There's a lot of "Oh this song is kinda generic, kinda tacky, doesn't really go anywhere" and then there's "Here's You Done Goofed, there is literally nothing redeemable about this song and its entire existence is a blight on music and everyone involved should be very deeply ashamed of themselves. It isn't just musically terrible, but morally terrible as well."
Oh, it's about the brain slushie girl, what's-her-name? The one that got bullied off the internet by 4chan? I'm positive Blood on the Dance Floor approached the source material with respect and care 👌🗿
Doesn’t “Thunder” being bad kind of add to the bragging rights it’s going for in an awful way? Like “I’m so successful I don’t have to make my songs good”
@@liamernst9626 nothing wrong with their first two albums! Just normal pop rock stuff, pleasant, Coldplay tier music. Not anything special but as long as you didn’t adore anything past that stage, there’s nothing to be ashamed of tbh
The shaggs is a really sad story they didn’t want to play and they’d get shit thrown at them at dances but their dad kept making them do it bc a fortune teller said he was destined to have three famous daughters or something.
It was his mom who was a fortune teller. It goes something along the lines of that he’d marry a strawberry blonde woman, have 2 kids before his mom died, have another 2 and they’d create a famous band. May not be completely accurate, but that’s the gist from my understanding.
@@acanofvancampsbeaneeweenee2037 all three of the predictions were right. He did marry the strawberry blonde woman and have two daughters before his mother died. And the girls did become a famous rock band, just not in his lifetime. Mama knew
@@eddiedingle767 nonsense. That's a business plan, not a prediction. A genuine foretelling wouldn't require any forcing - it'd just happen no matter what you did. No magic here.
@@boop99 we were on holiday in California once and went to check out Chain Reaction just cause it's the venue where so many bands started but we had no idea they were playing that night. Their fans were queing up outside and they were truly some of the strangest people I've ever spoken to.
14:03 The whole “LUKAS GRAHAM” bit always gets a laugh out of me. Also the fact that they call themselves “Lukas Graham” when the lead singer is named Lukas Graham is the definition of self-aggrandizing
@@megaascension2748 thing is, jon bon jovi has a bad rep for the music of his band, not his attitude. by all accounts, jon bon jovi is a decent guy. lukas graham has gigantic ego based on his interviews.
"7 Years" got completely flipped from a tolerable sounding tune to absolutely abhorrent when I actually thought of the lyrics. When I realized that there is NOTHING of note that he talks about, it makes all the repetition, the cheerleading in the middle, the music box home movie aesthetic, and basically the entire goddamn song just intolerable. He feels so dishonest with the empty lyrics that it genuinely drags the entire song down.
@@umairashraf5167 its bad because the song is trying to be sentimental without the sentiment. u can end up relating to the overall sweet message about valuing life and overlook the writing flaws, but when u look closer into the lyrics you see how he never sings about eventful moments that impacted his life, just “my mom would tell me this, my dad would tell me that” without any purpose or reflection brought forward. its just a timeline of “i looked for friends cuz i was told to, i looked for a girl cuz i was told to, now im here makin money off music and one day ill be old” its very surface level
@@umairashraf5167 they gave an actual reason and all you could say was „you’re a sad boy“… ah, sorry „your a sad boy“? Which is kinda funny, considering the song you’re defending. Like, it‘s an absolute, melodramatic, basic slog fest of a song.
I remember one time when I was at the mall with my mom. We were in a clothing store and Thunder started playing, annoying me and my mom. Well one of the people working at the store also hated Thunder because she told me where the source of the music playing over the speakers, and gave me permission to skip it on the playlist. The fact that they didn't just skip Thunder at a clothing store, but let a customer skip the song just shows how bad it is.
The story with Jessi Slaughter is so sad tbh. The internet was so horrible back then. For all the zoomers out here thinking the internet sucks today, oh man it was just disgusting if you were anything even remotely "different"
I wouldn't say the internet would bully you if you were "different". A lot of the time it's somewhat random who gets targeted with the worst of it, it was a wacky wild west. The only consistent reason people get harassed (by 4chan/kiwifarms in particular) is that they give reactions that are funny/desired, something thats hard not to do if your underage or mentally disabled.
When I was twelve we had to show our talents in english, means we had to speak it, and two girls sang "7 years" on guitar which was actually awesome because at the moment I was in my time where I only listened to shitty pop music, and obviously couldn't speak a lot of english, so I liked it because of the piano and voice and simple story of "Live your life to the fullest". Keep up the amazing content Brad, hope you feel better now :)
@@drpepperoni2109 I think it's more a matter of how often you'd hear it on the radio. He says halfway through that he can barely remember why he dislikes the song so much and I think that's genuinely just because the only reason the song is so hated is cuz it was overplayed. If this was just a song that got a quick million views and only played once or twice no one would have complained about it but this song was everywhere back when it came out.
The fact you managed to avoid Lewis Capaldi altogether in the past few years is nothing short of a miracle and I'm deeply sorry we've still made you listen to him in the end.
Yeah, I mean truly egregiously bad songs tend to get forgotten. Take Judge Dread's cover of Je t'aime, moi non plus, which was a a huge hit in the UK in '75. Awful cod reggae track whose lyrics are virulently transphobic, even for the time. That's worse than anything here.* But thankfully we've erased that and many other awful artefacts from the collective memory. *7 Years maybe comes close
"Once I was 20 years old, I got kicked out of Del Taco 'cause my girlfriend drew a dick on the window with hot sauce!" A true story that's way more compelling than anything in that song.
Imagine a filler episode, but as lyrics. I love the instrumental, but the lyrics were not good at all. I respect the ___ years old, since it's a novel method of simulating progression im a narrative-driven song, but its reception is as divisive as AJR in general.
@timeforproblems We had just gone to see Power Trip, Negative Approach and OFF! play, my then gf was pissed off at somebody at the Del Taco near the venue so she drew a dick on the glass with hot sauce and we got booted out lol. This was like, 2012 I think. But yeah, great show, and Del Taco hits differently when you’ve just been in a mosh pit for 4+ hours
the reason we saw Fancy Like everywhere in 2021 was because Applebee's pounced on it for their commercials like a cougar pouncing on an intoxicated college boy Yes, that whole thing was just a semi-stealth Applebee's ad campaign.
I thought it was one of those fake "pretends to be country but it's just shitty pop which is ironically a metaphor for how Applebee's pretends to be country aesthetic but is so not" Applebee's makes specifically for their commercials. Hearing it on mainstream radio shocked me to the core
@elsen me too because she is literally just amazing! even if her style isn't your favorite, you can't deny that her writing and voice are just amazing.
I dunno I always think maybe it's just because of tweens and teens thinking he's so deep and emotional because they don't know any better. I could be wrong but that's my hypothesis
The worst part of fancy like is how patronising it is. Like sure people don't actually find Applebee's to be fancy but there are a lot of people for whom going to Applebee's is at least considered a treat, something you can't necessarily do too often. But fancy like feels like a middle class dude looking down on us and being like "oh look at the Poor's"
bo burnham captures this issue perfectly in his country song parody where he sings about being an out of touch wealthy guy pretending to like dirt and cheap beer.
@@Begeru There are big country singers who perform in dirty jeans with holes like they want people to believe they were doing some rugged blue-collar labor right before the show. (On the other hand, Loretta Lynn always looked classy when performing)
I hate it most because it's literally just an advertisement for Applebees treated as a real song. I remember hearing it as a commercial since they were showing their new oreo shake, but then people started to seriously listen to the song For that reason I find the song unbelievably insulting and offensive, it really is a new low for music
i dont know, i think the line "I think i love you more than the japanese love tentacle porn" is one of the mostgod damn beautiful and romantic lyrics i've heard in my life.
But for real, that line, no matter how tacky and tasteless it may be, has absolutely nothing on some of the other reprehensible s- they say during that song. For example, the line about African women. I will not even attempt to utter that line, as I fear that doing so may kill me
@@jeefsquaa it *technically* does, but some lines are a lot more despicable than others. Like, the line about African women and Puerto Ricans are 100 times worse than the line about Japanese or Irish people. It’s like writing an entire manifesto about why we should k- every non-white person, then you turn around, say „well, white people can be kinda cringe sometimes“ and think that that’s what equality is supposed to be. I don’t think I’m too soft, I believe that you’re just way too „forgiving“ (which is a very generous term in this situation). Seriously, have you ever actually listened to that song?
@@KeDe1606 I think that has more to do with some steryotypes being more gross or malicious than others rather than a reflection of RWJ's personal opinons. Not really defending the song though because it's the definition of middleschool humor.
@@insertrelevantusername8760 I really hope that the song is just a result of… misguided decisions. But considering that this is the same guy that made/conceptualised the absolute travesty that is „transphobic techno“… I‘m worried
If you think everything he’s done is trash you haven’t listened to half his music. Dudes extremely talented… clickbait, annoying, likes to stir the pot and chase controversy, but dude can absolutely spit with the best of them.
Oddly enough, I've met people with 5 year old children who just constantly tell them to get girlfriends (sometimes multiple girlfriends). It's a pretty realistic line HAHHAAH
"Fancy Like" is in a weird genre that I like to call Poorcore, where it is people that have most likely never experienced being poor a single day in their life, trying to make a song that's relatable to poor people, but because they can't actually bring themselves to consider what that might be like it ends up coming across as patronizing.
