MNEK has revealed that he wasn’t aware Labrinth would be replacing his vocals on Stormzy’s X Factor performance, which aired last night (29 October).
The singer said on Twitter, “guys what do you do when youve come back from a date to find out that Labrinth was singing your song on X Factor instead of you? cos rn idk”.
Appearing to vent his frustration, a subsequent tweet from the artist stated, “shit’s foul”.
Stormzy has previously appeared as a guest judge on the competition, having joined Nicole Scherzinger at the ‘judge’s houses’ episode. Last night, he performed the gospel track Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2 as the show’s special musical guest. On his acclaimed debut Gang Signs & Prayer, MNEK lent his vocals to the track.
Labrinth is currently signed to Simon Cowell’s label Syco.
Read MNEK’s tweets below.
guys what do you do when youve come back from a date to find out that Labrinth was singing your song on X Factor instead of you? cos rn idk
— MNEK (@MNEK) October 29, 2017
i haven’t watched the performance yet btw how did he do?
— MNEK (@MNEK) October 29, 2017
shit’s foul
— MNEK (@MNEK) October 29, 2017
Update: Stormzy has publicly apologised to MNEK, saying, “I would feel exactly the same so my apologies brother”. In a series of tweets, he explains that he wanted to present the single in different ways and had asked his management to relay the message to the Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2 singer.
Read his tweets below.
Gonna quickly clear up yesterday’s situation with @MNEK not performing with me on The X Factor
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) October 30, 2017
First and foremost, MNEK is my bro and someone I HIGHLY respect and what he done on the song is unmatched.
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) October 30, 2017
We created some special moments when we performed BBYG Pt.2 @ Westfields and on the live lounge and with this campaign I’ll be having…
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) October 30, 2017
quite a few TV moments where I’ll be performing the song and saw this as an opportunity to present it in different ways…
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) October 30, 2017
and present it in different formats hence why I invited Lab to join me as a special guest
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) October 30, 2017
I spoke to my team a while back and told them to make M and his team aware of the plan because I didn’t want any miscommunication
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) October 30, 2017
Here’s the exact message I sent a while back and this’ll probably put it into context pic.twitter.com/FAeRH6ocDo
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) October 30, 2017
I’ll be performing on The Jonathon Ross show with him and there was never ever ever any sort of malice or disrespect intended
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) October 30, 2017
and I can fully fully understand why that looks FOUL. Fully understand. I would feel exactly the same so my apologies brother
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) October 30, 2017
I’ve spoke to M personally and let him know it’s a major communication fuck up on my team’s side and I fully understand how things may look
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) October 30, 2017
and disrespect and slyness is never my angle so sincere apologies to M and his whole team, never any disrespected intended. 🙏🏿❤️
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) October 30, 2017