Christina Aguilera took to Instagram on Tuesday to mark the top of the 12 months with a video montage celebrating her 2024 — alongside an empowering message of acceptance for her followers, amid ongoing commentary about her personal look.

The montage featured plenty of the 44-year-old pop diva’s hottest seems from the previous 12 months, in addition to efficiency footage with Sabrina Carpenter, dwelling movies along with her household and a ton of display pictures of feedback from her followers.

Lots of the feedback have been constructive — with some exclaiming issues like, “She acquired that mojo again and I am right here for it,” accusing her of sustaining her look with each time journey and witchcraft, all whereas demanding new music.

Others, nonetheless, weren’t as complimentary.

“Who’s that?” requested one, whereas one other mentioned, “I did not understand that was Christina she seems so totally different.” That pattern continued with feedback like, “That is not Christina are you severe?”, “Who is that this once more!? As a result of the caption mentioned Christina Aguilera, however this woman ain’t her,” “Faux” and “I do not assume that is her.”

One other even wrote, “I would not have acknowledged her, if I did not hear her voice.”

The video was set to lyrics from each Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hiss” and the Little Combine tune “Wasabi.”  Somebody, seemingly Aguilera, may also be heard saying, “Girls are all the time on some stage shamed, labeled, judged, we’re seen as labels to please different individuals. I would like to be ok with myself.”

“This 12 months, doing one thing a little bit totally different,” Aguilera captioned the video, earlier than showing to tackle the great and unhealthy feedback head-on with a reminder to her 10 million followers.

“This can be a reminder to everybody that you’re your OWN STORYTELLER in your OWN LIFE. Nobody else can dictate who you’re. Nobody deserves a proof,” she continued. “I’m advanced sufficient to know that nothing comes simple and nobody is ideal.”

“Everybody will choose you. Irrespective of WHAT you do. And/ or what you don’t do,” she added. “Acceptance comes with accepting your self first. And the troublesome journey it takes generally to get there.”

She went on to reward her followers for “taking the time to place one step in entrance of the subsequent on a regular basis to be able to construct the subsequent model of themselves for the higher” and permitting themselves “grace, persistence and respect.”

The video ends with Aguilera — from her look on The Drew Barrymore Present this 12 months — saying, “I had my messy moments, I had my nice moments, however I am simply glad I lived.”

There was additionally a promise that her story was “to be continued.”