Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino calls out Chris Brown hit "that perpetuates rape culture"

18 April 2016, 11:52 | Written by Laurence Day

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Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino has taken to Twitter to lash out at Chris Brown's "disgusting" hit single and the industry that let it get made.

Brown's single "Back To Sleep" has been on the USA's Billboard Hot 100 for 17 weeks, features the lyrics: "Just let me rock, fuck you back to sleep / don't say a word no. Girl, don't you talk..."

As well as questioning his motives, Cosentino also called out Billboard for their positive review of the single and the people who okayed the track in the first place.

Have a look over Cosentino's Tweet's below.

Going on a rant...get ready...
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

"just let me rock, fuck you back to sleep girl, don't say a word no, girl don't you talk" are lyrics to the chorus of a VERY popular song
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

You already know how I feel about Chris Brown - but WHY/HOW are those lyrics ok? Cool, a song that perpetuates rape culture being a hit.
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

�� x infinity at that trash/anyone who thinks its OK to sing about fucking a girl back to sleep + telling her to not say a word
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

This isn't just about that idiot tho- the fact that's a song in popular culture that some A&R person was like "this is great" saddens me
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

.@billboard's review of that song "excels as a quality addition to his catalog’s stellar collection of panty-dropping and baby-making songs"
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

How about this for a review: singing about fucking a girl back to sleep/telling her dont say a word is singing about rape + it's disgusting
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

Last thing then I'm out- it's an issue even if someone else was singing those lyrics. Rape culture is everywhere + it's a BIG problem.
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

https://t.co/4xFVUxkN1z SHOW ME WHERE HE ONCE ASKS THE WOMAN IF ITS OK TO WAKE HER UP WITH SEX? NO, HES TELLING HER HE'S GOING TO DO IT.
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

4 those of you that don't understand the definition of "consensual sex" - it's not TELLING a woman yr gonna wake her up 2 fuck her. BYE ✌��️
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016

Ok I'm for real done with Twitter for today- but this is the last I'll say on the subject. ✌��️�� pic.twitter.com/Y8oiINVykR
— Best Coast (@BestCoast) April 17, 2016