Rina Sawayama has seemingly taken another swipe at The 1975’s Matty Healy during her performance at Nos Alive festival in Portugal.
The John Wick star hit the headlines in June when she alluded to Healy during her Glastonbury set, calling out controversial remarks made about Japanese, Hawaiian and Chinese people on a podcast he participated in.
When she performed STFU! at the Worthy Farm festival, the vocalist took the opportunity to dedicate the song to the frontman, despite not mentioning him directly.
She said: “Tonight, this goes out to a white man that watches [pornography series] Ghetto Gaggers, and mocks Asian people on a podcast.
Rina Sawayama calls out Matty Healy for the second time at NOS Alive Lisbon pic.twitter.com/7ObbLaNMTt
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“He also owns my masters... I’ve had enough.”
Days later, Healy, 34, addressed the remarks during a gig at London’s Finsbury Park, and told the concertgoers: “There’s a lot of things I’ve said I’d take back if I had the chance.”
Sawayama appeared to reference Healy’s remarks again by speaking out against unsatisfactory apologies during Saturday’s gig before performing her track STFU!.
She said: “So I was thinking a lot about apologies. And it’s just funny how some people get away with not apologising, ever. For saying some racist s***, for saying some sexist s***... so let’s try this.
“Why don’t you apologise for once in your life without making it about your f***ing self?”
In footage from the performance shared on social media, the crowd is heard cheering before Sawayama stands and proceeds to sing the song.
The 2020 song’s title is an acronym for the phrase “shut the f*** up” and includes lyrics that urge an unknown person to keep quiet.
The hitmaker belts out in the chorus: “Have you ever thought about taping your big mouth shut? / ‘Cause I have, many times, many times.”
The Standard has reached out to Rina Sawayama and Matty Healy for further comment.
