Following the debut of Ariana Grande‘s single and music video, 7 Rings, the songstress has been at the center of controversy over plagiarism and cultural appropriation.
Now, the 25-year-old is getting called out once again as she shared a new Japanese tattoo inked on her palm to Instagram on Tuesday, meant to celebrate the song. In the since-deleted post, Ari’s art used Japanese Kanji character symbols meant to say “7 Rings,” but instead, it actually translates to “shichirin,” which is a small Japanese grill.
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See what fans caught (below):
She originally posted it with the caption:
“This felt super good @kanenavasard jk (everyone thinks this is a fake hand but it’s indeed…. my hand.”
And for any disbelievers, tattoo artist Kane Navasard also shared the artwork to the social media site, though he left it up for all to see:
So, of course Ari got trolled on Twitter for this semi-permanent mistake, though she seemingly tweeted-then-deleted addressing her mistake, saying:
The starlet also continued to joke:
At least she has a good sense of humor about it??
Though critics aren’t finding her alleged Japanese appropriation funny at all. After noticing Grande is selling a sweatshirt on her site with the Japanese characters translating to “thank you” (seen HERE) just to promote her track thank u, next, it has sparked a whole debate online:
Well, what do U think??
[Image via Ivan Nikolov/WENN.]