I really miss those worst song lists you used to do with the intentionally bad singing and the comedic editing. Please make another one. The 2017 one was absolutely hilarious(that rant you did about Thunder was amazing) and I can't find any others like it
even though i dont like listening to imagine dragons, it does reminds me a lot of my brother all the time when he was alive. not taking anyone's opinions here too personally, im just sharing an experience i have with they're music. i felt a little happiness when i hear them on the radio and pretended that my brother changed it there just to annoy me. so thank you for reminding me that thunder existed :D
Walker Hayes has many a lyrical gem: “Said the way you walk is suggestive Strip mall town impressive Girl I hate to see you go (Hold up) But I love to watch you exit All flames, where you cooking that? That bourbon kiss, where you puttin' that?” “ Tryna steer my daughters off the pole And my sons out of jail (sons out of jail) Tryna get to church so I don't go to hell I'm just tryna keep my wife (hey babe) from figuring out (I love) That I married up (you're so fine, girl) and she married way, way down In Alabama where they love Nick Saban (Roll Tide) Tryna write a song the local country station will play (I'm just tryna write a song) Hey, I'm just tryna stay out of AA” “ I sip whiskey from a handle (Handle) I got dogs named Jack and Daniel Yeah, my favorite shirts are flannel (Me too, man) And I'll tear up some turnip greens (Ayy) Now taxidermy, that's art Favorite movie, you serious, Clark? You know I love fishin' in the dark (Yeah) The song and the real thing (Here we go)” This man is 42 years old.
Hey Brad, you make amazing stuff. I know that depression is hard, and that there isn’t really much any one can do to help, but know that your work makes people around the world laugh and smile. I hope you have an amazing 2022
tbh it seems like sticker’s divisive insanity might have worked out for them. like if they’d picked Lemonade for the tt people probably would have liked it more but not remembered it. but damn do people remember sticker
@@nugget9948 Early 2k was weird, so it fits the times, standards, and morals I guess somewhat well.. including the ones that I believe would have been offensive back then even if its brought up more now. The Stere0ype song though, that's an exception because its literally about ster0types, we may never got something like this nowadays lol (TH-cam kept censoring me over a certain word if it ain't obvious, kinda weird but proves my point kinda :/ )
Interesting choice for a Meghan Trainor song. I think "Me Too" is not only a million times worse, it's straight up diabolical and I can't help but think about Johnny Bravo every time I hear it. greetings from a non-english speaking country.
@@jeremyusreevu237 well, for what I remember it was supposed to have an uplifting message about self-love but it came off narcissistic and tacky. Listen to the opening line and you'll see what I mean
“bEcAuSe iM HAPPY CLAP ALONG IF YOU FEEL LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT A ROOF!!” That song was all over the radio and playing everywhere when I was at one of the lowest points of my life and every time I heard it I just wanted to toss myself in front of a train. Pure, unadulterated evil coming through the airwaves. That song is 100% meant to be used as a method of torture and I will not be persuaded otherwise.
@@yxrackman2397 he made it specifically to be used in the Minions Movie so this honestly probably isn't far off, I could totally see Illumination doing smthn like that
i agree with the lewis capaldi being the absolute fucking worst. was in an english/music composition class where we would deconstruct and judge music with essays or have class discussions on trending music and the whole class agreed, after a 30 minute rant from everyone in the class, that Lewis Capaldi should not touch a microphone or piano ever again. We were more divisive talking about post malone 10 minutes before.
i feel it necessary to clarify that the sus korean word that sounds like the n-word is a legitimate korean word and they are not trying to use the n word in their songs (the last time a kpop idol did that his career was ruined)
Years ago when I was like 15, I was at an all-night party. At around 3 AM, me and the other girls decided to do some karaoke. I chose to try singing Thunder, forgetting about the stupid little high-pitched computer vocals. I couldn't get those vocals to sound good at all, and yet I just had to... keep going. This STILL keeps me up at night.
I remember when that song was everywhere you’d literally have to pick your drink up off the bar because so many people would fucking hammer on it at the *”BOOM BOOM BOOM”* part. The drunker people got the more violent and poorly timed the banging would get.
Something that wasnt mentioned about the story of Done Goofed is that the person they made the song about, Damien Leonhart, would go on to claim in 2018 that their lead singer, Dahvie Vanity, raped them when they were a minor. There have been 21 women since 2009 who have made similar accusations, as well as claims from former band members and Jeferee Star painting Vanity in a similar light. Since 2016, Vanity has become the only member left of BotD, and has released music under a variety of names aside from BotD such as Kawaii Monster and The Most Vivid Nightmares.
@random I'm glad someone else likes It Won't Be Soon Before Long. Everyone hypes up Songs About Jane but It Won't Be Soon Before Long gets forgotten. The only bad song on that album is Kiwi and that's because I personally don't want to imagine Adam Levine covered in "juices".
Maroon 5 started selling out around Overexposed and V, but Red Pill Blues is where I lost all of my respect for them. A terrible album name and songs that have less emotion than a sleep deprived college student with severe depression.
@@TuesdaysArt totally forgot about that album, which is weird because I used to be absolutely obsessed with Won't be soon before long. It's underrated!
Btw 32:35 is a sub bot. essentially they not an account and then put up a video explaining who they are so it doesn’t get taken down. The account is the sold for profit. The guy who runs it is also a creep and there is a bunch of drama surrounding the situation for more info look up comment mr beast aviator boys or something along those lines, there’s a really good video that should come up about it by some ordinary gamers
“i need a drummer boy hit me with your stick” stated so plainly, followed with the stare, has me cryinggg. I literally can’t imagine anything else except her being beaten in the side of the head with a drumstick
@@eser3257 idk they’re just kinda corny to me. Their production style really doesn’t do it for me either. I totally understand the appeal for some ppl but I just can’t help but dislike them cause of their overly corny musicality. But to each their own of course.
5:00 “remember walking in the sand”- the sample in “oh no” is actually just fantastic. now everyone thinks it sucks. what a jackass move to just steal a song and basically release a nightcore remix of it!
It's funny to think that YFM has made something like Alien(unplugged) which is basically an introspective look on what it's like to be alienated because you're being bullied in a somber way, and then you look at their old songs like transphobic techno lmao
Love the vid. I love that sticker was so bad it transcends kpop. Im a huge nct stan and despite knowing its fucking awful it gets me turnt as fuck. Also the fact that that song was released in an album full of bangers i legit wanna be buried with makes it all the more iconic. Its an anomaly how versatile nct as a whole are, they make actual dog shit and masterpieces presented in the same plate so often, me and every other Nct stan started getting them confused. Edit: I also stand by the fact that no artist could make this song good, it’s just not possible. Taeil’s vocals are the only part that made me think ‘damn this might have some creative sound ideas’ but it’s only because his singing rides beats like no other. I’m extremely biased tho
Also super glad for whoever said 7 Years, I absolutely loathe that song and for ages it seemed to be everywhere I went. Hate the lyrics, hate his voice, hate everything. Just godawful.
i have a special hatred for dear future husband. my choir class voted we sing it at our last concert of the year and the teacher made us dance to it. it’s been nearly ten years since then and i still know most of the words
god i completely forgot about that lukas graham song for the past 5 years and now i remember how much i hated it that song was probably 50% of the reason i stopped listening to the radio
i kinda actually love that Sticker song, it's so weird but like. annoying in a charming way? also. I thinks some songs that serve a purpose on tiktok aren't necessarily songs people like at all, in their full song form. like the oh no song is for doing stupid videos where something comically bad happens ..... but it doesn't surprise that, even though its incredibly popular, people hate the actual song.
when my friend introduced me to sticker by nct 127, she told me “it sounds like they’re trying to see what they can get away with before they lose every fan”
Brad.... I'm a new subscriber but I'm so excited about this. I'm a Brad too. People have said that I have "Brad taste in music". And that's awesome. But I was hella known for switching the song often until I got my feel. They then abbreviated my name into "Bad Radio Aggressive Disorder". I embraced it and kept the rad1o part. But yeah man love the channel and how we both share the aggressive disorder.
There's some pop song they play over the loudspeakers at my work quite often, and I guess it's supposed to be like anti-selfharm/anti eating disorder/empowerment song, but the more you pay attention to the lyrics, the more it comes across as the singer legitimately glamorizing self harm and eating disorders, essentially claiming that people with those sorts of struggles are stronger and more beautiful than people without them, and telling them these people that they're perfect as they are and don't need to change anything. I can't tell if it's meant to be able to be interpreted either way or it's just so badly written that it misses it's own point. Like I could kind of see the whole "you're amazing despite your issues, don't let others bring you down" message the first couple times they played it, then i realized there's actually nothing in the song saying to even bother fighting the urge to cut/starve yourself, and essentially shifting blame from the person cutting themself to the world for demonizing them cutting themself. No idea what the song actually is, but it absolutely infuriates me.
I think I know what song you're talking about - the best way I can describe it is that it's weirdly voyeuristic ("your personal struggles with self-destructive behaviour MAKE you beautiful and interesting, subject of this song! I am telling this MOVING AND DRAMATIC story to the whole world!") Not every track about self-harm has to labour the point that This Shit Bad Yo, but I just don't think that particular stripe of Radio Ballad is the right place for the material. Clean, safe, packaged pop is fun - but with this subject matter it sounds like it's trying to make real life self injury and ED sufferers into "main characters" for money.
