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[@lisemzarate4029]

The happy tune and dark lyrics describe being a teenager so accurately, my daughter mentioned comedy being a slave for trauma and she's spot on, millenials and zoomers had the unique opportunity to develop a sence of ironic humor on a global scale thru meme's and short form content , every generation has had dark humor as a form.of coping skill, this song is a great example of those generations shared experience.

[@kathyyore309]

Very well put. The intelligence on this channel is crazy!

[@michaelasay8587]

The US is at a slave ...for the dispicable Biden.

[@gamexsimmonds3581]

As time goes on we are going to see how Different the Millenials and Gen Z's lif exerpierence will have been. At this stage will still tend to lump then together but the world changed a lot from the time that Millenials were coming of age and the Gen Z Folk who are coming of age nowa days. I do agree with what you are saying though. Those Two generations have grown up with a difference sense of humor and a different view on what is a serious matter and what isn't and how to differentiate between the two amd how to cope amd tackle with issues

[@lisemzarate4029]

@@gamexsimmonds3581 my now adult kids were born in 93, 95, and 99, we didn't have our first computer in the house until 2005, my 23 year old considers herself a zoomer, my older two millenials, non of is had "smart " phones until around 2010, as a household we were fashionably late to the internet party, but it made zero difference as far as their lives being somewhat different than eachother, all of them were taught basic computer skills in elementary school, crazy to me, our first game system.as kid was an Atari 1800,lol my grandparents had pong

[@gamexsimmonds3581]

@@lisemzarate4029 Yeah. I guess yall were a little late to the party. It's crazy to think that the oldest Millenials will be turning 40 soon. And if you compare their upbringing to that of someone born in 1999. Generally speaking they have very different life experiences. Not only technology but the things and world events they experiences. Media they consumed. I love thinking about that stuff. I can't wait to see what Generation Alpha will be like. The folks born from the 2010s to the 2030s. This is the Generation my nephews belong to born in 2011, 2015, and 2019. Watching them grow I've already noticed differences to the way their mom and I grew up. Anyway take care Lisem 🙂

[@annb8296]

The issue of youth violence is a matter close to the group. Lead singer and writer in the group Mark Foster was bullied in high school while bassist Cubbie Fink has a cousin who survived the Columbine High School Massacre in 1999. Fink said of his cousin's experience, "She was actually in the library when everything went down, so I actually flew out to be with her the day after it happened and experienced the trauma surrounding it and saw how affected she was by it. She is as close as a sister, so obviously, it affected me deeply. So to be able to have a song to create a platform to talk about this stuff has been good for us." Many have written letters to Fosters record label and called radio stations to complain that the song was glorifying school shootings. He explained "The song is not about condoning violence at all. It's the complete opposite. The song is an amazing platform to have a conversation with your kids about something that shouldn't be ignored, to talk about it in a loving way."

[@SearlesHernandez]

“I wrote ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ when I began to read about the growing trend in teenage mental illness,” Foster told CNN Entertainment in a 2012 interview. “I wanted to understand the psychology behind it because it was foreign to me. It was terrifying how mental illness among youth had skyrocketed in the last decade. I was scared to see where the pattern was headed if we didn’t start changing the way we were bringing up the next generation.”

[@nessaseetah1805]

They terrorized our streets in 2020.

[@kinsal_9308]

And oh boy was he right. Each generation keeps getting more and more mental health issues. Its scary

[@LadyIarConnacht]

@@kinsal_9308 The more they keep pushing love, tolerance and acceptance, the more upset everyone becomes. It's really, really weird. The kids aren't all right.

[@kinsal_9308]

@@LadyIarConnacht I believe it's because people need to experience hardship as kids. They need a sense of responsibility. But nowadays all these social boundaries are being broken down and kids are questioning this society that previous generations have built and continue to govern. I think a lot of kids feel lost these days because we like to act as though everybody is more social now, but are we really? Yes we talk alot over social media now but that's completely different to irl. There's so much terrible stuff happening in the world and it's a lot of what these kids see online, so we can't blame them for having a bleak view on the world. Not to mention kids don't want to come forward about their mental health because society treats them like a wounded animal now, so they either deal with it by doing drugs drinking and going clubbing or they isolate themselves and dive deeper into lonliness and/or depression. Then if they do decide to come forward about it they give them some drugs to rewire your mind and often make people disassociate from themselves, and they tell them they are not alone and that there are all these ppl that can help. A depressed kid wants an outlet, a way of bettering themselves or at least a way to come to terms with the life they are living. Not to be given drugs to almost force happiness onto them and sometimes makes them feel ill and have ppl talk to you like you are an animal being put down. It's sad really, this generation is truly the first of a new way of thinking and as much as previous generations try to do things as best as they can for them they end up doing the opposite. Tbh when you look at it from an outside perspective, it kind of is disgusting what we are leaving them with. Each generation grows into adults and becomes ignorant themselves and just conforms to these societies that are destroying the earth, killing our animals, killing people by destroying their health and mental health. Majority of the beautiful nature that was around for other generations is now urbanised buildings. And then we just leave it for the next generation and just try to comfort them about it whilst we are here for them.

