seemingly threw more shade at The 1975 frontman for the second time during her set at Lisbon’s NOS Alive festival.
The 32-year-old singer was mid-way through her summertime gig when she stopped to address the subject of apologies – and fans felt her monologue was directed at
Speaking to the crowd at the show, Rina paused to admit to her audience that she wanted ‘some people’ to say sorry as she claimed they got away with publicly making
She was filmed sharing her thoughts in a clip that has since made the rounds online and could be heard saying: ‘So I was thinking a lot about apologies’.
Her address came towards the end of her song STFU and continued: ‘It’s just funny how some people get away with not apologising ever… For saying some racist s**t. For saying some sexist s**t.
‘So let’s try this. Why don’t you apologise for once in your life without making it about your f***ing self?’
Fans shared their thoughts on Rina’s words online with one writing: ‘i’m gonna need ryan murphy to do a season of feud about rina and matty healy [sic].’
A second user said: ‘Rina calling matty out for a second time hits more than the first one cause she is right, why some people (esp white cis males) can get away with doing/saying harmful things to marginalized communities and not face any consequences? pretending its stupid that you feel hurt? [sic].’
Her onstage revelations followed a statement she made while performing at Worthy Farm’s Glastonbury last month.
As she introduced the same song in Somerset – STFU – she dedicated the tune to an individual that very clearly matched the description of
She said at the time: ‘This is dedicated to the white man who watches Ghetto Gaggers (porn), mocks Asian people on a podcast and owns my Masters.’
Rina and Matty are signed to the same record label – Dirty Hit – where The 1975 hitmaker was a director at until recently.
The Japanese star continued on: ‘I’ve had enough’, before launching into her chart-topping hit.
Despite not directly naming the singer, fans at Rina’s set couldn’t help but connect the dots and many took to Twitter to comment on what they had heard.
One penned: ‘OMFG IVE JUST SEEN THE VIDEO OF RINA SAWAYAMA CALLING OUT MATTY HEALY [sic].’
Another said: ‘Oh sh** not Rina Sawayama calling out Matty Healy during her glasto set [sic].’
Metro.co.uk contacted Rina and Matty’s reps for comment.
