Twitter Is Not Very Happy With Redfoo Over This Whole ‘Literally I Can’t’ Business
"You annoyin' me 'cause you talkin'/Shut the fuck up."
“Popular “musician” Redfoo is in a little bit of hot water after releasing a song so sexist, creepy and generally terrible it makes ‘Blurred Lines’ around like Aretha Franklin’s ‘Respect’. The lyrics include charming phrases like “You got a big ol’ butt/I can tell by the way you walkin’/But you annoyin’ me, ’cause you talkin'” and has a refrain which is literally just a bunch of dudes screaming “shut the fuck up!” at women.
You can listen to it below if you missed your regular wake-me-up smack in the back of a head with a cricket bat this morning.
Naturally, this took about eight seconds to blow up in everyone’s faces, because women are getting very antsy about being told to shut up and be sex objects for giant man-children these days for some inconceivable reason. A Change.org petition to pressure Channel 7 into sacking Redfoo from the judging panel of X Factor Australia has already garnered almost 6,000 signatures, and Redfoo is finally getting notifications on Twitter for once, although probably not the kind he’d like.
@RedFoo #LiterallyICant believe that you are trying to excuse this. It’s a song telling women to shut up when they say no to mens’ demands
— Emma Horsburgh (@emmaLhorsburgh) November 11, 2014
I think you’ll find #Redfoo‘s new song is actually about ethics in games journalism. #literallyicant — Katharine Nicholson (@the_cheshirekat) November 11, 2014
I listened to all 4 mins of #LiterallyICant and I’m left to wonder why these overgrown man-babies feel entitled to ANY women’s attention.
— Clementine Ford (@clementine_ford) November 11, 2014
Look, gross sexism aside, it’s just a terrible song #LiterallyICant — courtney robinson (@courtney_ro) November 11, 2014
Redfoo heroically took to the airwaves to defend himself, claiming the song isn’t sexist because it doesn’t use the word “slut”, using the classic “no one can take a joke!” defence favoured by enterprising deadshits everywhere, and reiterating that he Just Loves Everyone So Much You Guys, So Much Love For You All Right Now.
Another example of critics victimizing an artist by purposely misinterpreting his/her work to support a pre-existing agenda. #LiterallyICant
— Redfoo (@RedFoo) November 11, 2014
Fact #1: The word “slut” never appears in the lyrics of #LiterallyICant. @amynelmes @TheFIXninemsn #GetYourFactsStraight #NoGreyArea — Redfoo (@RedFoo) November 11, 2014
Fact #2: I love & respect women and feel they are the most powerful people on this planet! #LiterallyICant
— Redfoo (@RedFoo) November 11, 2014
Fact #3: @PlaynSkillz @LilJon @EnertiaMcFly & I made a comical party song to satirize the cliche #LiterallyICant. Some get it, some don’t. — Redfoo (@RedFoo) November 11, 2014
Considering Australia’s recently gotten a taste for riding sexist douchebags out of town on a rail, this probably isn’t the last we’ve heard of the whole thing.
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