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New York Post
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Jessie Murph sparks outrage over controversial music video depicting domestic violence, pornography
Jessie Murph has fans in an uproar. The 20-year-old singer, who has been compared to Amy Winehouse, sparked a social media firestorm over the music video to her risqué new song '1965.' The video, which came out July 18, has been accused of glorifying pornography and domestic violence due to its graphic nature. 11 Jessie Murph in her '1965' music video. Jessie Murph/YouTube 11 Jessie Murph puts a gun in a man's mouth in the '1965' music video. Jessie Murph/YouTube 11 Jessie Murph lounging on a bed in her '1965' music video. Jessie Murph/YouTube Fans are particularly upset over a shocking sex scene that takes place in the middle of the video. In addition, a woman who appears to be Murph is depicted tied up while face down on a couch in the video. 11 Jessie Murph's '1965' music video has sparked intense backlash with fans. Jessie Murph/YouTube 11 Jessie Murph has been accused of glorifying violence and porn. Jessie Murph/YouTube Fans flooded the comments section of the song's YouTube upload — which has over 7 million views — to express their displeasure. 'The way my jaw dropped the floor, there's still time to unrelease this,' one fan wrote. 'The fact it's been 5days or whatever since the video had been uploaded and youtube still hasn't blurred that out is crazy work,' a different comment read. 11 Jessie Murph released '1965' on July 18. Jessie Murph/YouTube A third person said, 'I didnt think it would be this bad. I am forever traumatized this is diabolical.' 'Since when is pornography allowed on youtube?' someone else asked. More fans slammed Murph for including a child in the video right before the sex scene. 'So so messed up,' a fan said. 11 Jessie Murph with a young child in her '1965' music video. Jessie Murph/YouTube 'Not only is this song ahh, putting a child before such a explicit scene is crazy,' a different fan noted. '1965,' which is from Murph's newly released second studio album 'Sex Hysteria,' is filled with raunchy lyrics. 'We'd go to church on a Sunday, wake up on Monday/You'd go to work and I'd stay home and sing and do fun things/I might get a little slap-slap, but you wouldn't hit me on Snapchat,' Murph sings. 11 Jessie Murph attends Spotify's 2025 Songs of Summer Celebration in Los Angeles on July 23. Getty Images for Spotify 'I think I'd give up a few rights/If you would just love me like it's 1965,' she also sings. An insider told the Daily Mail that Murph's song and music video sparked outrage in the country music scene, with some comparing her to Kanye West. 'If she continues this and goes completely off the rails like Kanye, then people should have more conversations about the person she is rather than the artist she is,' the insider told the outlet. 11 Jessie Murph performing during The ACM Country Kickoff at Tostitos Championship Plaza in Frisco, Texas. Getty Images The Post has reached out to Murph's reps for comment. In a recent interview with Teen Vogue, Murph spoke about the intense reactions her music evokes from fans. 'I'm glad that I make people have some sort of reaction. I'd rather them be like, 'I hate you,' or 'I love you,' rather than, 'I feel indifferently,' I guess,' the Alabama native stated. 11 Jessie Murph seen in New York City on July 21. GC Images 'But still, I just find it f—ing weird… I don't have any hate in my heart… That's been something that I've been trying to figure out how to navigate and not react and get mad because it totally makes me be like, 'F–k you, b-tch,'' she added. Days after releasing her new album, Murph's performance to '1965' on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' was similarly bashed by fans online. 'how dare anybody be comparing this to Amy… you should all be ashamed smh,' one fan wrote. 11 Jessie Murph performs during Spotify's 2025 Songs of Summer Celebration. Getty Images for Spotify 'everything about this feels like an SNL skit. how is this real,' another fan said. Murph was discovered by uploading vlogs and covers on TikTok and YouTube. She had her breakthrough with her 2021 single 'Always Been You,' three years before releasing her debut studio album, 'That Ain't No Man That's the Devil.'
