Singer Adéla condemned a fan who tore down Rachel Chinouriri's album posters, urging respect for artists' promotional efforts and highlighting the challenges faced by Black women in pop music.
01Summary
- 01A fan tore down promotional posters for Rachel Chinouriri's album 'I Think I Spoke Too Soon' to reveal an Adéla poster underneath.
- 02Adéla returned from a social media hiatus to defend Chinouriri, calling the act 'so fucking ass' on Instagram.
- 03Chinouriri said she had paid a lot of money for the posters and had worked for 10 years to gain exposure.
- 04The fan captioned their video: 'That one time I tore down the Rachel Chinouriri poster to take pics w the Adela one but left Tyla’s one up cos she tanked.'
- 05Other fans noted recurring anti-Blackness within Adéla's fandom.
02Why it matters
This matters because it shows how fan behaviour can harm emerging Black artists who already face hurdles in gaining visibility and funding their own promotion.
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