@@isabellamorris7902 I get what you mean about how they don't have to make a point to say, "this shit is bad yo", but I feel like if they just kind of worked to moreso imply it, i feel it would feel a little less infuriating, but to me it absolutely comes across like if the singer happened to see a young girl cutting herself in person, she'd be all like, "so brave, so empowering, she's beautiful just the way she is" and shit and that's just incredibly off-putting. Like sound wise, it's not a horrible song, but like I'm not the biggest pop fan out there, so I have no clue what it's called or who it's by, but it just feels like the lyrics are so badly written that it totally missed its own point.
@@CrackzTV yeah, that's the one. The whole chorus is really...detrimental. like, it's basically saying your self harm doesn't need to stop, the world needs to change how it looks at things, yet the song portrays itself as some support song for people struggling with self harm or an eating disorder, which can put somebody who struggles with either of those situations in the mindset of "yeah, it's the world thats the problem not me"
Dude I thought "fancy like" was another one of those shitty fake songs Applebee's makes for their commercials (ex: that one ad with the "a little bit of chicken fried-) Hearing it on *live f^_ing radio* shocked me to my core I was sitting with my mom while we were in the drive through of like,, taco johns,,, AND I WAS JUST MENTALLY LIKE "WAIT WHAT THAT'S A REAL SONG??????" like a full double take
I was at a family gathering when one of my distant aunts yelled out "Oh my god! This is my favorite song!" and I listened closely to what was playing on the radio and it was Fancy Like. Other than that it was a good night
I often wonder if Lewis Cupholder was invented to lower the expectations of the radio listener as much as possible so they don't have to try as hard to make the same song 70 times
I've noticed a lot more songs like those sung by Lewis Capaldi are at the forefront of radio playlists now. It's always that same lone guitarist with the raspy singing voice combo, but you know that in reality it could not be farther from the truth. Like the Lorde cover of Everybody Wants to Rule the World, like I swear that song only exists because the trailer it was used in required an over-the-top depressing version of an existing well known song to go with the over-the-top depressing visuals.
I remember when I was in middle school my first girlfriend told me to listen to 7 Years and we got in a text argument because I said it was stupid and boring. And I'd fucking do it again
Take your pick of any Onision song. I've only heard the album "I'm a meme" but that thing made me consider AJR to be okay It genuinely makes all other music seem good or enjoyable. Without exaggeration. It's the worst thing I've ever heard...and I've listened to a lot of the "worst albums of all time"
A while ago, in the elementary school talent show, 3 girls sung 7 years in the same show. I didn't like it the first time and by the third time i hated it.
I loved the picks in this video, and if there's ever a part 3, here's some predictions/songs i'd like to see: Flyysoulja - Im an Island Boy An awful song all around, with the mastering being the worst part of all, not one second of thought went into it. The skit in the intro makes it even worse. Corey Feldman - Lovin' Lies Another mistake by Corey. The beggining of this song has some of the worst autotune and mixing i've ever heard period, im still shocked about it. The only decent part is the EDM drop, which i dont think was made by Corey, probably was stolen. Dream - Mask What can i say about this song that hasnt been said already? Terribly cringey lyrics with a very uninteresting instrumental, and the fact that you can barely say anything about it thanks to Dream stans makes it worse. Blood on the Dance Floor - Rise and Shine A song about school shooting, with lyrics that make it sound like a parody. Not only that but the song has a dubstep drop that doesnt fit on a song that's trying to comment on a serious subject. Hobo Johnson - My Therapist I was going to put I want to see the World here but on second thought i find My Therapist more annoying. Its the slowest, most boring song ever and when its not that its just SCREAMING in your ears. Alison Gold - Chinese Food A super cringe song in every way. Its the most generic pop sounding instrumental with lyrics that make me die inside. I know the artist is young, but not everyone in the production of the song was young and teenagers have made so much better things.
Far? I loved My Therapist, it was easily my favorite off his last album. Yeah it’s strange and abrasive, but also really charming and funny in a weird way imo
Lmao as a Dream fan myself you can definitely shit on Mask. I like the guys content but his friend group is infinitely better than he is and I wouldn't touch his music with a ten-foot pole. I guess Roadtrip had some instrumental chops to it.
Mask by Dream is a guilty pleasure of mine. Its just a song i can turn my mind off and listen to to help put basic words to my emotions when i feel shit. Its just relatable ig. I like a lot of other bad pop music as well, mostly due to 2017 nostalgia. As a musician and very inexperienced wtiter i can see that mask is technically uninteresting with horrible low-effort lyrics.
Hope all is well brad! Just stumbled across your channel and I must say I’ve been hooked on your content! Hope you’re doing better and I hope you have a great 2022!
Oh god “Sticker” was really unpleasant to listen to the first time, NCT is meant to be experimental, but some songs really do sound like shit I don’t keep up with all the current/mainstream kpop acts, but I can tell you it’s NOT like the average mainstream kpop song 😭
Watching your videos always make my day, I too am dealing with depression, and I really hope you get over yours, as your videos always make me happier :)
as a kpop fan the sheer SHOCK when I saw someone recommend sticker for this list (as a person who loves NCT and HATES sticker) i literally burst into laughter. yeah, that commenter is exactly how i feel about it
It wasn't the pressure that made the album turn out so hated, it was the fact their manager, Bernie Rhodes, pretty much took full control of the album. Bernie wanted his own hit solo record, because the Sex Pistols manager at the time had his own solo, hit record out. So Bernie co-opted what The Clash were trying to do so he could try and cash in on the fame. Fans say the songs played live sounded leagues better than what was on the Album and to be fair, Joe had stated before his death that letting Bernie have any say in the band was probably the worst decision in his life
@@BrkfastMachine yeah i meant pressure from management!! i guess it's more accurate to say bernie outright took over the project than just pressured them on it though
@@CrackzTV No it really is that bad. There are some songs that could have been decent, a fan made rework of it makes it sound much better, but the production on the album makes it completely unlistenable
i personally like imagine dragons when they aim more towards rock instead of pop, i don't know what to call it but some of their songs don't feel precisely like pop to me. i think smoke + mirrors and origins where solid, in my biased opinion
not even surprised sticker by nct 127 was included.. strongly disliked by kpop fans and non kpop fans alike. i personally don't mind it anymore because i just gotten use to it and once you moved past the flute and lack of actual beat its sort of a fun listen
Didn't expect Sticker by NCT 127 to be here lul. That song has everything that I dislike about current SM Ent. sounds. Inserting a weird sound and loop it until the end without any development doesn't make it good(Unless you're Steve Reich or Philip Glass and other great minimalist artists). Don't get me started on people defending the song calling it experimental, yeah you can call it experimental but it's not done well.
yeah saying it's experimental dosent help it at all, nct is known for being quite experimental and they have multiple very enjoyable songs imo, people just have to accept that sometimes being experimental means you miss the mark, and miss it hard. it's okay to say it's not good or you don't like it.
the worst thing about that Lukas graham song is that it’s not even remotely true. ask any person if the friends they had as kids stuck around and watch them all unanimously say no
Who said his song had to be true to himself though? Regardless, it tells the story of someone we may never know irl.. you know, like a story from a book or something.
i find that to be very untrue. Most people from small towns(at least where im from) are still friends with their childhood friends. Ive known my 2 best friends for 20+ years. everybody else i still keep in contact with weve been friends for 10+years.
Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" was one that I've hated since a kid. Part of it was because I was on the JB hate that most 12 year old boys were on, but also because the actual sound of the song made my physically recoil
Justin Beiber used to be the bane of my elementary schooler existance lmao. Now I don't care too much but his new tracks are mind-numbingly boring. (Also I love your Toph pfp)
I remember my 8th grade teacher using that song as an example of poor grammar. She would always say that he should be saying "If I WERE your boyfriend" instead of "If I WAS your boyfriend" because "were" is used for conditional statements. "Was" can only be used for past tense, but since the lyrics imply that this girl that Justin is singing to about didn't even date him yet, it doesn't work.
Ironically, “go4it” is Corey Feldman’s BEST song. & for those wondering how he got Snoop on the track, the song was actually purchased by Corey from the producer who had already made the song & already had a Snoop feature on there
My sin to confess for the day is that I used to love Blood on the Dance Floor. I even paid to see them in concert once. I was a child, like the rest of their fanbase were. Thankful for growth.
“Sweet Thing” by The Shaggs, off that same album, makes me cry almost every time. Theres something about it, idk. Being in a fresh break-up mood makes it burrow extremely deeply into your head.
As someone who's never heard it before, Dictator was jaw-dropping. Holy shit I cannot imagine the infinite fractal of poor decisions that led to that opening a Clash album.
as a casual fan of them, NCT is infamous for garbage ass samples and Penis Music (tm) that still manages to work really well with their vocals and flow. Punch opens with what sounds like a robot undergoing CBT and it’s one of their strongest title tracks. Sticker is just that style of music taken to the logical extreme and it doesn’t work and almost everyone hates it.