[@TheClassicWorld]

@@LadyIarConnacht Jon Haidt's work will shed some light on these issues and more. If you don't like reading books much, then you can just watch his talks/lectures on KZbin. Just type in 'Jon Haidt Gen Z'. That will cover all of this. It began around 2011 in a big way mostly among young girls, and things like school shooters are actually hyper rare still, but nonetheless, there are profound issues going on at all levels with the youth, boys and girls, under the age of 30 now; back in 2011, these people were closer to 15-years-old! (I'd also say merely talking about it in terms of 'mental illness' is a grave mistake and misleading to the deeper issues at play, and doesn't actually pinpoint the causes, effects, and possible cures for the generation, more so, the next generations. It's not a useful term these days, and not at all in this context. It's more like self-invented mental illness in the form of childhood underdevelopment. Later in life, this is simply understood as 'mental health issues', but that's useless info and very misleading, from both a medical and cultural standpoint.)

[@jessegreen6138]

The Bassist of this song's cousin is a survivor of the Columbine High school shooting 1999. Mark Foster the lead singer was bullied in High School. This song was banned by some radio stations after some later school shootings. The song was released in 2010 and charted number 3 for 8 weeks in 2011. Thank you for your reaction Asia and BJ.

[@caballeroperdomoaxellennyn7863]

The song was released in 2009*

[@thumplife792]

This song portrays some of the common things like family breakdown, mental illness, and being bullied that lead up to school shootings.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

Asia nailed it right off the bat. And as far as it sounded upbeat in the choruses, I think it's a brilliant choice. If you think about it, in the verses he's singing through that filter and it makes it creepier. But really he's just a narrator describing this kid that obviously doesn't have any friends cuz he's home alone waiting long hours for Dad to get home and then eating a TV dinner. He's isolating. He's Disturbed. Probably bullied at school. And then when he takes the gun to school, it's the course, and now it feels like in his mind he's floating on air, cuz he has power, and nobody's going to fuck with them it's almost like a dream to him. There is another nuanced to Pumped Up Kicks, it's just not only that he's one of those kids that doesn't have them if he's fantasizing about pulling a gun out and making them run, there's this feeling of well you have these Elite flashy shoes, let's see how fast you can fucking run now.

[@robincharles7057]

This is just my personal theory, but I always felt like *part* of the reason having the upbeat tempo with such disturbing lyrics could be to do with how many mask mental health issues with a happy/content outward demeanor. I have PTSD and I've realized I try to keep my tone upbeat as much as possible, mostly to keep from having to deal with others prying too much and asking what's wrong. It's not completely a conscious decision, but over time I think many learn that it's the best way to avoid those questions. Also, when you are feeling terrible it can feel like the only way to keep others happy and not bring them down is to act happy yourself, even when you aren't feeling it. 🤔 Even writing this I find myself trying to think of a way to end it with a happier tone lol. I'm sure they had other reasons that were more important, but it feels like this could be one of them. I think a big reason they may have wanted to contrast the tone with these particular lyrics and distort it in parts may be to show the disconnect and detachment from reality someone may be going through as well.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

@@robincharles7057 Well said!

[@JDogg1971]

True story. The first time I heard this song, I was riding in the car with my sister (RIP.) This song came on the radio and she asked me to turn it up because it was such an upbeat song and she loved it! When the song was over, I told her to give it another listen and pay attention to the lyrics. That’s a crazy song! 😳 Great reaction, fam!

[@alexs1640]

Most people don't listen to the lyrics on a first listen and sometimes on subsequent listens. I knew someone who had heard the song 4 or 5 times and didn't know the meaning behind the song. Could be why it became so popular, people kept requesting it on radio stations lol

[@3DJapan]

RIP your sister.

