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A musician says Chipotle tried to pay him $250,000 to cover the Backstreet Boys — and his response is going viral

Kate Taylor
Updated
Chipotle burrito
Chipotle burrito

Examiner.com

When Chipotle tried to sell burritos with a folksy version of a '90s hit, one musician wasn’t interested.

Father John Misty (real name: Josh Tillman) revealed that Chipotle offered him $250,000 to cover the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way," Consequence of Sound reports.

"I was like, 'Cool, so then I can just buy like two Cadillacs and just crash them together,'" Tillman said while preforming at the Newport Folk Festival on Saturday. "I don't want your f---ing burrito money."

Tillman took to Twitter to clarify the comment was focused on concern regarding the commercialization of folk music.

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Point of the Chipote story was a discussion on whether folk music is good for anything anymore other than just the selling of things

Meanwhile, Tillman's speech — specifically his rejection of "burrito money" — blew up on Twitter.

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.@fatherjohnmisty pic.twitter.com/GQjF19SXL7

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.@coslive #Chipotle has responded to the $250k commercial controversy with a special @fatherjohnmisty-themed menu pic.twitter.com/J7tGM6v2Aa

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"burrito money" makes it sound like mankind has switched to a reasonable barter economy and everything is going to be fine

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I wish I could go back in time to make "I don't want your fucking burrito money" my senior quote https://t.co/92cGq3M4ca

Chipotle eventually made the ad — a heartstring-tugging story heavy on animation and light on Chipotle branding — with an 'I Want It That Way' cover by My Morning Jacket's Jim James and Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard.

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