I feel this video shows how music taste is purely subjective. For example, (please don't kill me) but I don't hate Imagine Dragons, in fact, I can't say a single song of theirs is bad and they're one of my favorite bands. I get a lot of shit for that opinion, but that's just my taste. Do I think Thunder is their best song, or even top 20? No. But I like it. Many hate that song, but I just can't bring myself to hate it, not when I actively listen to it. And that just shows you can like something other people hate I think
Absolutely. Before I actually started actively seeking out my own music taste, I used to like Imagine Dragons and Train a lot, so it would be like hating my own naive early teen self to hate them. I still listen to the latter from time to time, mostly because my mom loves them, but no one can make me say that Drops Of Jupiter is a bad song even if it's the definition of an unexplained reference
I think pop falls apart more when you really analyze it. It’s kind of like why critics hate many blockbusters. They have the experience in the medium and technical knowledge that they see cliches and bad decisions that are invisible to average consumers until they’re pointed out. A ton is down to personal preference too though. I actually really like Lewis Capaldi and Lucas Graham because of how overdramatic and corny their vocals are at times.
@@Mr_Leo_DS nah, they really are bad. They have had some good and some alright songs though. Radioactive is a also simply a good song tbh, and very nostalgic.
Genuinely thank you for this video, your reactions are entertaining and funny but also these songs are so godawful yet they legit sound chaotic enough (which is an understatement) that it helps my ADHD ass actually focus on stuff. 0/10 songs, 10/10 video
You ever seen that image of a fly duct taped to a table with the earbuds taped to it? If I ever caught a mosquito trying to bite me and was able to, I would tape it to a table and play the entire Total Xanarchy album in its ears
Brad should do a full reaction of The Shaggs - Philosophy of the Truth, once you look past how terrible they sound there’s actually something kinda beautiful about them all trying their best to fulfill their dad’s dream, I think it would make for a good episode/stream
I actually really like the first verse of Mr. Douchebag by YFM. I think there is a good song that could be written that opens with that verse. Everything that comes after that first verse, including the chorus, is awful, as is every other song by YFM. Though Doin' Your Mom is still a meme classic for being so awful.
The roxanne rap song is my least favourite song. Don't get it mixed up with roxanne by the police, which is a good song, but the modern rap one with the same name is absolutely awful and soulless.
@@jeremyusreevu237 That's not what I meant? I meant that if you are 15 now you were probably like 8 when that song came out, hence why it gives you nostalgia
@@genesisosuna You can get nostalgia going from teen to adult just as much as kid to teen or kid to adult. There is no duration limit for nostalgia to form. Still a bit of a bad take (in wording) in a sense.
see the thing with Sticker is that once you listen to it enough the annoying parts start to become kind of fun. I stockholmed myself into liking this because I love NCT and now I’m a mostly unironic Sticker defender
There's a lot of "Oh this song is kinda generic, kinda tacky, doesn't really go anywhere" and then there's "Here's You Done Goofed, there is literally nothing redeemable about this song and its entire existence is a blight on music and everyone involved should be very deeply ashamed of themselves. It isn't just musically terrible, but morally terrible as well."
Honestly I’d rather hear terrible music over super basic mediocre music.
At least all the other tracks weren't harmful. That was the only song that made me hate the band themselves as people
Oh, it's about the brain slushie girl, what's-her-name? The one that got bullied off the internet by 4chan?
I'm positive Blood on the Dance Floor approached the source material with respect and care 👌🗿
It ruined a generation of tweens. Blood on the Dance floor as a whole I mean
"This may strike some viewers as harsh, but I think everyone involved in this story should die." BotDF is abhorrent and should be imprisoned
Doesn’t “Thunder” being bad kind of add to the bragging rights it’s going for in an awful way? Like “I’m so successful I don’t have to make my songs good”
That’s just imagine dragon’s entire discography
Can't believe I liked imagine dragons in 5th grade
@@liamernst9626 nothing wrong with their first two albums! Just normal pop rock stuff, pleasant, Coldplay tier music. Not anything special but as long as you didn’t adore anything past that stage, there’s nothing to be ashamed of tbh
@@sp0ngeb00b7 I mean it's inoffensive bland music, but I can't stand listening now.
I don't mind Imagine Dragons. I don't listen to them actively but I think they're fine. Except for Thunder.
You’re telling me “Stalking your mom” “Mr. Douchebag” and “Orphan tears” aren’t complete bangers?
And shitty G
Sip sippin on orphan tears. That one was actually the sole banger.
What band are you talking about? Saw the whole video, but I seem to have missed that
@@nobodyburgen4594 Your Favorite Martian, they made one of the songs on the list 👍
I don't think so, but the original version of My Balls was
The shaggs is a really sad story they didn’t want to play and they’d get shit thrown at them at dances but their dad kept making them do it bc a fortune teller said he was destined to have three famous daughters or something.
their music was really pure though, and thats what a lot of people like about it. i personally like it
It was his mom who was a fortune teller. It goes something along the lines of that he’d marry a strawberry blonde woman, have 2 kids before his mom died, have another 2 and they’d create a famous band. May not be completely accurate, but that’s the gist from my understanding.
@@acanofvancampsbeaneeweenee2037 all three of the predictions were right. He did marry the strawberry blonde woman and have two daughters before his mother died. And the girls did become a famous rock band, just not in his lifetime. Mama knew
@@eddiedingle767 this
infamy is still fame
@@eddiedingle767 nonsense. That's a business plan, not a prediction. A genuine foretelling wouldn't require any forcing - it'd just happen no matter what you did. No magic here.
Blood on the Dance floor is the worst group of all time. Holy fuck.
As people and as musicians
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@@boop99 we were on holiday in California once and went to check out Chain Reaction just cause it's the venue where so many bands started but we had no idea they were playing that night. Their fans were queing up outside and they were truly some of the strangest people I've ever spoken to.
And their lead singer is a pedophile apparently.
@@someguy3752 a massive creep sounds nice compared to the actual term, a pedophile.
14:03 The whole “LUKAS GRAHAM” bit always gets a laugh out of me. Also the fact that they call themselves “Lukas Graham” when the lead singer is named Lukas Graham is the definition of self-aggrandizing
it’s like Sade except Sade actually makes good music
Bon Jovi is the same way
I'm surprised the song isn't called Lukas Graham. I'm surprised it doesn't go "Lu-kas Lu-kas Graham. Lu-kas Graham"
@@megaascension2748 & mac demarco
@@megaascension2748 thing is, jon bon jovi has a bad rep for the music of his band, not his attitude. by all accounts, jon bon jovi is a decent guy.
lukas graham has gigantic ego based on his interviews.
Learning that Meghan Trainor married Juni from Spy Kids instead of Todd in the Shadows has ruined my day
ong
Isnt there a picture of them leaving a store with dildo in a grocery bag?
I thought that was Ariana Grande?
@@marcowo3226 yes yes there is, it’s so awkward man
@@francoaranda6499 bee
"7 Years" got completely flipped from a tolerable sounding tune to absolutely abhorrent when I actually thought of the lyrics. When I realized that there is NOTHING of note that he talks about, it makes all the repetition, the cheerleading in the middle, the music box home movie aesthetic, and basically the entire goddamn song just intolerable. He feels so dishonest with the empty lyrics that it genuinely drags the entire song down.
What's so bad about it
@Slipknot fan can't believe you like slipknot,that's like worse
@@umairashraf5167 its bad because the song is trying to be sentimental without the sentiment. u can end up relating to the overall sweet message about valuing life and overlook the writing flaws, but when u look closer into the lyrics you see how he never sings about eventful moments that impacted his life, just “my mom would tell me this, my dad would tell me that” without any purpose or reflection brought forward. its just a timeline of “i looked for friends cuz i was told to, i looked for a girl cuz i was told to, now im here makin money off music and one day ill be old” its very surface level
@@cocothedino_2901 your a sad boy
@@umairashraf5167 they gave an actual reason and all you could say was „you’re a sad boy“… ah, sorry „your a sad boy“?
Which is kinda funny, considering the song you’re defending. Like, it‘s an absolute, melodramatic, basic slog fest of a song.
I remember one time when I was at the mall with my mom. We were in a clothing store and Thunder started playing, annoying me and my mom. Well one of the people working at the store also hated Thunder because she told me where the source of the music playing over the speakers, and gave me permission to skip it on the playlist. The fact that they didn't just skip Thunder at a clothing store, but let a customer skip the song just shows how bad it is.
The song is quite good and really catchy
@@azerty5278 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
@@azerty5278 deez nuts are quite good and catchy
@@tabsfornow it's true look, up the band
@azerty 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
The story with Jessi Slaughter is so sad tbh. The internet was so horrible back then. For all the zoomers out here thinking the internet sucks today, oh man it was just disgusting if you were anything even remotely "different"
Bro it was her parents faults, and by extension the cyber police
@@CrackzTV Okay victim blamer.
@@CrackzTVyeah lets not blame a victim
I wouldn't say the internet would bully you if you were "different". A lot of the time it's somewhat random who gets targeted with the worst of it, it was a wacky wild west. The only consistent reason people get harassed (by 4chan/kiwifarms in particular) is that they give reactions that are funny/desired, something thats hard not to do if your underage or mentally disabled.
Internet was better back in those days.