[@garybucher7922]

I had the same conversation with my coworkers. They were all shocked.

[@josephmendoza9523]

I was 18 in high school and I was a senior and I had mullet hair all throughout my senior year from 2010- 2011 so when I first heard of the song I thought the chorus was saying " all the other kids with the pumped up Kicks you better run better run faster than my mullet." Never really knowing what the song was actually talking about and it wasn't until maybe 5 or 6 Years After High School that I gave the song another listen. I was shocked to find out what the song actually means and what the song is actually saying I was shocked.

[@butifulyamazed1]

I love watching the reaction videos to this song. When people realize its about a school shooting their reactions are priceless and genuine. It's a sad song but sheds light on a topic people don't want to talk about.

[@rhondahandley9595]

This wasn't an issue in my school days. But I remember when my niece, then 5, told me that you hide in the bathroom by standing on the toilet so THEY don't see your legs. Left me SHOOK for real.

[@mikecaetano]

Another pop song with a somewhat similar theme is "I Don't Like Mondays" by The Boomtown Rats from 1979, written in response to one of the first school shootings back in the seventies, in which a teenage girl trained her father's rifle on an elementary school across the street from her house, killing two adults and injuring eight children. A reporter reached the shooter by phone before she was arrested and asked her why she did it. She reportedly answered: "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day," an answer which shocked Bob Geldof into writing the song.

[@Brandi6666]

Great tune🤘

[@sallybannister6224]

Correct ... so this terrifying trend has been around since the late 70's at least Are these kids just wired wrong,? to have such anger .They are sociopaths....

[@mikecaetano]

@@sallybannister6224 The girl who shot up the elementary school in 1979 was sexually abused by her father, iirc.

[@rik6696]

@@sallybannister6224 Adults create the world children live in so lets not point our fingers at the kids. The human brain is not fully developed until 25 years of age. In computer coding there is a phrase, "garbage in, garbage out". Children will do exactly what their parents, society and culture teach them to do.

[@chloe-fraser]

Is it Brenda Ann Spencer case?

[@megdelaney3677]

Please react to -1.Aerosmith: Janie's Got a Gun -2.Soul Asylum: Runaway Train -3.The Offspring: The Kids Aren't Alright -4.P.O.D.: Youth of the Nation -5.Suzzane Vega: Luka -6.Pat Benatar: Hell is for Children -Thanks

[@yankeeladee02]

My heart goes out to anyone that struggles with mental health struggles. It impacts so many of us. Reach out! Plenty will be ready to support you that have been in your shoes.💚 #MentalHealthAwareness

[@freedomfan4272]

Thanks to the lock downs due to Covid, mental illness is going through the roof and will continue to climb over the next several years.

[@yankeeladee02]

@@freedomfan4272 Sadly, this seems to be true… 😔

[@acen2709]

Air pumped sneakers were popular in the 90s when the Columbine High School shootings happened. This is bringing awareness to school shootings.

[@jerickson725]

I love this song, despite the reason they stopped performing it. It is so catchy, but it came out long before the barrage of school shootings that have happened across the U.S. Since then, the song has been criticized, although they did not mean anything serious when they wrote it, because that wasn't really a regular thing back then. The group themselves decided to stop performing it because of school shooting that started happening years later, but I believe radio stations continued to play it.

[@georgejulien3286]

That’s so far from the truth, the day the song came out I knew it was about school violence. And ever since then people have been back pedalling on the issue here

[@robincharles7057]

😕 This sing was written in 2009/2010. School shootings became a regular occurrence long before that. I was in elementary school in the 90s and high school in the 2000s and it was definitely a concern then with Columbine as well as many other shootings. I don't think they mention a school in particular in the song, but I think when Sandy Hook happened this was one of the songs that some radio stations stopped playing. Maybe they stopped playing this when there was an uptick in school/mass shootings, but I don't see how they could be unaware of events like that when they wrote it, and I'm sure it was events like that that inspired it. Edit: I have a faint memory that there was a shooter that had mentioned this song as well. I don't remember what shootings it was or the particulars, but I'm pretty sure that it came out that a mass/school shooter had either been listening to or talking about this song. In no way would that lead to a shooting of course, but I think that media mentioned this and that it could have led to a bit of backlash as well.

[@marieneu264]

You couldn’t be more wrong about everything you wrote.

