Destiny’s Child Cater 2 U is next on twitters firing line

Cancel culture has been driven by social media calling out. People are speaking out more than ever and able to reach a global audience of people that can relate to them. This has been revolutionary in starting movements such as  #MeToo as well as crucial in the support of Black Lives Matter as well as raising awareness on what is happening in Palestine.

However, people are not only using the internet to speak out on injustice and critique governments and people in power but also anything from, tv shows, artists and even old music. 

Not y’all trynna cancel ‘Cater 2 U’ 😩 pic.twitter.com/Qcf5lnvASJ

— TheShadeRoom (@TheShadeRoom) June 14, 2021

 Not only are people calling out and cancelling people for recent events or behaviours some have taken it as far as cancelling songs they feel have problematic lyrics from decades ago. 

Most recently Destiny Child the girl group including Beyonce, Kelly Rowland and Mitchelle Williams has been under the firing line and under scrutiny for their 2004 hit Cater 2 U. The song is about all the loving things a woman may do to make her partner feel loved and appreciated… however under the gaze of today’s society it’s been interpreted in a different way. 

Unfortunately, the song hasn’t aged like a fine wine and gone sour. The slow jam we thought was a timeless classic has been torn down and analysed like an exam paper. This has gone as far as people petitioning to cancel the song as it’s ‘a slave song’. The news was stated on All About Laughs and has been circling through social media and has many non-gen Zers calling out on fake outrage and that things have gone too far as there are much more pressing issues we should be concerned about.  However, Twitter users have taken it as an opportunity to get a few laughs and retweets and taking the matter as purely a joke.

Twitter user @theBaddestMitch tweeted a thread showcasing all the ‘problematic’ lyrics to the song.

Me listening to “cater 2 u” pic.twitter.com/bvM7ykEODL

— Ari LaBeija (@TheBaddestMitch) June 5, 2021

 With the new wave of feminism encouraging women to be independent and treat themselves, a community of predominantly young people felt the song did the complete opposite and stood for the traditional view of women being more submissive in order to please their man. Older twitter users who grew up hearing the song disagreed and pointed out that men who treat their women right deserve to be catered to and loved the same way many women expect that level of love and treatment. 

The debate will remain but the question is how far will we go with Cancel Culture ?