Shawn Mendes finally dropped some new music… and fans can’t help but feel bamboozled.
23.05.2023 - 21:41 / usmagazine.com
Clapping back. Alabama Barker responded to critics after a teaser for her new rap song drew backlash from social media users.
“I’m tired of people saying I don’t know anything about rap music, I wasn’t raised around rap music, I wasn’t anything,” the influencer, 17, said in a since-deleted TikTok video, per People. “So, let’s take a little field day into my life because you guys know it so well.”
The teen then shared a photo of herself posing next to Nicki Minaj, who toured with her dad, Travis Barker, as opening acts on Lil Wayne‘s 2011 I Am Music II tour. “This tour was when I was about 5 years old,” Alabama recalled. “[I was] 5 years old watching her set every day. I knew every lyric.”
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The California native also showed fans a picture of herself with the “A Milli” rapper, 40. “Just more proof to the pudding because I ‘didn’t grow up around rap music,'” Alabama said before revealing that she was on set when Rihanna shot the 2007 “Umbrella” music video.
“Since I could walk, I was in the music industry. I was watching my dad perform in punk bands, rock bands, in rap concerts, everything,” Alabama told her followers. “So, for the people that say, ‘Oh, she doesn’t know anything about rap music. She didn’t grow up around rap music. Why is she doing this? Why is she doing that?’ I’ve been influenced by rap my entire upbringing and punk rock.”
The Meet the Barkers alum added: “I know I am privileged, and I’m beyond grateful for that and blessed. It’s not OK for people to make fun of or disrespect any culture at all. So, if me being a rapper bugs you, then you can just keep moving and stop commenting.”
The reality star went on to respond to critics of her
Shawn Mendes finally dropped some new music… and fans can’t help but feel bamboozled.
Shawn Mendes has been accused of attempting to profit off the wildfire smoke engulfing New York City with the release of his new song. Mendes surprise dropped his song "WHAT THE H--- ARE WE DYING FOR?" on Friday at midnight.The promotional material for the song used a photo of the New York City skyline. New York City has been hit with an orange haze as more than 100 wildfires burned in Quebec on Tuesday.The city is experiencing the worst air quality in recorded history due to the Canadian wildfires, per FOX Weather’s analysis of EPA historical data.
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canceling his Wonder Tour in July 2022 to focus on his mental health, so fans were excited to get a new song.The “Mercy” singer has long been vocal about the dangers of climate change, but many fans also questioned Mendes’ decision to use the devastating results of wildfires to promote the song.“Shawn Mendes turning the fire smoke pollution into single cover art is sending me into orbit,” one person wrote.“Not Shawn Mendes using a photo of the NYC fire to promote his new song,” another said.“Shawn Mendes did not just slap some words on a picture of Smokey a-s NYC and used it as cover art,” someone tweeted.“Not Shawn using the air quality in new york as promo for a new song,” a fan commented.People also made their thoughts known in the comments of his Instagram post announcing the single.“Canada burning was just Shawn Mendes promo?” one questioned.“Bro saw an opportunity and took it,” another wrote.A post shared by Shawn Mendes (@shawnmendes)“Ppl are dying in wildfires n getting sick by the poor air quality n u rlly decided to make it ur aesthetic?” a disappointed fan commented.“Did bro actually commercialize New York’s climate lmao,” one person said.“Why are you trying to profit off a natural disaster,” someone asked.Some fans speculated that the song was actually about his relationship status with Camila Cabello, 26, rather than actually about the wildfires because of some of the lyrics.“Smoke in the air/ the city’s burning down/ I want to speak/ but I don’t make a sound,” Mendes sings in the song. “Locked in my mind, you’re all I think about/ I want to save us, but I don’t know how.”“If we don’t love like we used to, if we don’t care like we used to, what the hell are we dying for?” he sings in the chorus.
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Kourtney Kardashian won't be trying any more rounds of IVF as she continues to hope for a baby with her husband,Travis Barker.The 44-year-old reality star has opened up in previous seasons of her family's reality series about exploring the possibility of having a child with Travis through in vitro fertilization, but later discussed the negative impacts the process had on her health.During Thursday's premiere of on Hulu, a giggling Kourtney and Travis tell her sister, Khloe Kardashian, that Kourtney is currently ovulating and then pop out of the room to… take care of business.When she returns, Kourtney explains that she and Travis are «officially done with IVF.»«We would love a baby more than anything,» Kourtney adds, but later notes, «Whatever's meant to be. We have a full, blessed life.»The IVF process proved difficult for Kourtney, who previously claimed that the medications her doctor provided for the treatment put her into «early menopause.»«It took a toll on me physically.
Travis Barker and model Shanna Moakler’s daughter, Alabama Barker, 17, clapped back at haters who judged her rap skills after she released a new song on TikTok last week.“I’m tired of people saying I don’t know anything about rap music,” said Alabama in a TikTok clip that was taken down on Monday, according to People.“Since I could walk, I was in the music industry. I was watching my dad perform in punk bands, rock bands, in rap concerts, everything.”“So, let’s take a little field day into my life because you guys know it so well.”Alabama took her haters down memory lane so they could understand she was destined for the music industry.She showed her 3.7 million TikTok followers photos of her posing with rap legends Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne while on tour with her dad, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.“So, the first thing that I’m going to point out is this tour.
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