Friday, October 08, 2021

Archbishop Apologises for Steamy Video Filmed in Spanish Cathedral

THE GUARDIAN: Video shows rapper C Tangana and singer Nathy Peluso grind against each other inside Toledo Cathedral

The cathedral’s dean said the video presented ‘the story of a conversion through human love’. Photograph: Youtube

The archbishop of Toledo has apologised to offended Roman Catholics after one of Spain’s most famous cathedrals was used as a location for a raunchy video that shows a couple grinding against each other in its hallowed precincts.

The video for Ateo (Atheist) features the Spanish rapper C Tangana and the Argentinian singer Nathy Peluso dancing steamily in Toledo’s 13th-century cathedral, much to the fascination of onlookers, among them a priest.

Elsewhere in the video, a naked but partially pixelated Peluso holds aloft C Tangana’s severed head, and he yanks her hair. The pulling of Peluso’s hair is an echo of one of the paintings inside the cathedral, which shows a demon pulling a woman’s hair to stop her reaching salvation. The painting is also used as the song’s artwork. » | Sam Jones in Madrid | Friday, October 8, 2021