Blake Shelton defends his recent song “Minimum Wage” after getting setbacks for some of the lyrics.
Some people called the song “tone deaf” because Shelton sang about the minimum wage when he had not been on it for years.
“I feel like there are people these days who do not want to know the truth,” the 44-year-old country star said. “They just want to hear what they want to hear, and they want to fight.”
“No matter what your intention is, no matter what the truth is, they want it to be something they can be upset about so they can get on social media and try to get a headline,” he added.
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The ‘Voice’ coach called ‘Minimum Wage’ ‘a’ love song ‘and described how he should talk when times are tough, as long as you love and are happy – at the end of the day it’s all of us can really hope. ‘
He said love is “all that matters” and “if it is offensive to you, we will just have to agree not to agree.”
Blake Shelton defended his song ‘Minimum Wage’ after setback online for the lyrics.
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Instead, Shelton criticized “only four or five people who probably know nothing about country music.”
Shelton performed the song during NBC’s New Year’s Eve television event. “Girl, your love can make a man feel rich on minimum wage,” he sang.
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“The irony of listening to a millionaire Blake Shelton at the end of 2020 singing about ‘love at a minimum wage’ could be lost on his target audience,” wrote one user.
“I like his music, but the timing for Minimum Wage is not great. With so many people not working and struggling, the song feels a bit dull. I would like to hear songs that are more personal. Wish he wrote more of his own stuff, because he’s an amazing songwriter, ” said another.
Someone else agreed, writing: “Does anyone else find Blake Shelton’s’ Minimum Loon ‘song incredibly deaf to the current state of our country?’
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Shelton said his fiancée, Gwen Stefani, helped direct her brother, Todd.
The artist’s new song has to do with his love for the 51-year-old ‘Hollaback Girl’ singer and contains a lyric in the chorus that upsets many people who have seen the broadcast.
Fox News’ Tyler McCarthy contributed to this report.