[@LiveLaughLovecraft]

Really? Kinda sad since I think the lyrics is low key a wake up call to be more aware these days…

[@peted4866]

I love how happily dark this song is. 🎵 👉🏃‍♂️

[@joesmith8725]

This is an indie pop band and song. I'm a Gen Xer. Yall are right. Upbeat catchy song. My GenZ kids told me what this song was about years back (2012 ish when they were little). Very sad song. Def about school shootings. :-(

[@michaelmccaffery8327]

Great review Asia and BJ! The song is about mental illness and school shootings as far as I can tell. The tough thing about many of these songs is they lure you in with a smooth, happy beat with a happy vocal and chorus. But behind that happy beat is a dark story. Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" got me the same way with a nice groove and vocals, and then it got darker and darker. In the end, its great story telling. However, in the end, its great story telling and it's even more memorable because of music style combined with the story. This technique of presenting a dark or evil story by using a happy symbol of music or character is a deliberate inversion of evil presented not by a dark music or character, but the reverse. Movies that present possessed children or evil child ghosts are using the same technique. It's to throw the audience a curve so they realize they can't or shouldn't trust what is good or evil. It's actually a good thing because people are fooled by friendly killers, or students that shoot up a school, or nice old ladies that poison their neighbors. That's not to say that you can't trust the good, but it is a reminder to not ignore the signs that something is not right. Almost all the stories of serial killers have witnesses who later say they ignored strange signs that something was wrong, but the guy was so nice, they ignored those telling clues. People said the same thing about the Columbine shooters, but after the shooting when the damage was done. Another example is the book, Moby Dick (based on a true story), where it presents the evil white whale instead of the usual grey color of the sperm whale. And that theme of the evil of angelic white whale made the evil, even more evil since the devil is known as the prince of darkness, not a glowing white angel. The lesson? Trust your gut when something seems off about a situation. You could avoid or prevent a bad situation.

[@tiacalhoun3841]

Yes, one of the band members cousins was a part of Columbine school shooting and they wrote this song about mental illness/bullying in teenagers

[@carollittle1059]

This song was Gigantic, even little kids knew the words.

[@bmoak]

The band was originally supposed to be called Foster & The People, but it was misprinted on fliers for their early gigs as Foster The People. The band thought that sounded better, so they stuck with it.

[@fpanpurrzachariah6290]

When I first heard this song at first I was whisteling along . Then I heard the lyrics and was shocked. I had to stop and pull my car over to listen to the whole song. Wow. Foster The People is a real good band by the way. Seen them 3 times.

[@hootyhaha]

02:33 you see her start to chime in about what Mark Foster wrote about :) Very surreal to have such a rad dance song about something so grim. Pearl Jam did that too with their song "Jeremy" the true story about the bullied kid that shot himself in front of his classroom. Take a listen to that song.

[@oakhillfound847]

The Irish group Boomtownn Rats had a song with a similat theme based on a true story called I Don't Like Mondays

[@misstasha]

Growing up in the 90s, Pearl Jam's Jeremy was our version of Foster the People's Pumped Up Kicks. I was a Senior in high school when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold committed the Columbine high school shooting. I'll never forget hearing others in passing the following week taking about it, some of them cracking jokes about it and others saddened while some scared it could happen closer to home. I've talked about Columbine with my 2 young adult girls when they were younger, especially after learning they were being bullied in school.

[@leemp337]

Asia you nailed it on the meaning of this song. it's a hard song to like but it's got such a good vibe.

[@monickalynn4365]

All happy peppy musically and then you hear 6 shooter gun,outrun my bullet. Whole vibe changes

[@brianberthiaume7930]

Asia that is exactly what this tune is about.

[@navbusiness2210]

Love how deep this song is. I often point out to people what it's about and they're shocked. Asia got it right away. It weirds me out when I hear this song at weddings or happy occasions. I sometimes wonder if it's ever played at school dances. While we don't want to listen to such disturbing music, it's important that these issues are addressed in pop culture.

[@brosciencegutfeelings7058]

Foster The People “Sit next to me” Great one…

[@behindenemylines9033]

This song used to be blasted at the Anaheim Angels ballgames in between innings. Hilarious.

[@dorathocker4575]

It is so upbeat and eerie at the same time. I take as "in your face" literal. It may be a clever way to bring awareness this topic and not bury our heads in the sand. The group name IS Foster the People.

