
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"More discrediting and sexist you die," concludes in her message the singer Angèle. With his committed titles like Ta Reine , which addresses female homosexuality, the Belgian artist embodies for many of his fans a figurehead of feminism. A fight led to her clips, especially in Balance ton what where she embodies the professor of a fictitious academy against sexism, facing her student played by Pierre Niney.