Lorde calls out Robert Kraft with “Free Palestine” jacket following Ed Sheeran-Macklemore controversy

Lorde chamou atenção de Robert Kraft ao usar uma jaqueta com a mensagem “Free Palestine” – o que ocorre em resposta à controvérsia sobre a turnê de Ed Sheeran com Macklemore.

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Sheeran tem sido o centro de controvérsia recentemente, depois que Macklemore foi dispensado como artista de apoio em sua turnê 'Loop' após fazer um discurso pedindo por 'free Palestine.

After making his comments on-stage, Robert Kraft – who owns the Gillette Stadium and is also owner of the New England Patriots – spoke out about the situation, saying he found Macklemore’s speech “deeply offensive and hurtful to the Jewish community”.

Following more disapproval from the likes of Pink and the Israeli American Council, the rapper was removed from the tour.

Desde então, inúmeros nomes de peso, incluindo Greta Thunberg, Massive Attack, Roger Waters, Dropkick Murphys, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Billy Bragg e Hayley Williams, mostraram seu apoio a Macklemore, e a banda de Ed Sheeran e outros artistas de apoio ao tour se retiraram em solidariedade ao rapper.

Now, Lorde has also shown her solidarity with Macklemore too, posting a photo of her wearing a jacket that has the message “Free Palestine” written at the bottom, and trying to tag Kraft in the post.

Lorde marca a conta do Robert Kraft em uma foto com uma jaqueta “Free Palestine”. pic.twitter.com/bxE2EGwDJ2.

Around the time the controversy with Macklemore began, Ed Sheeran spoke out about the situation, saying he was “not complicit” and “appalled by the conflict between Israel and Palestine” – seeing the “suffering and pain caused on both sides” as a “tragedy”.

The ‘Shape Of You’ singer later returned to the stage in Philadelphia and apologised for “making mistakes”.

Desde que o escândalo começou, os shows programados de Sheeran no Gillette Stadium foram cancelados devido a “aviso de clima severo” na região.

Outros grandes nomes que se manifestaram sobre a situação incluem Tom Morello, que recentemente disse à NME que admirava Macklemore por não recuar de sua postura e acrescentou que “a coragem é contagiosa”, e CMAT, que compartilhou que, embora ache que parte da reação contra Sheeran é “injusta”, acredita que a estrela pop poderia ter lidado com a situação de forma diferente.

Elsewhere, Bob Geldof defended the star but said he “really admire[d] Macklemore” and those who had walked away from the tour, Sheeran’s former support act Aaron Rowe said that anger over the situation should instead be aimed at “the likes of Robert Kraft”, and Zach Bryan wore a “Free Palestine” T-shirt during a show at Gillette Stadium as a jab at Kraft.

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