© Anne Cusack / Los Angeles TimesAriel Pink has been dropped by the indie record label Mexican Summer
"Due to recent events, Mexican Summer and its staff have decided to end our working relationship with Ariel Rosenberg AKA Ariel Pink moving forward," tweeted the New York-based record label Friday.
(As of Friday afternoon, Pink's page on the Mexican Summer website was still active.)
The announcement came just a day following Pink's explanation on Twitter that he had attended the Washington, D.C., rally to "peacefully show my support for the president."
"i attended the rally on the white house lawn and went back to hotel and took a nap. case closed," he tweeted Thursday in response to a Twitter user who had called Pink and fellow indie musician John Maus out for participating in Wednesday's event.
Though Pink confirmed he had attended the D.C. rally protesting the presidential election results, he denied being part of the mob that stormed the Capitol as Congress was conducting the formal process of certifying President-elect Joe Biden's win over President Trump.
Pink, born Ariel Marcus Rosenberg in Los Angeles, has been public about his support of Trump and encouraged people to vote for him prior to this week's violent events.
"Im not maga," Pink tweeted in December, responding to a Twitter user questioning his support of the president. "i simply think that trump is the only thing standing in the way of total collapse. the lying media psychos gunning for Biden/Harris presidency are more terrifying to me."
Reader Comments
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He's a curious study in anthropology and psychology, because you don't often see music wrecked that bad with good intentions and obviously this person is broken psychologically.
Will Ferrel has some material out there that is comparable to Ariel Pink, but not comparable in the way I think Ariel Pink (I'm avoiding gender pronouns) would appreciate. I'm sure Will Ferrel would love
hisAriel Pink's music. If I had to watch Ariel Pink with Will Ferrel in the same room, I am certain I would wet my pants laughing.Maybe, but I bet you would still have the need for more cowbell.
"Another Weekend" is my favorite by far, so far. He could easily become a cult hit after this controversy. I think he has that odd quality, and I think that would be an awesome development. Maybe the only good thing to come out of 2021. Yes I expect this year to be that bad.
So I've gone from WTF to maybe I'm a fan.
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