Buzz Feed
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Jessie Murph's 1965 Song Backlash — Internet Reactions
Earlier this week, Nashville-born singer-songwriter Jessie Murph made her Tonight Show debut, where she performed her controversial song "1965" from her upcoming album Sex Hysteria. The 20-year-old "Wild Ones" singer's performance made its way onto Twitter (or X), and I think it's safe to say it's certainly left its mark on people. The snippet, originally posted by Pop Crave, has over 23 million views and has sparked several viral tweets in conversation about it. More specifically, people can't stop talking about the song's lyrics. In the Tonight Show clip, Murph sings, "I think I'd give up a few rights, if you would just love me like it's 1965." This, understandably, caused some uproar. This user, citing others arguing that the song is satire, called the lyrics "frankly abhorrent". "and yet sabrina carpenter is the one allegedly setting feminism back," this user said, referencing the recent backlash the :Espresso" singer faced for the cover of her upcoming album, Man's Best Friend, which depicted Carpenter on her knees with an out-of-frame man pulling her hair. The album cover has since been removed from the singer's Instagram page. Another user highlighted lyrics from the song that weren't in the 30-second snippet shared to social media, such as "I might get a little slap-slap, but you won't hit me up on Snapchat," comparing 1960s relationships to those of today. For reference, here are the lyrics to the other verses in the song, with notable lyrics like, "I would be twenty, and it'd be acceptable for you to be forty, and that is fucked up, I know. But at least you wouldn't drive off before I get in the fuckin' door." And, finally, the performance essentially started to become a meme of its own: So, what do you think? Does it totally cross the line in the midst of an administration actively dismantling women's rights, or do you think this whole thing is a case of misunderstood satire and it's a commentary in and of itself? Tell us your take in the comments. You can also watch the full performance for yourself here:
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
How Jessie Murph Brought ‘F-ck It and We'll See What Happens Energy' to Her Daring New Album
When Jessie Murph returns home to northern Alabama, she heads to the gas station for an oversize cup of boiled peanuts. It's one of several rituals she now enjoys when she comes back to the region that Murph despised growing up in and fled as a teenager. 'My relationship with home has changed so much since I've left,' says Murph, who grew up in a town called Athens (home to the Alabama Shakes). 'I really remember being 15, 16, even younger, and just knowing that I was not meant to be there. I didn't feel right there. But I go back and I'm so grateful to be there. There's something so sweet, something very nostalgic and beautiful, about the South.' More from Rolling Stone Jessie Murph and Teddy Swims Have No Mercy on Their Exes on 'Dirty' Duet The Only Thing Jessie Murph Cares About Right Now Is Music Jessie Murph and Jelly Roll Bring Their Thing For 'Wild Ones' to Jimmy Kimmel Murph can't find boiled peanuts in Los Angeles, where over the past few years she's launched her career as a fast-rising pop star who's collaborated with Jelly Roll, Diplo and BigXthaPlug. That rise will only accelerate with Sex Hysteria, her bold second album, due later this week. The record hops from Amy Winehouse-inspired classic R&B ('1965,' 'Touch Me Like a Gangster') to pop-rap earworms (the Top 20 hit 'Blue Strips') to downcast balladry that channels one of Murph's heroes, Lana Del Rey ('Heroin'). The album, which she says she boiled down from 100 or so songs she wrote for the record, features two of Murph's favorite artists, Lil Baby and Gucci Mane. Murph hopes that her daring new collection — with its ''fuck it and we'll see what happens' energy,' as she puts it — displays more sides of herself than she's previously shown, including her chops as a songwriter. The past year, she says, has been one of her most creative: She says she both wrote and recorded two of the album's tracks — 'A Little Too Drunk' and 'Blue Strips'— in a half-hour. 'I feel very misunderstood sometimes,' says Murph. 'I don't think people have seen the half of what I'm capable of.' Part of that is because, as Murph says herself, she's been reluctant to share all that much about her own life, including an Alabama upbringing that she's alluded to as having been very dark. She's thus far much preferred leaving her most vulnerable moments for her songs. Murph writes about this dynamic in 'Gucci Mane,' the album's opening track. The song alludes to the 'fucked up things' the narrator's father once did. 'I don't want to talk about it,' Murph sings in the chorus. 'I wanna write my way around it.' The most vulnerable moment on the record is 'The Man That Came Back,' a piano ballad addressed to a character who is seemingly a broken father who tries to redeem himself after inflicting pain and violence on his family. In it, Murph sings about a 'daughter who grew up trusting no one' left to deal with 'the bruises on her skin.' Murph wrote the song about three years ago. 'I've refused to put it out because it was too vulnerable, and this is the first time I've had enough balls to put it on a project,' she says. 'It's about things I would otherwise never talk about.' During a recent interview in Rolling Stone, Murph was guarded but self-reflective. But she's learning to take that armor off, at least in her music. 'You do receive pressure from the label and people on your team to be more autobiographical,' she says. 'So I had some talks before this album and that was a concern: 'You don't really talk about yourself.' And I realized they were right. I never really talked about the past, and I've had an interesting upbringing, so that's something I felt pressure to do a little bit on this album. Once I did, I realized it was something I was holding myself back from out of fear.' GROWING UP IN north Alabama, Murph was always finding a bogus rule she needed to break. 