Best Coast Calls Out Chris Brown’s “Back To Sleep,” Says It “Perpetuates Rape Culture”

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Earlier today, Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast went on a Twitter rant about Chris Brown's latest single, "Back to Sleep," which has been on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the past 17 weeks. As Cosentino points out, the chorus of the song goes: Just let me rock, fuck you back to sleep. Don't say a word no. Girl, don't you talk. She took to task with the lyrics, saying that they "perpetuate rape culture," and the fact that the song is currently a hit is "disgusting." She clarified that she does not merely have a problem with Chris Brown, but the larger music industry that believed the song's message was appropriate. View Cosentino's tweets below.

"just let me rock, fuck you back to sleep girl, don't say a word no, girl don't you talk" are lyrics to the chorus of a VERY popular song
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

You already know how I feel about Chris Brown - but WHY/HOW are those lyrics ok? Cool, a song that perpetuates rape culture being a hit.
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 x infinity at that trash/anyone who thinks its OK to sing about fucking a girl back to sleep + telling her to not say a word
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

This isn't just about that idiot tho- the fact that's a song in popular culture that some A&R person was like "this is great" saddens me
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

.@billboard's review of that song "excels as a quality addition to his catalog’s stellar collection of panty-dropping and baby-making songs"
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

How about this for a review: singing about fucking a girl back to sleep/telling her dont say a word is singing about rape + it's disgusting
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

Last thing then I'm out- it's an issue even if someone else was singing those lyrics. Rape culture is everywhere + it's a BIG problem.
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

Best Coast Calls Out Chris Brown’s “Back To Sleep,” Says It “Perpetuates Rape Culture”

“It’s disgusting.”

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