Back in February, President Javier Milei started dunking on actress and pop singer Lali Espósito. He’s far from the first far-right figure to pick a fight like this: Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro did the same with singer and drag queen Pabllo Vittar, and Donald Trump has reportedly fallen out with Americana idol Taylor Swift. Now, Lali’s pushing back through her music.
This started with Milei claiming that Espósito’s wealth comes from tax-payer money acquired through cushy state contracts to perform at public festivals around the country. Lali, he implied, was the personification of the state largesse he so hated. He nicknamed her “Lali Depósito,” meaning that she takes bank deposits from anyone, not that she’s a warehouse (the word means both in Spanish).
However, this polysemy prompted the singer to record her latest music video, for the new single “ Fanático ” (Fan) at a storage facility. This dig at Milei is just one of the easter eggs she put in the video. The clip shows Lali holding a casting call and watching various hopefuls take the stage.
First up is an actor with Milei’s characteristic sideburns, screaming nonsensically while throwing away money. Lali finds his performance soporific. After the primaries in August of last year, in which Milei cemented his political rise by securing the most votes, Lali tweeted “How dangerous, how sad,” words that were taken as a response to the results.
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