[@dannycasson1551]

All I know is that hook is damn catchy. Every time I hear it, it sticks in my mind the rest of the day..

[@bluegreenglue6565]

The first time I heard this song, I was in a mall, not long after having moved to Colorado, and once I actually registered the lyrics I burst into tears right there in H & M. Genius song.

[@neldablanco1663]

You right! The song upbeat, video is too. People don't listen, the group trying make point, but lot people don't hear the message! It's a serious message, no one listened to the messed up people! Good interpretation from you guys...video is same, group just play song, having fun, but seriously messed up people doing messed up, no one listening to words!

[@ericsmith6615]

Wife here..Loved Loved This Song when it came ...But.., hearing it now I have to say..It's a little Creepy...Asia.., I feel you both hit it AGAIN...You know maybe the song sounds so happy because deep down he wishes he were happy as the ones with "The pumped up kicks"..? YOU BOTH SO RIGHT AGAIN..KEEP IT UP!! .

[@Kausion]

Surprised yall didnt know this one its not all that old use to play on radio n tv a lot funny yall first hearing the upbeat tune reading the lyrics then asia wondering whether to continue boppin her head and BJ just boppin his head the entire song 😂 this reminds me of music like MGMT-Electric Feel & Empire Of The Sun-Walking On A Dream

[@abiedavidantillon4258]

Excellent analysis of the song

[@timmycollins7665]

The way this was played all over the radio always shocked me because of the darkness of the subject matter. But it's so catchy it's pretty genius to use such a poppy upbeat sound. This song I relate to because I remember people getting robbed and beat up for those shoes specifically. Reebok's were still big in style. Nike J's and the original Reebok pumps would get you jumped and robbed for those shoes. I don't know if you remember how big the Reebok pumps were but they had an air ball on the tongue that you would pump so the shoe would form straight to a very tight fit for extra ankle support. I could never afford the shoes myself...I had the cheap Rawlings knockoffs....lol...But those shoes got a lot of people beat up and robbed back in the day...no joke. I used to love Reebok's style. They kinda were the only shoe that competed with Nikes at all. But back then having a pair of the new Reebok pumps was like having a new pair of J's.

[@trishahamilton5880]

Asia, you hit it on the head...happy belated with dark lyrics, from the mind of a shooter. Beautifully drastic!!

[@sirhoopalot1]

Yeah, it's a dark song set to a happy beat.

[@chrismiller5875]

The beat makes you want to sway and bop and then you realize what the song is about 😳.. feel guilty enjoying the beat but it's a song you want to hear again

[@bostonvair]

Great reaction and great comments below. Please react to the song "I Don't Like Mondays" by the Boomtown Rats. Recounting a true story in a very catchy tune. Lead vocalist/composer for the Irish band Boomtown Rats is Bob Geldof, who is best known as a rock and roll philanthropist who's organized such things as "Live Aid" and other major fund-raising concerts.

[@juliewhite7469]

10,000 Maniacs had some great songs in the 80's about important social topics.Here are a few suggestions: "What's the Matter Here?" (child abuse), "Eat For Two"(pregnancy), "Poison in the Well"(pollution), "Gun Shy" . 💙 Edit: sorry for the highlighted non-link

[@robincharles7057]

A space between the period after 'topics' and before the word 'Here' will keep it from showing up as a hyperlink :) I've had someone reply to "you're link doesn't work" when I forgot to put a space and it showed as a hyperlink as well lol.

[@joehacktv1791]

For someone who's never heard the song she caught on pretty quick.

[@Taraonrepeat]

Great reaction! You caught it right away, I can’t tell you how many times I heard this song before I actually heard what he was talking about. Y’all hit the nail on the head…. The upbeat, happy go lucky sound with the dark lyrics, I believe is a actual metaphor for how our society it treating(or lack there of) the this topic. If you like their sound I recommend Houdini and Sit Next to Me.

[@TheChick24]

Great band! Amazing live! Houdini Helena beat Don't stop Sit next to me Etc etc

[@Thorkildzen]

I know right? I was kind of blown away by this song when I first heard it like the lyrics

[@stellahall8321]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 He's gotta pow pow classic BJ it's I thought it was about a kid dreaming about cool shoes🤣🤣🤣

[@TheSleightDoctor]

Continuing the long rock tradition of pairing an upbeat and funky riff with the darkest lyrics. It makes those lyrics hit harder. The song is indeed about a school shooting.

