Well, the Halle Bailey hive isn’t feeling Shakira’s mermaid era.
Shakira took to Instagram to seemingly tease new music on June 9, sharing a photo of herself dressed as a mermaid. The caption read, “You want thingamabobs? I got twenty,” in reference to the Little Mermaid‘s Ariel, who called the things she found all types of names, including “dinglehoppers” and “thingamabobs.”
While Shakira fans were thrilled to receive new music from their fave, Halle Bailey fans weren’t too happy about the teaser. Actually, they found it to be shady.
“Is this shade?” and “She wants to be Halle so bad OMG” were just some of the comments spotted on Twitter in response to Shakira’s mermaid cosplay.
Sure, Shakira’s mermaid getup comes just days after Bailey’s live-action film finally hit theaters — and proved to be as successful as everyone predicted. But Shakira shading Bailey’s Ariel? Nah, we don’t think so.
For starters, Shakira’s mermaid moment isn’t new. Photos of the musician dressed up as the half-human, half-aquatic creature surfaced in March as Shakira filmed a new music video.
The artwork for the alleged forthcoming song “Copa vacia” also leaked during that time, again seeing a fishtail-equipped Shakira grace the cover. Not to mention, she had pink hair (Ariel’s is traditionally red).
Sure, by that time (again, March of this year), we were all anxiously counting down the days to Halle’s debut as the IRL Ariel. But come on, have we also forgotten that The Little Mermaid is a certified classic that’s been around for years now?
The original film came out in 1989, blessing us with unforgettable characters like Ariel and Sebastian…
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