How To Make A Hit Pop Song, Pt. 2 (2014)

After the success of Part 1 (goo.gl/EnBWXB), Brett returns with another quick guide to making a hit pop song. Featuring Brett's own song, 'Pinocchio' (inspired by Iggy Azalea) - available to download: brettdomino.ban...
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[@LegalSkateboarding]

What's ironic is, I thought he stole most of the song from a few recent hits. Then I realized, this was from 2014 o_o

[@danwheeler02]

😂😂

[@robertonome2448]

xD

[@willardlosingersmusicchann569]

They all must have watched this video.

[@whiteargentinian2662]

Lmao didn't realize this

[@VSPhotfries]

HOLY SHIT! I didn't even notice that!

[@PrizePirate]

As someone who produces music, this is eerily accurate to the pop music scene. Honestly the real talent in the music business are the audio engineers developing the instrumentals, mixing, mastering and proper vocal corrections. Sometimes that stuff can take days, weeks, or even months for one song. The artists' themselves very rarely do anything but have their voices recorded. This guy sums it up nicely for the people who don't know a thing about digital music or audio production hahaha

[@PayatNaMataba]

you do know he is doing a comedy bit

[@ralfsstuff]

@@PayatNaMataba being comedic in tone doesn't stop it from being accurate though

[@PayatNaMataba]

@@ralfsstuff yup

[@jmckendry84]

@@PayatNaMataba Oh, wow, gee, really? You don't say? Glad we have you here to keep us right!

[@PayatNaMataba]

@@jmckendry84 thanks?

[@IdaAndrr]

Back here in 2020: I heard Kinda Crazy from Selena Gomez' new album and just had to search up this video again immeadiately, cuz the chorus just really reminds me of this one 😂

[@tachifeely]

Hahaha omg you're right!

[@azmiihsan2768]

OMG true

[@Aedi]

You can flip back and forth every other line and it matches up uncomfortably closely

[@alyzuz3304]

I love the guy in the background he looks so lost and he seems high it's hilarious

[@Zansler]

My man Peavis

[@swymbiote]

steven is everyone's man

[@harmonywyatt7205]

omg couldn't stop laughing when he said I like to use the sound of my washing machine

[@JoeBleasdaleReal]

It does sound authentic though 😂😂

[@OwenMackenzieHD]

I hate to admit that it is so catchy.

[@cifge_404]

Oh I know, too bad I hate most love songs lol

[@Timurv1234]

imagine if he put in some effort, he would top half of the current billboard...

[@martinm.5513]

Thomas Laskowski nah it was really good and funny for what it was but if it would chart everybody would say its bad

[@lorenzowoodmusic]

If he didn’t have that accent he could be on the charts as even a vocalist maybe

[@Walperion_Music]

Totally agree, if he just lost the humorous image and sing it with non-comedic lyrics and acting like a sexy guy in modern clothes. The tune is actually soo frikin catchy! Instantly memorable. Better than in many acual hits.

[@nicholasnolan2086]

Timurv1234 he wouldn't, if he put in effort nobody would actually like it. Pretty sad when you think about it.

[@nicholasnolan2086]

Max Otto no no, the music he's making here is shit, however if he tried to put in effort and make a song better than all the generic shit I'm sure nobody would like it. Well, I'd like it but the general market eats up shit like what he's making in the video, it's why it sounds so similar to a lot of modern hits.

[@PhillipandMolly]

we need a part 3 :)

[@charredbasco5308]

Ikr

[@ronniedude0000]

2 years later there's a good part 3 :)

[@CainKolar]

Ya we need part 3

[@iwtommo]

This was 4 years ago We'll all be dead soon

[@StonesView]

I want to see a Kids React videos only listening to the song first, then seeing the full video!!!!! This is brilliant

[@fredoz420xd9]

HAHA yea!!

[@coochyflipper2636]

#thebeastthelegend great to see you in other videos comments sections stone!!

[@chicaonica8137]

the real stonemountain!!! NO WAY!!

[@BroudbrunMusicMerge]

While the "production hammer" does involve quite a bit of work... ... you still make a good point. I feel ashamed to like this as much as I do.

[@zskszyt1846]

my mum came into my room while I was watching this video and she started humming this after she left, it really is a hit

[@gentlemanorscholar]

"It does sound like it might be something else" Its time to play the music, Its time to light the lights.

