Can listeners truly separate art from artist, even when that artist is a world-class scumbag? Chilly Gonzales tests that theory on new tune “F*CK WAGNER.”

A blunt reminder that famed, German composer Robert Wagner was a raging anti-semite, the title of this track pulls no punches nor does the lyrical lambast within. That’s where the longtime instrumentalist act separates the myriad of artistic mastery from the morally compromised and allows this dichotomy to form.

But he goes further, dismantling cancel culture and its own toxicity. And in doing so has left eager ears to contemplate their own relationships with art and artistry deemed “bad” by the masses.

All over a slick, subtle bump too. This one is going to resonate.

Stream below, snag a copy courtesy of Gentle Threat LTD, and spread that social love:

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