MENCIPTA nama di luar negara dan terpaksa berdepan dengan pelbagai cabaran dari bangsa asing nyata bukan masalah utama bagi penyanyi Yuna.

Sebaliknya, penerimaan bangsa sendiri terhadap pendirian dan caranya itu adalah ujian paling besar buatnya.

Selepas dikritik sesetengah pihak gara-gara memeluk Usher dalam satu persembahan pentas, Yuna meluahkan rasa terkilannya tentang bagaimana mudah dia dihakimi oleh sebilangan rakyat Malaysia.

Lebih mengecewakan, 'penghakiman' datangnya daripada bangsanya sendiri.


"Crush" (Versi akustik)

Kata Yuna dalam status di akaun Instagram, dia tidak dapat menahan rasa kecewa apabila dihamburkan dengan kata-kata memalukan seperti 'perempuan sampah', yang datangnya daripada mereka yang berbangsa Melayu.

Throwback from when I was on Barney's campaign 2014 celebrating cultural differences, shot by Bruce Weber. I remember when this first came out I was so scared of posting it because I knew the extremely rude conservative Malays (mind you I'm conservative too) would attack me for revealing my neck. Honestly. At this moment I was comfortable. The stylists from Barney's were kind and respectful of my beliefs and let me wear this beautiful shirt dress. I get to pose with this lovely Punjabi couple along with a fellow half Malaysian model who later became my friend. People ask me what ethnicity I am I tell them I am Malay. Why can't you wear a short dress? I tell them I am Muslim. Someone once told me my experience is mine. No one else is living it. No one has lived it. Outsiders have the illusion that they can tell you how to live your life because- they have lived theirs letting OTHER people tell them how to live. My father always told me 'You make your own decision. You can think. Why do you have to listen to other people?' Isn't it weird, the biggest racism and discrimination that I've ever faced, was never from the Americans- it was from my own race. There I've said it. They call me 'perempuan sampah' and tell me to ''might as well go naked'. The worst, hurtful & sexist things I've ever had thrown to me, were from the lips of the Malays. All I can do is be patient. Allah is great. And Alhamdulillah for everything. So this is me. I will wear whatever I want. I will show my appreciation whether it's a handshake, or a hug, to my friends, this is me. Save your mediocre downgrading religious preach to yourself, they have no meaning to me. I have some Americans telling me to take my hijab off, and I tell them no. I have some Malays tell me to take my hijab off because 'from wearing a turban might as well take off your hijab', I tell them no too. I am me. Tada! Expect more candidness from your fun, happy, Yuna. May it inspire you to be yourself too without letting the toxic people around you define you or how you should be. No regrets, no hard feelings I will continue to empower women and men everywhere as long as I live inshaAllah. Lepas ni.. no filter! Yay!!

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"Kesemua perkataan, penghinaan, dan diskriminasi yang menyakitkan, datangnya dari mulut bangsa Melayu. Apa yang saya boleh lakukan hanya bersabar," kata Yuna dalam catatan itu.

Turut dimuat naik bersama status berkenaan Foto penglibatan beliau dalam sebuah kempen dengan kerjasama Barneys, sebuah rangkaian fesyen terkemuka di New York turut dimuat naik bersama status berkenaan.

Foto tersebut memaparkan Yuna berpakaian shirt dress dengan turban.

Kata Yuna, dia sentiasa mengingati kata-kata bapanya yang berpesan agar menjalani kehidupan sebagaimana yang diinginkan.


Yuna enggan berbahasa Inggeris semasa kecil

"Bapa berpesan agar saya buat keputusan sendiri. Saya boleh berfikir untuk diri sendiri, jadi mengapa mahu dengar apa yang orang lain cakap?"

Penghibur yang kini sedang sibuk dengan konsert jelajah di beberapa lokasi di Amerika Syarikat dan Eropah turut berpesan kepada peminat agar mengelakkan diri daripada terbabit dengan golongan manusia yang negatif.