[@mimimarcus]

Today's pop music is still good (e.g., Somebody That I Used To Know, Rolling In The Deep). It's just rarer or too few of them compared to the 60s when all of chart toppers were written by serious musicians or musicians who take their work seriously. xD

[@BTobiasJ]

To be honest, I think the musical past gets looked at with rose tinted glasses, as the stuff that gets remembered is only the stuff that is worth remembering. Of course there was great stuff like the Beatles, but for every good song, there was a heap of mindless noise on the pop charts like The Chordettes "Lollipop" and Surfaris "Surfer Joe". I remember my father telling me that when Jimmy Hendricks "Purple Haze" got high on the pop charts, him and his mates were all like "FINALLY! Something decent getting popular!". Kinda reminds me of how a lot of people reacted when songs like Somebody That I Used To Know and Rolling In The Deep came out.

[@mimimarcus]

B James TRUTH!!! :D

[@SaleneOS]

Unfortunately all of the songs you listed aren't todays hits. Honestly, most of the "top" songs these days are about sex and drugs.

[@ADDodger]

Is Rolling in the Deep really regarded as pop? Isn't it more like soul?

[@Ruvigy]

***** Meh, not really. It's got that same chord progression in the chorus, but that's really it. Wouldn't call that a ripoff.

[@pepijn117]

If he would have recorded the videoclip in a villa with some hot chicks running around in bikini for the entire clip then the vid would have had over 100 million views

[@sstlibertas6440]

So true

[@elmo7608]

I'm there

[@proximalpha]

This man is incredibly talented and equally hilarious.

[@hjalmarnyman1313]

Damn this sums up what some people call "music" today! My contemporaries have been brainwashed by "MTV" and "VEVO" to think that this artificial, inane, cookie-cutter "music is good. Not only is it musically bad, but the lyrics are reprehensible.} People singing about rapes, being" hangover"(I could go on.), and all this directed to brainwasj children. I feel like I was born in the wrong generation, when people don't know who Johnny Cash is, when people listen to "Justin Beiber"(Don't know who that is), and when people ask me "Who?" when I tell them I'm listening to Jimi Hendrix.

[@guraisae2689]

I agree. Lets make a fuckin time machine dude. Although im listening to paul gilbert n mr.big 's my fav . Throughly agree with you

[@preyisgay]

there is plenty of "good" music today, but i dont think you should be so ignorant. i dont like most of the popular songs nowadays, but im not gonna say that its bad music, and look down upon people who listen to it, just because i dont like it. And if they dont like the music i listen to thats fine. Music is relative

[@HawkOfGP]

It's easy to get annoyed by the fact that popular music today is in the shitter, but some perspective here: it is easier than ever for those who care to look up all the good stuff. Let the masses listen to whatever they do. The real music will still be there for those who can appreciate it.

[@Theehannle]

Honestly I think it's a good time to be in. Now I am not a fan of the radio or a lot of popular stuff but its a time were we can hear generations of great music from the touch of a portable phone. And there are great artists that are not mainstream out there, you just got to be observant.

[@IAmTheMadArsonist]

It's funny because it's exactly the opposite. Your parents brainwashed you into thinking new music is bad.

[@TheJapanChannelDcom]

Original idea and very very clever. A refreshing change on KZbin, thank you!

[@davidriley7659]

Needs more bassoon

[@brettdomino5927]

My mum wanted it back.

[@JohnDillOfJohnsCodes]

I'm all about that bassoon.

[@tristiannewman3762]

The fact that you always look so uninterested is perhaps my favorite part!!!

[@jpaul4580]

