“Colonizer!” : Bad Bunny Fans Slam Odeya Over Her Last Single, "Papi"
Israeli singer Odeya faces backlash from Bad Bunny's fanbase over alleged album art similarities, sparking controversy and political debate on social media platforms.
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Two months after Israeli singer Odeya Azoulay released her single “Papi”, the track has suddenly caught the attention of fans abroad, particularly in Latin America. And many of them are furious.
The controversy stems from the single’s cover art, which Odelia has described as a tribute to Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny’s latest album. But in online forums and especially on Instagram, fans of the Latin icon are calling it plagiarism.
“This is stolen art,” one user wrote in Spanish, while another posted lyrics from a Bad Bunny song, accompanied by Puerto Rican and Palestinian flags:
“Nobody will move me from here, this is my home, where my grandfather was born.”
Dozens of comments flooded Odeya’s Instagram post, mixing accusations of artistic theft with political attacks on Israel. “Once a colonizer, always a colonizer,” read one comment. Another asked:
“Why are you copying Bad Bunny’s album? Is stealing what doesn’t belong to you common in Israel?” One user even mocked with a twist on an antisemitic trope: “This album cover was promised to her 3,000 years ago.”
It’s important to note that “Papi” explicitly references Bad Bunny by name, with Odeya singing:
“You think about me again, you don’t respect me, don’t take off your shades, you think you’re Bad Bunny.”
Neither Bad Bunny nor his representatives have commented on the uproar, and Odeya’s camp has yet to respond publicly to the wave of criticism.