When I was twelve we had to show our talents in english, means we had to speak it, and two girls sang "7 years" on guitar which was actually awesome because at the moment I was in my time where I only listened to shitty pop music, and obviously couldn't speak a lot of english, so I liked it because of the piano and voice and simple story of "Live your life to the fullest".
Keep up the amazing content Brad, hope you feel better now :)
Once you were 12 years oldddddd
What country was this in?
fr its nowhere near as bad as he says it is, highly mediocre at worst
@@drpepperoni2109 I think it's more a matter of how often you'd hear it on the radio. He says halfway through that he can barely remember why he dislikes the song so much and I think that's genuinely just because the only reason the song is so hated is cuz it was overplayed. If this was just a song that got a quick million views and only played once or twice no one would have complained about it but this song was everywhere back when it came out.
The fact you managed to avoid Lewis Capaldi altogether in the past few years is nothing short of a miracle and I'm deeply sorry we've still made you listen to him in the end.
I've managed to avoid him, too. Good to know I didn't miss anything.
Seems like a chill bloke though
Ok but he's by far not the worst compared to everything else on this list
His music is inoffensive, like listening to a guy you know who's not that bad, but definitely isn't professional.
His music isn't even that bad compared to the shit people make today
there's another artist by the name of "Shiah Maisel" that sounds kinda like him i think
I feel like there’s always a significant recency bias whenever people talk about the worst songs ever made
we should really talk about van halen's later songs because some of them are really REALLY bad
Most of the Black Eyed Pea's discography is overrated and just horrendous
Seriously. Let's talk How Much is That Doggie In The Window.
My personal least favorite song in history, though, is The Joker by Steve Miller
Yeah, I mean truly egregiously bad songs tend to get forgotten. Take Judge Dread's cover of Je t'aime, moi non plus, which was a a huge hit in the UK in '75. Awful cod reggae track whose lyrics are virulently transphobic, even for the time. That's worse than anything here.* But thankfully we've erased that and many other awful artefacts from the collective memory.
*7 Years maybe comes close
@@Jason-qh2nw BEP's hits are basically the best songs this group made, which is kind of impressive tbh
"Once I was 20 years old, I got kicked out of Del Taco 'cause my girlfriend drew a dick on the window with hot sauce!"
A true story that's way more compelling than anything in that song.
Imagine a filler episode, but as lyrics. I love the instrumental, but the lyrics were not good at all. I respect the ___ years old, since it's a novel method of simulating progression im a narrative-driven song, but its reception is as divisive as AJR in general.
i watched my girlfriend say penis
im invested
@timeforproblems We had just gone to see Power Trip, Negative Approach and OFF! play, my then gf was pissed off at somebody at the Del Taco near the venue so she drew a dick on the glass with hot sauce and we got booted out lol. This was like, 2012 I think. But yeah, great show, and Del Taco hits differently when you’ve just been in a mosh pit for 4+ hours
🎶Once I was 30 years old I went up my butthole and saw gnomes and smurfs partying like never before🎶
ONCE I WAS 30 YEARS OLD
Lewis Capaldi "sings" like he's trying to pass a really stubborn kidney stone
I thought he was a kidney stone
@@jacobscarberry4799 you win TH-cam.
@@IgirlbossedTooCloseToTheSun I thank you
His singing reminds me of AI Plankton.
@@baiwatch1LMAOO
the reason we saw Fancy Like everywhere in 2021 was because Applebee's pounced on it for their commercials like a cougar pouncing on an intoxicated college boy
Yes, that whole thing was just a semi-stealth Applebee's ad campaign.
initially i interpreted this as cougar the animal and i was like ok yeah i guess
"Like a cougar pouncing on an intoxicated college boy" might be one of my new favorite sayings.
I thought it was one of those fake "pretends to be country but it's just shitty pop which is ironically a metaphor for how Applebee's pretends to be country aesthetic but is so not" Applebee's makes specifically for their commercials.
Hearing it on mainstream radio shocked me to the core
Stealth?!?
A better song that repeatedly uses the phrase "oh no" is Marina's "Oh No!"
Marina’s music is top tier IMO
@@donaldmarotta1439 she is one of my favorite artists ever! Her lyrics, voice, I just love her
Marina's music is godly tbh
@elsen me too because she is literally just amazing! even if her style isn't your favorite, you can't deny that her writing and voice are just amazing.
"OH NO" by Grandson is a song I also recommend
...man, it really is one those song titles, huh?
I love how while he's listening to shitty music he just randomly stumbles across a TH-cam Rabbit Hole.
Its the real mrbeest wym
Mrbest
A shitty rabbit hole at that
hey it’s me, the real mistah beast
@@jdixon390 mr.breast
I’m so confused about how Lewis capaldi got so popular. His voice is awful
Scotland.
he already pretty much fell off right? i haven't heard of him since then
You'd be surprised, a lot of people genuinely like his voice
its bearable when hes not trying to be loud but thats about it
I dunno I always think maybe it's just because of tweens and teens thinking he's so deep and emotional because they don't know any better.
I could be wrong but that's my hypothesis
The worst part of fancy like is how patronising it is. Like sure people don't actually find Applebee's to be fancy but there are a lot of people for whom going to Applebee's is at least considered a treat, something you can't necessarily do too often. But fancy like feels like a middle class dude looking down on us and being like "oh look at the Poor's"
It explodes how most country stars are all rich out of touch musicians that cosplay as being poor/“country”.
bo burnham captures this issue perfectly in his country song parody where he sings about being an out of touch wealthy guy pretending to like dirt and cheap beer.
@@cocothedino_2901 isnt he racist
@@Begeru There are big country singers who perform in dirty jeans with holes like they want people to believe they were doing some rugged blue-collar labor right before the show. (On the other hand, Loretta Lynn always looked classy when performing)
I hate it most because it's literally just an advertisement for Applebees treated as a real song. I remember hearing it as a commercial since they were showing their new oreo shake, but then people started to seriously listen to the song
For that reason I find the song unbelievably insulting and offensive, it really is a new low for music
i dont know, i think the line "I think i love you more than the japanese love tentacle porn" is one of the mostgod damn beautiful and romantic lyrics i've heard in my life.
But for real, that line, no matter how tacky and tasteless it may be, has absolutely nothing on some of the other reprehensible s- they say during that song. For example, the line about African women. I will not even attempt to utter that line, as I fear that doing so may kill me
@@KeDe1606 lol its a stereotype song dont be soft it covers everyone
@@jeefsquaa it *technically* does, but some lines are a lot more despicable than others.
Like, the line about African women and Puerto Ricans are 100 times worse than the line about Japanese or Irish people.
It’s like writing an entire manifesto about why we should k- every non-white person, then you turn around, say „well, white people can be kinda cringe sometimes“ and think that that’s what equality is supposed to be.
I don’t think I’m too soft, I believe that you’re just way too „forgiving“ (which is a very generous term in this situation). Seriously, have you ever actually listened to that song?
@@KeDe1606 I think that has more to do with some steryotypes being more gross or malicious than others rather than a reflection of RWJ's personal opinons. Not really defending the song though because it's the definition of middleschool humor.
@@insertrelevantusername8760 I really hope that the song is just a result of… misguided decisions. But considering that this is the same guy that made/conceptualised the absolute travesty that is „transphobic techno“… I‘m worried
pretty much anything Tom MacDonald has ever could be considered what you find when scraping the bottom of the trash
Except this: th-cam.com/video/83Ntpeih4f4/w-d-xo.html
@Jeremy U’s ReevU What’s so special about that song?
@@jeremyusreevu237 this is garbage
Tom Macdonald is the only bearable rapper of the last 2 decades for me.
If you think everything he’s done is trash you haven’t listened to half his music. Dudes extremely talented… clickbait, annoying, likes to stir the pot and chase controversy, but dude can absolutely spit with the best of them.
the lukas graham song is weird to me with the dad being like - hello 11 year old boy you must marry a woman some day
Oddly enough, I've met people with 5 year old children who just constantly tell them to get girlfriends (sometimes multiple girlfriends). It's a pretty realistic line HAHHAAH
@@AlbinoTuxedo yeah some parents are so fucking weird lol
"Fancy Like" is in a weird genre that I like to call Poorcore, where it is people that have most likely never experienced being poor a single day in their life, trying to make a song that's relatable to poor people, but because they can't actually bring themselves to consider what that might be like it ends up coming across as patronizing.
White privilege core
That brow furrow at 4:51, Brad went from “eh whatever” to “absolute garbage” in one second
I really miss those worst song lists you used to do with the intentionally bad singing and the comedic editing. Please make another one. The 2017 one was absolutely hilarious(that rant you did about Thunder was amazing) and I can't find any others like it
even though i dont like listening to imagine dragons, it does reminds me a lot of my brother all the time when he was alive. not taking anyone's opinions here too personally, im just sharing an experience i have with they're music. i felt a little happiness when i hear them on the radio and pretended that my brother changed it there just to annoy me. so thank you for reminding me that thunder existed :D
Thanks now I’m crying!
🤓
Sorry about your brother (not implying that I killed him)
@@odin9628 😐
@@humanperson318😐
Walker Hayes has many a lyrical gem:
“Said the way you walk is suggestive
Strip mall town impressive
Girl I hate to see you go (Hold up)
But I love to watch you exit
All flames, where you cooking that?