Baby would I lie to you Baby do you think I'm lying to you Uh, would I ever lie to you Y'know baby I would never ever lie to you. I think of you when I'm alone I've been to London, Paris and Tokyo Y'know that I could be your Romeo But you're treating me like Pinocchio. You're treating me like a little wooden boy Well girl I'm telling you, for you I do got wood and boy I'd let you pull my strings any day I'm your puppet baby Spinning right round and round like a record player. You're running round my thoughts everyday Doing laps of the tennis courts in my brain, Lets stop, take a break we could go to Stockholm Or another capital city like Helsinki or Rome. Home, We can stay in get some pizza watch some Netflix Kisses on the sofa from Bretts lips We could share a tray of jumbo fish and chips Pop the cork on a bottle of cheap fizz. I think of you when I'm alone I've been to London, Paris and Tokyo Y'know that I could be your Romeo But You're treating me like Pinocchio. It's like I'm always flying in solo Whether to London, Paris or Tokyo I don't have to be this lonely though But you keep treating me like Pinocchio. Well I've seen the film and I don't resemble the character In any way and anyway who made you a barrister A character of assassination shut in the animation We'd be the bad guy fox giving me aggravation. You're saying I'm a liar that my pants are on fire My attire is non-combustible its stylish and functional Lets put this all behind us I'm a lover not a fighter That's what makes me so damn lovable. Baby would I lie to you Baby do you think I'm lying to you Uh, would I ever lie to you Y'know baby I would never ever lie to you. I think of you when I'm alone I've been to London, Paris and Tokyo Y'know that I could be your Romeo But you're treating me like Pinocchio. Seems like I'm always flying solo Whether to London, Paris or Tokyo I don't have to be this lonely though. Brett Domino Pinocchio 2014 I think of you when I'm alone I've been to London, Paris and Tokyo Y'know that I could be your Romeo But You're treating me like Pinocchio Pinocchio

[@brettdomino5927]

Almost... The full lyrics are actually up at brettdomino.bandcamp. com. Could have saved yourself a bit of time...

[@jpaul4580]

***** I loved it so much I just had to sing along... keep them coming.

[@pinkjeff8395]

Brett Domino hi fake what you doing?going around tricking people into thinking your real?

[@maikhowthomaz6322]

It's not that easy. He's good at it.

[@glennirish6582]

Compared to many kind kinds of music it isn't that hard, but yes he is over simplifying to for comedic purposes.

[@sheleg3s3]

Make your next video: "How to make a Pitbull song" :D

[@finneganhackett7736]

Say mr worldwide, say dale, get someone else to sing the rest

[@sheleg3s3]

Finnegan Hackett ^ dont forget Mr. 305 :D

[@finneganhackett7736]

Oops! You're right! B)

[@thenerdylord6641]

Also you need to talk about all the places you have been

[@maxwellsterling]

Shelleg3s And to say the name of some global cities, like Paris, London and Tokyo. Also, gotta say some words in spanish, but KEEPING IT PROVOCATIVE AND SEXY. It always must keep provocative and sexy.

[@ApertureInc]

Brett Domnio is back baby! Been a huge fan since back when i saw you on Britain's Got Talent and was even lucky enough to share the stage with you at your christmas party :D

[@edgar882]

I wish you sang this at Britain's got Talent

[@ajax4887]

He would've won

[@chloe-rw4xw]

Barreled Squid He was on it I didn't even know :0

[@levihambrick]

Surprisingly catchy! Nice work. haha

[@brettdomino5927]

Thank you.

[@rayvenbrantley9044]

I know right!

[@sofian1001]

Very clever indeed.

[@RambunctiousVA]

5 seconds ago? wow never seen this recent of a comment

[@sofian1001]

lol

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

this could acctually be on the radio in 2020 tbh

[@bengali548]

This is the hottest track fresh off the streets. Man spits fire

[@brettdomino5927]

Thank you.

[@isabellamartinez5383]

Damn this guy is hella good

[@vithefiddler]

Nicely done, Brett!

[@new.asteroid.tracker]

WOW geeky nerd personified!!! I'm impressed.

[@kyliankummeler4397]

song turn 10years old this year and it still slaps more than most modern songs

[@oqasho.]

"Doesn't need to make a lot of sense" LOL That's true!!

[@iambicpentakill971]

Wow, this figuratively blew my mind.

[@TheInanimateFightCartoonIsland]

I'm getting Flight Of The Conchords vibes here...

[@lucreziacaracciolo2314]

Yes, Rome! You made me feel proud to be Italian, thanks Brett! ♥ I discovered you because of a youtuber's comment on your get lucky video and now you're my favourite musicians and English teachers. I hope you will come and play in Italy someday - it would be just awesome!

[@SahbaShahiriar]

2 years later this is still legit

[@julio_aer]

Still waiting for part 3...

[@CliffRoth]

I would love to see these guys team up with The Axis of Awesome

[@llama4253]

How did u get the verified check?

[@faranume01]

WE WANT PART 3 !!!!!

