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After The Trailer For 'Candyman' Dropped, Jordan Peele Is Getting Flack For Ruining Everyone's Favorite Classic Songs
28 February
The trailer for Candyman, the newest movie from Jordan Peele's Monkey Paw Studios just dropped online and everyone's talking about it.
Among the many terrifying aspects of the remake's trailer is their choice to use Destiny Child's "Say My Name," as its theme song.
<p>No one has every felt that song was particularly creepy...until now.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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</p><p><strong>People on Twitter were a little bit angry that Peele had ruined yet another R&B favorite.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="44a95" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="TG6OWV1582923921"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233105732268150785" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Jordan Peele said hes not gonna stop until all your favorite music terrifies you to your core https://t.co/ayaR0LKzRb</div> — sterling jimston (@sterling jimston)<a href="https://twitter.com/amazing__isaiah/statuses/1233105732268150785">1582830291.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="fa923" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="F9VMPE1582923921"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233072834433495041" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Listening to Jordan Peele’s horror version of Say My Name like https://t.co/zNSxQKTGZf</div> — Joshua Chenault (@Joshua Chenault)<a href="https://twitter.com/joshuachenault1/statuses/1233072834433495041">1582822447.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Others pointed out quickly that, though Peele is a producer on the film, it was actually directed by Nia DaCosta, so she should be getting credit for most choices.</strong></p><p><div id="action_button_container"></div></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="22723" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="OGA2BQ1582923921"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233085833751564289" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">This is Nia DaCosta. She is the director of Candyman. Jordan Peele is not the director of Candyman. He is a writer… https://t.co/iNF8poatfl</div> — Jeffrey Zhang (@Jeffrey Zhang)<a href="https://twitter.com/strangeharbors/statuses/1233085833751564289">1582825547.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="c6fc6" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ZX91GW1582923922"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233080763391893504" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">i get using Jordan Peele's as the "big name" (who wrote the candyman remake) is for marketing to get people interes… https://t.co/dvw1GgH0qN</div> — dean (@dean)<a href="https://twitter.com/deanevangeliou/statuses/1233080763391893504">1582824338.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Meanwhile, most were too terrified by the trailer to think rationally.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="3f72c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="QYGKTE1582923922"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233076055667286017" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">😳😳😳😳
I’ll never listen to Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name” the same way again
https://t.co/sIr2RD9fOf</div> — HOT 97 (@HOT 97)<a href="https://twitter.com/HOT97/statuses/1233076055667286017">1582823215.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="9f0b1" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="TJH5SN1582923922"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233074730833498113" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">First it was "I Got 5 On It", now "Say My Name"
Peele is creeping up all the classics and I am here for it. https://t.co/gp6J01B31n</div> — Autumn Robertson (@Autumn Robertson)<a href="https://twitter.com/AutumnWTSP/statuses/1233074730833498113">1582822899.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="d25d5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="XEYJFP1582923922"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233062290229997568" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Destiny’s Child - Say My Name. I see what y’all did there @JordanPeele @Monkeypaw #Candyman https://t.co/tWeaNTCrIa</div> — Matthew A. Cherry (@Matthew A. Cherry)<a href="https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/statuses/1233062290229997568">1582819933.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Hopefully the movie lives up to the promise of the song.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="d6190" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ELSH081582923922"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233157842594562049" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Plot twist, the original Destiny’s Child are Candyman https://t.co/3QwCrdiq2e</div> — J.J. McCorvey (@J.J. McCorvey)<a href="https://twitter.com/jjmccorvey/statuses/1233157842594562049">1582842715.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="b6138" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="TPK4YM1582923922"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233096887063859201" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">#Candyman absolutely terrified me as a child (I definitely shouldn't have been watching it). Nia DaCosta is a brill… https://t.co/rTSNYByHCx</div> — Travon Free (@Travon Free)<a href="https://twitter.com/Travon/statuses/1233096887063859201">1582828182.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>The internet begged Monkey Paw to stop turning the things they love so scary.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="d4f6f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7Z5ILB1582923923"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233068466212605952" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Jordan peele after finding a way to use say my name by destiny’s child In a horror film https://t.co/yL5Ze7bsCI</div> — john (@john)<a href="https://twitter.com/iam_johnw/statuses/1233068466212605952">1582821406.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="57ab4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8A4PG81582923923"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233065227899604993" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">the way jordan peele is able to change songs like "say my name" and "i got 5 on it" into horror themes yup genius https://t.co/S7Kwq6wYwS</div> — lauren 🖤 (@lauren 🖤)<a href="https://twitter.com/RenMarieG/statuses/1233065227899604993">1582820634.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="52870" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="YH8LDW1582923923"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233069775200432128" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">“Dang first I Got Five On It and now Destiny Child’s Say My Name ?!?!”
Jordan Peele: https://t.co/ukEYHVFtjs</div> — ｎ. (@ｎ.)<a href="https://twitter.com/CaptainInsight/statuses/1233069775200432128">1582821718.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>You'll never listen to Destiny's Child the same way again...</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="96950" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="CSJ5XJ1582923923"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233181646871875585" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">#Candyman
Me: *listening to music minding my business*
Say my name starts playing on the speaker
Me: https://t.co/xVbM9wvxbi</div> — I am a talking Cat 🔜 TravelerCon 3000 (@I am a talking Cat 🔜 TravelerCon 3000)<a href="https://twitter.com/unloved_kitty/statuses/1233181646871875585">1582848390.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="8139a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ZAJIXV1582923923"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233141231523332096" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">OMG THEY DID NOT TURN SAY MY NAME BY DESTINY'S CHILD INTO A HORROR MOVIE THEME SONG THIS IS MY EXACT AESTHETIC I'M… https://t.co/Pu6cUbaMug</div> — indie (@indie)<a href="https://twitter.com/INDIEWASHERE/statuses/1233141231523332096">1582838754.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="fc563" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="HD7F7N1582923923"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233078678923464705" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">The fact that Jordan Peele flipped Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name” for #Candyman is not only nostalgic, but also ge… https://t.co/hAALeT9z0v</div> — ♐︎𝔪𝔦𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯𝔢𝔡𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱♐︎ (@♐︎𝔪𝔦𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯𝔢𝔡𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱♐︎)<a href="https://twitter.com/luuxuryan/statuses/1233078678923464705">1582823841.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>By the time Peele and DaCosta are finished, there will be nothing pure and happy left.</strong></p><p><div id="c7da91bc-8e44-492f-b7fd-c382c0e55bda"></div></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="12bbc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8ZZGDD1582923923"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1233155096034316294" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">How Imma be when my Spotify playlist randomly shuffles to “Say My Name” after leaving the theater to go see… https://t.co/291NRHzUKK</div> — Shanelle Genai (@Shanelle Genai)<a href="https://twitter.com/shanellegenai/statuses/1233155096034316294">1582842060.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>We'll see you all in the theater for Candyman, though you won't catch us listening to any 90's music on the way there!</strong></p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><p>The original <strong><em><a href="https://amzn.to/3clC0Sy" target="_blank">Candyman</a></em></strong> [Collector's Edition] is available <strong><em><a href="https://amzn.to/3clC0Sy" target="_blank">here</a></em></strong>. </p>
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