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Women should ‘shut the f**k up’: Is this the most offensive song of 2014?

X FACTOR judge Redfoo has defended his appearance in a shocking new music video in which he says women are “annoying” and need to “shut the f**k up.”

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November 10, 2014 - 4:19PM
Oh you are just the worst.
Oh you are just the worst.

UPDATE: Singer and X Factor judge Redfoo has taken to social media this afternoon to defend his part in the music video for Literally I Can’t, which has faced a barrage of criticism.

The song has caused an uproar for its offensive lyrical content, with Redfoo and rapper Lil’ Jon repeatedly telling a group of females who reject their advances to “shut the f**k up.”

Despite the threatening lyrics, Redfoo claims the song has been ‘misinterpreted’ and that, as an artist, he is being victimised:

He’s also refuted one widely-quoted line from the song, with media outlets reporting that he calls women ‘sluts’ during his verse. “The word ‘slut’ never appears in the lyrics of #LiterallyICant,” he tweeted today. Here are the lyrics in question:

“You got a big ol’ butt, I can tell by the way you walkin’. But you an annoying BEEP/ Cos you talkin, ugh.”

We’re going to give Redfoo the benefit of the doubt and trust that his self-censoring ‘BEEP’ wasn’t a stand-in for the word ‘slut’ - despite the fact that it rhymes with the ‘butt’ in the first half of the couplet. But what word did you mean then, Redfoo?

Here’s how we brought you news of the song yesterday:

THERE’S still about seven weeks left in the year, but we’re gonna call it: this is the worst song of 2014.

Literally I Can’t is a collaboration between production duo Play-N-Skillz, rapper Lil’ Jon, Sideshow Bob lookalike Redfoo and someone named Enertia McFly. Released to YouTube at the start of the month, the dance track has since drawn heavy criticism not just because it’s objectively terrible (it is), but because of the appalling attitudes the singers offer up regarding women and the issue of consent.

In the music video, the ‘Literally I can’t’ women are prim, conservatively dressed sorority sisters who arrive at a raucous house party and rebuff the advances of the drunken frat bros inside with the refrain “Literally, I can’t.”

Oh you are just the worst.
Oh you are just the worst.

The irresistible invitations these girls are refusing? Tequila shots, an invite to the afterparty and a request to watch them engage in some ‘girl on girl’. Charming.

After responding “Literally, I can’t” to each of these offers, the girls get rushed and tackled by the boozed-up jocks, and rapper Lil’ Jon shouts his instruction to them, which acts as the chorus for the whole wretched song: An aggresive demand for women to “SHUT THE F**K UP!”

Got that, fellas? If a girl rebuffs your invitation to get wasted and fool around, just tell her to “Shut the f**k up” and do whatever you were going to do anyway.

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, Australian X Factor judge and lover of terrible budget eyewear Redfoo pops up to rap the song’s second verse. Brace yourself:

“Shhh ... I said jump on the pole; I didn’t need your opinion ... I’m trying to see what you got, not trying to hear what you think.”

Redfoo: Literally, we can’t. This makes Party Rock Anthem sounds like Imagine.

If all that’s not enough to make you loathe the song, it’s also coming under fire with allegations of plagiarism — many have pointed out that the ‘Literally, I can’t’ refrain was used to far more humorous effect in a video posted by Vine user ‘Juliet’ in May, captioned ‘White Girl Anthem’ and since played more than 14 million times.

Ugh. Just ugh. The really depressing thing about all this? Literally I Can’t will probably be number one by Christmas.

Originally published as Women should ‘shut the f**k up’: Is this the most offensive song of 2014?

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