[@mortymerrow]

Like most things in life, there is no secret magic to making pop songs like this. However, it takes a lot of time and effort to both learn how to do all this and to actually do it. Anyone could make this song, but anyone could be a rocket scientist with enough time and effort (natural talent plays a role, but not a giant one, especially on the producer side).

[@ROOKTABULA]

The traffic and overwhelming love for this track and the first one, despite the intro to the clips explaining the process, ironically proves his point: Modern pop hits can be any sort of goofy, vapid shit and the masses will flock to it. Good job mate of getting one over on the sheeple!

[@kevofevo4157]

2:17 the favorite of skrillex

[@danscott9761]

Absolutely Genius!! This is some of the best stuff on KZbin!! You're one creative force Brett Domino..with C-Bomb and Rocco La Bete...and now this. Keep the hits coming!!

[@TazzanatorHD]

Brett you absolute genius

[@abrtn00101]

Damn.. I watched this thing on Sunday afternoon, and totally forgot it since. It's Tuesday night right now where I am. I'm just sat on the kitchen floor typing away on my laptop while waiting for my food to cook, and I suddenly remember the chorus on this song... Damn....... This guy's definitely got the formula right.

[@Farcraft2]

pinocchio shadows at the end. This is pure genius.

[@GermaineNimundel]

Ok i'm gonna go and be popstar now.

[@robertonome2448]

Hell yeah, those drums are on every fucking pop song nowadays

[@Lindy_Enalya]

Hahahah I lost it at that random '2014' :'D

[@theofficialstig]

this guy went to my school and my church, nice to see him do so well haha

[@daviderpelding6014]

This will be the #1 song on the charts by the end of the summer.

[@fuhxqxlugo]

"we'll use Iggy azalea as a loose jump off point" wouldn't be the first time

[@echonovo7460]

we need more of these, they're fantastic

[@StenSturesKanal]

Way funnier than basically every other music channel on YT doing similar things. You know the lot, things drummers always do etc. and drummers never do what they say in the videos.

[@ClouDxUK]

YES! a second part, we need a third!

[@mhakable]

You guys are my heroes! hope to see you live here in the Philippines.. I already shared this channel to 100 friends.. you are 1 in a hundred Brett!

[@emhe1451]

"Personally I use the sound of my washing machine at the peak of its spin cycle."

[@skynite9644]

Your production hammer is strong. Now that you have a following you should consider creating catchy pop songs that actually have important meaning.

[@WWEIsTheAwesome]

You'd be the master of music parodies on youtube if you'd start doing parody for popular songs.

[@GaryWilsonVideos]

The pure genius behind the lyrics is incredible. Part one I feel all the Jennifer Lawernce references went unnoticed as the rest was so good. This is just as good as there are so many references to Iggy Azalea (and many other that are all the same as this is ripping the piss). But by far the best part is that this is easily on par with songs with budgets that rival a small countries net worth if not better.

[@Jones_Money]

HELSINKI! Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan!

[@Neemesi90]

I just saw your "Bin men" song and I had to get back here, just to remember how great you guys are!

[@slycooperpro1]

The sad thing is, this is what ends up making it big.

[@mbrsart]

This is over 9000% better than most of the pop music out there.

[@goodvibebeats4168]

Michael Bradley-Robbins No it’s not, it’s exactly the same. That’s the point of the video!

[@afafelsayed7800]

This should be on youtubers react!

[@dianapohe]

The first video was brilliant, but you really nailed it with this one. Sounds soooo much like any other song people would dance to

[@WristFreeze97]

Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan

[@Metastudios]

Okei

[@An7ero]

+Edward Elric (DuppeKP) suomi mainittu, tortillat avataan

[@mikosatola697]

okei

[@sagemushroom]

Still one of the best videos on KZbin

[@peterb9862]

I love how dramatically the backup instrument players press one or two keys.

[@tomvos3317]

This could actually be a nr. 1 song XD

[@jasonkraus2831]

When is the Brett Domino Trio-Flight of the Conchords mash up happening?

[@riccisantiago]

Hi Brett like your video, how about incorporating your songs with MTV so it means the part 3 will mean making an MTV together with your hit pop song, ill wait for your next masterpiece, and ill recommend you to THE FINE BROS :)

[@brettdomino5927]

What's an MTV? Who are the Fine Bros?

