“Cool,” meanwhile, was a synthy, mid-tempo ballad about finding peace with an ex years later (“After all that we’ve been ...

Nearly twenty years after Gwen Stefani’s controversial Harajuku Girls era, the ‘Rich Girl’ defended herself against cultural appropriation claims by saying that she’s a &#82… ...

Criticism of cultural appropriation has long preceded the singer's "Harajuku Girls" era. In the 1990s, Stefani wore a bindi, a Hindu symbol traditionally worn on the forehead by women for ...

In 2005, Stefani launched her so-called Harajuku era while walking the red carpet at that year’s Grammy Awards with a quartet of “Harajuku girls,” named for the fashion-forward Tokyo ...

The Harajuku Girls singer claimed she was Japanese on two different occasions during the 32-minute interview with an Asian American reporter Gwen Stefani was infamously inspired by Japanese ...

Gwen Stefani is once again addressing longstanding charges of cultural appropriation, doubling down on her controversial Harajuku era.. The "Hollaback Girl" singer, 53, has faced decades of ...

Musician Gwen Stefani and dancers The Harajuku Girls pose for a portrait during the 2004 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Dec. 8, 2004 in Las Vegas. Getty Images ...

Gwen Stefani's "Harajuku Girls" hold bags from her L.A.M.B. fashion line in 2008. (Photo by Marcel Thomas/FilmMagic) The backlash on social media was swift with people writing, ...