Dwayne Johnson is no stranger to controversy. And this week on the red carpet for his new film Moana 2Johnson dropped his next polarizing wisdom bomb: music fans should feel free to sing in movie theaters.

“Sing!” he told the BBC. “You paid your hard-earned money for a ticket, you went to a musical, and you love it.”

While Moana 2 is packed with songs, The Rock’s comments come at a particularly fiery moment in the discourse on cinema etiquette thanks to the arrival of Bad: Part One. The hit movie, based on the long-running Broadway show, has become a major event for music lovers and fans of the color green. And even on preview night, the messages that fans loved poured in on social media Bad started singing along with the film and muted the work of stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.

In the wake of the sing-along outbreak, theater chains asked patrons for silence, while film arts academics labeled audiences’ karaoke instincts “intolerable behavior.” Johnson disagrees.

“Especially if you like music,” he said, “that’s the fun part.”

While Johnson may not be ‘The Rock’ on the red carpet, the star can’t resist going into WWE heel mode. He’s one of our biggest stars when it comes to going out there and just saying shit. The actor made waves a few weeks ago for suggesting that Oppenheimer was a direct inspiration for his vision for this month’s poorly received action Christmas film Red. Over the summer, he poked fun at him by refusing to take a political side in the 2024 election, out of dedication to his mission of bringing people together. “I don’t trust all politicians, but I do trust the American people, and I trust that whoever they vote for will be my president, and that’s who I’m going to support 100 percent,” he said in April a speech. interview on Fox News that definitely went very well. The proclamation that it is 2022 Black Adam would “change the power hierarchy in the DC universe” could be his greatest work in this mode.

With his striking ideas about singing in cinemas, Johnson has repositioned himself as a man who caters to every type of audience member, even if it is almost fundamentally anti-art. The Rock will rock you.

Despite all the pointing fingers and commotion, Universal Pictures is already tackling the problem: according to the studio, there are interactive screenings Bad will hit nearly 1,000 North American theaters on December 25. If the theater kids can keep the songs in their hearts for a month without exploding, everyone can be happy this holiday season.