[@anthoelise]

***** Look on KZbin for The Fine Bros. Its a very good channel !

[@riccisantiago]

***** MTV is music television, you made a simple one on your videos which is good, but you have to have some directive flair, like singing the song on a famous place like in Paris, tokyo or New York, you can use green screen which is what you're using right now, and better add expensive cars and one beautiful girl model :) you get the drift :),

[@ThisIsNocturnal]

Mtv is dead...

[@ayami123]

it's funny how people didn't understand what you said. hahah What's an MTV? Who are the Fine Bros? hahahaha

[@lucreziacaracciolo2314]

I can't wait for the "weekly KZbin thing"!

[@ollielaidler4711]

We want more

[@lewisholland5831]

Ollie Laidler yes ollie we all want more

[@SodaVorteX]

Ollie Laidler yep !

[@psynci8188]

Ollie Laidler yessssss

[@VASEdub]

saw you guys at the weekend at Beatherder, was the highlight of my weekend, was so good.

[@maxknook4673]

You have to try to be black like iggy azalea if its iggy inspired son

[@jtiizle]

is this a joke?

[@maxknook4673]

I said 'try' because iggy azalea tries to be black, she just cant accept she's a white girl from australia and not a black girl from atlanta

[@MonkeysInDiapers]

She doesn't act black she just acts like another human being. A human being with a big butt. Who raps. Explain how she somehow acts black?

[@nathanielwright980]

Whats this option?! She talks about how she is gangsta and shit like that you are probally one of those people who is brainwashed into the garbage music we have now adays

[@streetough]

Nathaniel Wright It sounds like she's acting 'urban' which is a culture rather than a color. I know black people that don't act like the traits you claim makes one black, yet the color of their skin tells me that they are indeed black. I think that's what Whats this option?! was referring to. I'm not sure how to act out a color but everyone has a culture that influences their actions and persona. (For example, Eminem is in fact a white guy however he has urban mannerisms which would make sense since he grew up around that culture.)

[@ImBug]

Man... hard to believe it's been almost a year.... I saw this and the other episode the day they came out lol

[@JoeMauri]

This is one of the most interesting videos out there...

[@ormoschonas]

Genious! Great job! #Pinocchio

[@kynam91]

such clever!! This is so fresh on old KZbin at the moment! You sir deserve +1000000 subscribers

[@BagelCollector]

Part 3: dubstep

[@ethanm1436]

I just came a huge load listening to this. Thank you.

[@bondfool]

When asked to create an original tune, my brain also defaults to John Williams.

[@stopobooma6142]

Funny irony is...the "Top 40" crowd giving this video a thumbs up not realizing this is satire with them as the butt of the joke. Good stuff Mr. Domino.

[@jackdixon1871]

Brett domino- you are a legend

[@sansundertalewindows98edition]

So, i;m not the only one who thinks this sounds like every other pop hit out there, right? A bit telling, eh?

[@gebthabeb]

This dude's better than 90% of the artists today.

[@ovehaed]

U got the point with music nowadays, too bad that "popular" music is bad indeed

[@joshpierpoint9063]

I think "You've got me falling like a domino" would have been a better line than Pinocchio but still this was hilarious and very catchy.

[@hvnt727]

If aitch released this it would bang

[@mesalmasalan2808]

BRETT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE! WE ARE NOW GONNA HAVE HUNDREDS OF BIEBER DUPLICATES! Great video Brett

[@ConnerBale]

I can't find it on iTunes.

[@brettdomino5927]

It's still processing - should be there soon.

[@thomaswebb7828]

I come back to your videos every now and then, and I've only just realised how easily this could be an Aitch and Ed Sheeran colab song 😂😂

[@SkipperBath]

How to make a hit Rock song!!

[@JacobARexstraw]

The breakdown is excellent. Well played!

[@yozach9]

Sounds like: Darude- sandstorm

[@Vahle.]

Shut the hell up

[@IdoN_Tlikethis]

nO, It DoEsn'T.

[@AngeloZhadows]

Name of the song please?

[@Stanfella]

Do more of these!!!!!

[@rarwexe]

The saddest part is this song isn't half bad.

[@11SuperJona]

the best is the way he says everything hes just like " ah chillin this sh*t is really easy"

[@sidsuperstar]

Steven Freakin Peavis you are the ultimate pop song!