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Don Arnold—WireImage Redfoo poses at Marquee Nightclub on Aug. 12, 2014 in Sydney. Calls it "satire" More When Past Presidents Are Judged by Today’s StandardsConfronting the Future of New Orleans’ Confederate PastThe History That Links Trump and Putin Rapper Redfoo, better known as one half of LMFAO, is making waves this week for his involvement in Play-N-Skillz’s new video for “Literally I Can’t.” The Twitter backlash was swift, probably because the music video is one of the most unabashedly sexist videos in recent memory — it’s about mocking a group of (unbelievably stereotyped) sorority girls who show up at a frat house and refuse to do what the frat brothers tell them to do. Redfoo tweeted his response to the entirely predictable anger Monday night, calling the song “satire.” So why are people so annoyed? Let’s start with the song, which features these lines of timeless beauty: “While I’m at my motherf*cking table and I’m trying to dance, don’t f*cking talk to me” “You got a big o’l butt, I can tell from the way you’re walking / but you annoy me, because you’re talking” “Shhh.. don’t talk about it be about it / work it, and twerk it, and maybe I’ll tweet about it.” These all occur amid the charming, melodious refrain of “Shut the f*ck up.” But it gets worse. The whole “plot” of the music video is mocking preppy girls who refuse to drink or do “girl on girl” stuff at a frat party. Every time they’re asked to do something degrading they say “I Literally Can’t,” and that refusal is the central “joke” of the video. Nice one, considering the ongoing conversation about sexual assaults at campus fraternities. You can watch the full video here. The song is by Play-N-Skillz, but features Redfoo, Lil Jon and Enertia McFly — none of the other associated artists have made public statements about the controversy on Twitter, but Play-N-Skill and Enertia McFly retweeted Redfoo’s attempted justification. But the backlash is building steadily — there’s already a Change.org petition demanding that Australian Channel 7 (home of Australia’s talent show, X Factor, which Redfoo helps to judge) sever ties with Redfoo, and it’s gotten almost 5,000 signatures. And listeners are taking to Twitter to voice their outrage: Real nice to see @RedFoo promoting some healthy attitudes toward women. "But you an annoying slut, cause ya talkin" Your Mum will be stoked. — Matty Whiting (@thisismerelaxin) November 11, 2014 Look, gross sexism aside, it's just a terrible song #LiterallyICant — Courtney Robinson (@courtney_ro) November 11, 2014 Redfoo at first appeared a little defensive on Twitter: Another example of critics victimizing an artist by purposely misinterpreting his/her work to support a pre-existing agenda. #LiterallyICant — Redfoo (@Redfoo) November 11, 2014 But then attempted to justify the song: Fact #1: The word "slut" never appears in the lyrics of #LiterallyICant. @amynelmes @TheFIXninemsn #GetYourFactsStraight #NoGreyArea — Redfoo (@Redfoo) November 11, 2014 Fact #2: I love & respect women and feel they are the most powerful people on this planet! #LiterallyICant — Redfoo (@Redfoo) November 11, 2014 Fact #3: @PlaynSkillz @LilJon @EnertiaMcFly & I made a comical party song to satirize the cliche #LiterallyICant. Some get it, some don’t. — Redfoo (@Redfoo) November 11, 2014 Not buying it, because literally, I can’t. Read next: Nicki Minaj Apologizes for Video With Nazi Imagery Sign up for THE BRIEF and more view example ____________________ Submit Tap to read full story 0 0 Read Next Your browser is out of date. Please update your browser at http://update.microsoft.com * Home * U.S. * Politics * World * Business * Tech * Health * Science * Entertainment * Newsfeed * Living * Ideas * Parents * Sports * History * The TIME Vault * Magazine * Subscribe * Give a Gift * TIME Shop * Newsletters * Customer Service * Site Map * Privacy Policy * Your California Privacy Rights * Terms of Use * Advertising * Ad Choices Ad Choices © 2016 Time Inc. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.com VIP [p?c1=2&c2=6035728&c3=&c4=&c5=&c6=&c15=&cv=2.0&cj=1]