Real success on streaming platforms, Layla is therefore far from being unanimously accepted by the public. “Of course the song is sexist,” said music expert from the University of Friborg Michael Fischer, as BFM TV still relates. However, reports Le Figarothe Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann does not see a good eye on this banishment of the hit desired by the musical festival of Würzburg.
“You don’t have to like the lyrics of pop songs. You may even find them stupid or in bad taste. But officially banning them is, I think, a step too far,” the minister effectively said on Twitter. A song that cleaves, therefore. Thereby the cultural media DW asks the question: much ado about nothing?
“The song would probably have gone unnoticed outside of a discotheque”, underlines the site, before posing a more reflexive nuance: “We can also say that many German songs have very problematic passages, often play on the sexual offense – the size of the male sexual organ or female breasts are central themes.”
The tree that hides the forest ?