'Discontent can't be bigger than our lucidity': Ivete stops her Fortaleza show, dances to a 'Lula' chant and talks about the runoff without naming names

Ivete Sangalo brought her samba-and-pagode tour 'Ivete Clareou' to Colosso Fortaleza on Saturday (Oct. 10) and, in the middle of the open-air show, part of the crowd began chanting the name of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is running for re-election. The Bahian star danced along to the chant and then stopped the performance to talk about the country's situation, a few weeks before the runoff against Flávio Bolsonaro (PL).

Without explicitly asking for votes or naming any candidate, she said everyone's fears and frustrations are legitimate, but made an appeal: 'Discontent cannot be bigger than our lucidity.' She added a regional message: 'Everyone knows where the shoe pinches, especially here in this Northeast of ours.' According to the newspaper O Povo, part of the audience answered by singing Lula's 1989 campaign jingle.

It is not the first time the singer has reacted to pro-Lula chants at her shows: according to O Povo, it happened in 2022 and in Belo Horizonte on September 10 this year. Bahia outlets such as BNews described the remarks as support for the president. The 'Ivete Clareou' tour has a Salvador date scheduled for November 14.