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Pop star and motion film hero Rina Sawayama appeared to phone out Matty Healy, her label-mate at Dirty Strike Information, during her set at Glastonbury on Saturday. Although introducing her tune “STFU!” Sawayama “dedicated” the performance to an unnamed man or woman, though it is quite apparent who the singer was chatting about. “I wrote this future track simply because I was unwell and tired of these microaggressions,” Sawayama said. “So tonight, this song goes out to a white guy who watches Ghetto Gaggers and mocks Asian persons on a podcast.” Sawayama included, “He also owns my masters. I have had plenty of!” Sawayama appeared to be referring to Healy’s visual appeal on The Adam Friedland Demonstrate in February, in which he, together with the episode’s hosts, mocked Ice Spice and joked about watching racist pornography. Healy would go on to apologize to Ice Spice but later remarked that the controversy “doesn’t in fact make a difference.” Sawayama has been signed to Dirty Strike because 2019, and Healy was formerly a director at the document corporation. Watch Sawayama’s feedback below.