Missy Elliott Explains The Real Meaning Of Her ‘Oops’ Song
Grammy Award-winning rapper Missy Elliott made a recent statement on her verified Twitter account and revealed what her ‘Oops’ song means.
‘Oops’ was one of the tracks from the Southern Hummingbird album released in 2020 by R&B singer Tweet. Fans who listened to the song claimed that the song evoked sex.
A Twitter user shared a portion of the song ‘Oops,’ saying the song evokes ‘masturbation.’ Missy Elliott, who noticed this tweet, felt the need to clarify a fact about the song years later.
The rapper said with the ‘FunFact‘ tag that the song was never about ‘masturbation,’ but about appreciating ‘dark skin’ when they looked in the mirror. She continued and said that it’s just the audience who thinks it’s about sex, and that she lets consumers create what they want.
Here’s what Missy Elliott stated:
“The rapper said with the ‘FunFact’ tag that the song was never about ‘masturbation,’ but about appreciating ‘dark skin’ when they looked in the mirror. She continued and said that it’s just the audience who thinks it’s about sex, and that she lets consumers create what they want.”
Following her tweet, many fans stopped in the comment section and showed some reaction to the rapper’s explanation.
A fan said:
“That’s great! Music should be left open for interpretation.”
Another commented:
“I thought it was about both so, I was half right.”
Check out the Twitter post below.
#Funfact this song was never bout Masturbation it was always about her appreciating her Dark Skin (Self Love)when she looked in the mirror🙂 it was the listeners that thought it was about sex & just ran with it… & we just let the consumers mind create what they wanted🙌🏾 https://t.co/Vd9NHfuzJR
— Missy Elliott (@MissyElliott) January 5, 2021
