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Argentine President Javier Milei looked more like a rock star than an economist-turned-politician on stage Wednesday night, Reuters reported.

Wild-haired, clad in a black leather coat and jumping around as audience members waved and shouted, Milei belted out his version of the song "Panic Show," by Argentine band La Renga, ahead of the launch of his latest book.

"I'm the king. I'm the lion!" Milei shouted.

The libertarian leader, who took office in December, often depicts himself as a lion, fierce in slashing the South American nation's budget and trampling political conventions.

"I eat the elite for breakfast!" Milei continued, playing on the song's lyrics.

Milei has often targeted the political elite, whom he refers to as the "caste" that caused Argentina's economy to slide and inflation to balloon into the triple digits.

Critics of Milei, including opposition politicians, panned Wednesday's performance as cavalier at a time when Argentines are struggling to get by under his tight fiscal policy.

The president often sang at campaign events, and once caused a national stir for dressing up as an "anarcho-capitalist superhero" at an anime convention.