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Samantha Hudson
Hudson in 2022
Background information
Birth nameIván González Ranedo[1][2][3]
Born (1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 25)
León, Spain
GenresPop, Electronic music, Electroclash
Occupation(s)Singer,[4] activist, multimedia artist, actress
Years active2015–present
LabelsSubterfuge Records

Samantha Hudson (born September 11, 1999) is a Spanish artist, singer, actress, and internet celebrity.[5][6]

Biography

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Hudson was born in León in 1999 and later relocated to Mallorca. When she was 11 years old, she went through a phase of religious devotion to the Catholic Church, but she would later become annoyed by the lack of respect of the LGBT community.[7]

At 13 years, Hudson began to realise she was a transgender woman and began experimenting with different ideas of gender, which was followed by rejecting the idea. In a 2020 interview with El País, she stated that "[at that age] I liked my appearance when I fit into a female role [...] I just wanted to be like that."[8] Samantha later stated in a 2022 interview for Vogue that the stage name "Samantha Hudson" came up as a suggestion from a friend in a conversation in which they fantasized about being "a suburban American mom who goes to pick up her kids in a seven-seater vehicle."[9]

After graduating from high school in 2017, Samantha moved to Barcelona with the ambition of becoming a professional musician. That same year, during a trip to Seville, she injured herself climbing up a balcony, for led to her to be admitted to hospital for several weeks.[8][10]

In 2018, she moved to Madrid.[11]

On May 11, 2023, Hudson released the EP EVOO. The album was based hardcore techno of the 1990s.[12] At the beginning of October of that same year she was nominated for the MTV Europe Music Awards in the category of Best Spanish Artist.[13][14] shortly after releasing the single "Chula", which was based on nineties house music.[15] Samantha would win the award on November 5, 2023.[16]

Controversies

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Samantha Hudson interviewing filmmaker John Waters at Primavera Pro 2022 in Barcelona

En el momento en el que yo me pongo una corona, [esto] supone un acto político. En el momento en el que me pongo una mochila de princesas, estoy luchando contra un sistema que me oprime. Y cuando yo me visto de rosa y salgo a la calle y llamo la atención, estoy luchando contra una sociedad que me rechaza y me niega el derecho a disfrutar de mi propia vida. Porque yo realmente corro peligro por ser como soy.[17]

Iván González, en su discurso de graduación

The moment I put on a crown, [this] is a political act. The moment I put on a princess backpack, I'm fighting against a system that oppresses me. And when I wear pink and go out on the street and get attention, I am fighting against a society that rejects me and denies me the right to enjoy my own life. Because I'm really in danger because I'm the way I am.

Iván González, in his graduation speech

At 15 years old, in 2015, Hudson made a video at the Josep Maria Llompart secondary school in Palma about audio-visual culture. Hudson created a song, within which he criticizes the Catholic Church and its beliefs regarding lbgt community using foul language. The song, titled "Maricón," was posted on YouTube in October 2015. Hudson stated in interviews that, to produce the song, he was inspired by an experience visiting a church where he went to listen to The Song of the Sibyl; when entering the church, he described a negative reaction by parishioners with gazes.[18][8]

As part of the school assignment, he received a grade of 9 out of 10 from his teacher.[19] Hudson school teachers supported Hudson assignment work, with the exception for the teacher of the subject of religion, who made the decision to mobilize to protest its publication. The teacher, who later complained in a blog post about what he described as Samantha's "shabby and repetitive" way of showing what he defined as "," confronted the rest of his classmates, who insisted that the work was "simply impeccable." Finally, he ended up making a wake-up call to the rest of the Catholic community.[20] The video would later be temporarily removed from YouTube.[21]

The then deputy for Citizens political party in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands, Olga Ballester, described the video as "blasphemous" and complained about the lack of action by the Balearic government.[22] The conservative organization HazteOír, collected 48,000 signatures seeking for the teacher. to be fired.[23][19]

As a result of the video of "Maricón", Samantha was excommunicated by the bishop of Mallorca.[11][24]

In 2024, Hudson was dropped as a spokesperson for Doritos due to Hudson's Twitter posts seeming to condone child abuse.[25][26] She posted those tweets in 2014–2015, when she was between 14 and 15 years old. She responded to the controversy by saying that she was sorry and added "I didn't think that way and still don't think that way, at that age I thought making jokes about delicate topics made me cool".[27]

Personal life

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Samantha does not describe himself as non binary.[8] In a 2021 interview, Hudson stated that he "could be included on the spectrum of non-binarism." In later interviews he has agreed with being addressed as Ivan he refers to himself as both male and female.[28][18][29]

