On New Year’s Eve, the country superstar and “The Voice” coach, Blake Shelton, debuted his new song “Minimum Wage”, inspired by his love for fiancée Gwen Stefani, during NBC’s year-end special.
The song, which features the lyric, “Girl, your love can make a man feel rich on minimum wage,” was met with some backlash on social media, with many calling out the multi-millionaire singer for referencing working at minimum wage. Some called the song “tone deaf,” while others noted the financial difficulties facing many Americans during the pandemic.
In an interview with CMT on Thursday, Shelton said he “related” to the song because of his own struggles making ends meet in the early days of his career.
“Just like probably 95 per cent of artists out there, I struggled for so long to get by,” Shelton explained. “But at the end of the day, I wouldn’t trade those times for anything. It’s literally a love song about how if times are tight and you ain’t got much money — as long as you have love and you’re happy — at the end of the day, that’s all any of us can really hope for,” he added.
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