Hottest 100: Chet Faker Backtracks On Twitter Response Against Feminist Writer

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Restored to legendary status, Chet Faker has backtracked after an altercation online over a tweet that seemingly attacked himself and Vance Joy.

Yesterday as Triple J rolled out their Hottest 100 for the year, a tweet by writer Erin Riley spectacularly demonstrating the alarming lack of women commonly present did the rounds. The tweet referred to Chet Faker and Vance Joy- two artists that have recently dominated the yearly charts.

Referring to the above tweet, Faker replied (which has now been deleted):

“I skipped school every Wednesday yr12 to go 2 swinburne sec & sit in on audio class my school wouldn’t offer.”
And:

“Studied at RMIT tafe audio engineering for 3 yes paid myself while busking in the city and working bar jobs.”

While Faker obviously has a point, indeed he worked hard for what he achieved both in Australia and abroad. But he is missing the point of her original tweet; showing the shocking disparities between genders in the Hottest 100 and the wider Triple J listener demographic.

His knee-jerk response was not received particularly well on Twitter, especially from those celebrating Riley’s tweet’s significance.

Faker tweeted this morning, clearing up the situation and supporting the worthy cause for more equal representation.

Nice one, mate.

Sadly, as usual after posting her tweet, Riley was the subject of abuse from trolls attacking her for daring to speak out. Drawing attention to larger issues, that if a man had said this rather then a woman – i.e Matt Okine Aria’s speech- they would have been celebrated, rather than challenged. Double standards are alive and well.

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