Heart guitarist and vocalist Nancy Wilson is under fire after alleging it is “embarrassing” to be an American.
“We were kind of embarrassed at that time to call ourselves American because of the dirty politics of the Vietnam War,” Wilson, 71, said in a recent interview while discussing Heart’s 1975 hit “Crazy on You.”
“To be as subtle as possible, it’s more embarrassing now.”
The track was made as a response to the Vietnam War, according to Wilson, who added that the sexism chronicled in the 1977 song “Barracuda” is still prevailing in 2025.
“I think for women in the culture, the pendulum will come back again, and there’ll be another renaissance in the arts to push back against the oppression of the cranky old rich white guys,” Wilson said. “I hope I am alive to see that next revolution.”
“Barracuda” is about “a real sleazeball with a satin jacket” trying to “make more money out of the sexy chicks in Heart,” according to Wilson.
That sentiment “is even more relevant in the salacious billionaire culture with the grab-them-by-the-[expletive] mentality,” she said.
“Barracuda” may have reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but many users on social media were not fans of Wilson’s remarks.
“Nancy has enough money where she is free to pick another country and go there,” one X user posted. “Maybe she can get a flat next to Rosie O’Donnell.”
“She seems to be okay with taking our money. Leave if you don’t like it here,” another post read.
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“Says the millionaire who made TONS of dough playing music,” according to one commenter. “I just can’t with these people right now.”
Heart was formed in Seattle in 1973, and core members, including Wilson and her sister Ann Wilson, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.