Cringe TikTok Trends to Serious Songs...

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[@reedschultzgeo]

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[@Nico-pb1sr]

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[@eriklou2603]

@@Nico-pb1sr no one cares 💀

[@MM-ux7kp]

Ok Devlimes, I've been happy to enjoy some content on your channel quite a few times. But you are wearing a cross on your head, and christians in my direct area want me dead for being queer. Don't wear religious iconography unless you want to go and outright say that you support christianity, at which point I can realize you are too far gone.

[@schjongtime]

Outkasts "Hey Ya!" is kind of a commentary on this phenomenon pre-social media. "Y'all don't wanna hear me, you just wanna dance" -André 3000

[@HouriSamatsu]

I work with wedding bands, and a bunch of them have this song about DIVORCE in their rep. It’s hilarious everytime I hear it

[@NoNo-bffr]

DUDE I WAS LITERALLY JUST ABOUT TO COMMENT THIS YOU READ SOME OF OUR MINDS

[@heyimneverland8451]

That literally comes to my mind every time I think of this because they’re right we as human do in fact jsut wanna dance

[@carolinewheeler77]

Okay but if he didn’t want them to dance why would he make such a catchy song huh???

[@Two-ToneMoonStone]

It's super common in rap music as well. Like people parrot the "my .44 make sho' all yo' kids don't grow" from Hit Em' Up, forgetting that Pac was threatening to MURDER Biggie's 3 year old daughter and soon to be born son.

[@lluviasevilla2878]

something my music teacher told me while we were writing a song together, was that once you release a song to the public, the song stops being your song, because it doesn't matter how you intended for it to be perceived when you wrote it, each person will have their own interpretation of it

[@whoomie]

That really is just art as a whole, intention is the start of a project but never the finish

[@Dalligator]

facts, that’s the mindset to have when these trends pop iff

[@boonskicks]

Fun fact! This is the actual description of the theory “death of the author” - people take death of the author to be literal and use it to excuse or pretend a bad author doesn’t exist but “death of the author” means only what you said - it’s less to do with the author and about how the original artistic intentions of the creator have no superior standing or priority over an audience’s alternate/different interpretations. So folks, remember that, because that theory isn’t mutually exclusive with doing boycotts on certain authors if the material or publicity profit will be directly giving more influence and visibility to someone’s bigoted and harmful views and endeavors. Yes one can still enjoy a piece of media, but let’s not pretend shitty authors “don’t exist” simply because people take the words “death of the author” literally when it means something more complex

[@softlycinematic]

my film teacher said this about movies and tv, it’s definitely true

[@Llaylalovee]

@ville__bro you’re not even funny pls stop

[@mackenzie6166]

This feels like when people use “cherry wine” by Hozier as, like, a wedding song. It’s literally about ABUSE.

[@triplesixcrow]

YES OMFG YES I THOUGHT THE SAME THING

[@crestflames492]

YES! And I feel like people can’t use the excuse that they didn’t know that because if you listen to the lyrics of the song it’s extremely clear. like, idk how anyone who listened to the song in full could miss that it’s about an abusive relationship. i realized what it was about the first time I listened to it back in 2014 when I was only 16. if a teen can figure it out, no one else has any excuse.

[@TheAnthraxBiology]

They do WHAT

[@GrainneMhaol]

Yes! Also Many of Horror by Biffy Clyro.

[@Missfortune007]

Maybe this was a fever dream but I swear there were a lot of thirst trap videos to Eat Your Young too and I remember thinking that was really odd 😂

[@mochiloki]

this is how i feel about strawberry blond by mitski… people turned it into a happy-go-lucky cottagecore love song and while i welcome all interpretations of the song, it’s not. it’s about an asian woman trying to fit into the mould of a white person so that the person she’s longing for will love her 😭

[@mochiloki]

idk as an asian person who has felt similarly, it means a lot to me again i’m not a gatekeeper, i’m glad mitski has resonated with so many people in so many different ways. it just makes my heart pang a little :’)

[@4gyall]

this !! i alw hated the strawberry cow version of it cs of this same reason😭

[@coffechipmunk2108]

Where did you even get that, it's just a song about unrequited love. The boy's hair is strawberry blonde.

