Singer Anitta, Brazil’s top pop star of the moment, on Monday said she will back former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the election’s frontrunner.
In a social media post, the 29-year-old artist said she will support Lula even though she is not a supporter of his Workers’ Party. “I have never been one. But this year, I’m with Lula,” she tweeted.
Não sou petista e nunca fui. Mas este ano estou com Lula e quem quiser minha ajuda pra fazer ele bombar aqui na Internet, tik tok, Twitter, instagram é só me pedir que estando ao meu alcance e não sendo contra lei eleitoral eu farei
— Anitta (@Anitta) July 11, 2022
Anitta also said she will “make Lula’s campaign rock on the internet,” promising she will use her profiles on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram to help the center-left candidate.
“Just ask me whatever you need. If it is within my reach and not against the electoral law, I’ll do it.”
A few weeks earlier, the singer — who has more than 17.6 million followers on Twitter — was highly criticized on the internet after saying she would study the proposals presented by Lula and President Jair Bolsonaro before deciding her vote.
Anitta also mentioned the assassination of a Lula supporter this weekend as reason for taking a stance. “The extremely aggressive and anti-democratic stance of these people leaves me no other option.”
Earlier this year, the pop star participated in a campaign by electoral courts to encourage 16- and 17-year-olds to register to vote. Voting is mandatory for Brazilians over the age of 18, but remains optional for citizens aged 16 an 17. After the campaign, roughly 2 million under-18 youngsters became eligible to vote.
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