It is not unlikely for songs to reference real-world scenarios and human experiences; while some transcend through the listeners' core, others make them think and become curious.
In the past few weeks, people have been engrossed in the Ryan Murphy-created new limited series on Netflix, "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story," a retelling of the story of one of the most notorious serial killers in the United States through the victim's perspectives.
The show had been criticized by the families' victims for exploiting their drama for their entertainment. This show of force has triggered a backlash on the show and, by extension, revisited songs that have referenced Dahmer too.
One of the many songs that social media has pointed out was Kesha's "Cannibal," which primarily and explicitly references her becoming hungry for men and even pulling a Jeffrey Dahmer.
Although Kesha has not publicly addressed the controversy, her mother, Pebe Sebert, stepped up and spoke her truth. Apparently, she was the one responsible for using Dahmer on the track. In a Tiktok video, Sebert addressed the issue once and for all.
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"At the time, Kesha and the other writer were too young to even know who Jeffrey Dahmer was. Literally, the way it happened was I have this rhyming program called MasterWriter for songwriters. We were looking for a rhyme for 'goner.' At the very end of the widest rhymes was 'Jeffrey Dahmer.' And I was like, 'Oh my god, that's the perfect lyric,'" Sebert revealed on a TikTok video she shot in Panama.
Kesha's Mother, Pebe Sebert, is currently in Central America for her non-profit organization, The Magic Mission. (via Billboard)
But despite the controversy, Kesha proceeded to perform the same song, but with the redacted controversial lyric at Hulu's "Huluween Dragstravaganza."
Public opinion on Twitter has shifted in the past few days, with more and more fans have sided with Kesha and Katy Perry about the Jeffrey Dahmer issue.
For them, people have been putting their anger in the wrong place - confused why people are dragging Kesha and Katy Perry for a song they made 10 years ago while Netflix greenlit the creation of "Monster," to which the families have publicly expressed their disapproval.
