Amaia Montero has responded with humor to criticism of her look in her reappearance with La Oreja de Van Gogh. The singer's return to the stage with La Oreja de Van Gogh During the RTVE New Year's Eve special it became one of the most talked about moments of the beginning of 2026. And although the vast majority were negative comments, The woman from San Sebastián has responded with great grace.
His performance, recorded at the Miramar Palace in San Sebastián for the program La casa de la Música, marked his official return to the group and the presentation of the new single We are all dancing to the same song. However, much of the public conversation focused on the striking outfit that the singer chose for the occasion: a padded, voluminous white dress with a sculptural aesthetic that left no one indifferent.
Social networks were filled with comments, memes and comparisons, many of them pointing out that the design was reminiscent of a “duvet” or an oversized outerwear item. Far from getting upset or getting into controversy, Amaia Montero decided to take the situation with humor and respond in the most disarming way possible: laughing at herself.
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days after the broadcast of the special, the artist published on her social networks a photograph in which she appeared lying on a bed and wrapped in the same dress, literally using it as if it were a comforter. He accompanied the image with an ironic message: “A quilt, my way,” a phrase that plays with both the criticism and the lyrics of the song he performed on New Year's Eve, which included the verse “I believe in God my way.” The publication immediately went viral and was celebrated by followers and media as an example of naturalness and well-understood self-criticism.
Instead of fueling the debate about whether the look was correct or not, the singer chose to laugh at the situation, showing that she is living this new stage with a lighter and more carefree attitude. As if this were not enough, Van Gogh's Ear wanted to 'add more fuel to the fire' of that moment of joke and humor with a comment that has left us spinning: “You're not bringing it on tour are you?”
Concerned about the possible lack of space in the dressing rooms and backstage, the group has also entered into the game of turning around criticism and generating conversation on social networks and headlines in the media (like this one). Let them talk about me even if it's bad says that advertising maxim.
And it is that to Amaia Montero and Van Gogh's Ear Their musical comeback has led them to try to be as impervious as possible to negative comments and hate on social media. The San Sebastian group is clear that what is important now is music: “They are not melodies. Nor rhythms. Nor are they words. They are a summer, a person, a trip… They are not songs, it is our life.”
