Record company Mexican Summer severed ties with Ariel Pink after the indie musician criticized attending the pro-Trump rally in Washington DC earlier this week.
“As a result of recent events, Mexican Summer and its staff have decided to end our working relationship with Ariel Rosenberg AKA Ariel Pink,” Mexican Summer tweeted Friday.
Due to recent events, Mexican Summer and its staff have decided to end our working relationship with Ariel Rosenberg AKA Ariel Pink.
– Mexican Summer (@MexicanSummer) 8 January 2021
The label has released Pink’s most recent album, 2017s Dedicated to Bobby Jameson, as well as its 2019 compilation Odditties Sodomies Vol. 2. Mexican Summer will also release a series of “Ariel Archives” LPs on January 29; At press time, these reissues are still available on the Mexican Summer Web site. Reps for Mexican Summer and Pink did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Rolling clip‘s request for comment.
After the pro-Trump storm on the Capitol on Wednesday, a photo that has since been removed appeared on social media of Pink, co-artist John Maus and filmmaker Alex Lee Moyer declaring that they attended the Trump rally .
“I was in DC to peacefully express my support for the president,” Pink later said. acknowledge on Twitter. ‘I attended the rally on the White House lawn and went back to the hotel and took an afternoon nap. Case closed. “
Shortly afterwards, Pink’s name began to trend on Twitter, leading to a further trolling of the singer. ‘Welcome to the panoptigan [sic]. they did not waste any time … save your friends, cancel me now and give me before they come to you, ‘Pink wrote, adding: “Vote for trump.”