Overview
- Rosalía posted a mid‑March TikTok saying she was not at peace with her podcast remarks and apologized for a lack of sensitivity and empathy.
- In a March 3 Spotify Presenta interview with Mariana Enriquez, she said she liked Picasso and did not differentiate the artist from the work, prompting backlash.
- She said she would not have made the original comment had she known about real cases of abuse attributed to Picasso.
- Coverage cites long‑reported accounts of his treatment of women, including Dora Maar’s alleged assault, Françoise Gilot’s memoir, and his relationship with Marie‑Thérèse Walter beginning at 17.
- ARTnews reported the apology video had more than 8 million views, as the singer continued high‑profile appearances with a BRITs performance and the Lux tour kickoff near Paris.