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Blake Shelton is catching some heat after debuting his new song “Minimum Wage” on New Year’s Eve. Folks on Twitter called the new tune “tone deaf,” especially amid the pandemic which has left millions unemployed and without work. Not to mention, Blake is a multimillionaire.
The song hasn’t been officially released yet, but this line will give you the gist of it:
“Girl, your love can make a man feel rich on minimum wage.”
Needless to say, Twitter had some thoughts…
Does anyone else find Blake Shelton’s “Minimum Wage” song to be incredibly tone deaf to our country’s current state?
— Kyle Kramer (@KYLE0REN) January 1, 2021
What!? @blakeshelton is #MinimumWage even for real? Yes of course @gwenstefani can make a dude on minimum wage feel rich cuz she’s a millionaire. Are you working at the Home Depot now or something? Wanna pay my rent?
— Kristin Ei (@ei_kristin) January 3, 2021
The irony of listening to a millionaire Blake Shelton singing about “love on minimum wage” at the end of 2020 might be lost on its target audience #NewYearsRockinEve
— Dr. Jolene Masone (@jkmbassoon) January 1, 2021
glad to see blake shelton read the fucking room before releasing his new song called….. minimum wage 🥴🥴
— kayla dunne (@kayla__dunne) January 2, 2021
A mega millionaire romanticizing minimum wage is peak 2020.
Blake Shelton can go fuck himself. pic.twitter.com/fidWgFAjED
— Julie loves Yang ✨🧢✨ (@mrsjulieholt) January 1, 2021
Losing my mind watching Blake Shelton, a man who has $100M, sing "Your love is money, you make me feel rich on minimum wage" to close out 2020
— Amber wants a Green New Deal 🌹 (@Amber_Dawn89) January 1, 2021
blake shelton singing “your love could make a man feel rich on minimum wage” just cements the fact that rich people have absolutely no fucking clue
— cece 🦇 (@cecemado) January 1, 2021
However, others felt it was aligned with the typical “common man” country narrative.
Country music is typically written from the point of view of the common man. So give @blakeshelton a break. Singing about minimum wage is no different than singing about dirt roads and cheap beer in solo cups. And stop looking for shit to bitch about.
— Ryan (@TheRyanPoland) January 2, 2021
Also sounds like Blake might’ve had a few too many on New Year’s Eve…
Blake Shelton drunk on #NBCNYE and producers cut that train wreck short
— Ron Fontaine, DS; CPLP, PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, (@RealRonFontaine) January 1, 2021
Blake Shelton must've been drunk as hell and Carson cued that video so damn fast. #NBCNYE
— Brittany Jones (@BrittMaya613) January 1, 2021
