Jon Gosselin Attempts Comeback That No One Is Particularly Excited About

Former reality star Jon Gosselin is attempting to make a show business comeback — this time, by releasing a hip-hop track.

Gosselin, who starred in the popular series “John And Kate Plus 8” from 2005 to 2009 before he and wife, Kate Gosselin, divorced, released a hip-hop-styled ditty called “Voicemail” on Friday. 

The song is a collaboration with the International DJ Casper , and features a slow-jam track behind Gosselin’s heavily auto-tuned vocals. It seems to be a callback to a simpler time when people actually used voicemail rather than texting.

Lyrics include bon mots like: “You’re always on my mind / But I want it to work this time / I didn’t know that love be a crime / When you get this message, can you hit my line?”

Gosselin teased the release of the song on Instagram  earlier this week,  threatening — er, promising — there was “so much music that we’re working on.”

Gosselin has had aspirations of a musical career since at least 2016, when he was pursuing a career as a disc jockey, People noted . And during an appearance on “The Dr. Oz Show” last year, he said he’d been working on his music for about five years.

“Everybody wanted me to write a book, so I was like, ‘OK, I’ll write a book.’ But I’m not like a ‘book person.’ But what if I did — I’ve been deejaying for so long — what if I lyricized the book?” Gosselin said at the time.

Initial reactions from some Twitter users suggest it’s unlikely that the song will be a hit.

You can hear the song below.