There is no talk of anything else. The song that will represent Spain in Eurovision 2024 has opened a whole debate in society, which has even reached politics. The lyrics of Zorra de Nebulossa, which aims to redefine the term and launch a message of female empowerment, have formed a media hurricane that is difficult to stop.
“The ‘fachosphere’ would have liked Cara al Sol in Eurovision more, but I like Zorra,” said Pedro Sánchez in Al Rojo Vivo. “Feminism can be fun as well as fair,” he added. However, there are many who think that the lyrics could be degrading to women. A controversy that has already crossed borders.
When this year the group from Alicante takes the stage at the European competition, it is not surprising that half of Europe has already heard the song. First, BBC News was in charge of commenting on the controversy. “The Spanish Prime Minister defends the ‘anti-woman’ proposal for Eurovision,” headlined the aforementioned media.
And although the British newspaper included in the text Nebulossa’s defense of women, there are many who wanted to defend the winners of the Benidorm Fest. “Please translate the lyrics and only then write. Ridiculous,” said Tony Aguilar, Los40 host, on his X (Twitter) account.
“When you’re low on morale, think that you have better reading comprehension than the BBC and you’ll get over it,” wrote the singer Rayden, linked to the RTVE festival. The controversy has been such that the social network itself has had to put a clarifying note to redirect the BBC headline.
But it is not the only international media that has echoed what happened. The Times has taken the debate to its front page of its online version. “Degrading to women or an anthem to freedom? The Eurovision song divides Spain,” the United Kingdom newspaper titled, also taking it to its version in Los Angeles (United States).
A piece of news that has appeared just below the meeting between Prince Harry and Charles III, after announcing that he suffers from cancer. Therefore, it is not surprising that it also caused quite an earthquake in the British country. “Critics of the song titled Bitches say it is misogynistic, but the melody has its admirers, including the country’s prime minister,” he says in his piece.
At the same time, they include several other points of view, among which are criticism from part of the feminist sector or praise from Paula Iglesias, president of the LGTBI State Federation, who calls it “a hymn to the sexual freedom of women”.
Debate aside, if one thing is certain, it is that this is leading to a very large involuntary advertising campaign for Spain’s representative song in Eurovision. So much so, that the song has already placed itself in the second position of most viral songs on Spotify globally. And, in turn, it has entered YouTube trends in countries like Germany.
Likewise, the video of Nebulossa’s performance at the Benidorm Fest has collected almost 1 million views on the Eurovision account in just two days, surpassing the candidates from the rest of the countries. Although this success is not synonymous with triumph in the contest, if one thing is clear, it is that it will not go unnoticed.
