John Summit Defends Jantsen After he Faced Backlash For Playing Bassnectar Track

John Summit defends Jantsen after social media backlash for playing a song Bassnectar helped produce.

John Summit, the Chicago house music star, recently took to Twitter to defend Jantsen over the backlash he received for playing a song Bassnectar minimally helped produce.

Summit’s tweet read: “imagine making a track completely by urself and bassnectar putting his name on it with the promise of getting u gigs but not only does he not do that but he also gets cancelled so u can’t play ur own music – play ur tracks man”

Summit’s tweet was in response to Jantsen’s quote tweet where he responded to a fan confused at him for playing “It’s About To Get Hectic” at Trio in Charleston, South Carolina.

The concerned fan originally tweeted: “Eek @jantsenmusic played it’s about to get hectic tonight….???????:/”

To which Jantsen replied, saying to cancel him for it.

cancel himb https://t.co/8k99kQxlmT

— JANTSEN (@jantsenmusic) July 11, 2022

The online controversy stems back to Bassnectar’s accusation of sexually abusing minors. The ever-evolving case has permeated the electronic music scene and has now seen uninvolved parties being dragged into it.

Fans of both Jantsen and Summit have expressed disappointment in the way they are treating people’s reactions.

One Twitter user even saying: “You both really don’t get the point. It’s disrespectful to all survivors to support rapists in any way. I’m sorry you put BNs name on these songs, but you did so make new ones. You have plenty of great songs that don’t trigger and fuck w survivors at shows.”

You both really don’t get the point. It’s disrespectful to all survivors to support rapists in any way. I’m sorry you put BNs name on these songs, but you did so make new ones. You have plenty of great songs that don’t trigger and fuck w survivors at shows.

— amanda (@armandar95) July 12, 2022

Although it is unfair to Jantsen to treat him as an accomplice to Bassnectar’s alleged heinous acts simply for playing a song Bassnectar unrightfully took credit for, it is also unfair the way Jantsen has responded to fans.

The argument fans are making against Jantsen is this: instead of sympathizing with survivors and their valid feelings on how playing that song made them feel, he has been treating the situation almost as a joke. 

Now, does Jantsen deserve to be treated like a criminal for playing the song? Some fans argue no, seeing as countless actual abusers are still making money in the music industry.

However, the debate about who’s in the wrong here is still up in the air on Twitter.