Morgan Francis Parriott, also known as Call Me Karizma, is not unfamiliar with controversy. He’s been in the spotlight numerous times because of his opinions or music. The artist has had to deal with things like backlash from writing a song about a school shooting, to fans who didn’t like various statements that Morgan has made on social media.
Recently, he’s been finding himself in more hot water with the promotion of his upcoming single Acid Wash.
In the past, the artist has been involved in different controversies because of his music. For example, his song Johnny talks about a school shooting happening. This song was on his first EP, and it received bad attention because of the heavy impact that school shootings have on America.
That leads us to the next controversy, the song America. This track sheds light on a lot of bad parts about the country. Things like addiction, debt, high bills, gun violence, and more. People don’t tend to like those subjects, especially when America tends to be nationalistic, and glorifying of all the bad or impossible things that should supposedly be great about the country.
Lastly, we have the song Offended. This song released on the same album as America did. The album To Hell With Hollywood really marks a turning point, where the artist started to be more offensive in his songs, instead of the more defensive songs, where he mostly kept to himself. This last song is a direct letter to anyone who has ever been offended by one of his songs. His message was clear, he even says it at the end of the song: “get over it”.
This leads us to the situation of right now. There are only three posts on the Call Me Karizma Instagram account. Three short videos that tell us a short story which serve as promotion for the new content.
In the first video we see Morgan getting waterboarded, there isn’t a lot to note about this video since the only thing we see is someone dumping water over his face.
The second video shows us that he escaped and that he’s driving away while covered in water and duct tape. This is also the first moment that you can hear a song play in the background. This turned out to be the new single.
We finally get more clarity with the third video. We see him running towards his phone in an open field, a song plays which sounds quite similar to the one in the last video. This time, however, it sounds way more clear. The video transitions to a snippet of a music video. It is revealed in the caption that this was all promo for a song called Acid Wash which will be releasing on July 26th.
This new controversy marks a new height of Call Me Karizma going to new extremes to promote his music. There are a lot of comments from people who think that this promotion goes way too far. “this is disgusting and disappointing. I’ve been a fan for a few years until now. this crosses a line. Been in situations like this and I don’t take this “promo” attempt lightly.” says one user. Other fans don’t really mind this kind of promotion, and they are happy to get new music.
All of this is happening right before a new Call Me Karizma tour too. He will be opening on the Jonny Craig tour in the United States on August 1st, until August 25th. After which he is coming to Europe, where he will start his headlining tour in Amsterdam on October 14th. He will then travel through all of Europe, after which the artist will end his tour in Budapest on November 3rd.
Check out the talk we had with Call Me Karizma a while back, and let us know what you think of this situation.
