No one/mistletoe/nobody wanna see us together/someone like you/ignition twenty one pilots12/28/2022 Billy Ray Cyrus - "Old Town Road (Remix)" It is breaking all the rules in which songs get popular. TikTok has proven to be an extremely powerful promotional tool. Todd (VO): Now, those last two are interesting to me because they got popular on TikTok, the newest tastemaker in popular music.Ĭlip of Genius News video "How TikTok Is Making Hits" Powfu: Don't stay awake for too long, don't go to bed Speaking of not having the energy to move, there's also Powfu's depression rap "death bed". Powfu: I wish it could be me, but I won't make it out this bed beabadoobee - " death bed (coffee for your head)" Todd (VO): My personal favorite is BENEE's "Supalonely", which sings about isolation and sadness in a tone just ironic enough to be comforting.Ĭlip of Powfu ft. Thomas Rhett: Ain't nothing that a beer can't fix Todd (VO): And similarly, Thomas Rhett's "Beer Can't Fix" has taken on some added dimensions. Yeah, that's a pretty relatable sentiment right now.Ĭlip of Thomas Rhett ft. Image of "Let Me In" meme related to the pandemic reading "Let Me Out" Todd (VO): There's also Fiona Apple's immediate critical smash, "Fetch the Bolt Cutters".Ĭlip of Fiona Apple - "Fetch the Bolt Cutters"įiona Apple: Fetch the bolt cutters, I've been in here too long JP Saxe: But if the world is ending, you'd come over right? Todd (VO): There's a song that hit radio called "If the World Was Ending". Julia Michaels - "If the World Was Ending" Todd: But I'm more attracted to songs that are unintentionally about it.Ĭlip of JP Saxe ft. Mike Love: Let's get back to having fun, fun, fun in the sun Todd (VO): Since then Luke Combs, Lil Baby, OneRepublic and enemy of this show Mike Love have all cut records specifically about the quarantine. Montage clips of Luke Combs - "Six Feet Apart" Lil Baby - "Social Distancing" OneRepublic - "Better Days" Mike Love ft. Twenty One Pilots were the first to write a reference to it. There are, of course, the songs that are explicitly pandemic related. Tyler Joseph: Would you be my little quarantine? And I've noticed some songs seem particularly suited to this moment in time.Ĭlip of Twenty One Pilots - " Level of Concern" Todd (VO): I have had nothing better to do than listen to the entire Hot 100 front to back every week. Todd: And that is definitely happening now, too.Ĭlip of Billboard News video that includes DaBaby ft. The context changed the meaning of the song. That was real weird to watch this open shirt, bedroom-eyes ballad somehow become the most important song in the world but, you know, shit was different all of a sudden. Enrique Iglesias's "Hero" suddenly vaulted up the charts.īackground singers: I can be your hero, baby Todd: I remember this happening right after 9/11 when.įootage of live performance of Enrique Iglesias - "Hero" Todd (VO): Now movies, TV those take a while to catch up but music can react right away. Todd: But personally speaking, as an observer of music, it's also extremely interesting because we get to see it change in front of us.Ĭlip of New York City streets during lockdown Todd (VO): So yes, we are still living through the most boring imaginable apocalypse.and I think we all agree it sucks. ![]() Well.Ĭlip of CNN news story about pandemic death toll Unless it changed in the last few hours, lemme check. We are still living through an unprecedented global pandemic. Todd: So, um.I am recording this in May of 2020.
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