Amid the recognition of Netflix’s Jeffrey Dahmer collection starring Evan Peters, persons are calling a number of well-known pop songs’ lyrics into query.
Apparently, many people had been unaware of who Jeffrey Dahmer was previous to the present’s airing, and now that they know, songs reminiscent of Kesha’s “Cannibal” are being thought-about controversial.
“Cannibal,” which got here out in 2010 and even went viral on TikTok in 2020, full with its personal dance, options the tongue-in-cheek lyric: “Be too candy and you will be a goner / Yeah, I am going to pull a Jeffrey Dahmer.“
Nonetheless, throughout Kesha’s recent performance for Hulu’s Huluween Dragstravaganza, the mic appeared to chop out when she sang the “Dahmer” a part of the road.
Now, Kesha’s mother Pebe Sebert, who co-wrote the monitor and particularly penned that line, has responded to the lyric’s “massive controversy” in a TikTok.
“On the time, Kesha and the opposite author had been too younger to even know who Jeffrey Dahmer was,” Sebert mentioned, explaining she used a rhyming program for songwriters and had been on the lookout for one thing to rhyme with “goner.”
“To not be insensitive to anyone whose households had been concerned on this and misplaced family members,” Sebert continued. “On the time, it was a tune that we had been writing about Kesha … Kesha was not the preferred lady in highschool. In a while when she bought well-known, all these guys that by no means paid any consideration to her had been coming round.”
“It was a tongue-in-cheek humorous tune. It was not really about cannibalism,” she added, apologizing to anybody who misplaced somebody as a consequence of Dahmer’s horrific crimes. She clarified they “actually by no means meant” to trigger ache or “make anyone really feel unhealthy” with the lyric.
“The tune’s been out for greater than 10 years. Jeffrey Dahmer was simply a part of the tradition again then. All people talked about him for a few years,” Sebert identified.
Watch Pebe Sebert’s full clarification video, under:
Commenters had been fast to defend each Kesha and the tune.
“Not y’all making Kesha’s mother apologize!” one particular person wrote.
“That line was genius!!! don’t allow them to cancel you guys!” one other commented.
Another person questioned why the road is simply now being referred to as controversial. “I’m simply shocked it took individuals 12 years to determine this reference???” they wrote.
In the meantime, a number of different artists have been referred to as out for making Jeffrey Dahmer references of their music.
As an example, on Katy Perry’s 2013 tune “Darkish Horse,” rapper Juicy J raps: “She’s a beast, I name her karma / She’ll eat your coronary heart out like Jeffrey Dahmer.“
Eminem has additionally included Dahmer-referencing lyrics on songs together with “Brainless,” “Should Be the Ganja” and “Bagpipes From Baghdad.”
