Milli: Thailand’s dissident rapper serves a bittersweet message for government

[webfact]

 

OPINION | By Thai PBS World’s General Desk

 

Thai teen rapper Danupha “Milli” Khanatheerakul, who made global headlines by eating mango sticky rice on a US stage recently, is pursuing not just a music career but also ambitions to make Thailand a better place.

 

And this young woman will not stop fighting for her beliefs, even after being slapped with a defamation complaint by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha last year.

 

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“No, I don’t hate my homeland,” the 19-year-old once said. “I speak up because I love it. I don’t want to see others looking down on my country.”

 

Targeting Thai corruption

 

On April 17, Milli became the first solo artist from Thailand to perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. This international indie music and arts extravaganza has been held in California every year since 1999, except for a two-year break during the COVID-19 crisis.

 

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[greg71]

Global headline really ? 

[mtls2005]

from the article...

 

Having launched the traditional Thai sweet into the global spotlight and made Thais proud, even her staunchest critic, Prayut, decided to embrace her.

 

The PM’s aides say Prayut appreciated her contribution to his soft-power policy and conceded he may have misjudged her in the past. Inspired by her performance, the PM said the Culture Ministry was considering whether to send a proposal to UNESCO that mango sticky rice be listed as world heritage.

 

 

It's simply staggering how out of touch the pm is with the real world.

 

I mean yes, we understand that's a relic of the thai social order, but honestly it still shocking after all these years.

 

 

[Pouatchee]

Milli who again?

[mtls2005]

3 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

Milli who again?

 

Your prayut impression is spot on.

 

Well done.

 

 

[howlee101]

4 hours ago, Pouatchee said:

Milli who again?

It's possible Milli Vanilli spawned a daughter ????

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

“No, I don’t hate my homeland,” the 19-year-old once said. “I speak up because I love it. I don’t want to see others looking down on my country.”

Brave words coming from a celeb that many will follow.

Prayut will be watching you closely, with a reminder that those that rise can fall.

[mrfill]

1 hour ago, howlee101 said:

It's possible Milli Vanilli spawned a daughter ????

Well, Milli Vanilli were a pair of fraudsters who couldn't sing so I reckon you have hit the nail on the head there..