Nickelback's "She Keeps Me Up" -- Is this about interracial romance?

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“Funky little monkey”
“Everybody wants to be this sister’s mister”
“Love her even though I’m not supposed to”

And in the video, the featured woman is, in fact black.

I mean, is this song as tone deaf and casually racist as it seems to be? Or am I missing some context or something? I don’t see anyone calling it out elsewhere online.

Here’s the (really laughably terrible) video: I wouldn't wish the new Nickelback music video on my worst enemies - The Verge

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If you read all the lyrics, it doesn’t come across particularly racist- it’s a song about a guy who is infatuated with a girl who he knows is a bad idea, but can’t help it.

If anything, the racism here is in assuming that words like “monkey” or “sister” automatically equates to black women.