Troye Sivan has added his voice to the critics protesting Eminem for using ‘hateful language’ on his latest record.
Late last month, Eminem made waves by droppin a surprise album. Titled Kamikaze, the record was almost immediately met with criticism by a number of people, including Justin Vernon (better known to many as Bon Iver).
Vernon hit back at Eminem for the language used on the track ‘Fall’, which they both collaborated on. Although the lyrics censor the word ‘faggot’ while referring to Tyler, The Creator, Vernon remained resolute in his distaste for the track.
“Eminem is one of the best rappers of all time, there is no doubt. I have and will respect that,” he explained. “Tho, this is not the time to criticize Youth, it’s the time to listen. To act. It is certainly not the time for slurs. Wish they would have listened when we asked them to change it.”
“Was not in the studio for the Eminem track,” he continued. “[It] came from a session with BJ Burton and Mike Will. Not a fan of the message, it’s tired. Asked them to change the track, wouldn’t do it.”
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Soon, Imagine Dragons’ frontman Dan Reynolds also took Eminem to task over the language used on the controversial track.
“It’s never ok to say a word that is filled with hate,” Reynolds began. “I don’t care what year you were born in or what meaning it has to you. If it contributes to hate and bigotry then it is hateful. Period. There is never an ok time to say the word fa**ot I don’t care who you are.”
“It’s disgusting to be told this is being ‘overly sensitive’ or ‘millennial’,” he continued. “LGBTQ kids are TAKING THEIR LIVES after being bullied with homophobic slurs.”
“It’s not ‘sensitive’ to take a stand against a word that has been used to spread hate for years.”
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Eminem later went on record to express his remorse in regards to his choice of language, explaining in an interview with Sway that he regrets using that word.
“I was angry when I said that shit about Tyler,” Eminem explained. “I think the word that I called him on that song was one of the things where I felt like, ‘this might be too far’.”
“Because in my quest to hurt him, I realise that I was hurting a lot of other people by saying it… at the time I was so mad,” he continued.
“It was one of the things that I kept going back to and going ‘I don’t feel right with this’.”
Now, Aussie musician Troye Sivan has shared his opinion the matter while speaking to Variety, stating that he doesn’t “think there’s ever really a reason” to use such language.
“I just feel like some words are not meant for everyone, or for anyone,” Sivan explained. “It’s not that hard to respect that, so I just hope that people do.”
“I would like to believe that people can grow and change,” he said when asked if an apology from Eminem is enough. “I think that repeated behaviour is something that should be taken really seriously.”
“I would love to believe that if the person showed enough genuine remorse and understanding of how they’ve hurt people and actively made strides to correct that — I would like to believe I can be fine with that person.”
Although Eminem has remained rather quiet on the topic since his recent interview with Sway, it’s definitely sounding as though the rapper might be reconsidering some of the language he uses on his future albums.
Check out Eminem’s controversial track, ‘Fall’:
