i wish that i could wear hats
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- video about hats
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the line "how can I look how I look and not care" has been haunting me for the entire hour this song has existed
It REALLY emulates that feeling of just hating how you look and nit-picking every ounce of your being, not being able to just "BE"
“I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all” carries way more weight than it has any right to do. The conflict of wanting to be seen and wanting to be invisible.
I think it's more about being able to be seen and not wanting what you look like to dictate how others view you, or how you think that type of expression would translate to a specific type of person.
Both are correct
@@princenobody5595 both... both is good
I dunno... It felt to me like it was about the dissonance between how you see yourself inside your head and how you look on the outside? How it's sometimes hard to look in the mirror and think, "yeah, that's me"
I personally think of it as the impossibility to just exist, identity-less, in a world where you cannot exist without an identity.
Like you ever wanted to hop on and play a game of, say, TF2, but felt none of the 9 classes fit you? That but real life.
Okay, so most of the time bdg stuff is like "that's kind of a goofy premise" to "this is kind of catchy" to "oh hey emotions" but this went straight to "what is this bop that I connect to on a molecular level" and man BDG this is breathtaking
Brian's music, even including stuff on the altogether, hasn't hit me this hard since See The Day. I guess I just can't always relate, but this one feels like I've been thinking these exact words for the past few years
I need this song on Spotify immediately. "I come to you now/my hat in my hand" is just. too. good.
real
The line “I come to you now, my hat in my hand” thematically, lyrically, harmonically, and emotionally fucking slaps
There was a lot going on in my life when this came out and I was asking people for help and that line, it broke me. I was coming to my friends for help and I came to them then with my hat in my hand. It hit me on another level
"i wish that i could wear hats without looking any way at all" expresses how i feel about fashion a lot of times... even though i love to wear striking alt outfits that are probably very attention grabbing i very much want to be not perceived 😅
same, I absolutely love bright pastelle and other light colors but I usually wear black or navy
I'm okay with being perceived personaly, but i draw the line at being interpreted...
Mood, i wear basically only jeans, sweatpants, and hoodies because people don't need to see me. Like mind your own business there is no body beneath this
@brocoman
Same, but see that's the trouble, when people perceive they immediately interpret, whether I like it or not.
I would also prefer to not be perceived, to the level that I don’t like being in photos because they record my existence permanently
“I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all” Why does that resonate with me so much wtf… there are some days that I absolutely wish that I didn’t look like anything
I’m going to check on you in a few years and see if you figured it out
@@thetwizard9290 figured what out? turning into mist?
@@zekrua4006 That's usually the enby goal from what I hear.
I feel the same way about my voice
@@SelkieGirl that's fair
This exists simultaneously in "it's not that deep" and "there's so much to unpack here". Good job Gilbert
I think it’s because the song itself is really straightforward but the feeling it talks about is very much not.
many hats to unpack
then depressingly try to fit them all back in a box that seems to be several times too small to fit all the hats back in the box that looks but is not too small to fit all the hats back
What's the opposite of being ratio-ed?
melodically and harmonically its super deep which makes the lyrics hit harder than they should.
The epitome of the question: where the fuck did that rabbit came from?
Would this mean that this song is the national anthem of the rabbit hole? Or the creation of a new paradigm, similar to shrodinger's cat, the Gilbert's hat?
So many questions, so few answers.
As a constant hat-wearer, it’s all about making it yours. The hat might make you feel like you look like a different person, you must overpower the hat with your immense hat-wearing spirit.
this guy hats
Oh yes. That's someone who knows how to hat indeed.
Oh 100%
My brother has this dumb neon/hilighter yellow cap that he got from our dad's work, and it doesnt go with any of his outfits or the way he presents himself bit he wears it all the time and it just works cause like that's his hat
this kind of attitude can make you look good with almost anything
Evil mario odyssey be like:
this song is honestly the most accurate representation of anxiety of anything online -- closely followed by the "i'm not superstitious but i am afraid to prune my money tree" song.
As a owner (and wearer) of MANY hats, the trick is simply to wear multiple hats at once. While cowards may see hat-stacking as an act of hubris, we few practitioners of this forbidden fashion recognize that there is nothing more majestic then a towering pillar of hats.
tf2
@@sage-py6fr hey i was gonna say rhat
in a sea of introspective and emotional comments this is my favorite
This feels like you leaked his next video
We insist on evidence!
I'm a country dude from Australia. I wore hats my whole life, loud hats too, wide brimmed akubras (cowboy hats, basically) are my favourites. I never feel uncomfortable wearing one, even visiting the city. They look nice, they are sturdy and hardy, they go with my clothes, they keep the sun off my face in the bright hot summers here, and I just like them. I'm young, well, middle aged now, and usually it's boomers who wear these hats outside the country, but one time in the city I was wearing my brown cattleman akubra hat and met someone I knew but not well. They said, lightheartedly, "haha dude, what's with the getup". For the rest of that day from that moment I was hyperaware of my hat, when before I'd never even thought twice about it. The next time I went to the city I hesitated at my hat stand when normally I'd just put the hat on my head without even thinking. I felt this song in that moment and just wanted to go back north where I could wear my hat in peace lol. This song is how I felt in that moment.
nah hats bring joy to the world, you restore someones faith in humanity at the grocery store
Thank you for taking the time to share this. It's a very profound and honest look at ego, it helps me contextualize my own hang ups about image that were and always have been external to who I am.
Tomorrow is a hat day.
what a vivid moment
Everyone in Australia should wear a hat, that's just good self-care. The sun is a deadly laser.
Dude was just jealous he didn't have such an awesome hat.
holy shit dude this is so good
Omg it's Drew I love ur videos so cool to see you like bdg too :)
welcome drew
hey look its Danny Gonzalez
Thank you for appearing. Hat vodeo , welcomes you. Have no fear
hat time!
"i wish that i could wear hats without looking any way at all" expresses how i feel about fashion a lot of times... even though i love to wear striking alt outfits that are probably very attention grabbing i very much want to be not perceived
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Got it..
"the two genders are 'i no longer wish to be perceived' and 'i have to be the most fuckable person at the grocery store' "
~tumblr user itsinjustbeing
@@olliefischer Fuck, why does it make more and more sense the more I think about it?
@@olliefischer I don't say this lightly; that's one of the most relatable comments I've ever read lol
@@olliefischer Thats actually the truest
“How does it look? How do I look? How do I look how I look and not care.”
These lyrics just hit me right in the feels.
“I wish I could wear hats without looking any way at all” is seriously one of the most profound lines in contemporary music. This is Radiohead-level angst poetry.
"I wish that I could wear hats without looking anyway at all."
@@phoenyck "I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all."
@@gkk116 "I wish that I could wear hats without looking anyway at all."
@@theyabib3323 No, "anyway" is an expression used to say that all context is irrelevant. "Any way" describes a set of all possible ways.
You don't want to have any sort of look while wearing hats, therefore you don't want to look any way at all.
Anyway, I sure do love this line
@@gkk116 No, "anyway" is an expression used to say that all context is irrelevant. "Any way" describes a set of all possible ways.
You don't want to have any sort of look while wearing hats, therefore you don't want to look any way at all.
Anyway, I sure do love this line
Never fear, Brian, you simply haven't found the right hat; "the right hat" of course being one of those propeller beanies with all the bright colours.
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Got it..
I feel like that would make him look like a little lad
The odd1sout
Start of song "Haha hats make me look goofy"
End of Song "my self image is broken and distorted to the extent that simple clothing accessories spark terrible anxiety. I long to be comfortable and confidant in what I see in the mirror."
In all seriousness this song is so lyrically dense, true poetry.
Just stop being sad
Its literally that easy
@@CunnyMuncher AW FUCK, WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS
@@isthisagoodusername9764 Because you live in a society that fetishizes not taking care of yourself by going to the gym, not denying the pillmill doctors their money, and thinking that drugs and a severe addiction to pornography is not only cool, but will make your life better.
This is known. Develop apathy, give up drugs and limit your consumption of hedonistic desires, and go to the gym, you will immediately become happier and healthier.
@@CunnyMuncher I
Are you being serious? Do you really think thats how this works?
@@thebrandunsafeone7184 That literally is how it works.
Hey, it's a funny song again! Boy, I sure hope this one doesn't devolve into existential horror!
Nothing like thst has ever happened. I don't know what you are talking about
Oh boy
It veered into existential horror, just a little bit
@@nathanmcgill7249 We can have a little bit of existential horror as a treat.
Just gonna skim riiiiight along the edge there
The background vocals kicking in after the line “my body this size” is so good because it’s the moment it hits you this isn’t a shitpost, and the music hits back.
actually though it's so good
The fact that there are so few pauses for a breathe in the whole song really amplifies the internal feelings of the song. Bc insecurities are always up in our heads and it's a constant droning thought that never seems to go away or stop completely
It also makes this incredibly hard to sing along to
1:09
I'd like to know whether it was in 1 single contnuous take or edited with several different. cuz I really want to sing along to this
@@onionkekw4832 kinda sounds like it could be one take, there's a couple other parts that could be quick breaths
0:55
I guess you could say it’s a
pressure like a drip drip drip and it just won’t stop
This has such an incredible floating sound to it. The way it builds... I wish this was 10 minutes long. I would play it over and over until it lost all its magic completely.
It has strong Caribou vibes - you might want to check out their albums if you liked this!
@@vygatl Thank you for the recommendation, I'll have to look them up!
It would never lose its magic.
you know, this is both one of my fears and also a big desire.
i give it two more days max before theres a 'i wish that i could wear hats (1 hour verson)'
Chad's music career is really taking off! Wonder how he manages to make such instant classics while also attending his son's little league and other various small lad activities
I bet he works from home and is his own boss.
he still isn't too good at cosplay though
@@panpolypuff golly gosh if only there was a way for me to do that too!
@Henry the banana hi Henry
His son jake? I hear that kid's great with the camcorder
I don't know why but the line "I wish I could wear hats without sparking something to recall" always just hits me in a special way
that line unironically hits like a freight train every time I hear it
as an artist it can really sting when someone says "this creation kinda reminds me of..." bc you always want to create a unique identity that's solely "you." fashion is a form of self expression.
Not enough people are talking about the shot where his crying face is censored by his glitchy non-crying face.
I didn't even notice he was crying... That's powerful, thank you for pointing it out
Flew right past me, thanks op
1:00 Here? You think what he's flicking off might be tears?
@@novachromatic I think that's a reasonable inference.
I thought he was biting his nails as a sign of anxiety or nervousness
this is the exact kind of content we need right now
Hey it’s that woman that does those fast videos
th-cam.com/users/shortsddxJSqhXH_M?feature=share 🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️❤️.
True ^_^
yes! this song is actually helping me realize a huge fear of mine that's returning now that i must leave the house again to do things outside (after two years of staying inside).
Welcome The Fool
So a tiny detail that I really love is that if you try singing this song, you realize all the breaths have been edited out. There is quite literally little to no room to breathe.
It's that little bit extra that sells the sort of anxious racing stream-of-consciousness lyrics.
ok so i dont have lungs the size of microbacteria
i cant tell you how many times ive tried to sing this song and just cant sing every word because i have to breathe
It's up there with his PokéRap - I think he also just has fantastic breathing technique
@@megmo4224 WATER BREATHING, 12TH FORM, CHATTERING WATERFALL!
@@Clavalee Nice EFT
at 1:09 you can literally hear him take a breath!
It starts out feeling like a funny joke song, but then becomes a really deep hitting song about self esteem and self image, it hits hard.
Brian documenting the modern man's plight too stay stylish really resonates with me
GAGAGAGAGA I just disliked my own face because I am unpretty. HOWEVER: I always like my GOOD videos however. No dislikes allowed where I come from. Don't be mean, dear max
@@AxxLAfriku THE LORD COMETH
Everyone else here talking about the undertones of body dysphoria and their own experience with transness, and you just want a cool hat that suits you. you might be the most enlightened one here.
As someone who also struggles to wear hats I will say this: he’s just like me fr fr
He's just like me fr fr
Brian's specific tone in this song is somehow so comforting despite being an almost haunting rant about how people are more critical of themselves than others are of them. I think that it's because we all try to look our best and when we don't, only we truly notice every discrepancy between clothing, and only we can beat ourselves up about it. Brian showing us this truth is somehow really comforting especially when done in his beautiful voice. Hats off to you Brian!
This speaks to me bc I have a cowboy hat and even though they look rad and lots of people wear them I always feel like I can’t pull it off. Very sad but next time it’s sunny i think I’ll try
@@k80_ its impossible to look bad in a cowboy hat and no shirt, personal favorite
I think the hauntingness of it is great in a way that really makes it feel like the feeling is coming from the depths of our hearts.
It's like "See The Day" but he's going to do the slow worm
This comment feels like Brian’s hand eye boss video, genuine good analysis leading up to a fucking atrocious pun.
I had a friend who had the unfortunate trait of being completely unable to wear any pair of sunglasses without looking like a super douche. He mentioned it once when we were at a store and I needed to nab a cheap pair for the festival we were heading to and then demonstrated the problem by trying on various pairs. It was damn impressive.
The true BDG brand, silly and strange but with a heart of genuine emotion and real, relatable feelings. 10/10
Don't forget the sprinkling of existential dread.
Relatable feelings such as zjierb
@@Mekose That's one of the relatable feelings.
The fact that we all understand this feeling so deeply, and yet all think brian looked good in these hats, really just proves that self-consciousness is a delusion.
It's always helpful to have someone in your corner when your brain refuses. I got one of those big straw beach hats and I love it a lot! It makes me happy and wearing hats is an underutilized point of daily fashion (even when most of them say more than a piece of jewelry or pair of shoes and aren't that expensive)
Exactly, yes
"everyone looks good in hats except me" - every guy
society needs to fix this
germans have the same word for self-consciousness and self-confidence and i feel like that has to have a huge impact on the way you understand yourself
Absolutely.
Hey now. This song IS a metaphor.
Hey now. You ARE an all-star.
@@elleboman8465 get YOUR game on
He didnt say it wasn't!!
@@AJ-kx9mb go PLAY
Maybe, but it really feels like it's just an expression of literally wanting to wear hats.
You access a new dimension to this song when you try to sing along and discover that there are almost no proper rests
I love how this is both a good joke and a shockingly accurate depiction of anxiety at the same time
i swear, every time i see a mirror in a bdg video i think "the reflection is going to move. please god let it not move." but it always does and it ALWAYS freaks me out. excellent work sir
also please put this on spotify king i can't stop listening to it
When it comes to BDG I’m more weirded out if it doesn’t move
@@FeaturingLil not sure if you’ve seen but it is on spotify! :D
@@FeaturingLil I'm going to make this my new alarm ring so I can wake up to it every morning
@@camwyn256 then you're going to hate it
There’s something visceral about, “I wish that I could wear hats without sparking something to recall - I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all”
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Got it...
I expected comedy, but found tragedy. This resonates so much with me. I want to wear hats without others paying attention to it, I want to wear bizarre clothes without getting weird looks and comments. I want to be able to express myself without being noticed. I want to be myself and perceived as normal
Karen Han is a gem, I'm fully convinced that this world would fall apart without her vision and talent. Brian's cool or whatever for a guy who wears jorts.
It wouldn’t be as good, but I think Brian definitely has talent on his own too. They are both essential
@@sasugaainz6824 Agreed
@@sasugaainz6824 yeah most of the stuff she has out is very mellow and smoother but BDG has a very wacky and (ominous?) music style
i wish that i could wear jorts
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 don't worry! there's a tutorial on this very channel!
the "I come to you now my hat in my hand" hits fucking hard
I like how this combines all of Brian's themes into one video. It's got a little of his classic comedy, his music talent, his weird surrealism, and a few undertones of existential dread. All it needs is to incorporate cooking in some way and we're all set.
Do strawberries on one of the hats count as cooking
he truly is a man of many... hats
well said
...his tendency to play multiple characters, his "did the prop or the idea for the bit come first" moments, his gjierb gender expressions, one can go on. It's almost as if it was made by the same person who made the rest of the stuff too 😉
Jorts.
I shed a single tear everytime i listen to this song and he says "I come to you with my hat in my hands" something about the fragility and honesty i think
Fully agree. I keep coming back to this song specifically for that line. It breaks me everytime.
this song makes me feel a uncanny feeling, of repeatability, anger, sadness and hopefulness with an aftertaste of slight fear
Hats be like that tho
After learning how to make over $20,000 a month by Being My Own Boss, all his videos leave me with a sense of dread.
The horror in a lot of his stuff is that you can't understand it. The horror here is that you already do.
THIS
It's really the horror that's already in our heads.
He honestly looks really good in a lot of the hats.
00:14 is my fav
@@suides4810 the strawberry bucket hat at 00:40 is my personal favorite
I like the light-blue hat.
the first blue cap looks good on him
Yeah, the bucket hat looks really good on him!
It's so strange how easily this song almost creates a panic in me because the Hats could be anything. For BDG it's a hat, maybe for someone else it's shoes, or pants, a whole gender or identity
The worrying about wanting to be understood in the way you WANT to be understood is just terrifying in a much too relatable way
Yeah, i guess for me It would be posting my drawings on social media
the terror of knowing that you are perceived, but never knowing how... that shit sucks
I wish i was not judged and arrested for identifying as a Bank robber.
Conducting myself around others for me
this song is like a crescendo in terms of lyricism- every line is more impactful than the last. it starts out coming across like fairly average TikTok comedy music, but as the song builds, it gets increasingly introspective, and the last few lines hit me so hard i had to back up a few steps and go "wait when did this get serious, i was looking at the editing". a real sleeper thinker. wait no, that's a weird way to put it
Nah I get the term "sleeper thinker"
The music itself builds incredibly well, it never quite feel resolved and the vocal “mess” fading in slowly from the halfway point on gives me chills.
straight up art
@@SOTPOD literal art.
very poignant comment but if i may ask, what do most people thing a crescendo is /gen
The stick figure is rocking that hat
I love your videos!!
fr
Pro tip for wearing hats without looking any particular way at all: just do it, just start wearing them. The more often you have hats on the more normal it’ll seem. There might be a bit of an adjustment period but you can start small and work your way up to wearing them more often
CAN CONFIRM. i was never a hat person until i simply decided to be. bought a bunch of colors of one style i felt okay-ish about and worked from there.
@@hannahmoorehughes For some people, especially those who struggle with gender and identity, it isnt that easy, unfortunately, but thank you for trying to help people! ^^
@@TheDragonsBastille Wild take, it is that easy.
Life is short, if you want to do something, just do it. Cut out anyone who judges your self expression. They aren't good for anyones mental health.
@@QOArkaria there's often very real and tangible repercussions for these things, from job loss to physical violence. Its true that a lot of the time it technically really is that simple, but there's many times when it's really, really not.
“I wish I could wear hats without looking any way at all” is so relatable and I hate it
He looks the most secure and dope with the hat black and the black apparel. Seems secure and confident. 😇
How is everything he does so good? He executes all of his disparate, off-beat ideas with the same level of excellence and panache that leaves me wondering how I never knew I needed the video.
Probably because it's a team effort between two talented people. Two hats are better than one.
@@Whatlander how about three?
I like your funny words something something someth.i....
There is something strangely powerful about the delivery of "I come to you now, my hat in my hand." Its like a line from a Sufjan Stevens song almost. Simple but delivered like divine prophecy.
Sufjan has definitely worn the lil lad hat at some point
What Sufjan Stevens songs can you recommend that are like that line?
@@_Mr_Riddle it reminds me specifically of the line in "Eugene" where Sufjan says "And he called me Subaru." No specific reason, I think it's just because the sad parts in BDG and the funny parts in Suf feel most closely aligned
@@_Mr_Riddle I'd say listen to his whole album "Carrie and Lowell"
@@_Mr_Riddle These kinds of lines are all over his work, but I think you'll find them in Come On! Feel the Illinoise!, Mercury, and Chicago.
Surprisingly extremely catchy lyrics, a really nice beat, great stylistic choices (brian always being in the same spot in each shot) and a sudden turn to the exsistencal dread
Yup, this is a certified BDG classic
it is noice
i might have body dysmorphia disorder, and this makes sense to that
i actually really like this kind of lofi song genre, and bdg pulls it off
and as always, the vocal phrasing is really intense - basically no rests from 0:10 to 1:07
replying so this comment moves up and someone recommends a similar song
Strokes have a song called call it fate call it karma thats similar imo
WHEN DOES HE BREATHE
@@ariDeMon7479 Same, I unironically really enjoyed it
The lack of rests reminds me of "i'm not superstitious but i am afraid to prune my money tree"
The emotion is both so specific and all-encompassing. And damn the melody makes all physical surfaces of my body tingle. The video too holy shit. I am transcending
It reminds me a bit of metronomy‘s „the most immaculate haircut“. Like the title already tells you it’s talking about similarly trivial things. I’m always torn when I’m listening to it, because in a way it’s hilarious, but at the same time it’s a very real feeling that I often find myself relating to.
@@omninuss6847 I need a playlist for songs like these
When people get goosebumps while listening to music it is literally an orgasm of your skin... So..
You must really like this song huh
@@jj277360 A what of my what? and yes I love this song
@@jj277360 wait, is that a real thing or were you just being metaphorical? I get all kinds of physical reactions to sound (frission, misophonia, ASMR) so I'm interested if there's new research out there!
I love how Brian’s videos document skills he’s been learning. “This song is not a metaphor” was definitely him experimenting with Blender, this seems to be an exploration of effective datamoshing/pixelfucking. It’s very fun!
Ever since the mlm video I’ve been fascinated by datamoshing
@@LemonMoon it was Captain Disillusion’s video from like 10 years ago for me! Hard to believe the concept’s been around for so long yet still feels so unique and new
There's even a bit of Blender in this video with the 3d hat explosion at the end.
pixel WHAT
i love the idea of calling it pixelfucking
There is really nothing in life that will recreate the feeling of hearing the climax “I come to you now, my hat in my hand.”
2 years and nothing rivals that burst of vision.
Good job, Brian. Good job.
fun fact: during the “the eyes in my skull” part, Brian actually ripped his eyes out to achieve the proper look he was going for. truly dedicated to the role.
Its true! He posted his detached eyes on patreon 😱
I've watched this like 50 times, and I've never noticed that!
0:46 for those interested
And he prerecorded all the rest of the content he'd need for the rest of his life before he performed the stunt. Incredible.
Christ this meme is so overdone.
In the case of someone wanting the lyrics in straight up text format:
I wish that I could wear hats
without looking like a little lad
Or looking like a little league dad
Or looking like a guy named "Chad"
But it seems my head will have to stay
Without a bowler or beret
Lest someone sees me and they say
"Is that his style or bad cosplay?"
I wish I had no fears
About looking like i have no ears
Or that I haven`t left my house in years
Or i have strong opinions about beers
Or looking like I got confused
In the middle of dressing for a steampunk con
Or looking like I look to long in the mirror
Every time i put a new hat on
Wondering why do i look so bad - or not bad,
But sad that this hat won`t look like I had
A plan for this cap, to capitalize
On how my face looks, my body this size,
My eyes in my skull, this hat on my hair.
The eyes that look at the things that I wear.
And how does it looks?
And how do I look?
And how can I look how I look and not care?
Comparing my clothes with others, much closer
To their own goals or some sort of closure
How do they do what they want and look planned?
I come to you now, my hat in my hand.
I wish that i could wear hats without
sparking something to recall
I wish that i could wear hats
Without looking any way at all
MVP behavior
@@ElliinKorea Thank you.
Bump cause I had to ctrl+F this for way too long
Thank you a morbillion. My only regrets are that I had to scroll for the length of this song to find this comment, and that I can not apply as many likes to this comment as there were hats in the video. Thank you again.
@@magicdatabase "a morbillion" huh.... well... glad you liked it. glad you enjoyed it.
I know this wasn't the point but I feel like the super wide brimmed hats just hit DIFFERENT they look really cool on you!
Yessss
I was about to comment the same thing!
WIDE BRIM HATS HIT DIFFERENT ON EVERYONE DUDE THEY RULE
brian rly can pull off a big ol' goth hat, and i think there's a lot of untapped potential there
He can ROCK the wide-brim hats
thank you kasane teto
thank god i came from that video too
Me too
i also came from that video😭😭
I’m so glad kasane teto fans are finding bdg through that video ( local bdg fan for like 6 years and kasane teto fan for who knows how long lmao )
@@mostlyghostie same yeah bdg is PEAK
Once again he captures a feeling we don't usually express in short song.
Also the wide brim and bucket hats looked nice
I shoulda looked at the comments before posting, this was a better way of saying what I commented.
I concur about the wide brims suiting him though
Bump on the wide brim
Was just about to comment the same with the wide brim hats and especially the bucket hat.
I also thought the bucket hat specifically looked nice 🤣
Bump on the bucket
"I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all" brought tears to my eyes. Yet another devastating bop from BDG!
Ok but "I come to you now my hat in my hand" sounds FUCKING ANGELIC
Something about the single line being drawn taking the stickperson drawing to a stickperson wearing a hat gives me shivers every time.
Wow so beautiful. Two lines that stand out to me are "I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all" and "how can I look how I look and not care?"
Great song writing
"how do they do what they want and look planned?" Is honestly pretty good too
Yeah, that is my constant mood.
I love BDG's ability to do a horror story, a bop, and a funny all at the same time in under 2 minutes, what a legend.
A scary, a bop, a funny, a sad, an existentialism, a rant, a real, a
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Got it. ..
Wouldn't call it horror, it's just anxiety lol
@@Gobershmat whats a bop? ive been seeing that
@@sergiocruz6195 a bop is a word for a good song, a bop, a banger, an assripper, a jam, a groove, all words for music that make you go brrr. A banger or an assripper is mostly high tempo, aggressive music, this song could be a groove or a bop, both terms for songs that make you move, like bopping your head or leg. A jam is generally more upbeat, but not loud and aggressive, more cheery, some jazz style music fits into jam. Gobershmat.
"I wish I had no fears about looking like I had no ears" is a feeling I've had my whole life that's never been depicted in a song. Thank you for the representation
I can never figure out the right amount of ear to expose.
I wish that I could wear hats
Without looking like a little lad
Or looking like a little league dad
Or looking like a guy named Chad
But it seems my head will have to stay without a bowler or beret
Lest someone sees me and they say
"Is that his style or bad cosplay?"
I wish I had no fears
About looking like I have no ears
Or that I haven't left my house years
Or I have strong opinions about beers
Or looking like I got confused
In the middle of dressing for a steampunk con
Or looking like I look too long in the mirror
Every time I put a new hat on
Wondering why do I look so bad or not bad
But sad that this hat won't look like I had
A plan for this cap to capitalise
On how my face looks
My body this size
My eyes on my skull
This hat on my hair
The eyes that look at the things that I wear
And how does it look, and how do I look
And how can I look how I look and not care
Comparing myself with others much closer
To their own goals of some sort of closure
How do they do what they want and look planned
I come to you now, my hat in my hand
I wish that I could wear hats without sparking something to recall
I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all
(Wears hats, wears hats, wears hats...)
Doing the work of gods (If you made it this far in the comment section, YOU are loved and are more important than you'll ever know to those around you)
commenting because this needs to be way higher up, it takes waaay to long to get down here
I keep coming back to this. The chord progression is so fluid and eerie, and the combination of apathy and vulnerability in the vocal line is just unbeatable. Also, as a singer: where the chicken fried heck are the breaths between phrases?? I'm gasping for air the more I replay this, holy crap.
Try his PokéRap it's even worse 😭
Pretty sure he just edited out the breaths. Feels similar to his money tree song where the vocals spiral unendingly into chaos haha
Oh yup I've definitely seen that one
Gosh darn it, why did you have to bring that up? Now I have to go watch it YET AGAIN. I think it's been a few weeks.
I need more music like this, please, if someone knows of what genre this falls into or stuff that's just like it I'd be forever grateful
I don't know why "I come to you now my hat in my hand" hit so hard. Just that subtle build up that ends in a beautiful but monotone anger, almost a sad resignation. The previous line starting a rhyme scheme and then the next line flipping it on its head is perfect. It's like that line was the climax in a story, the scream in an argument followed by the tears in the silence.
It's also so fitting. Seeing other people being so confident when you are someone riddled with anxiety, trying to understand how everyone else does it and just feeling jealous. The anger of wanting to feel like you fit in like everyone else but you still can't be mad at them for just accepting themselves, so you just leave your hat off to them. This whole video is a storytelling masterpiece that uses such a mundane thing to give a glimpse into the feelings of anxiety. I can't stop listening to it, and as someone who suffers from body dysmorphia I can't stop relating to it. BDG never fails to impress.
It kinda felt like the song was made to deliver that line
I really appreciate that BDG content has settled into a lovely niche of "is the a comedy, or an existential horror?"
and it's usually a little sing-songy mix of all of the above, though I always look forward to his skits
the answer is usually "yeah it is"
Hey now, Pumpkin Cowboy was a dramatic masterpiece.
No one will see this comment, but figured I'd say it anyway. To me, this song isn't just about insecurities, but about identity itself. Brian sings about all the different things that the hats make him look like, and how he wishes he could wear hats without looking anyway at all, and that he could wear them with out prompting other people to recall. He also sings about how "others are much closer to their own goals or some sort of closure", emphasizing how those people have an identity, while Brian can't even "have a hat in his hands", meaning he feels like he doesn't have anything worked out. It's not a song just about self-doubt about looking good, but one about doubting who you even are and feeling like everyone else has moved on without you.
...Dang I wish someone would see this. I'm showing it to my lit teacher.
Seen. Nice thoughts. I agree with you.
Strangely enough, I've had these exact thoughts far too often. And even 34 years into my life, I still haven't sorted out "who I am." Everything I do seems wrong or unnatural, and everything I want to be seems like it's for a "different" kind of person.
I see ya. Well said :)
Sick
we see you, dont worry :D
as someone who can wear hats this whole distorting the very fabric of reality thing looks infinitely more interesting. does the hat you wear affect how much everything changes? have you ever gone out with friends and put on a hat and removed one of them from existence? we need a study on this ASAP
If he removed a friend from existence, how would he remember he did? They never existed at all.
@@EGRJ Well, you can remove someone from this plane of existence, but that means nothing for an extraexistential being like Brian.
surprisingly and uncomfortably relatable in ways i can't succinctly put into words, even as someone who's not that into hats. killer sound tho
I mean, to me its definitely more about self-image and how we present ourselves to others in general than specifically just hats.
Same. I would even say I look good in hats but “I wish I could wear __ without looking anyway at all” is such a relatable statement to an uncomfortable degree
@@louiederpman7113 same at first i was like "haha i dont wear hats but thats silly" and then by the end i was like "wait why does this hit so close to home"
the chords in this song are delicious; the nonfunctional harmony that never resolves captures the feeling so well
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. It’s like he googled, “how to keep the tension going indefinitely in a chord progression.” The part where it cycles back around and he says “my eyes and my skull” and the background vocals and ambient synths come in gave me chills.
almost as if he's trying on new chords like hats but none of them fit
Frickin masterpiece!
BDG is a jazz cat
i think there's a definite build and release of tension. the song even ends on I
Brian understands how I feel about my gender better than I do
Brian looked good in these hats. Just wear yours, it's fine.
@@Kaktanternak Wow that gender looks really good on you! Where did you get it?
Same
@@justalilbugman goodwill 😔✊
@@ALizard damn looks good!
I thought it was going to be a crazy and silly song but the composition and vocal performance made the silly subject sound soooo cool. That's some deeply emotional stylistic introspection you got there ! Would ride a hundred miles on a bike for that album man ! Cheers
I was a boy. They were two girls. Can I make it any more obvious? I am TH-cam's ALPHA MALE. Acknowledge it, dear dad
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And I would ride a hundred more.
"I come to you now, my hat in my hand" is such a banger line and deserve more attention.
Agreed
best part
Once again an insanely catchy song that seems to be written stream of consciousness. I really wish I had that ability I get so stuck in my song writing because I doubt that anything I think of will sound good. Also I think you look great in the yellow tweed cap.
agreed, i like that one. the beanies are good too. i feel like most of what you need to look good in a hat is to just not tuck all your hair up in it
Would you say his tweed style is nice? 😂
It sounds like you feel about songwriting the way bdg feels about wearing hats
what is with the spam on this post?
I can relate, but catchy?
I know this is supposed to be a funny-ha-ha relatable comedy song.
But this is genuinely one of the best pieces of music I've ever heard.
That little bit at the end of you saying "I come to you now, my hat in my hand" gives me chills dude.
What does that line mean in context?
@@itamarbar9580 breaking apart the meaning of the “hat” shows it as a metaphor for a societal role. Throughout the song bdg laments over the various ways people could see and judge him for his “hat” which can be taken both literally and metaphorically.
Hats, physically, are one of the most universal bringers of body dysmorphia, as they often make the wearer self-concious of their appearance. Likewise, almost everyone faces some sort of difficulties with their role in life, their identity, and their place in society. In this song, bdg is using this parallel to connect with the viewer.
Furthermore, in society, one typically removes their hats when entering a holy space. Much like how one removes their headwear to connect with God, bdg is removing his metaphorical hat in order to connect to the viewer on a personal level.
To summarize, bdg is using hats as a metaphor for the universal feeling of displacement in life in order to connect with others. While none of us may never find our true meaning or be fully comfortable as ourselves, there is a comfort that no one is alone in that regard.
@@eternalposts680 all this about hats?
@@diegoalbertoalejandrogonza6322 try to really think about what feelings are evoked by the lyrics. The ideas about body dysmorphia are very poignant from lines like "how can I look how I look and not care". It's confronting your self image because you suddenly see your own body differently when wearing a hat. Our brains have an image or idea of how we ourselves look and when something makes you see yourself different, it can be very unsettling or even disturbing. My understanding of a lot of Trans-gender individuals is this is a regular occurrence, feeling like they don't look like how they should.
I for one relate to this song, I've never liked how I look with a hat on. It doesn't look like me anymore.
@@eternalposts680 i would Like to add that having your hat in your hand is Also often a sign of respect or pleading. Think Old fashioned men tipping their hat at eachother, or a jester in a play, pleading for his life to The king
I love how as the song goes through his own voices repeats and stack on top of eachother to emphasize how far he’s getting in his head and how he becomes more self conscious as his own thoughts are projected onto others and then reflected back at him, making him feel as if other people are thinking the exact same thing.
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Got it..
On all of earth, possibly the universe, there exist not a hat big enough for my head.
there's always the beanie
have you tried a Homburg?
Don’t worry, the fall of the millinery industry is to blame not your genetics . There should be plenty of hat options on the market but we aren’t allowed it anymore .
I wouldn't have thunk that SystemZee, of all people, would watch Brian David Gilbert.
Oh hey hello there mr zee
This give me dysphoria vibes, it feels very coded for that. I know it probably isn’t but still it does feel that way.
The whole point of this song was so Brian could show us that he learnt stick figure hats are one extra line
LYRICS:
I wish that I could wear hats
Without looking like a little lad
Or looking like a little league dad
Or looking like a guy named Chad
But it seems my head will have to stay without a bowler or beret
Lest someone sees me and they say,
“Is that his style or bad cosplay?”
I wish I had no fears
About looking like I have no ears
Or that I haven’t left my house in years
Or I strong opinions about beers
Or looking like I got confused
In the middle of dressing for a steampunk con
Or looking like I look too long in the mirror
Every time I put a new hat on
Wondering why do I look so bad?
Or not bad, but sad that this hat won’t look like I had
A plan for this cap, to capitalize on
How my face looks,
My body this size,
My eyes in my skull,
This hat on my hair,
The eyes that look at the things that I wear
And how does it look?
And how do I look?
And how can I look how I look and not care?
Comparing my clothes with others much closer
To their own goals or some sort of closure
How do they do what they want
And look planned?
I come to you now,
My hat in my hand
I wish that I could wear hats without sparking something to recall
I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all...
[1000 BDG's bemoan the inability to wear hats]
1:02 "I come to you now, my hat in my hand" is such a powerful line
And the key change! (That's a key change, right?)
Lyrics:
I wish that I could wear hats
Without looking like a little lad
Or looking like a little league dad
Or looking like a guy named Chad
But it seems my head will have to stay
Without a bowler or beret
Lest someone sees me and they say
"Is that his style or bad cosplay?"
I wish I had no fears
About looking like I have no ears
Or that I haven't left my house in years
Or I have strong opinions about beers
Or looking like I got confused
In the middle of dressing for a steampunk con
Or looking like I look too long in the mirror
Every time I put a new hat on
Wondering why do I look so bad - or not bad
But sad that this hat won't look like I had
A plan for this cap, to capitalize
On how my face looks, my body this size
My eyes in my skull, this hat on my hair
The eyes that look at the things that I wear
And how does it look? And how do I look?
And how can I look how I look and not care?
Comparing my clothes with others, much closer
To their own goals or some sort of closure
How do they do what they want and look planned?
I come to you now, my hat in my hand
I wish that I could wear hats
Without sparking something to recall
I wish that I could wear hats
Without looking any way at all
The fact that Brian makes songs about the most niche but universally understood content gives me life
"I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all"
I feel this so hard
The best thing about this that no one is talking about is that he's written the song in a way that's impossible to sing perfectly, there's little to no breaks, making it obvious that this is just his true inner thoughts coming out because there's never time to take a breath
Except for the pause before the final and most powerful line. You have just enough time to fill your lungs to let out an ultimate bellow.
I'm not vocally trained at all and I managed to sing this song just fine to myself, out loud. You just need to know where you can take little breaths
@@AlchemistsRevenge also, can’t singers learn circular breathing like woodwind players?
