TORONTO — Canadian rock band Nickelback is getting some heat following the release of “She Keeps Me Up,” a song with a decidedly different vibe.
“Just when you thought Nickelback couldn’t get any worse, they have delivered one of the worst songs and video clips ever produced by a major label,” opined Peter Vincent of Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald.
Vincent said the video for “She Keeps Me Up” is “deeply creepy.”
At Vanyaland.com, Michael Marotta’s post about Nickelback’s video is described in a headline as “2015’s Steamiest Pile of Dogs***.”
He wrote “everyone’s favourite Canadian punching bag not named Justin Bieber or Carey Price has released a new video” and described the song’s lyrics as “insane” and “middle school poetry.”
On YouTube, where the video has been viewed a little more than 86,000 times in its first 24 hours, comments included: “This is not even near a good song” and “This is not the Nickelback I know.”
Another reads: “Error 404: Rockband not found.”
Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger likely won’t be phased by the criticism.
Last November, Kroeger told Global’s The Morning Show he understands why not everyone is a fan.
“We record a lot of different kinds of music and when it gets played in that many places sometimes it’s tough, especially if you’re not into the band,” he said.
“That can cause some backlash but the nice thing is it can also garner you a lot of fans and allow us to be able to go everywhere in the world and play our music for people ‘cuz that’s our job. That’s what we signed up for.”
His brother and bandmate Mike Kroeger was more succinct.
“People just say things. It’s OK. People can say things.”
BELOW: Watch the video for Nickelback’s “She Keeps Me Up.”
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