Anitta is standing by her “Aceita” video. In a new interview with the Associated Press , Anitta revealed that she had lost more than 300,000 followers after she featured footage of practices from her Afro-Brazilian faith, Candomblé, in the video for her Funk Generation track. “I always knew this was going to happen because people have a lot of prejudice but I don’t care honestly,” she told the AP backstage at her Baile Funk Experience tours stop in Los Angeles.
“I’m in a phase in my life where I couldn’t care less about what people think, even more [with] this following situation.” “I rather have half of [them] following me and [they] be amazing people I can vibe and have energy with, than just to have a bunch of lost souls pointing at each other, judging each other,” she added. A post shared by AP Entertainment (@apnewsentertainment) The video for the track, named “Accept” in Portuguese, featured imagery of different religions, including a Christian service, a Jewish worshipper with tefillin, Catholic iconography, and a clip of her wearing a dress resembling Obaluaê, the deity of earth and health.
“I don’t care about that anymore,” she added about losing followers. “I used to care how many likes, views, and streams. Nowadays, I just want to be happy with what I’m doing, so I did not care.
” Anitta addressed the controversy stemming from the video in a social media post earlier this month, writing in Portuguese, “I’ve already talke.
