Blake Shelton is facing side effects because he debuted a song called “The Minimum Wage,” while people in America continue to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Coach “The Voice” debuted the new single on NBC’s New Year’s Eve television with Carson Daly to help make the call in 2021. The country singer told the host that her fiancée, Gwen Stefani, helped her brother Todd to direct the video.
The artist’s new song is related to his love for the 51-year-old singer, “Hollaback Girl” and contains a choral lyrics that upset many people who saw the broadcast.
“Girl, your love can make a man feel rich with the minimum wage.”
Given that the coronavirus pandemic has shut down many businesses and laid off countless Americans, people rushed to Twitter to play the singer because they released a song they thought was “deaf,” having considering the current climate.
“The irony of listening to a millionaire Blake Shelton sing about ‘love for the minimum wage’ at the end of 2020 could be lost to his target audience,” wrote a user.
“I like his music, but the schedule for the Minimum Wage is not great. With so many people out of work and struggling, the song feels a little dull. I would like to hear songs that are more personal. I want to write more things because he is an incredible songwriter. ” wrote another in a tweet that wasn’t available since Sunday.
Someone else agreed, written: “Does anyone else find Blake Shelton’s song ‘Minimum Wage’ as incredibly deaf to the current state of our country?”
Please apologize to everyone for your “minimum wage” song. From what I’ve read, you’ve left a lot of people at a time when we need songs of hope and charity, no more nonsense about how much you and Gwen fall in love. What an insult to us all. Boooooo ” added a more blunt user.
“What !? @blakeshelton is #MinimumWage even real? Yes, of course, @gwenstefani can make a low-wage guy feel rich because he’s a millionaire. Do you work at Home Depot now or something? Do you want me 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, resulting in at least 1,806,478 deaths. In the United States, all 50 states plus the District of Columbia reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, accounting for more than 19,744,737 diseases and at least 350,000 deaths.
A representative for Shelton did not immediately return a request for comment.