After admitting that he attended the violent Trump rally at the Capitol building, Ariel Pink has been dropped from his record label Mexican Summer.
Update: Just days after he was dropped from his record label, Ariel Pink has been accused of sexual misconduct, abuse, and harassment by former girlfriend and bandmate, Charlotte Ercoli Coe.
“I began dating [Pink] in 2015, when I was 19 and [Pink] was 38,” Coe wrote in her legal declaration. “It was a tumultuous relationship, characterized by a power imbalance: [Pink] was 19 years older than me; [Pink] was famous, and I was not; [Pink] was established in the music business, while I was just beginning my music career.”
Pink (a.k.a. Ariel Marcus Rosenberg) was exposed attending the rally in a now-deleted photo posted on social media. Pink confirmed on his Twitter that the person was, in fact, him, however, denied that he was part of the violent mob that stormed the Capitol.
This is the real ariel pink????
— Min Re Culiao (@mindsaav) January 7, 2021
i was in dc to peacefully show my support for the president. i attended the rally on the white house lawn and went back to hotel and took a nap. case closed
— Ariel Pink (@arielxpink) January 7, 2021
its true- i dont and never have advocated for violent confrontation or rioting. must be my boomer upbringing.
— Ariel Pink (@arielxpink) January 7, 2021
Less than two days after confirming his attendance, Pink’s record label, Mexican Summer, publicly announced that they would be terminating their working relationship with the musician, due to “recent events.”
Due to recent events, Mexican Summer and its staff have decided to end our working relationship with Ariel Rosenberg AKA Ariel Pink moving forward.
— Mexican Summer (@MexicanSummer) January 8, 2021
Mexican Summer worked with Pink on his 2017 album Dedicated to Bobby Jameson and recently released his Ariel Archives release: a reworked and remastered edition of Underground and Loverboy.
It won’t make a difference. You guys signed up for this shit. For all we know this was him promoting the recent archives you’ve been promoting for months. Typical of indie labels – all commodity, no communication.
— Mr. Pope (@channel_SETH) January 9, 2021
Pink’s support towards Trump has never been a secret, with the artist posting that Trump was the “genius of our time” back in October 2020.
trump and his team are THE geniuses of our time
— Ariel Pink (@arielxpink) October 2, 2020
It can only be assumed that his attendance at the rally was one step too far for Mexican Summer to handle.
^ agreed. Ariel has been unabashedly Himself for your entire working relationship and this is not the first you are hearing of his misconduct.
— Sloppy Jane (@sloppyjanemusic) January 9, 2021
