A new song by a hit country band has been brewing controversy in the music world. Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” is riling some people with these provocative lyrics:
“I want to taste her lips
Yeah, ’cause they taste like you
I want to drown myself
In a bottle of her perfume
I want her long blonde hair
I want her magic touch
Yeah, ’cause maybe then
You’d want me just as much
I got a girl crush”
The song describes a woman’s jealousy towards her ex-lover’s new flame. But, some think it “promotes the gay agenda,” according to The Washington Post:
“In recent weeks, multiple radio stations from coast to coast have been inundated with similar complaints about “Girl Crush,” forcing several to take it out of a regular rotation. (Sample comments heard by a Texas program director: “You are just promoting the gay agenda on your station and I am changing the channel and never listening to you ever again!!”)”
Bobby Bones, one of the nation’s leading country music radio hosts, was baffled by the backlash against the song, Taste Of Country reports.
Bones brought it up to Karen Fairchild, one of the band’s singers, when Little Big Town visited his show:
“’Is it frustrating to you that here is your song — that is one of the Top 10 sellers for weeks and weeks and weeks — and people on the radio are still afraid to play it because they think it’s a ‘lesbian song?’ he asked them. ‘It would drive me insane!’
‘Just the fact that we’re still discussing that, number one, there’s so many problems with that whole issue,’ Fairchild replied. But it’s clear that ‘the gay agenda’ is still a hot-button topic at country radio, whose audience tends to be more conservative than the wider culture.”
There are many defenders who agree with Bones and the group, especially on social media:
The best song on the radio is barely ever on the radio.This is a major problem for country music. #GirlCrush
— Shane McAnally (@shanemcanally) March 25, 2015
Everyone's mad about Little Big Town's song "Girl Crush" but you're forgetting about Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl"
— Brit (@baxcvii) March 26, 2015
Radio pulls songs like @littlebigtown's #GirlCrush and yet songs that depict women as decorative tailgate candy are played nonstop.
— Danielle (@DanielleEBowers) March 27, 2015
STOP PULLING @littlebigtown 's #GIRLCRUSH FROM COUNTRY RADIO. IT'S A GREAT TRACK AND PEOPLE NEED TO CHILL.
— Greg Hicks (@GregoryMHicks) March 27, 2015
@littlebigtown #girlcrush is number 5 on country iTunes. Come on country radio. It's time to catch up and play songs we want to hear.
— Natalie Hemby (@nataliehemby) March 25, 2015
The country music industry has also weighed in positively:
“@amandashanks76: @martinamcbride What's your opinion of Little Big Town's song Girl Crush?” I think it's 1 of the best songs Ive heard ever
— Martina McBride (@martinamcbride) March 27, 2015
The controversy around #GirlCrush is ridiculous and is fueled by people that don't understand metaphors beyond dirt and truck.
— Baron Lane (@TwangNation) March 27, 2015
@LaLorenz @NYMirandaJunkE @littlebigtown Played this morning at 5 plays again at 4ish this afternoon. We've been playing it for weeks. NBD
— NASH FM 94.7 (@NASHFM947NY) March 26, 2015
Read @washingtonpost article about #GirlCrush I dont get! In fact I dont get so much, I am putting it in rotation @littlebigtown @965ksom
— Frank Rizzo (@RadioRizzo) March 27, 2015
Some think the song’s real message has gotten lost in the furor:
@HuffingtonPost Be intelligent, listen to the song. It's about jealousy, not being gay. #Smh Any way – who cares? Good song! @littlebigtown
— Patti Barker (@pattibarker) March 27, 2015
Here is one more example of ignorance in this country. This song is about jealousy. You don't like it? Turn it… http://t.co/PF4NggLZbd
— Tammy Dennings Maggy (@dochappycamper) March 27, 2015
Despite -or because of- the controversy, “Girl Crush” has been topping the country charts on iTunes. It currently holds the #17 spot on Top Country Billboard.
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