Normani Rankles Fans With Ill-Advised Chris Brown Music Video Cameo

As if Normani is not previously at odds with social media above the whereabouts of her debut album. The former Fifth Harmony member disgruntled followers even far more on Tuesday, with her cameo in the songs video clip for Chris Brown’s latest one “WE (Warm Embrace).”

The steamy 5-minute video, which has already amassed 1.2 million sights on YouTube, exhibits Normani arriving at Brown’s mansion at evening, wherever they do some sexually-billed sluggish-dancing beneath purple strobe lights. In another scene, the musicians kiss and embrace underwater.

Reactions rolled in speedily on Twitter, exactly where people seemed divided on the artists’ collaboration. Although some followers lauded Normani’s dancing abilities and chemistry with Brown, the “Wild Side” singer also acquired a significant quantity of warmth from end users let down in her preference to operate with Brown, supplied his storied previous (and present) of abuse allegations and accusations of colorism.

“Nobody on Normani’s crew ought to have to convey to her to not perform with Chris Brown when we all experienced working brains when the abuse occurred and he’s experienced a popularity since,” wrote just one Twitter consumer, whose tweet has given that gone viral. “It’s not about her staying guarded. It’s about her supporting him. Normani is developed and didn’t treatment, that is it.”

“I really like my ladies @ChloeBailey & @Normani but them operating with a Acknowledged continued abuser, ie Chris Brown, is so incredibly disappointing,” a further tweeted, referencing Chloe Bailey’s future collaboration with the singer (and rapper the Activity). “Where is the solidarity with domestic violence victims? That gentleman has Continued to abuse a number of gals, kicks darkskin ladies outta golf equipment, and many others. Sigh.”

Other fans also viewed as Normani teaming up with Brown disrespectful, provided that she was the 1st-at any time ambassador for his ex-girlfriend Rihanna’s—whom he infamously assaulted in 2009— lingerie brand name Savage X Fenty.

In addition to the unfavorable feed-back, a clip of Normani stating she “could change” Brown all through an (undated) interview commenced circulating on Twitter immediately after the video’s launch.

Which is just a person of the many interviews in which Normani espoused her like for Brown—like her 2016 Bombshell Mag address tale and a 2014 physical appearance with Fifth Harmony on Ryan Seacrest’s radio demonstrate, in which she gushed about the musician.

Anybody who’s adopted Brown’s career or noticed headlines about the musician know that his domestic abuse of Rihanna is much from the only stain on his reputation—although his legion of supporters on the web would like to consider or else. As recently as this previous January, a woman filed a civil lawsuit in opposition to Brown, alleging he experienced raped her on a yacht. Final June, the LAPD investigated Brown on battery charges, following a female accused the musician of slapping her so hard that her weave fell out. He was not billed owing to “insufficient evidence.” Brown has considering that released text messages amongst him and the girl that he claims show the two experienced a consensual encounter. He also notably acquired a 5-12 months restraining order from his ex-girlfriend, design and actress Karrueche Tran, again in 2017, just after threatening her next their breakup. And in 2016, he was arrested for threatening a woman inside his household with a gun.

Understandably, in a post-#MeToo globe, Normani cozying up to a person with abuse allegations the length of a CVS receipt is not the best search. Nor does it come to feel like a needed move for her profession, offered that the freshman pop singer has been able to keep on being in the zeitgeist regardless of an album rollout that has now spanned almost 3 yrs. Normani doesn’t want a co-indicator from a musician who, in spite of his decade-spanning job, is arguably significantly less related than her in the yr 2022.

Even worse, supporters have framed the cameo as an instance of the singer (and her workforce) capturing herself in the foot when once again. Before this hottest controversy, the “Motivation” was defending herself towards Twitter people who had been mocking a snippet she posted of upcoming tunes. And her hottest single, titled “Good,” hardly built a blip on people’s radars.

Whilst her cameo with Chris Brown has seemingly isolated a huge range of Normani’s supporters—and it’s tough to picture how she can transfer on from this incident without having a formal apology—maybe the backlash will be the determination (wink, wink) that she and her crew need to do superior.