Miguel has issued a statement against racist attacks on his family.
The Grammy-winning R&B singer took to Instagram on Friday (August 28) to call out the “racism, harassment, stalking, invasions of privacy, and false allegations” he, his partner, Margaret Zhang, and their child, have been facing
“Recent racist and anti-Asian attacks directed at my partner — including comments and DMs, as well as abusive comments about my child — crossed a line that should require no explanation,” the singer wrote.
“People can have opinions about me. About the music. About the work. I accept the realities that come with doing anything in public. But racism, threats, harassment, stalking, invasions of privacy, and targeting of children are abuse. Not opinion”
He went on to write: “It doesn’t become acceptable because someone dresses it up as criticism, fandom, speculation, or “concern.”
“Responsibility also lies with organizations and individuals that knowingly amplify or enable racism, harassment, or false allegations for attention and engagement,” he added. “If you participate in this behavior, you are not supporting me. You are not part of this community. Where legal and ethical lines have been crossed, action has been and will continue to be taken.”
Read the full statement below.
Last year, Miguel shared his first album in eight years, ‘Caos’, which he described as opening with a “raw, existential Spanish monologue” before “unravelling into an experimental meditation on rebirth”. The album followed on from 2017’s ‘War & Leisure’.
Speaking further about the LP, he explained: “To rebuild, I had to destroy myself. That is the core confrontation of ‘Caos’. Through my personal evolution, I learned that transformation is violent. ‘Caos’ is the sonic iteration of me bending that violence into something universally felt.”