Stormzy has set the record straight following his performance on âThe X Factorâ over the weekend.
On Sunday night (29 October), Stormzy made a guest appearance during the second live show of the current series, performing his track âBlinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2â, which features vocals from MNEK.
However, for his âX Factorâ performance he chose to have Labrinth join him on stage instead, which didnât go unnoticed by MNEK, who only found out about the performance afterwards.
Following the performance, the singer/songwriter tweeted: âGuys 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.â
He then added simply: âShitâs foul.â
The morning after (30 October), Stormzy posted a thread on Twitter, putting the miscommunication down to a âfuck upâ on the part of his team.
He explained: âFirst and foremost, MNEK is my bro and someone I HIGHLY respect and what he done on the song is unmatched.
âWe created some special moments when we performed [âBlinded By Your Grace, pt. 2â at Westfieldâs] and on the Live Lounge and with this campaign Iâll be having quite a few TV moments where Iâll be performing the song and saw this as an opportunity to present it in different ways⊠[and] different formats hence why I invited [Labrinth] to join me as a special guest.â
Stormzy continued: âI spoke to my team a while back and told them to make [MNEK] and his team aware of the plan because I didnât want any miscommunication.â
After sharing a screengrab of a text heâd sent ensuring MNEK was made aware of the performance, Stormzy concluded: âIâll be performing on âThe Jonathan Ross Showâ with [MENK] and there was never ever ever any sort of malice or disrespect intended⊠and I can fully fully understand why that looks FOUL. Fully understand. I would feel exactly the same so my apologies brother.
âItâs a major communication fuck up on my teamâs side and I fully understand how things may look⊠disrespect and slyness is never my angle so sincere apologies to M and his whole team, never any disrespected intended.â
MNEK is yet to share his take on the matter, but he did share a link to Stormzyâs thread as he first began posting, writing: âHeâs about to get into it.â
Stormzyâs musical âX Factorâ appearance came after he acted as Nicole Scherzingerâs right-hand man at Judgesâ House, helping her whittle down her remaining acts ahead of live shows.
The grime star was one of two guests on âX Factorâ this weekend, with Liam Payne also performing his new single âBedroom Floorâ.