Liam Payne Releases ‘Both Ways,’ Gets Backlash Online
Liam Payne just dropped his new album LP1 today. He went on social media to thank his fans for the support. The singer wrote, “Blown away by this reaction already! Thanks to everyone that’s picked up the album so far, your support doesn’t go unnoticed.”
Blown away by this reaction already! Thanks to everyone that’s picked up the album so far, your support doesn’t go unnoticed 🙌🏼 #LP1 pic.twitter.com/G7SpF0SdVG
— Liam (@LiamPayne) December 6, 2019
Now Liam Payne is trending on Twitter. Unfortunately, it is for backlash. There is a song on Liam’s album called ” Both Ways.” In the song, he is talking about his girl being bisexual. Lyrics include, “My girl, she like it both ways/She like the way it all taste/Couple more, we’ll call it foreplay,” and. “Lovin’ the way that she’s turning you on/Switching the lanes like a Bugatti Sport/Nothing but luck that she got me involved, yeah/Flipping that body, go head, I go tails/Sharing that body like it’s our last meal/One and a two and a three, that’s for real.”
Fans, especially the LGBTQ+ community, are outraged by the song for “fetishizing” people’s sexual identities. The hashtag #liampayneisoverparty is currently trending on twitter, and people are very vocal about their opposition against the song.
One Direction fans are also bringing up a past incident Liam got heat for. According to E! News, Liam commented about not trusting Harry Styles (an LGBTQ+ ally) to babysit his son because of the influence he would have. He said, “I couldn’t rely on Harry ’cause I feel like my child would come out dressed in something that I just wouldn’t understand.”
Social media is especially invested in this because Harry Styles also released new music today. Along with anger towards Liam, there is a lot of pitting the former members against each other and comparing the two singers.
Read some of the heated tweets below.
bitch, i warned y'all years ago! lmao #liampayneisoverparty pic.twitter.com/uGYZI0oD4L
— tyler oakley // schedule pinned (@tyleroakley) December 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/bellatpwk/status/1203035791708053505
Anyways stream adore you by our unproblematic king Harry #liampayneisoverparty https://t.co/siOTtTzyvF
— morgan (@hsbabyangel) December 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/goldenvauIt/status/1203012098076397569
stan freddie mercury instead #liampayneisoverparty pic.twitter.com/PCmzCsICsf
— PINNED !! (@freddieshutton) December 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/hesaudrey/status/1203022312662065153
https://twitter.com/sugarshigh/status/1203028292099624962
https://twitter.com/adoregeorgia/status/1203013866634039298
https://twitter.com/TourEroda/status/1203020805170438146
https://twitter.com/brennugh99/status/1203043907006844929
https://twitter.com/onlyangvIs/status/1203056327716737025
when you belittle a man for dressing more feminine and expressing himself but come out with a song sexualizing bisexual women and “won’t judge” them.... #liampayneisoverparty pic.twitter.com/ioJh1L6ao2
— kiera🌙 (@colorfuIsides) December 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/deeplylovehes/status/1203023791527473158
