CHVRCHES vocalist Lauren Mayberry has opened up about the death and rape threats she has received after speaking out against controversial artist Chris Brown.
Over the weekend, CHVRCHES and Chris Brown were embroiled in a surprising controversy after the former criticised previous collaborator Marshmello for working with Chris Brown on the song ‘Light It Up’.
“We are really upset, confused and disappointed by Marshmello’s choice to work with Tyga and Chris Brown,” CHVRCHES wrote in a statement posted to Twitter.
“We like and respect Mello as a person but working with people who are predators and abusers enables, excuses and ultimately tacitly endorses that behavior. That is not something we can or will stand behind.”
Soon, Chris Brown wrote a scathing comment on Instagram, calling CHVRCHES the “type of people I wish walked in front of a speeding bus full of mental patients,”
“Keep groveling over you [sic] own insecurities and hatred,” he added.
Check out CHVRCHES’ speech about Chris Brown:
While Lauren Mayberry later shared images of the vile messages she received following this incident, TMZ have produced footage of the band’s concert in Forth Worth, Texas on Saturday, where Mayberry can be seen defending the band’s decision to speak out.
“We weren’t picking on Chris Brown for the sake of picking on Chris Brown,” Mayberry explained.
“It was a morally dubious decision that happened, but … we would be really hypocritical if we worked with somebody and didn’t say anything about what they did immediately after that fact, when we give money from our headlining shows to Girls Rock camps, and when I’m a patron of Rape Crisis Scotland. You can’t do that.”
“But we weren’t just deciding to pick on Chris Brown for the sake of it. I was like, ‘I don’t know, maybe domestic abuse might be wrong,'” she added. “Now I’m gonna have to invest in some fucking bulletproof tutus, because apparently that does not go down well with the Breezy fans.”
“We were like, ‘maybe don’t promote serial convicted violence to kids, to young people,’ and then they were like ‘you know what we’re gonna do? We’re gonna rape you and shoot you.’ You kind of proved the point.”
Chris Brown has yet to respond further to CHVRCHES’ comments.
Check out Marshmello’s ‘Here With Me (feat. CHVRCHES)’:
