Nelly Furtado stuns in tiny hotpants as wows crowd at Boardmasters Festival
Pop icon Nelly Furtado wowed audiences with a quirky choice of outfit at the Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall on Saturday. The 47-year-old made sure all eyes were on her as she stunned in a pair of high-waisted green ruffled hotpants.
She paired it with a matching green wrap-around top and some giant furry sleeves as she sang some of her greatest hits including Maneater and I'm Like A Bird.
Nelly wore a pair of white boots with a chain detailing and accessorised with some tinted green sunglasses and silver earrings, necklace and bracelets. The performer was all smiles as she interacted with her fans in the audience. It comes after an exciting heatwave forecast with maps revealing the exact date a 39C heat plume will scorch the UK.
The singer is just one of the big-name acts performing at the sunny three-day festival, with several other huge names performing, including Raye, Leigh-Anne, Kaiser Chiefs, Krept and Kronan and The Prodigy.
The Canadian songwriter's colourful appearance comes after she revealed last year that her skin was often lightened in magazine photoshoots.
Nelly, whose parents immigrated from Portugal, told People: '"I have olive skin, and they'd kind of lighten my skin a lot in photos and kind of take my hips down all the time they would always cut off in editorials.'
She also mentioned that there was a 'lot of airbrushing' during her peak fame years. This isn't the first time she opened up about the worrying trend as her 2003 song Powerless had lyrics that stated: 'Paint my face in your magazines, Make it look whiter than it seems, Paint me over with your dreams, Shove away my ethnicity.'
Reflecting on her experience, she continued: '"By my second album, I guess I was kind of angry about it."
Despite these challenges, Nelly said she felt 'so lucky and blessed' and had a good team around her who were looking out for her best interests.
She's one of the most successful Canadian artists, having sold over 45 million records, including 35 million in album sales worldwide. Nelly first shot to fame when she released her trip hop inspired debut album, Whoa, Nelly! In 2000.
Her debut project was both a critical and commercial success, with two singles hitting the Billboard Top 100, namely I'm Like A Bird and Turn Off The Lights.
She released her second album, Folklore, in 2003 and this time around, she experimented with and explored her Portuguese heritage.
The legend went on to release a further five albums over a 14-year-span, with her latest offering, 7, releasing just last year.
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