In an interview for the Heraldo de Aragón, which took place in the same year, he stated that "he cannot be pigeonholed into a musical or sexual genre".[28] In October 2022, he announced out as asexual.[30] Hudson politically aligns himself as "anti-capitalist and Marxist."[31] In a 2020 interview for Vice magazine, he defined himself as a "drag queen" and "transvestite on call 24 hours a day."[32]

In an interview for the television show Viajando con Chester in February 2023, Samantha recalled that he had had sexual intercourse as a minor and concluded retrospectively that he had been sexually abused.[33]

Discography

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Studio albums

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  • 2021: Liquidación total[34]

EPs

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Compilation albums

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  • 2019: Los Grandes Éxitos de Samantha[36]

Singles

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Title Single
Maricón 2015
Super Preñada 2016
Burguesa Arruinada 2017
Seguro de moto 2019
Hazme el favor (vente conmigo a bailar) 2020
Dulce y Bautizada 2021
Disco Jet Lag (with La Prohibida)
Guateque
Por España
Demasiado coño 2022
Perra (con La Dani)
Otra vez 2023
Adicta al sonido
Vodka Redbull
Es lo que hay
Chula[37]

Tours

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  • 2021-2022: Gira Liquidación total[38]
  • 2022-2023: Gira Liquidación total por cierre[38]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Character Director Notes Ref.
2018 Samantha Hudson, una historia de fe, sexo y electroqueer Herself Joan Porcel Documentary film [39]
2021 ¡Corten! Marc Ferrer [40]
2022 Rainbow Ingrid Paco León [41]

Television

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Year Title Character Channel Notes Ref.
2017 Mai neva a ciutat Herself IB3 Episode: «Fantasmes de la vella escola»
2020 Veneno Librarian Atresplayer Premium Episode: «Los tres entierros de Cristina Ortiz» [42]
2021 Una Navidad con Samantha Hudson Samantha Hudson Atresplayer Premium Television film
Year Title Channel Notes Ref.
2020 - 2022 ¿Sigues ahí? Netflix Presenter [43]
2021 MasterChef Celebrity España La 1 Contestant [44]
Amor con Fianza: El reencuentro Netflix Presenter [45][unreliable source?]
2022 Crímenes online Flooxer Presenter [46]
Sálvame Fashion Week Telecinco Jury [47]
Sálvame Mediafest Telecinco Jury [48]

Theatre

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Year Title Director Notes Ref.
2021 Eutanasia Deluxe Herself Musical [49]

