Olivia Rodrigo has found herself in hot water after fans accused her of using a "blaccent" in resurfaced Instagram videos.
The 'Drivers License' singer, 18, has been accused of "constantly" using African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) in her past videos, as some fans demanded an apology from her.
On Wednesday, July 28, a Twitter user shared past clips of the singer as she held up her phone and said: "I be trending. That’s crazy!"
Other videos show the 'Good 4 U' hitmaker say was "emotional AF" and regularly used words like "y'all" and "Imma."
Alongside the clip, the Twitter user wrote: "olivia rodrigo constantly uses AAVE and it is pissing me off. the blaccent…"
That same critic then found past tweets written by the singer, which included her use words such as "homegirl" and "crine".
"If you thinks that’s all here is a bunch of tweets that make me cringe," the Twitter user wrote.
In response to Olivia’s tweet in which she said she’s "crine," the critic wrote: "You use crine when you are LAUGHING when something is FUNNY…"
Other social media users took to Twitter to slam Olivia for using a “blaccent,” as one person wrote: "Really? As a black woman I think this post is actually more offensive than what you’re actually accusing her of. Just realize that most of pop culture is influenced by black culture.
"'Gen z slang' is literally just mostly AAVE getting more and more popular. Olivia is a kid that’s growing up in a time where black culture is influencing society so much to the point where people don’t even know that they are being influenced by black culture."
Another person called out the "double standard" of Olivia using AAVE slang, writing: "I think the problem here is the double standard... it's cool and trendy for non-black people to talk like that but black people are still scolded for using aave even though they invented it."
Another then added: "I can see why ppl don’t think it’s that serious, but for me this is just annoying bc at the end of the day black folks definitely get discriminated against for using AAVE.
"Technically she’s not hurting anyone BUT she is perpetuating some mess and imma DOG HER for it."
But while some critics have slammed the singer, others have rushed to her defense.
One fan wrote: "Though i understand where everyone is coming from on this, i do believe a lot of this slang shes using is coming from social media (mostly tiktok) these days, and i feel like it’s adapted into so many ppls vocab. you cant stray from it :/ (coming from a black woman)."
Another added: "Do people not realise, if you are brought up in an environment where everyone is using words like 'homegirl, gurl, sis, etc etc' people are bound to pick up something. Making this an issue when it shouldn’t be. Please touch grass."
The singer has not yet publicly commented on the backlash.