Blake Shelton faces reaction for releasing a song titled “Minimum Wage” as people in America continue to struggle amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The coach of “The Voice” released the new single on NBC’s New Year’s Eve television special alongside Carson Daly to help sound it out in 2021. The country’s singer told the host that his fiancée, Gwen Stefani, helped her brother, Todd, direct the video.
The artist’s new song has to do with his love for the 51-year-old singer, “Hollaback Girl”, and contains lyrics to the heart that upset many people who watched the show.
“Girl, your love can make a man feel rich with the minimum wage.”
Given that the coronavirus pandemic has led to the closure of many businesses and left countless Americans unemployed, people rushed to take to Twitter to assault the singer for posting a song they believed was “to deaf “given the current climate.
“The irony of hearing a millionaire Blake Shelton sing about ‘love for the minimum wage’ in late 2020 could be lost on his target audience,” wrote a user.
“I love his music, but the minimum wage schedule isn’t great. With so many unemployed and struggling people, the song feels a little dull. I’d like to hear more personal songs. I want him to write more of his stuff because he is an incredible songwriter ”. wrote another in a tweet that was not available as of Sunday.
Someone else agreed, write: “Does anyone else find Blake Shelton’s ‘Minimum Wage’ song incredibly deaf to the current state of our country?”
“Apologize to everyone for the ‘minimum wage’ of your song. From what I’ve read, you’ve lost a lot of people at a time when we need songs of hope and charity, no more shit about how much you’re in love with yourself and Gwen. What an insult to all of us. Boooooo ” added a more forceful user.
“What !? @blakeshelton is #WinimumWage even real? Yes, of course, @gwenstefani can make a minimum wage guy feel rich because he’s a millionaire. Are you working at Home Depot now or something? Want to pay my rent? ” someone else concluded.
The song has not yet been fully released and Shelton has not yet publicly commented on the reaction on social media.
On Thursday morning, the new coronavirus infected more than 82,791,115 people in 191 countries and territories, killing at least 1,806,478. In the United States, the 50 states plus the District of Columbia have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, totaling more than 19,744,737 diseases and at least 350,000 deaths.
A Shelton representative did not immediately return any requests for comment.