Usher’s ‘Climax’ Songwriter Slams The Weeknd: He Sounds Like a ‘Goat Sobbing, House Fan Adjacent’

The Weeknd ruffled feathers Wednesday (April 8) when an excerpt from his interview with ‘Variety’ nabbed headlines for insinuating his ‘game changing music’ influenced a wave of other singers, specifically Usher (click here to read).

The Grammy winner (born Abel Tesfaye) name-dropped the R&B veteran’s 2012 hit, ‘Climax,’ as evidence of those who swiped his sound – a suggestion met with staunch disapproval from the latter’s fan base.

One supporter, Elijah Blake (who is credited as the tune’s songwriter), took particular offense to Tesfaye’s claim and took to Instagram to clap back on Usher’s behalf.

Look inside to see what he said:

The caption reads:

“Going nowhere fast we’ve reached the climax… {? x @whoiswarrenwhite } p.s. if that Baaahaaa Goat sobbing, house fan adjacent vibrato, Caprisun built troll don’t go sit down somewhere and do his warm up scales”

Blake’s fiery comments come just a month after he referred to self-proclaimed R&B monarch Jacquees as ‘the king of Burger King.’

Click here to read more about that.

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The increased chatter around the R&B #1 hit, which served as the lead single to Ush’s 7th studio album, ‘Looking 4 Myself,’ is actually serving to its benefit. Alongside press garnered from The Weeknd’s comments, social media is currently engaged in a #Climaxchallenge – a viral sensation that challenges singers to upload videos of themselves singing the tune.

Listed among Twitter’s top 10 trending topics Thursday (April 9), the hashtag’s rising popularity has pushed the nearly 10-year-old song to re-enter and climb the iTunes 1000 as a result.