That bourbon kiss, where you puttin' that?”
“ Tryna steer my daughters off the pole
And my sons out of jail (sons out of jail)
Tryna get to church so I don't go to hell
I'm just tryna keep my wife (hey babe) from figuring out (I love)
That I married up (you're so fine, girl) and she married way, way down
In Alabama where they love Nick Saban (Roll Tide)
Tryna write a song the local country station will play (I'm just tryna write a song)
Hey, I'm just tryna stay out of AA”
“ I sip whiskey from a handle (Handle)
I got dogs named Jack and Daniel
Yeah, my favorite shirts are flannel (Me too, man)
And I'll tear up some turnip greens (Ayy)
Now taxidermy, that's art
Favorite movie, you serious, Clark?
You know I love fishin' in the dark (Yeah)
The song and the real thing (Here we go)”
This man is 42 years old.
That last one is the worst thing i've ever read, i cant imagine it in song form.
Craig is actually a pretty solid song.
That's High Guardian Spice Level writing
I do agree on the taxidermy thing. It's a really interesting art form
Hey Brad, you make amazing stuff. I know that depression is hard, and that there isn’t really much any one can do to help, but know that your work makes people around the world laugh and smile. I hope you have an amazing 2022
I love listening to bad songs lmao, I love finding a song that I absolutely hate and then realizing that it can indeed get worse
when nct127 themselves first heard the track, all of the members except one looked so worried. Because they knew people probably wouldnt like it lmao.
idk how to feel about the song i just hate that piano in it
Like I know what the track is TRYING to do and it could've actually worked if someone made it less. Painful to listen to lmao
I think NCT makes some really great stuff, but this one just doesn’t do it for me. No clue who thought the flute would be a good idea…
tbh it seems like sticker’s divisive insanity might have worked out for them. like if they’d picked Lemonade for the tt people probably would have liked it more but not remembered it. but damn do people remember sticker
sm was trying wayyy too fucking hard with that one. leave that shit to nct u 😭
I cannot believe people still remember Your Favorite Martian, what a niche time on the internet
Ikr. I've discovered YFM a month ago, their songs are good but some are really weird...
@@nugget9948 Early 2k was weird, so it fits the times, standards, and morals I guess somewhat well.. including the ones that I believe would have been offensive back then even if its brought up more now.
The Stere0ype song though, that's an exception because its literally about ster0types, we may never got something like this nowadays lol
(TH-cam kept censoring me over a certain word if it ain't obvious, kinda weird but proves my point kinda :/ )
Been binge watching your older videos and this is perfect thanks for the great content Brad and I hope you’re doing alright :)
The classic mcr video still brings back memories :)
Interesting choice for a Meghan Trainor song. I think "Me Too" is not only a million times worse, it's straight up diabolical and I can't help but think about Johnny Bravo every time I hear it.
greetings from a non-english speaking country.
What's wrong with Johnny Bravo?
@@jeremyusreevu237 well, for what I remember it was supposed to have an uplifting message about self-love but it came off narcissistic and tacky. Listen to the opening line and you'll see what I mean
@@purplemonkey9575 I mean, the character himself is kind of thick headed, but he's a nice person.
I like that song
That My Name is No song is horrible to boot.
If 7 years was a movie it would be a window with raindrops for an hour. And maybe on occasion a sign saying Lukas Graham would pop up.
I've only ever listened to that song on long boring car rides, so for me this definitely checks out
“bEcAuSe iM HAPPY
CLAP ALONG IF YOU FEEL LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT A ROOF!!”
That song was all over the radio and playing everywhere when I was at one of the lowest points of my life and every time I heard it I just wanted to toss myself in front of a train. Pure, unadulterated evil coming through the airwaves. That song is 100% meant to be used as a method of torture and I will not be persuaded otherwise.
Some times I wonder if Pharrell was held at gunpoint to make that song
Sad that you didn't
literally brainwashing music
@@umairashraf5167 ikr 😔
@@yxrackman2397 he made it specifically to be used in the Minions Movie so this honestly probably isn't far off, I could totally see Illumination doing smthn like that
i agree with the lewis capaldi being the absolute fucking worst. was in an english/music composition class where we would deconstruct and judge music with essays or have class discussions on trending music and the whole class agreed, after a 30 minute rant from everyone in the class, that Lewis Capaldi should not touch a microphone or piano ever again. We were more divisive talking about post malone 10 minutes before.
This is hilarious and I wish I was in this class.
That sounds unphathomably pretentious
Whenever I hear Post Malone's name I just think of provolone cheese
@@ghost_fueled_scarecrow *unfathomably. If you're gonna use a big word know how to spell it bro
@@TommyNir Mans made up a whole different word instead lmfao
i feel it necessary to clarify that the sus korean word that sounds like the n-word is a legitimate korean word and they are not trying to use the n word in their songs (the last time a kpop idol did that his career was ruined)
Which one? did he say it while speaking mostly in english or in a english speaking country, ive never heard of it
Hope your doing better brad, Loving your videos!
Thank you, Linus.
@@pepe_felipe2 years later he’s still Linus
Years ago when I was like 15, I was at an all-night party. At around 3 AM, me and the other girls decided to do some karaoke. I chose to try singing Thunder, forgetting about the stupid little high-pitched computer vocals. I couldn't get those vocals to sound good at all, and yet I just had to... keep going. This STILL keeps me up at night.
I remember when that song was everywhere you’d literally have to pick your drink up off the bar because so many people would fucking hammer on it at the *”BOOM BOOM BOOM”* part. The drunker people got the more violent and poorly timed the banging would get.
S:P Little Knight better
@@gamakujira64e23 true, but Mechanical Fire Bird Cool
@@KnightmarePhoenix_official yeah 😔
Something that wasnt mentioned about the story of Done Goofed is that the person they made the song about, Damien Leonhart, would go on to claim in 2018 that their lead singer, Dahvie Vanity, raped them when they were a minor. There have been 21 women since 2009 who have made similar accusations, as well as claims from former band members and Jeferee Star painting Vanity in a similar light. Since 2016, Vanity has become the only member left of BotD, and has released music under a variety of names aside from BotD such as Kawaii Monster and The Most Vivid Nightmares.
I think it was pretty evident from the comment that the song was making fun of the lead singer's grooming victim and not just a random person
maroon 5 is very impressive. they managed to go through their entire career without making a good album
Songs About Jane was a good album only because they were aping Jamiroquai.
@@captainmappy3959Jamiroquai can do no wrong so yeah i get why they'd steal from them
@random I'm glad someone else likes It Won't Be Soon Before Long. Everyone hypes up Songs About Jane but It Won't Be Soon Before Long gets forgotten. The only bad song on that album is Kiwi and that's because I personally don't want to imagine Adam Levine covered in "juices".
Maroon 5 started selling out around Overexposed and V, but Red Pill Blues is where I lost all of my respect for them. A terrible album name and songs that have less emotion than a sleep deprived college student with severe depression.
@@TuesdaysArt totally forgot about that album, which is weird because I used to be absolutely obsessed with Won't be soon before long. It's underrated!
Btw 32:35 is a sub bot. essentially they not an account and then put up a video explaining who they are so it doesn’t get taken down. The account is the sold for profit. The guy who runs it is also a creep and there is a bunch of drama surrounding the situation for more info look up comment mr beast aviator boys or something along those lines, there’s a really good video that should come up about it by some ordinary gamers
wild lol
I like how whenever a song is bad it always starts with "imagine if ajr..."
“i need a drummer boy hit me with your stick” stated so plainly, followed with the stare, has me cryinggg. I literally can’t imagine anything else except her being beaten in the side of the head with a drumstick
"I liked AJR when I was 15 years old"
How could you betray me like this Brad
Whats wrong with ajr
@@eser3257 idk they’re just kinda corny to me. Their production style really doesn’t do it for me either. I totally understand the appeal for some ppl but I just can’t help but dislike them cause of their overly corny musicality. But to each their own of course.
Eh as long as Brad has a redemption arc
@@noidedorion Kinda corny is a massive understatement for AJR
5:00 “remember walking in the sand”- the sample in “oh no” is actually just fantastic. now everyone thinks it sucks. what a jackass move to just steal a song and basically release a nightcore remix of it!
It's funny to think that YFM has made something like Alien(unplugged) which is basically an introspective look on what it's like to be alienated because you're being bullied in a somber way, and then you look at their old songs like transphobic techno lmao
Transpobic tecno is the only one that is like that the other ones are bangers
27:32 Brad, you may have a point. Kurt Cobain, RIP, listed Philosophy of the World as one of his favorite albums ever made.
Love the vid. I love that sticker was so bad it transcends kpop. Im a huge nct stan and despite knowing its fucking awful it gets me turnt as fuck. Also the fact that that song was released in an album full of bangers i legit wanna be buried with makes it all the more iconic. Its an anomaly how versatile nct as a whole are, they make actual dog shit and masterpieces presented in the same plate so often, me and every other Nct stan started getting them confused.
