The singer took advantage of an impasse in her show to talk about how comments about her body have affected her throughout her career, words that many fans have taken as an example and inspiration.
She went from being unknown to the public to filling stadiums with her music and starring in advertisements and spots. Almost seven years of popularity That has not been an easy road for Lola Índigo.
The singer has had to do personal work so that other people’s opinions about her body do not affect her, an experience that she wanted to share with her fans in one of her last concerts.
“There is something called dysmorphia, which happens a lot, and it is when you begin to distort your image of your body because of what others say, because of what you see on social networks, because of what you see on television. Especially when you are completely exposed to people, and your image is constantly on billboards for underwear, or bikinis, magazines and a lot of things, you start to distort the image of yourself,” the singer began.
These constant accusations about the established beauty canons, together with unfortunate criticism for not complying with them, took their toll on the artist. Most of these comments were posted on
“Having to read according to what things on social networks… I had a bad time and I said ‘you know what?’ I’m going to delete this shitty social network, I don’t want to read anything else about my body because I have always been very happy with who I am, and I think we all have to be,” he stated before explaining that he also has been questioned for her outfits at the shows.
“So when they tell me ‘wow, you teach a lot at concerts’. Yes, do you know why? Because It has cost me a lot to love myself, it has cost me a lot to accept myself, I have had to do a job that has taken me years,” he recalled.
Some words that have served as example of improvement and reference for many followers, who have applauded not only the singer’s courage to open up to her audience, but also the importance of the background of her personal experience.
“I feel that it is very important, especially for the little ones, see how things happen to a person you admire that can also happen to you and explains it and encourages you to work on it,” commented one user.
On the one hand, the fact that I use those moments for this and on the other hand, also that it is so real, I feel that it is very important, especially for the little ones, to see how a person you admire happens to things that can also happen to you and explains it and encourages you to work on it <3
Erica (@acrossmimii) September 18, 2023
