Mishearing lyrics is a common problem that can easily be brushed off and corrected, but the internet still seems to be recovering from T-Pain’s #monumental announcements late Wednesday.
The R&B singer and rapper, still popular for his 2007 hit “Buy U a Drank,” felt compelled to take to Twitter and correct his fan base—nearly a decade later—on a specific line.
https://twitter.com/TPAIN/status/935766072854220800
“It’s ‘and then’ not ‘ooh wee’ but really it’s whatever you want it to be just enjoy the song however you hear it. I just appreciate you listening. #BuyYouADrank #THANX,” he tweeted.
The world was turned upside down.
It don’t even sound right with that
— Nana (@TypicaalNana) November 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/Dustin_Sloane/status/935975840906584064
https://twitter.com/VictoriaElise13/status/936079166994128897
https://twitter.com/DILLONFRANCIS/status/935967570443644928
Even Jesse McCartney replied in shock, posting a 2008 video of himself performing the song which included the “ooh whee.”
Damn. I definitely thought it was “ooh wee” https://t.co/2YJkvajQbr
— Jesse McCartney (@JesseMcCartney) November 30, 2017
Not only was that nugget of information enough to make fans question every time they sang T-Pain aloud, but a follow-up tweet about the 2010 jam “All I Do is Win” sent many into an ultimate panic mode.
https://twitter.com/TPAIN/status/935932415616405504
“I don’t want to throw another wrench in your childhood but also it’s ‘Everybody hands go UP……and they stay there….AND THEY SAY YEAH’ sorry #AlliDoIsWin I’m from #Tallahassee bro. That’s just how some of us talk,” the second tweet read.
Enough was enough.
YOU ARE LYING. YOU HAVE TWEETED A LIE. AND IM NOT EVEN IN THE MOOD RIGHT NOW.
— Julie Adenuga (@JulieAdenuga) November 29, 2017
Who hurt @TPAIN today? That’s what I want to know
— N Pi (@NPiLuv) November 29, 2017
I don’t even know who you are anymore
— SS (@sadsany) November 29, 2017
It goes harder the way I thought you said it. So it stays.
— Lessy Moore (@Moore_of_the_Ap) November 29, 2017
As to why T-Pain chose now to devastatingly correct his audience remains unclear, but the deed cannot be undone.
