They say all publicity is good publicity.

This is an example of a time where this is not correct.

Redfoo, Lil Jon and whoever those other guys are have just released a new song called “Literally, I Can’t.” The media has gone nuts about it, which is clearly what they wanted. But this isn’t good publicity, and infamy is not as good as fame. The world collectively hates Redfoo right now. I’m okay with that.

Literally, I can’t think of a more vapid, offensive song to have come out recently. Not only is it offensive, the track itself is horrible.

Literally, I can’t believe Redfoo is tasked with the responsibility of speaking to, nay, mentoring young men and women each day on The X-Factor

Literally, I can’t think of one single reason that an idiot like this is so popular.

Fun fact: Redfoo’s father is Berry Gordy.  Berry Gordy founded Motown Records and essentially invented the genre. Yep, Redfoo’s dad is one of the most influential, important figures in contemporary African American music history. The man responsible for the careers of The Supremes. The Jackson 5. Stevie Wonder. Marvin Gaye. Erykah Badu and more. Not to mention the extremely important role that motown played in racial integration through music and entertainment during a particularly volatile era of modern American history.

I’d be rolling in my grave if I was Berry Gordy right now.

My initial thoughts:

1. Stupid usage of the word ‘literally.’
2. A terrible, horrible, no good, very bad song. Regardless of the lyrics and the video, this song is shite.
3. Offensive, misogynistic lyrics that not only seem to encourage peer pressure and humiliate women who, for some mysteriously inexplicable reason, wouldn’t want to party with Redfoo and his idiot friends, but they also seem to promote aggressive peer pressure which some may say, leads to a promotion of ‘rape culture.’

The video description: “The #LIC sorority sisters … show face at the hottest party on campus. Unable to resist what the boys have to offer, they’re transformed one at a time into girls gone wild until the only one left standing is the uptight president who’s forced out of the party.”

So these girls are pressured to drink, dance, go ‘girl on girl’ etc. They say no, so Lil Jon stops yelling “WHAT” and “YEAH”, and, voraciously expanding on his puny vocabulary, yells “SHUT THE FUCK UP” as the Douche Brigade close in on the girls and start to basically rub up against them and make them feel so uncomfortable that they give in and party.

Redfoo then says stuff like, “You got a big ol’ butt…. but you annoying cause you talking,” and “I’m trying to see what ya got, not try to hear what you think.” and then asks girls to twerk, not talk, and maybe he’ll post about them on social media. The guys in the vid continuously physically harass the girls until they relent. They scream ‘SHUT THE FUCK UP’ at them when they say no to alcohol and sexual advances. They’re bullied and pressured because of their decision to say no – to a gaggle of imbeciles, no less.

I am disgusted that a song like this is being released today. I was surprised enough by the popularity of LMFAO’s unbelievably stupid songs, but I could understand the appeal. I can’t imagine any radio station playing this. Some sites are saying that he’s going to be fired from the X-Factor as a result. I hope so. I don’t like the show, but it’s hugely influential and viewed by millions. He doesn’t deserve the airtime.

Redfoo has responded to the epic backlash with these Tweets:

“Another example of critics victimizing an artist by purposely misinterpreting his/her work to support a pre-existing agenda. #literallyicant”

“Facto #3: @Playnskillz @liljon @enertiamcfly & I made a comical party song to satisize the clicke #literallyicant. Some get it, some don’t.”

Satire? Comedy? Pre-existing agendas? Redfoo I think you’re in need of a serious education.

This song is LITERALLY the opposite of everything that anybody with a moral compass and influence over young people should be promoting.

Maybe the song was created specifically to give Channel Seven an excuse to get him off the air?

Let’s take ‘Literally I Can’t’ as an exercise. Let’s look at everything in, around and about this video, and do literally the opposite.