Edit: I also stand by the fact that no artist could make this song good, it’s just not possible. Taeil’s vocals are the only part that made me think ‘damn this might have some creative sound ideas’ but it’s only because his singing rides beats like no other. I’m extremely biased tho
Also super glad for whoever said 7 Years, I absolutely loathe that song and for ages it seemed to be everywhere I went. Hate the lyrics, hate his voice, hate everything. Just godawful.
i have a special hatred for dear future husband. my choir class voted we sing it at our last concert of the year and the teacher made us dance to it. it’s been nearly ten years since then and i still know most of the words
I'm genuinely so sorry, that sounds like a nightmare.
god i completely forgot about that lukas graham song for the past 5 years and now i remember how much i hated it
that song was probably 50% of the reason i stopped listening to the radio
I'm curious about the other 50%.
i kinda actually love that Sticker song, it's so weird but like. annoying in a charming way?
also. I thinks some songs that serve a purpose on tiktok aren't necessarily songs people like at all, in their full song form. like the oh no song is for doing stupid videos where something comically bad happens ..... but it doesn't surprise that, even though its incredibly popular, people hate the actual song.
when my friend introduced me to sticker by nct 127, she told me “it sounds like they’re trying to see what they can get away with before they lose every fan”
Now i wanna find the lead singer of "Blood on the dance floor" and "talk" to him.
Brad.... I'm a new subscriber but I'm so excited about this. I'm a Brad too. People have said that I have "Brad taste in music". And that's awesome. But I was hella known for switching the song often until I got my feel. They then abbreviated my name into "Bad Radio Aggressive Disorder". I embraced it and kept the rad1o part. But yeah man love the channel and how we both share the aggressive disorder.
There's some pop song they play over the loudspeakers at my work quite often, and I guess it's supposed to be like anti-selfharm/anti eating disorder/empowerment song, but the more you pay attention to the lyrics, the more it comes across as the singer legitimately glamorizing self harm and eating disorders, essentially claiming that people with those sorts of struggles are stronger and more beautiful than people without them, and telling them these people that they're perfect as they are and don't need to change anything. I can't tell if it's meant to be able to be interpreted either way or it's just so badly written that it misses it's own point. Like I could kind of see the whole "you're amazing despite your issues, don't let others bring you down" message the first couple times they played it, then i realized there's actually nothing in the song saying to even bother fighting the urge to cut/starve yourself, and essentially shifting blame from the person cutting themself to the world for demonizing them cutting themself.
No idea what the song actually is, but it absolutely infuriates me.
I think I know what song you're talking about - the best way I can describe it is that it's weirdly voyeuristic ("your personal struggles with self-destructive behaviour MAKE you beautiful and interesting, subject of this song! I am telling this MOVING AND DRAMATIC story to the whole world!")
Not every track about self-harm has to labour the point that This Shit Bad Yo, but I just don't think that particular stripe of Radio Ballad is the right place for the material. Clean, safe, packaged pop is fun - but with this subject matter it sounds like it's trying to make real life self injury and ED sufferers into "main characters" for money.
@@isabellamorris7902 I get what you mean about how they don't have to make a point to say, "this shit is bad yo", but I feel like if they just kind of worked to moreso imply it, i feel it would feel a little less infuriating, but to me it absolutely comes across like if the singer happened to see a young girl cutting herself in person, she'd be all like, "so brave, so empowering, she's beautiful just the way she is" and shit and that's just incredibly off-putting. Like sound wise, it's not a horrible song, but like I'm not the biggest pop fan out there, so I have no clue what it's called or who it's by, but it just feels like the lyrics are so badly written that it totally missed its own point.
@@lordowl3533 I dont know for sure, but I think you might be referring to Scars To Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara
Is it scars to your beautiful, that one was fucking weird and bugged me
@@CrackzTV yeah, that's the one. The whole chorus is really...detrimental. like, it's basically saying your self harm doesn't need to stop, the world needs to change how it looks at things, yet the song portrays itself as some support song for people struggling with self harm or an eating disorder, which can put somebody who struggles with either of those situations in the mindset of "yeah, it's the world thats the problem not me"
Dude I thought "fancy like" was another one of those shitty fake songs Applebee's makes for their commercials (ex: that one ad with the "a little bit of chicken fried-)
Hearing it on *live f^_ing radio* shocked me to my core
I was sitting with my mom while we were in the drive through of like,, taco johns,,, AND I WAS JUST MENTALLY LIKE "WAIT WHAT THAT'S A REAL SONG??????" like a full double take
Is the "chicken fried" song you're thinking of Chicken Fried by Zac Brown Band? Bc I hate to inform you that that is a real actual song
@@prince_of_cats o h g o d
Lewis Capaldi being a nepotism baby is really the cherry on top of his bad music
Is he? His wiki says his mum was a nurse and his dad a fishmonger
@@CheeseyMilkshakes his uncle is a quite famous Scottish actor
@@somecanadiangirl1 His second cousin once removed is Peter Capaldi, damn had no idea.
For "7 years old" in particular, there's always something odd about a song on a debut album bragging about being a superstar
I was at a family gathering when one of my distant aunts yelled out "Oh my god! This is my favorite song!" and I listened closely to what was playing on the radio and it was Fancy Like. Other than that it was a good night
I often wonder if Lewis Cupholder was invented to lower the expectations of the radio listener as much as possible so they don't have to try as hard to make the same song 70 times
I've noticed a lot more songs like those sung by Lewis Capaldi are at the forefront of radio playlists now. It's always that same lone guitarist with the raspy singing voice combo, but you know that in reality it could not be farther from the truth. Like the Lorde cover of Everybody Wants to Rule the World, like I swear that song only exists because the trailer it was used in required an over-the-top depressing version of an existing well known song to go with the over-the-top depressing visuals.
YAY! I'm so glad you enjoyed my pick "Drummer Boy" Brad. Hopefully we'll get more converts to this amazing song 😂
LOL at the bit at the "niga" in NCT127's Sticker. "Niga" in Korean is different from the n-word in English, though it sounds the same.
I remember when I was in middle school my first girlfriend told me to listen to 7 Years and we got in a text argument because I said it was stupid and boring.
And I'd fucking do it again
Take your pick of any Onision song. I've only heard the album "I'm a meme" but that thing made me consider AJR to be okay
It genuinely makes all other music seem good or enjoyable. Without exaggeration. It's the worst thing I've ever heard...and I've listened to a lot of the "worst albums of all time"
I just listened to I'm A Meme out of curiosity. That album is what everyone who hates Hobo Johnson thinks he sounds like.
A while ago, in the elementary school talent show, 3 girls sung 7 years in the same show. I didn't like it the first time and by the third time i hated it.
Todd’s video on 7 Years is one of my favourites, he goes off on it and I love it 😂
The Somebody you Loved one was even better
7 years and that let her go song are brothers and I hate them both
I loved the picks in this video, and if there's ever a part 3, here's some predictions/songs i'd like to see:
Flyysoulja - Im an Island Boy
An awful song all around, with the mastering being the worst part of all, not one second of thought went into it. The skit in the intro makes it even worse.
Corey Feldman - Lovin' Lies
Another mistake by Corey. The beggining of this song has some of the worst autotune and mixing i've ever heard period, im still shocked about it. The only decent part is the EDM drop, which i dont think was made by Corey, probably was stolen.
Dream - Mask
What can i say about this song that hasnt been said already? Terribly cringey lyrics with a very uninteresting instrumental, and the fact that you can barely say anything about it thanks to Dream stans makes it worse.
Blood on the Dance Floor - Rise and Shine
A song about school shooting, with lyrics that make it sound like a parody. Not only that but the song has a dubstep drop that doesnt fit on a song that's trying to comment on a serious subject.
Hobo Johnson - My Therapist
I was going to put I want to see the World here but on second thought i find My Therapist more annoying. Its the slowest, most boring song ever and when its not that its just SCREAMING in your ears.
Alison Gold - Chinese Food
A super cringe song in every way. Its the most generic pop sounding instrumental with lyrics that make me die inside. I know the artist is young, but not everyone in the production of the song was young and teenagers have made so much better things.
Far? I loved My Therapist, it was easily my favorite off his last album. Yeah it’s strange and abrasive, but also really charming and funny in a weird way imo
@@jacobbelyea7945 more power to you i suppose lol
Lmao as a Dream fan myself you can definitely shit on Mask. I like the guys content but his friend group is infinitely better than he is and I wouldn't touch his music with a ten-foot pole. I guess Roadtrip had some instrumental chops to it.
Mask by Dream is a guilty pleasure of mine. Its just a song i can turn my mind off and listen to to help put basic words to my emotions when i feel shit. Its just relatable ig. I like a lot of other bad pop music as well, mostly due to 2017 nostalgia.
As a musician and very inexperienced wtiter i can see that mask is technically uninteresting with horrible low-effort lyrics.
Chinese Food is iconic smh. Next thing you’re gonna be out here trashing It’s Thanksgiving
Hope all is well brad! Just stumbled across your channel and I must say I’ve been hooked on your content! Hope you’re doing better and I hope you have a great 2022!