[@MegaSorsh]

Always enjoy the after thoughts! Would love to see you react to more Foster The People. This song's catchiness had it playing on a lot of radio stations, and what was cool was the lyrics really brought attention to serious issues. I was like 16 when this album came out and can recall "Pumped Up Kicks" being a segue to deeper conversations with my relatives about how the song is kinda dark. Respectively with it being more of an 'upbeat sound' its easy for the lyrics to escape someone who isn't paying attention and that's somewhat comparable to part of the issue in itself. Also this song admittedly helped shape the way I viewed some of my peers. Ergo I was a a lot more thoughtful about my character. I love your content!

[@BIGBLOCK5022006]

Another song that discusses school shootings is "Kinslayer" by Nightwish. It's based on the Columbine Massacre.

[@colin7879]

I always reckon this song is so upbeat cause you're casually bopping away to it without realising what's going on. Exactly the same as a school shooter. You don't notice until you do when the bullets start flying.

[@mollynash2597]

Asia's face is pretty much how I thought when I first heard the song, lol. I like the song but felt guilty for liking the song because of the content of the lyrics.

[@m.rivers9201]

Best Break down of this song I have heard!! Well done!! What is really eerie is in the begining the Eletronic sounds makes a ," Daddy, Daddy, Daddy" sound. Song is about isolation and bullying and tragedy,

[@hootyhaha]

Watch their VEVO and David Letterman performance of this song. They go off "Pirate Style" whatever that means. But they take the song in a rave directon, it's crazy!

[@sharoncromer1910]

There's a song by The Knocks ft. Foster the People called Ride or Die. It's a great song also.

[@Seanriver316]

Please check out their more recent song, "Sit Next to Me".

[@SirWrecksy]

Jeremy has spoken

[@willkels9196]

They played this at my sons middle school assembly years ago everyone was like wtf is going on.

[@b.slocumb7763]

Nike Air were a popular shoe that all the kids wanted (pumped-up kicks), and back in the day kids got killed just for their shoes.

[@SparkimusPrime]

I didn’t realize what this was about for awhile after it came out. Musically it’s just a vibe. And then yeah. It’s a great song though. I’m surprised no one has recommended SKYND to you guys yet. 🖤

[@le7669]

Its a valid subject to sing about kids deal w that reality everyday so yes that's what it is

[@Cablecol]

This is an updated Nirvana-esque tune with the fun melody dark lyrics. Came out around 10 years ago but they won't play it nowadays with all the rampant shootings in public places.

[@Stacy55ish]

Check out Dido's "Thank You"

[@DodumBhai1996]

Should have checked first "Houdini" from this band!!! A truly masterpiece, specially the MV of that song is just 🔥

[@bryanhale5254]

Yeah guys you know it's a trip about this one is that synthesizer the back I love that it has that creepy sound to it I just eat that up I mean Brian Eno himself would have loved to have found that tone and of course the melody and the chorus what up hook oh my God that is one of the prettiest and with the harmonies it doesn't get any catcher than that

[@htbald1]

I've only heard cool remuxes of the song and actually had no idea how dark a song it actually is, that blew me away.

[@LukePortable619]

Asia was on this one I think. She was kinda like hold up..what are they talking about here? This is one of those songs that it sounds good..but a closer listen shows its true meaning. Great song.

[@beyondthepage9389]

Hey guys, there is an Official music video that accompanies the song.

[@kadmiss1750]

What I find so fascinating is I think this song perfectly captures how the shooter feels about what they are doing. Obviously what they are doing is horrifying to indescribable measures, but to the shooter he is experiencing joy, relief, euphoria that he's getting revenge against a world he feels has done him wrong. It captures the disturbing nature about feeling good about doing evil things.

[@tnightwolf]

Summer Hit in my country because some people do know how to speak and understand English, and others don't but the melody is contagious! XD Dark but perfect song for what it was!

[@ambercastle3667]

I feel like it’s a great song because it describes a hard and uncomfortable truth in America. I even love the happy melody cause it very accurately shows/symbolizes the apathy/normalization that America has towards this issue and how we as a country have let the problem persist.

