Shawn Mendes apologizes after controversial cover of “Thanks to Life” in Argentina: “I didn’t know it was a Chilean song” - La Tercera

Canadian Shawn Mendes presented himself in concert this Saturday, March 22 at the prestigious music festival Lollapalooza Argentina, which celebrates in 2025 his 10 years of existence.The artist will travel in other Latin American countries, and on Saturday, April 5 will sing his great hits in Costa Rica. Mendes' presentation on South American soil was full of great emotions, but one of the strongest moments was when he performed in Spanish a st…

During this afternoon, singer Shawn Mendes apologized to the Chilean public after wrongly assuming Lollapalooza Argentina that the song "Thanks to Life" belonged to an Argentine author and not to Violeta Parra, which generated great controversy. Last Saturday, March 22, the second day of the Lollapalooza 2025 festival was held in Chile, but also in Argentina, where Shawn Mendes was surprised to perform the famous song of the Chilean singer Viole…

On Sunday afternoon, Canadian singer Shawn Mendes landed in Chile for his presentation at the closing of Lollapalooza 2025, after a show at the Argentine edition of the festival that was not without controversy.The controversy was generated on social networks after the artist made a surprise cover of “Thanks to Life” in his show on Saturday night.In this context, the account of X de Lollapalooza Argentina published “SHAWN MENDES CANTANDO MERCEDE…

The concert of [[LINK:TAGtag5f537fa9a03f7f12cee1a0aShawn Mendes]] at the festival [[LINK:TAGtag5f52368ba03f7f12ced618e1Lollapalooza] left a surprise for the Argentine public.The Canadian singer decided to surprise the attendees and give them an exciting version of the song Thanks to the life of Chilean Violeta Parra, who popularized the Argentine Mercedes Sosa in 1971.The theme sounded just after Mendes performed her popular Stitches. There he d…

The singer Shawn Mendes apologized after awarding the song “Gracias a la Vida” to Argentina during his presentation at Lollapalooza. The artist who arrived a week ago in the country started the interpretation of the song that made Mercedes Sosa popular. “A friend taught me this song a year ago. Sorry my ignorance, but I didn’t know that this was an Argentine song until a few days ago, so I wanted to learn a part for you.” After finishing his bri…

At one minute of the official start, the main stage of Lollapalooza Chile still does not give clear signs that the show will begin. From the LED screens are not projected visuals of the artist, but a previous edition with the name “Shawn” in its characteristic logo and technical codes like “imag-I 149×2158” and “Header 3000×790”, which tell that the last details are still refined behind the scenes. The anxiety of the public does not decay: it br…