In the light of the new Jeffrey Dhamer series on Netflix, fans are bashing Kesha over her 2010 song Cannibal.
Now, ever since Kesha hit the music scene back in early 2009, she’s been adored by thousands of fans.
She first came to fame in 2009 after featuring on American rapper Flo Rida’s single, “Right Round.”
Since then we’ve seen her propelled to the top of charts with tunes including “Tik Tok,” “Blah Blah Blah,” and “Your Love Is My Drug.”
At one point, she even gained the title of best-selling digital single in history with “Tik Tok.”
Fans have followed her every move as her career went from strength to strength.
As they fell in love with not only her music, but also her daring style.
But, fame and success hasn’t always been a positive thing for Kesha…
The star has been involved in a legal dispute with her former producer Dr. Luke since 2014.
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Known to many as, Kesha v. Dr. Luke, the pair have battled back and forth in a series of lawsuits.
Kesha accused Dr. Luke of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and employment discrimination.
While he sued Kesha and her mom for defamation and breach of contract.
Of course, fans have always had her back…
Until now.
Despite playing her songs on repeat for years, it turns out fans are only now noticing the correlation between one of her popular tracks and the serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
The lyrics are causing a heated debate online.
The new Netflix original series that everyone seems to be talking about is called ‘Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.’
It’s pretty straightforward as to what the series is about…
The story of one of the world’s most notorious serial killers, who murdered seventeen men and boys from 1978 to 1991, told from the perspective of his victims.
In the series, Dahmer is played by actor Evan Peter.
Since the show dropped, fans are finally noticing that Kesha’s 2010 song “Cannibal” actually refers to Dahmer.
And many are finding her lyrics problematic.
One Twitter user wrote: “Just remembered how gross that lyric in ‘Cannibal’ by Kesha is. no shade to her she’s great. same with Evan Peters, great actor but fuck this man should not be immortalized.”
Another tweeted: “It’s vile… the song ‘Cannibal’ by Kesha is literally about him she even says his name on it… there’s several others but I can’t remember what they’re called. His deaf victim is so heartbreaking.”
In the song, Kesha sings: “Your little heart goes pitter-patter, I want your liver on a platter.
“Be too sweet and you’ll be a goner, yeah, I’ll pull a Jeffrey Dahmer.
“I eat boys up, breakfast and lunch, then when I’m thirsty, I drink their blood.
“Carnivore, animal, I am a cannibal. I eat boys up, you better run.”
TikTok has also picked up on the song, with users sharing their disgust at her lyrics…
One person wrote on TikTok: “Has anyone looked up the lyrics to this song? So insensitive to Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims.”
“I never noticed, but using his name like some token in a song is insensitive to the victims and their families,” another remarked.
What do you think?