[@1967PONTIACGTO]

I've always found this song disturbing in the extreme once I figured out what it is about, because it captures so perfectly a certain dark place in peoples' minds

[@qwertzritter5197]

At first, as like a kid, i think i heard it on the radio or somewhere on the internet, i definitely heard it a few times before and when i was adolescent i really LISTENED for the first time, it is most definitely about school schootings from the perspective of a school schooter that got a gun from his dad and probably got beat by his dad (bringing me a surprise) whom he then kills and goes to school after to make all the other kids pay... I was definitely shook the first time i did listen, cuz i was just vibing along to the happy upbeatness of it before that and then it just occured to me one day, but then again, thats exactly the kind of music i like nowadays, something a little cynical or sarcastic with deeper meaning and greatly written lyrics, something like "welcome to the internet" for example or the german artist "alligatoah"

[@liamengram6326]

This song came out when I was in graduate school and the way I would let my research assistants know that I was getting irritated is that I would start whistling this song. It was such a dark and diabolocial way to express distaste because they all knew the song, and knew what it was about, but having someone whistling happily be a cue that you're on the verge of being in trouble has a certain ominous vibe to it.

[@Boatzilla2]

Well, this is a new one for me. Fascinating song. Thanks for sharing.

[@Not-offended]

I used to sing this song everyday not really caring what it was about. Now that I know this song got 20x better.

[@cliath]

The upbeat sound of this song is a commentary on how relaxed this country is about the prevalence of violence. It's disgusting that kids experience this specific issue and other communities experience systemic violence regularly.

[@CynicalGear]

Check out the song handlebars by the band Flobots.

[@gabrielplattes6253]

Boppy cool relaxed beach-vibe; juxta deep, deep topic. Ripper song. ✌😄 This is still played heavily in the surf scene in Australia. For at ten-odd years I had no clue of the topic of the song, but then, lyrics never did sink in with me!

[@melissas4874]

My favorite songs are the ones that sound kind of happy, but the lyrics give a darker story if people were to listen. I've even heard songs where the lyrics use a darker language, but the message is a positive one. I think in these cases the music is like the outer appearance of the writer (happy, melancholy, sad) while the lyrics are the internal monologue. So in this case, maybe the kid seems happy to those around him, but underneath he wants to punish people who think they are better than him.

[@FinesseGaming923]

It was a version featuring Kendrick Lamar , when it dropped in 2012 . Everybody knew Kenny was different , Cali already knew

[@SearlesHernandez]

Check out "High" by Sir Sly 🤙

[@DW-vd9mp]

That's a great song

[@xavierschoen5747]

I always interpreted the "surprise" as his dad beating him because dinner wasn't made.

[@SigRho1429]

The time line is that he found the gun in a box of stuff he couldn’t identify, shot his dad, and the next day went to school and shot them, too. It’s happy and whistling because he is crazy, and he’s whistling a happy tune as he goes on his rampage.

[@RickVencesC]

Please react to "See You In The Afterlife" or "Let Go" from Foster The People's new album Paradise State Of Mind.

[@DoxGR7934]

That's a a reaction alright. [edit] Check a song called "Hey Man Nice Shot". Listen to it a few times over a week, wondering what the words mean. Then look up Bud Dwyer for a truly "OH SNAP!" moment.

[@DefactoStyle]

#1. I love your channel. Thanks for creating great content. #2. I cannot recommend enough, you reacting to Lara Fabian singing "Je Suis malada" in the live version from 9yrs ago and 12M views. (With French and English subtitles)

[@tommy-_-2883]

I used to hear this song alot when I was younger and it was so catchy and good..but as I got older u start to realize the lyrics and u just start to think like damn it's dark

[@Zoonjse]

This song is about Columbine High mass shooting. I believe some of the members was related to one of the survivors or something.

[@miguellopez3392]

i remember when this was played at my highschool assembly.

[@Daniel-ti9wj]

I remember this tune from secondary school but I never knew it had these lyrics lol

[@scottvanhille5688]

This song is really cool, and it would be great if you both can react to their other song "Coming Of Age." Thanks yall!

[@billspivey6919]

Band Thrice, song- Black Honey

[@JOHN0815DOE]

The song Houdini from Foster the People is lit too

[@oksooner405]

Usher did the best cover of this song 💕💕

[@planreview]

Hap hap happy music to get radio airplay. It allowed them to get the necessary, yet dark message to the listeners.

[@jesrush]

They have other good music too! I hope you check out some more from them!✌️😊💜

[@taiwanwhite5762]

YOU'RE MURDERING MY SPIRIT! 🤣🤣🤣

[@dakotafrazier2985]

This is my jam 🧑‍🎤