Tinashe said their 2015 collab was a recording label decision — not hers .
If you have taste, you know the singer Tinashe. She’s behind hits like “2 On,” “All Hands on Deck,” and my personal fave, “Cold Sweat.”
She recentlyappearedon theZach Sang Show, where she was asked about her previous collabs with R. Kelly andChris Brown, both of whom have been subject to abuse allegations.
“You think I wanted to [do those songs]?” Tinashe said of their collabs. “I literally block out that R. Kelly song from my mind — I forget that it even exists."
She said, in hindsight, it’s “so embarrassing” and “unreal” that she ever worked with Kelly, given his long and well-documentedhistoryof abuse. “I was so young, too, which is crazy because I feel like I did that song when I just signed to that label. I was probably like 20,” she continued, referring to RCA Records.
Zach then said she must have “lack[ed] a lot of control in that situation…if any,” to which she replied, yes, “1,000%.”
“Especially when it comes to singles. Like, for example, that song with Chris, that was a song that… We all wanted it to be this big moment, this big single. So I feel like in [the label’s] mind, they were like, ‘You need the support.’ And [Chris] was like their biggest artist that they had on rhythmic radio at the time.”
She said that to her, it didn’t make sense musically to put Chris on that particular song: “I was like, ‘Well, this is a pop song, so I really don’t feel like we should put Chris on it like that. I don’t like that. That doesn’t compute to me.’”
Chris seemed to take offense to that because he posted this on IG:
He also reposted this message about a “hate campaign” against him…
…and appeared to say that Tinashe’s career is “nonexistent.”
Chris Brown claps back at Tinashe in response to her late interview"What ’s more embarrassing is that she worked with all these masses and not one us could keep open her career"pic.twitter.com / AQUwUNceON
People didn’t really understand it because Tinashe’s issue was with her former label for forcing them to do a pop song together — not with Chris himself.
One person said it was “just childish.”
I ’m all in ass when I say I ’m tired of Chris Brown . A video of Tinashe not concord with her recording label ’s decision to boast him recently came out , which she said nothing uncollectible about HIM . Then he says this . Just infantile when he was n’t even spoken about in a negative waypic.twitter.com/jHXSN2wJEj
Anothermusedthat if they had a “gun to the head, [they] couldn’t name you 5 chris brown songs but [they] could name 5 crimes he’s committed,” which earned over 40,000 likes.
See , this Tinashe Chris Brown “ disceptation ” is why I am never hold any social grace to anyone who has not realise it . She was as diplomatic as one could be when Zach Sang asked about how she finger to have work w R Kelly and Chris Brown . She did n’t say anything bad about Chris .
Chris Brown fell for the giving blanched letters rather of watching the whole Tinashe audience . Unfortunate .
Chris Brown attempt to embarrass Tinashe backfire and mass drop back him and calling him bitter . Poor that , see when your a real spoiled cunt you always win!pic.twitter.com / cwm9BHsTry
Tinashe hasn’t publicly responded to Chris, but we’ll see if she does.
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