Pop tars Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s music have been presented for consideration to Singapore’s parliament to be banned as they are purported to contain “offensive lyrics”.
The list, presentedby Singapore’s home minister, cited Lady’s Gaga’s ‘Judas’ and Ariana Grande’s ‘God is a woman’, alongside songs ‘Heresy’ by Nine Inch Nails and ‘Take me to the Church’ by Hozier.
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande have both held concerts in Singapore.
K. Shanmugam, Singapore’s home affairs minister, said in a Facebook post on Tuesday that he gave the list as an illustration of things people may find offensive.
Singapore keeps a tight rein on public speech and the media, especially when it comes to race and religion.
The statement came nearly a month after Swedish black metal group Watain’s concert was banned in Singapore on concerns about its history of “denigrating religions and promoting violence”.