Read this story in Portuguese. Read this story in Spanish. ON THE SET of her TODAY photoshoot at a cocktail bar in Brooklyn, there is a playful glimmer in Anitta’s eye.
Wearing a vibrant tangerine look that sets her skin aglow, the Brazilian superstar throws smoldering gazes at the camera and tosses her hair over her shoulders with expertise. After several snaps, she declares: “Why don’t we play my album? That’s what we’re here for, right?!” It is indeed. This shoot falls exactly one week after the release of “Funk Generation,” Anitta’s sixth studio album and her first dedicated entirely to Brazilian funk music.
When the first notes of the record’s opening track, “Lose Ya Breath,” begin playing, her body visibly relaxes, and the vibrations in the room instantly rise. Still, after several minutes — despite posing like a pro — it’s clear the singer might be a little distracted. Between takes, she explains there is something on her mind.
“I’m sorry if I’ve been quiet; I just came from one of the worst interviews of my entire career,” Anitta says. She explains that she’d been interviewed. “They only wanted to ask me about sex, my sexuality, my dating life.
It was so sexist, like we were stuck in time like 20 years ago,” she adds. “At one point they asked if I’d consider posing for Playboy. Playboy ! And when I responded, I said: ‘Who knows, maybe I’ll go be a writer for Playboy.
’ They were so surprised. It was as though they h.
