But some listeners are starting to side-eye the singer as she edges into cultural-appropriation territory. The latest criticism comes for Grande's new single and music video for "7 Rings," including the catchy refrain "You like my hair? Ostensibly referring to Grande's famously long ponytail extensions, the lyrics also sound strikingly similar to the hook of Princess Nokia's track "Mine," an outspoken celebration of wigs, weaves, extensions, afros and other various ways black and brown women choose to wear their hair. In the vein of Solange's "Don't Touch My Hair," Nokia tells white onlookers that how she chooses to style herself is her business and her business only. Sounds about white," Princess Nokia said in a Twitter video of herself listening to the songs side by side. While Nokia didn't invent the flow or beat trap and pop have intermingled for years now , Grande's alleged copycatting seems in particularly poor taste because of the content of both songs. Coupled with the fact that Ariana Grande sports a very drastic fake tan—to the point that many fans and industry figures have assumed she's Latina instead of white—this raises red flags of Iggy Azalea-like appropriation. Search-Icon Created with Sketch. KQED is a proud member of.
Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote the 1959 song Grande interpolates on her hit single.
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