Blake Shelton is facing backlash for the debut of a song titled “Minimum Wage,” as people in America continue to struggle amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“The Voice” coach debuted the new single on NBC’s New Year’s Eve television special alongside Carson to help Daly call in 2021. The country singer told the host that his fiancé, Gwen Stefani, helped her brother, Todd, direct the video .
The new song from the artist has to do with his love for the 51-year-old “Hollaback Girl” singer and has lyrics in the chorus that upset many who saw the broadcast.
“Girl, your love can make a man feel rich on a minimum wage.”
Considering that the coronavirus pandemic has caused many businesses to shut down and countless Americans out of work, people were quick to take to Twitter to paralyze the singer for releasing a song they thought was “tone deaf”. the current climate.
“The irony of listening to millionaire Blake Shelton sing about ‘love at minimum wage’ in late 2020 may have been lost to the target audience,” one user wrote.
“I love his music, but the minimum wage timing isn’t great. With so many people out of work and struggling, the song feels a little deaf. I would like to hear songs that are more personal. I wish he wrote more of his own because he’s a great songwriter, ” another wrote in a tweet that was unavailable as of Sunday.
Someone else agreed, to write“Does anyone else think Blake Shelton’s song” Minimum Wage “is incredibly tone-deaf for the current state of our country?”
Please apologize to everyone for your ‘minimum wage’ song. From what I’ve read, you’ve turned a lot of people out at a time when we need songs of hope and charity, no more bullshit about how much you and Gwen are in love. What an insult to all of us. Boooooo, ” added a more blunt user.
“What !? @blakeshelton is #MinimumWage even real? Yeah, of course @gwenstefani can make a guy on a minimum wage feel rich because she’s a millionaire. Are you working at the Home Depot or something? Want my rent?” Pay? ” someone else concluded.
The song hasn’t been fully released yet, and Shelton has yet to publicly respond to the backlash on social media.
As of Thursday morning, the novel coronavirus has infected more than 82,791,115 people in 191 countries and territories, killing at least 1,806,478. In the US, all 50 states plus the District of Columbia have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, with more than 19,744,737 illnesses and at least 350,000 deaths.
A Shelton representative did not immediately return a request for comment.