Friday saw the premiere of Iggy Azalea’s new “I Am The Strip Club” video, and the visual quickly generated controversy over Azalea’s look in some part of the video. She faced accusations of “blackfishing,” which Urban Dictionary says “involves artificial tanning (spray tanning and tanning booths) and using makeup to manipulate facial features in order to appear to have some type of Black African ancestry.” Following the video’s release, Azalea took time to address criticisms on social media.
On Twitter shortly after the video was shared, she wrote, “Imagine being so upset about a black wig, somehow the same foundation color and tan I’ve had for years now (with no issue) Is now such a problem you have to pull up an image of me from 7 years ago when I didn’t like to tan. the desperation.” She added in another tweet, “I’m the same color as the other white dancer in the room and not anywhere close to the color of the black dancers. People will say ANYthing to try and cancel me and it’s actually kinda funny to watch people so worked up over a black wig and Smokey eye.” She then wrote, “I’m the same color as I always am, just in a dimly lit room with red lights. It’s the same makeup from every other part of the video just with a Smokey eye and different wig.”
Azalea went on to reiterate her points and call the blackfishing accusations “ridiculous and baseless,” writing, “I can’t care about something that ridiculous and baseless. I’m wearing a shade 6 in armarni foundation, it’s the same shade I’ve worn for the last 3 years. It’s the same shade in every music video since sally Walker. Suddenly I wear a black wig in a club scene & its an issue.”
A couple days after that, on the 4th Of July, she followed up, “To everyone showing me love: Thankyou for dedicating your day to me & helping me promote, I love you! To everyone showing me hate: Thankyou for dedicating your day to me & helping me promote, I love you!”
Check out Azalea’s tweets on the subject below.
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/1411049089324650502
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/1411052025123512324
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/1411106472574869507
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/1411111850691895297
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/1411113047444234242
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/1411113711767494656
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/1411114627748929539
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/1411116839116046336
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/1411118245088661509
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/1411126965935824900
https://twitter.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/1411656830950858752