'Even when I was very little, in elementary school, I remember always being so pissed off about dress codes,' she says. 'I thought they were so stupid and so catered towards [men.]' She was forced to run laps when she posted songs online with curses. Adults around her policed the clothes she wore to gym as a teenage girl. All her friends around her dreamed of becoming housewives the moment they graduated high school. The Southern, conservative culture she grew up amid was, she felt from an early age, full of hypocrisy and double standards. She bristled against all of it, 'anything that felt like a dress code, is what I'm trying to say.' Murph fled town as a teenager, eventually making her way to Nashville. She'd grown up on Drake and Mac Miller and started incorporating rap and hip-hop into her music. Today, Murph is adjacent to contemporary country music, has collaborated with many of the genre's contemporary hitmakers, and, like Morgan Wallen and Jelly Roll, is a white Southern artist singing music that borrows heavily from Black forms like R&B and sonic innovations like trap drums. But Murph is not a country artist: Though she briefly lived in Nashville, and had quite a bit of fun there, it was not, ultimately, for her. She didn't relate to the industry's standard of going to an office every day to write a new song with an anonymous songwriter, and she found some of those collaborators to be unwelcoming. 'In the bro country scene, sometimes they're a little hectic with women,' she says. 'I've definitely met rude people in sessions, and you can tell they just don't respect women. That's definitely a thing.' Murph is no longer in Nashville, but as she quickly emerges into the public's consciousness ('Blue Strips' is her first solo hit), she's now dealing with a whole new host of dress codes and expectations placed upon her as a young woman in the music industry. 'I started out at 16 or 17, and a big thing has been people being like, 'I miss the old Jessie' or shit like that,' she says. 'Some people want that version of you which is unhealthy and realistic.' 'I was really fucked up when I was 17,' she continues. 'I was very severely depressed, dealing with a lot of shit. I was really struggling and I think people like to have music they can relate to. I'm very grateful for the music I put out during that's just not … ' Murph trails off before collecting her thoughts. 'Thank God I'm past some of that.' Instead, Murph is already looking ahead at the future, at what she hopes will be a long career in which she's allowed to evolve. She wants to one day make a record that belongs alongside her shelf of vinyl albums by her favorites like Alicia Keys, J. Cole, Taylor Swift, SZA, Noah Kahan, and, of course, Amy Winehouse and Lana Del Rey. 'I want to make something that is completely and utterly timeless, like it could have been made 50 years ago,' she says. 'I'm very inspired by Elton John, Don McLean, Adele, stuff like that.' For now, Murph says, 'I'm having fun and experiencing life, but eventually I want to drop a very serious [record]. Not that this new one isn't serious, but I feel like I have a lot to show the world that people haven't seen yet. I think it'll come with time.' Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Genre-Bending Baddie's ‘Heroine' Performance Will Give You Chills—Plus She Just Teased What's Coming
Genre-Bending Baddie's 'Heroine' Performance Will Give You Chills—Plus She Just Teased What's Coming originally appeared on Parade. Alabama's breakout sensation Jessie Murph just delivered the kind of intimate performance moment that transforms casual listeners into devoted fans. The 20-year-old singer-songwriter made waves by performing "Heroine" live for the very first time, creating an emotional connection that had her audience completely captivated. Standing before her crowd with characteristic vulnerability, Murph opened up about her upcoming album Sex Hysteria, set to drop July 18. The multi-genre artist explained how the project represents "intense highs and intense lows," acknowledging that fans have experienced the highs through tracks like "Blue Strips" and "Touch Me Like a Gangster." But "Heroine" represents something deeper—what Murph calls "the other side" and a pivotal turning point in the album. Her voice carried genuine emotion as she revealed it's become one of her most treasured compositions, making the live debut even more meaningful for longtime supporters. The TikTok generation artist, who built her following through bedroom recordings and viral covers, continues proving her artistic evolution beyond social media success. Her ability to seamlessly blend pop, hip-hop, and country elements into cinematic soundscapes has established her as one of music's most promising young voices. Fans in the comments expressed unwavering loyalty, with many referencing their journey from her earliest releases like "Drowning" and "Sobriety." One supporter perfectly captured the collective sentiment: "a lyrical genius and you're only 20." Beyond the "Heroine" debut, Murph has been strategically building anticipation with previews of additional Sex Hysteria tracks. Recent TikTok teasers showcased "Donuts" and "Bad as the Rest," demonstrating her versatility across upbeat anthems and introspective ballads. The Alabama native continues honoring her roots while expanding her sound, including multiple references to fellow state artist Gucci Mane throughout her work. This connection to her heritage while embracing genre-blending innovation exemplifies why Murph resonates with diverse her recent single "Touch Me Like a Gangster," the complete Sex Hysteria experience promises to showcase an artist who understands both commercial appeal and authentic storytelling. 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 For fans who've supported Murph since her YouTube cover days, this live "Heroine" moment represents validation of their early faith in her talent. Genre-Bending Baddie's 'Heroine' Performance Will Give You Chills—Plus She Just Teased What's Coming first appeared on Parade on Jul 1, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 1, 2025, where it first appeared.