References

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  1. ^ "Samantha Hudson: "Todo lo que soy se lo debo en esencia a Samantha Hudson"". Vanity Fair. 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ Oliver, Penélope (9 February 2023). "¿Quién es Samantha Hudson? La polémica artista mallorquina que fue excomulgada". Diario de Mallorca.
  3. ^ "Modapedia de la celebrity Samantha Hudson". Modapedia. 29 November 2021.
  4. ^ "In conversation with Samantha Hudson". Glamcult.
  5. ^ "Quién es Samantha Hudson, la travesti y artista multidisciplinar que se ha convertido en icono queer". flooxernow.com. 16 November 2020.
  6. ^ Medina, Marta (26 July 2018). "Samantha Hudson, la 'terrorista queer' adolescente que se enfrentó a HazteOir". elconfidencial.com.
  7. ^ "La historia de Samantha Hudson: del 'Soy maricón y me encanta Jesucristo' al biopic". 12 June 2018.
  8. ^ a b c d "La receta de Samantha Hudson: provocación, activismo y mamarrachada". Verne. 18 February 2020.
  9. ^ "This Spanish "Electro-Diva" Blends Subversive Humor With Queer Activism". Vogue. 31 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Samantha Hudson se tiró de un balcón "borracha" y estuvo 7 días hospitalizada". Onda Vasca. 8 April 2022.
  11. ^ a b Oliver, Penélope (14 October 2021). "¿Quién es Samantha Hudson? La polémica artista de abuelos zamoranos que fue excomulgada". La Opinión de Zamora.
  12. ^ "Samantha Hudson, "adicta al sonido" de su hit hardcore – jenesaispop.com". 2 May 2023.
  13. ^ Kaufman, Gil (4 October 2023). "Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo and SZA Lead 2023 MTV EMAs Nominations: See List". Billboard.
  14. ^ "Quevedo, Lola Indigo, Samantha Hudson, Abraham Mateo, Álvaro de Luna... ¿quién será el mejor artista español en los MTV EMA's?". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias. 4 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Samantha Hudson se monta una rave de 1991 en 'Chula' – jenesaispop.com". 10 October 2023.
  16. ^ "Samantha Hudson gana el premio MTV EMA a mejor artista española". www.elperiodico.com. 5 November 2023.
  17. ^ Juanas, Pablo Carrasco de (13 July 2017). "El emocionante discurso de graduación de Iván/Samantha en su instituto".
  18. ^ a b "Samantha Hudson: "Me habría hecho una mesita de café con el féretro de Franco"". www.epe.es. 7 December 2021.
  19. ^ a b Serra, Xavi (3 August 2018). "La caiguda (literal) d'un fenomen viral". Ara.cat.
  20. ^ Novella, Xisco (19 December 2015). "80- Caligrafía impecable".
  21. ^ "Sobresaliente por un vídeo blasfemo". ELMUNDO. 3 January 2016.
  22. ^ "Ciudadanos censura el "silencio" del Govern ante el vídeo "blasfemo"". ELMUNDO. 4 January 2016.
  23. ^ "Piden expedientar a una profesora por otorgar un sobresaliente al vídeo de un alumno gay en el que se critica a la Iglesia". dosmanzanas - La web de noticias LGTB.
  24. ^ "Samantha Hudson lanza 'Dulce y Bautizada': un homenaje a sus orígenes musicales". La Vanguardia. 19 February 2021.
  25. ^ Crisp, James (6 March 2024). "Doritos sacks trans influencer who said 'I want to do thuggish things' to a child". The Telegraph – via telegraph.co.uk.
  26. ^ Dickson, EJ (5 March 2024). "The Right Is Trying to Make Bud Light Happen All Over Again With a Doritos Boycott". Rolling Stone.
  27. ^ 20minutos (6 March 2024). "Samantha Hudson vuelve a pedir perdón por unos polémicos tuits de 2015 que le han provocado la ruptura de un contrato con una marca". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ a b Aragón, Heraldo de (3 December 2021). "Samantha Hudson: "No se me puede encasillar en un género sexual ni musical"". heraldo.es.
  29. ^ Millán, Germán Aranda (3 July 2021). "Samantha Hudson: "Está bien que la gente vea que los travestis no nacemos por la noche"". elDiario.es.
  30. ^ Burgos, Jorge Reyes (9 October 2022). "Samantha Hudson explica su 'asexualidad' en el programa de Xavier Sardà: "Es angustioso"". elconfidencial.com.
  31. ^ "Samantha Hudson: "Franco ha muerto pero el fascismo sigue 'vivox'"". ELMUNDO. 27 December 2021.
  32. ^ Hudson, Samantha; Pérez, Eduard Taberner (4 June 2020). "No es edadismo, es autodefensa: por qué está mal que haya hombres mayores que solo se acuesten con chicos jóvenes".
  33. ^ "Samantha Hudson confiesa que fue víctima de abusos sexuales". Diez Minutos. 7 February 2023.
  34. ^ "Samantha Hudson, deslenguada total: "Ojalá comparen mi disco con el último de Peppa Pig"". 23 November 2021.
  35. ^ "Samantha Hudson presenta 'AOVE', su último EP | Música". 14 May 2023.
  36. ^ "Samantha Hudson: "El sonido es mi único amante"". 27 September 2023.
  37. ^ "Samantha Hudson lanza hoy 'Chula'". Diario de León. 10 October 2023.
  38. ^ a b "Samantha Hudson trae a Barcelona, Granada, Zaragoza, Madrid y Valencia "Liquidación Total Por Cierre"". Subterfuge Records (in Spanish). 12 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  39. ^ "Samantha Hudson, ver ahora en Filmin". Filmin (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  40. ^ "El giallo LGBT y de metaficción que Marc Ferrer estrena en el d'A Film Festival". 7 May 2021.
  41. ^ "Netflix estrenará 'Rainbow', la película de Paco León basada en "El mago de Oz"". 5 August 2021.
  42. ^ Tomás, Helena (11 November 2021). "Samantha Hudson: el icono queer que siempre deja huella". vanitatis.elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  43. ^ "Jordi Cruz: "En 'Art Attack' no era consciente de que el espectador infantil lo es para toda la vida"". 11 March 2022.
  44. ^ "Samantha Hudson, expulsada de 'Masterchef Celebrity' por una gran "mamarrachada"". 21 September 2021.
  45. ^ "Amor Con Samantha (Parte 1): Las parejas de Amor con fianza se reencuentran | Netflix". 23 November 2021.
  46. ^ "Samantha Hudson, sobre 'Crímenes Online': "Va a ser muy divertido"". 2 February 2022.
  47. ^ "'Sálvame' se rearma y recluta a Samantha Hudson y Eduardo Navarrete para auspiciar su 'Fashion Week'". 21 May 2022.
  48. ^ "TELECINCO - televisión a la carta, series y entretenimiento". 22 June 2022.
  49. ^ "Teatro LARA | las mejores obras de teatro en Madrid desde 1880". Archived from the original on 18 December 2021.
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