Katy Perry faces backlash for romanticizing serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in her ‘Dark Horse’ lyrics

eAlthough Vin Katy Perry released her song “Dark Horse” For nearly a decade, the song’s lyrics have been questioned and the singer has been labeled as insensitive and disrespectful by some fans.

“Dark Horse” It was released in 2013 by Katy Perry and appeared Singer Jussie J like that. In one of his lines, the rapper mentions a serial killer Jeffrey Dahmerwhose crimes are now heading thanks to Netflix new series “The Beast: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”.

What is said in the words “Dark Horse”?

Singer Jussie J sings a line “Dark Horse” This reads:“She’s a monster / I call her Karma / She eats your heart like Jeffrey Dahmer”.

Jeffrey Dahmer He was a serial killer who killed 17 people between 1978 and 1991 in Milwaukee region.

He killed men and boys, and even confessed to eating the flesh of some of his victims after cutting their limbs, and acquired the nickname Milwaukee Monster or the Milwaukee cannibal.

In social media, some users expressed their sympathy with the families of the victims and called Berry Disrespectful song, with others arguing that Singer Jussie J He was sick because he made little kids sing destroyer name with Katy Perry Also sharing the blame for letting her on her song.

Jeffrey Dahmer The name also appears in words Marilyn MansonAnd the Keisha or Eminem.

This is not the first “Dark Horse” controversy.

In 2014, less than a year later “Dark Horse” issued, Katy Perry The rapper has been sued for plagiarizing his 2009 Christian rap song for the realization of this song, thus infringing his copyright.

And although the jury had obtained a verdict unfavorable to Berry and her collaborators, years later a federal judge overturned the jury’s verdict.

“It is indisputable in this case, even when looking at the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs, that the signature elements of the eight-note ostinato in ‘Joyful Noise’ are not a particularly unique or rare combination,” US District Judge Christina Snyder She expressed her decision.

The song had spent four weeks at #1 on Billboards Hot 100 list in that year.

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