Today, we meet up with Anitta in the June-July 2023 issue of Harper’s Bazaar US, where she wears Dior on the cover in a fashion story lensed by Emmanuel Sanchez-Monsalve [IG].

Fashion editor Yashua Simmons chooses bodycon, sophisticated, sensual fashion from Chanel, David Laport, Givenchy, Gucci, Jade Swim, Marc Jacobs, Rick Owens, Skims and more./ Hair by Tamas Tuzes, make-up by Laura Stiassni

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd conducts the interview for the cover story “Let Anitta’s Global Takeover Begin."

Good News About the De Beers Necklace

Because the interview touches on social justice issues, AOC notes that the star is wearing a De Beers necklace on the cover. For any of us who are social justice warriors, AOC shares the good news that De Beers and the government of Botswana signed a landmark agreement two weeks ago that not only advanced De Beers sustainability commitments, but put Botswana on a path to equal sharing with De Beers in diamonds being mined.

Anitta’s Very Fine Mind

Anitta sings in Portuguese, Spanish and English, and she is also conversant in French and Italian. In her increasingly storied adult life, Anitta’s skills in being a polygot [one who speaks five or more languages] make her an important candidate for brain science. Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts and also the University of Geneva in Switzerland might like her to find time for functional MRIs (fMRIs), brain scans, to measure Anitta’s brain activity.

It’s probable that Anitta’s fifth album, Versions of Me with the mega hit ‘Envolver’, released in 2022 and spanning pop, reggaeton, hip-hop, and funk carioca—the percussive electronic dance music that emerged from Rio’s impoverished favelas in the 1980s—could qualify her for long-term study when her global pop star schedule permits it.