By ANI
WASHINGTON: American singer-songwriter Blake Shelton confronted backlash for debuting a tune titled ‘Minimum Wage’ whereas folks in America proceed to battle amid the coronavirus pandemic.
According to Page Six, the 44-year-old singer debuted the brand new single on NBC’s New Year’s Eve tv particular alongside Carson Daly to assist ring in 2021. The nation singer advised the host that his fiancee, Gwen Stefani, helped get her brother, Todd, to direct the video.
The artist’s new tune has to do together with his love for the 51-year-old ‘Hollaback Girl’ singer and incorporates a lyric within the refrain that upset many individuals who noticed the printed.
“Girl, your love can make a man feel rich on minimum wage.”
As reported by Page Six, given the truth that the coronavirus pandemic has brought about many companies to close down and put numerous Americans out of labor, folks have been fast to take to Twitter to criticise the singer for releasing a tune they believed was “tone deaf” given the present local weather.
“The irony of listening to a millionaire Blake Shelton singing about ‘love on minimum wage’ at the end of 2020 might be lost on its target audience,” one person wrote.
“I love his music but the timing for Minimum Wage isn’t great. With so many people out of work and struggling the song feels a little tone deaf. I’d like to hear songs that are more personal. Wish he wrote more of his own stuff because he’s an incredible song writer,” one other wrote in a tweet that was unavailable as of Sunday (native time).
Someone else agreed, writing: “Does anyone else find Blake Shelton’s “Minimum Wage” song to be incredibly tone deaf to our country’s current state?”
“What!? @blakeshelton is #MinimumWage even for real? Yes of course @gwenstefani can make a dude on minimum wage feel rich cuz she’s a millionaire. Are you working at the Home Depot now or something? Wanna pay my rent?” another person concluded.
As per Page Six, the tune has not but been totally launched and Shelton has but to publicly touch upon the backlash on social media.