P.er every protest there is a song to distinguish it. And for the one that broke out in Iran following the death of Masha Amini, the song is by Tom Odell.
Tom Odell’s song and the protests in Iran
The song by the English singer-songwriter “Another Love”Suddenly became the soundtrack of the protest, the virtual onewhich has poured out on social media and especially on TikTok.
It is precisely on this social network that many women they are using the song as a background to the gesture of cutting a lock of hair or in resuming street protests.
Women all over the world joined the protest in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini who died for having a lock of hair out of her veil (Getty)
Always fight for your rights
The reason for the choice is a piece of the song in which Odell sings these words: “And if somebody hurts you, I wanna fight / But my hands been broken one too many times / So I’ll use my voice, I’ll be so f * cking rude / Words they always win, but I know I’ll lose “.
Translated: «And if someone hurts you, I want to fight/ But my hands have been broken once too many / So I’ll use my voice, I’ll be so fucking rude / Words always win, but I know I will lose»).
Protests in Iran for Amini
Those strands that are cut not only in Iran, but around the world, they are the gesture of solidarity of all women towards Mahsa Amini.
The young woman was arrested in Tehran for having misplaced the veil from which just a lock of hair came out, she died in prison a few days later.
The official cause would have been a heart attack, but young Iranians suspect she was killed by the police.
The girl’s death, however, this time sparked a protest that has been going on for days and unfortunately resulted in more arrests and deaths. Among which the “girl of the tail” symbol of the protests against the veil, Hadith Najafi hit by 6 bullets.
That haircut that means so much
But as always happens now, protests are no longer limited to the streetbut they also move quickly on social networks and, in this case, especially on TikTok.
On the platform, in fact, there are thousands of videos of girls cutting a lock of hairjust like the one that would lead to Amini’s death.
Odell’s message
Odell, whose song released in 2013 had a huge surge in ratings, sided with the protest. And during one of his concerts in Hanover, Germany, dedicated “Another Love” to these women fighting for their rights without fear of dying. By sending a message: “We are always together with all those who protest for human rights and women’s rights“.
iO Donna © REPRODUCTION RESERVED