Except all the room to breath
lmao to the people claiming, "trust me bro, i did it just fine"
I feel like his work is slowly descending into Bill Wurtz level madness and now I MUST see them collaborate
Oh man, that would be epic!
unfortunately, Bill pretty much doesn’t collaborate at all
@@waytoobiasedbill doesn’t anything at all
@@marshspy what do you mean? he does so freaking much stuff
@@waytoobiased is there some more modern stuff I’m missing? The last thing I saw from him was the Anthony Padilla interview and he hasn’t posted in a year on his channel
i just love brian's creativity, the fact that creepy short films, abba halloween parodies, a song about a folksy pumpkin, and a song about the weird feeling i get when i worry too much about what people think about my appearance all came from the same person is such an impressive thing to behold and just shows how imaginative and creative bdg is
And let’s not forget his hurdy gurdy song about selling his friend’s laptop to buy a hurdy gurdy 😂
@@anastasijahabarova1533 You're going to have to remind me what a laptop is
also a quadruplet boy band that wants to be a triplet band
I don't even know what to write... This just touches my soul in a deeply profound way, and I wanted to express that... '^'
ayo Qumu
Time to remix it :P
YEAAAAAAH QUMU
Thanks for the new emoticon to use.
hi Qumu !
"I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all" is frankly peak body image issues
I want to exist as I am in the form that brings me the most joy without being perceived and thus judged by any other human around me including myself
Have you tried wearing a crown, perhaps adorned with red jewels?
Perhaps, yes perhaps.
Perhaps, maybe perhaps
perhaps, no perhaps
perhaps , perhaps perhap s
Perchance, perchance perchance.
I think some people aren’t quite appreciating the wider aspects of the song. Self consciousness can be partially a delusion, but that doesnt mean it doesnt exist. I kinda got that impression with some of his description and I agreed that some of them looked weird. those qualities ARE REAL. when you wear something its not just meaningless. you can honestly both like aspects of something while acknowledging aspects you dislike. what you project others seeing you as is also what you see in yourself.
The reason why you want to wear a hat is the same one why you DONT want to wear a hat. its not a simple “just b yourself” because it is the self that both wants it and doesnt want it. Its compelling because it isnt simple, its a contradiction. simply externalizing part of it and internalizing another isnt being honest with yourself. Its being dishonest. They are not two unrelated feelings. Why would you be wearing a hat and thinking about how it looks if you didn’t want to look a certain way. Its this melancholy that I like. that it doesn’t just give a simple answer. Because that would be a lie.
Yeah, "how can I look how I look and not care?" to me is the best line of the song exactly because of what you described. The contradiction of thinking "you shouldn't care what you look like/what others think of your hat" when the reason I am even *wearing* a hat is because I care. Putting any thought into clothes above the primal "get warmth" and the social "cover your parts" is a mind field of delusion and self consciousness that stresses me out so much lol
Good comment
Also after listening again when thinking about your comment, "I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all" is a pretty good encapsulation of wanting to look good/cool, but for no reason? If nobody's watching what's the point? But I mean I have painted my nails and trimmed my beard even though I wasn't gonna leave the house, so there HAS to be a certain level of 'just for me' in clothing. Which maybe doesn't help that much when your brain is even then telling you that it looks bad, which maybe is a more brain problem than a social problem. But this last paragraph I've just been kinda rambling my bad
@@ilan5821 Good comment. I think its partially because the external and the internal are not distinctly separate spheres. sure they may not always be one in the same either, but there is often a spectrum. even if you do something for yourself in the privacy of your home, you yourself act as an audience. you are one demography, in one certain context.
I think just not being too myopic about it is the gist. sometimes its okay for your self consciousness to take over a more out there want, and sometimes a more out there want is okay to veto your self consciousness. or maybe synthesizing the two sometimes works out.
there is a reason why you have both feelings, and being honest about it to yourself instead of making some weird superstructure truism is good for authenticity. Yah, maybe I like napoleonic cavalry helmets, but maybe I also like not looking like I go out of my way to wear them to work. Or maybe I like plaid, and I don’t mind as much if other people see me as a bit tacky (of course I do mind, but not to the extent where it overrides my decision, maybe i think its a bit tacky too). Sometimes we like a specific content, but it doesnt quite fit with the context we find ourselves. And sometimes that content only “feels right” in a certain context.
I think a lot of it can be pretty implicit.
@@midshipman8654 There's the sentiment that I haven't really been able to really practice yet, but it's one of "Yes I know, but I did it on purpose", yes, these pants are tacky, but I did it on purpose. It kinda takes the weight off of some decisions you make... by actively making them even more your decisions? It's a weird concept but making sure people know you WANTED to do something can make it so if people like it, it's cool, if they don't like it, Ironic at least. Like wearing outdated style or posting I can Haz cheeseburger memes
@@ilan5821 yah i can understand that to an extent, though personally I find a lot of that sort of stuff to be reactionary rather than substantial. you are doing it because its outdated rather than any innate appreciation for it. kinda hollow idk. If you bring it back because it somehow “works” or is appreciable in and of itself, I think thats different.
@@midshipman8654 I was talking about that doing it because you like it, yes. I used the Older Fashion example but it's also for like painting your entire room pink. Like, it IS kinda tacky, but you did it on purpose and it's YOUR room so whatever it's cool.
The sincerity makes it cool, which is why I think Cosplay is great, even if it looks bad it comes from a place of love and appreciation, so like, fuck yeah. Bad cosplay is still cooler than No Cosplay. tho a lot of people WILL disagree, which is why people go to conventions to be among people with similar interests, no one at an anime con will think your anime cosplay is cringe or out of place