Oh god “Sticker” was really unpleasant to listen to the first time, NCT is meant to be experimental, but some songs really do sound like shit
I don’t keep up with all the current/mainstream kpop acts, but I can tell you it’s NOT like the average mainstream kpop song 😭
Watching your videos always make my day, I too am dealing with depression, and I really hope you get over yours, as your videos always make me happier :)
@PòwerPoint doing better, started working out, and always watching brad lol
@PòwerPoint thanks for asking
as a kpop fan the sheer SHOCK when I saw someone recommend sticker for this list (as a person who loves NCT and HATES sticker) i literally burst into laughter. yeah, that commenter is exactly how i feel about it
the clash's last album makes me so sad they could have gone out with a bang but they had such pressure that they couldn't make anything worthwhile
Listen to that album yourself and realize it’s not that bad, hyperbolic internet reviewers are wrong
It wasn't the pressure that made the album turn out so hated, it was the fact their manager, Bernie Rhodes, pretty much took full control of the album. Bernie wanted his own hit solo record, because the Sex Pistols manager at the time had his own solo, hit record out. So Bernie co-opted what The Clash were trying to do so he could try and cash in on the fame. Fans say the songs played live sounded leagues better than what was on the Album and to be fair, Joe had stated before his death that letting Bernie have any say in the band was probably the worst decision in his life
@@BrkfastMachine yeah i meant pressure from management!! i guess it's more accurate to say bernie outright took over the project than just pressured them on it though
@@CrackzTV No it really is that bad. There are some songs that could have been decent, a fan made rework of it makes it sound much better, but the production on the album makes it completely unlistenable
I remember when radioactive came out and it was huge and i loved it and i still like to listen to the song but then the band just took a nose dive
Pretty much my opinion on them. I still don't get how kids in the high school I went to still liked their shit.
@@diegordi1394 there’s only one guy in high school that I know of that actually likes imagine dragons. He’s a weirdo too.
i personally like imagine dragons when they aim more towards rock instead of pop, i don't know what to call it but some of their songs don't feel precisely like pop to me. i think smoke + mirrors and origins where solid, in my biased opinion
not even surprised sticker by nct 127 was included.. strongly disliked by kpop fans and non kpop fans alike. i personally don't mind it anymore because i just gotten use to it and once you moved past the flute and lack of actual beat its sort of a fun listen
Didn't expect Sticker by NCT 127 to be here lul. That song has everything that I dislike about current SM Ent. sounds. Inserting a weird sound and loop it until the end without any development doesn't make it good(Unless you're Steve Reich or Philip Glass and other great minimalist artists). Don't get me started on people defending the song calling it experimental, yeah you can call it experimental but it's not done well.
yeah saying it's experimental dosent help it at all, nct is known for being quite experimental and they have multiple very enjoyable songs imo, people just have to accept that sometimes being experimental means you miss the mark, and miss it hard. it's okay to say it's not good or you don't like it.
I love how he got so bored of Someone you love so fucking fast that he decided to react to a Minecraft video instead.
I'd say YFM has one banger for sure, which is Orphan Tears, it actually sounds good and Wax's verse is great
the worst thing about that Lukas graham song is that it’s not even remotely true. ask any person if the friends they had as kids stuck around and watch them all unanimously say no
There's exceptions
My moms Best friend met when they were 6 and my moms almost 50. They usually hang out
Who said his song had to be true to himself though?
Regardless, it tells the story of someone we may never know irl.. you know, like a story from a book or something.
i find that to be very untrue. Most people from small towns(at least where im from) are still friends with their childhood friends. Ive known my 2 best friends for 20+ years. everybody else i still keep in contact with weve been friends for 10+years.
@@MrAlexjames94Yeah, it's just kinda a big city thing to not keep in contact with friends.
"its not the lyrics we cry over, its the memories of someone else" now thats a next level Certified Lover Boy quote
Just found your channel and your content is 100% up my alley, stay safe and healthy dude
Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" was one that I've hated since a kid. Part of it was because I was on the JB hate that most 12 year old boys were on, but also because the actual sound of the song made my physically recoil
Justin Beiber used to be the bane of my elementary schooler existance lmao. Now I don't care too much but his new tracks are mind-numbingly boring. (Also I love your Toph pfp)
I remember my 8th grade teacher using that song as an example of poor grammar. She would always say that he should be saying "If I WERE your boyfriend" instead of "If I WAS your boyfriend" because "were" is used for conditional statements. "Was" can only be used for past tense, but since the lyrics imply that this girl that Justin is singing to about didn't even date him yet, it doesn't work.
Ironically, “go4it” is Corey Feldman’s BEST song. & for those wondering how he got Snoop on the track, the song was actually purchased by Corey from the producer who had already made the song & already had a Snoop feature on there
Brad's ability to bop to terrible music is truly admirable
My sin to confess for the day is that I used to love Blood on the Dance Floor. I even paid to see them in concert once. I was a child, like the rest of their fanbase were. Thankful for growth.
No offense, but you look like someone who would enjoy their music lol
“Sweet Thing” by The Shaggs, off that same album, makes me cry almost every time. Theres something about it, idk. Being in a fresh break-up mood makes it burrow extremely deeply into your head.
As someone who's never heard it before, Dictator was jaw-dropping. Holy shit I cannot imagine the infinite fractal of poor decisions that led to that opening a Clash album.
Todd in the Shadows has a good review of the album, it’s all like that
Agreed, God damn. It felt like opening a bunch of youtube tabs at the same time and listening to all the audio at once
@@blakchristianbale It really is baffling how bad it sounds
Calling a young Lukas Graham a "rapscallion child" has to be my favorite thing of all time 😭
as a casual fan of them, NCT is infamous for garbage ass samples and Penis Music (tm) that still manages to work really well with their vocals and flow. Punch opens with what sounds like a robot undergoing CBT and it’s one of their strongest title tracks. Sticker is just that style of music taken to the logical extreme and it doesn’t work and almost everyone hates it.
Love them sm but when listening to them you have to embrace the cringe. Like I know this is cringe but idgaf.
not me though. i’m a sticker fan til i DIE
@@bvvtmarsus sticker defenders are few but we must stay strong 💪💪
I feel this video shows how music taste is purely subjective. For example, (please don't kill me) but I don't hate Imagine Dragons, in fact, I can't say a single song of theirs is bad and they're one of my favorite bands. I get a lot of shit for that opinion, but that's just my taste. Do I think Thunder is their best song, or even top 20? No. But I like it. Many hate that song, but I just can't bring myself to hate it, not when I actively listen to it. And that just shows you can like something other people hate I think
Absolutely. Before I actually started actively seeking out my own music taste, I used to like Imagine Dragons and Train a lot, so it would be like hating my own naive early teen self to hate them. I still listen to the latter from time to time, mostly because my mom loves them, but no one can make me say that Drops Of Jupiter is a bad song even if it's the definition of an unexplained reference
I think pop falls apart more when you really analyze it. It’s kind of like why critics hate many blockbusters. They have the experience in the medium and technical knowledge that they see cliches and bad decisions that are invisible to average consumers until they’re pointed out.
A ton is down to personal preference too though. I actually really like Lewis Capaldi and Lucas Graham because of how overdramatic and corny their vocals are at times.
Imagine Dragons is not bad at all, it just has become this generation's Nickelback
@@Mr_Leo_DS nah, they really are bad. They have had some good and some alright songs though. Radioactive is a also simply a good song tbh, and very nostalgic.
@@natebox4550 if they have some good and alright songs they are already not "really bad" in my books
Genuinely thank you for this video, your reactions are entertaining and funny but also these songs are so godawful yet they legit sound chaotic enough (which is an understatement) that it helps my ADHD ass actually focus on stuff. 0/10 songs, 10/10 video
The fact that anyone gave Lil Xan money and attention to produce pure auditory diarrhea is a crime against humanity
You ever seen that image of a fly duct taped to a table with the earbuds taped to it? If I ever caught a mosquito trying to bite me and was able to, I would tape it to a table and play the entire Total Xanarchy album in its ears
@@Snoebal If a bug could willingly kill itself, that one would
Brad should do a full reaction of The Shaggs - Philosophy of the Truth, once you look past how terrible they sound there’s actually something kinda beautiful about them all trying their best to fulfill their dad’s dream, I think it would make for a good episode/stream
I actually really like the first verse of Mr. Douchebag by YFM. I think there is a good song that could be written that opens with that verse. Everything that comes after that first verse, including the chorus, is awful, as is every other song by YFM. Though Doin' Your Mom is still a meme classic for being so awful.
Doin’ Your Mom was Fatty Spins not YFM
@@RatBoyDunce potayto potahto. Same guy we probably should have left in the early 2000s at the wheel of both.
The roxanne rap song is my least favourite song. Don't get it mixed up with roxanne by the police, which is a good song, but the modern rap one with the same name is absolutely awful and soulless.
7 Years is terrible but it gives me nostalgia in a weird way
If you're like 15 then sure
@@genesisosuna im 16 it gives me nostalgia because it reminds me of the shitty pop my mom would play in the car when i was younger lol
@@genesisosuna Bad music can still give you nostalgia.
@@jeremyusreevu237 That's not what I meant? I meant that if you are 15 now you were probably like 8 when that song came out, hence why it gives you nostalgia
@@genesisosuna You can get nostalgia going from teen to adult just as much as kid to teen or kid to adult. There is no duration limit for nostalgia to form.
Still a bit of a bad take (in wording) in a sense.
So sorry to hear thar you are going through depression buddy, hope you feel better soon
see the thing with Sticker is that once you listen to it enough the annoying parts start to become kind of fun. I stockholmed myself into liking this because I love NCT and now I’m a mostly unironic Sticker defender