Gwen Stefani refutes the claims of cultural credits: "I am Japanese."
The pop star has been accused of appropriating Japanese culture in the 00 years.
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The star also told the magazine that she also had the impression that she was one of the Latin and Hispanic communities around the place where she grew up in southern California. "Music, the way girls wore their makeup, the clothes they wore, it was my identity," said Stefani. "Even if I am Italian -American - Irish or whatever the Mutt I am - who I have become because it was my people, right?"
She has already doubled her actions.
In an interview in 2021 with Paper ,, Stefani shared similar thoughts Asked about the period of the girls of Harajuku.
"If we have not bought and sold and exchanged our cultures, we wouldn't have as much beauty, you know?" she says. "We learn from each other, we share from each other, we grow up from each other. And all these rules divide us more and more."
In 2019, she said Billboard », [W] inches asked me questions about this during the radio interviews, I told them that it was a whole concept and that we were moving. And we talked about the concept of the disc and I showed them my style bible. Judging by their own personalities, I called them "love", "angel", "music" and "baby". It was as if we were creating a group together. ""
She added: "I am a little defensive when people [call it cultural appropriation], because if we do not allow ourselves to share our cultures, what would we be? You are proud of your culture and have traditions , then you share them for new things to create. "