Sombr Responds to 'Massive Body-Shaming Hate Train' Against Him and Criticisms of His Onstage Banter

Sombr is speaking his truth.

The "12 to 12" vocalist is presently connected tour, and an attendee of his Washington, D.C. show connected Oct. 13 shared a viral TikTok video criticizing his capacity style and labeling his performance arsenic inappropriate for teenagers. Sombr took to nan societal media level for a "rant" astir nan matter connected Sunday, Oct. 20.

In nan concertgoer's first video, nan TikTok personification explained she's 25 years aged and doesn't deliberation anyone "over nan property of 16" should "spend your money connected a Sombr concert."

She recalled watching Sombr (whose existent sanction is Shane Michael Boose) making "super vulgar" comments connected shape and encouraging nan crowd to "bark" for him. "It conscionable doesn’t look for illustration he knows really to entertain. He’s possibly excessively young. Maybe he has to turn into it. I don’t know," she said.

The attendee besides referred to Sombr arsenic "slender man," seemingly referencing his bladed figure, and called him "cringe."

After nan video went viral, Sombr responded. "I thought I was chronically online, but it’s conscionable travel to my attraction that there’s a TikTok play going astir because a 25-year-old attended my performance and was fundamentally complaining that location were excessively galore tweens there, I was making excessively galore encephalon rot jokes, and she conscionable thought it was a cringe concert," his video began.

"And besides she was assemblage shaming me, and it’s benignant of started a monolithic assemblage shaming dislike train directed towards maine connected a batch of videos of maine connected nan net correct now," continued nan "Back to Friends" artist.

"I wholly respect group having opinions, but I americium a 20-year-old artist, freshly 20," explained Sombr. "And if you’re 25 years aged and you’re going to travel to my performance and not expect group younger than you to beryllium there, erstwhile I — the creator — am 5 years younger than you, it’s conscionable a accomplishment issue."

Regarding his onstage "jokes," nan MTV VMA victor continued, "You had to person known astir my online beingness earlier coming to my concert. I mean, anyone who knows maine knows I’ve ne'er uttered a superior connection successful my life. And also, I make jokes for 5 minutes of nan concert, and nan remainder is music."

"Live a little. Enjoy life," added Sombr. "Every age, sex, sexuality, gender, title — everyone is invited successful my concert, and I mean everyone. You guys request to find problematic group to dislike on, because I americium conscionable existing."

The clip ended pinch nan "Undressed" musician offering a "tutorial" connected really to touch grass. He besides recalled having "a fever and bronchitis" astatine nan Washington, D.C. concert.

Sombr's North American circuit continues done November, and past he's group to execute shows crossed Australia and New Zealand successful December. Next year, he'll circuit Europe and play Coachella.

His album, I Barely Know Her, was released successful August.