[@hrithikkai8235]

@@coffechipmunk2108 well that is also there but the lines "all i ever wanted was a life in your shape, i follow the white lines" is strongly alluding to the fact that she wishes to have the "all american nuclear family" life, so she feels the need to follow these arbitrary restrictions set by society, this often needs one to leave ones culture and traditions. the whole song in itself can be taken as "just a song about unrequited love" but its a very surface level reading and doesnt really take into account mitski herself as the writer and the subtext (or text) of the song.

[@hrithikkai8235]

there really is no restriction to how you interpret a song but just that the songwriters can have different intentions and they should be taken into account too :)))

[@t3chsavvyy]

the song that comes to my mind is christmas kids by roar. it's about how ronnie spector's husband didn't let his wife leave the house and did a lot of other messed up things because he was so obsessed with her. he also found a way to adopt twins as a christmas present to her, also conforming them to the house. needless to say it's super dark yet tiktok just takes it like it's a song about moving on. it is, but, i'd be respectful enough to use a song that wasn't about someone taken advantage of this harshly.

[@supernova_29]

YUP!! i am a huge huge roar fan, i just hate tiktok and what it does to SOME songs

[@bvghosts]

Yeah i remember watching a video going deep into the context and it just feels creepy to hear that line “but i’ll know, i’ll know” (because he’ll know if his wife managed to escape that hell- her prison) whats with tiktok and using really deep or personal songs and making it about them. Theres plenty of other songs that are made to be relatable go cry to that instead

[@sonkponkle7549]

I saw one or two tiktoks with that song though about kids escaping abusive households and having to leave siblings and thats when i really realized like what the song could actually mean and it lead to me actually falling in love with roar and christmas kids, it became relatable

[@RainTheAceFrog]

That’s the one that I was thinking about the entire video too. And hate that I only learned about that because my friend told me about it.

[@harper8842]

NO LITERALLY SPOTIFY PUT IT ON A PLAYLIST CALLED “oh no our christmas tree, its broken” …LIKE????? someone really saw the word christmas in the title and was like “yeah this works”

[@stxrstruck6755]

Another example of this is Juilet by Cavetown. Juilet is not a love song. In the song, Robbie is singing to his younger self pre transition. Since Cavetown is trans himself. "I hope that she looks and me, and thinks shit hes so pretty" is about him hoping his younger self would like who he is now. Juilet isnt a person, shes him.

[@crimjim2912]

Exactly- I mean, it’s fine that people use it for their crushes or partners, but I will always see it as the original meaning since I am trans as well and it hits incredibly hard for me :]

[@beamshark]

I feel like Juilet is one of the exceptions though !! I've mostly seen trans people under that audio doing exactly that, showing a picture of themselves as a kid (pre transition) and a pic of themselves now (after transition) I've seen so many TTs abt people complaining abt (mostly) cis-het people using the audio for their crushes/exes when that's not the purpose of the song at all, it's abt being trans. So, I'd say that's one of the few times where the actual point of the song gets across lol

[@ZaF4ran]

I actually didnt know that. I’ll deffo keep that in mind if I ever make a video with that song.

[@itiswhatitismindset]

thats so beautiful

[@childeofepickness]

a cavetown fan in the wild!!

[@dizzykitteh]

reminds me of the "teachers pet" thirst trap trend 😬... that song is about being groomed by a teacher.

[@slaytallica]

melanie is a r4pist anyways so why should i care????

[@kat.hearted]

Wait I didn’t know teachers pet had a thirst trap trend 😭

[@starboycesar]

Frrrr, like are we romantizicing pedophilia now?

[@Starlight_122]

HELP I mean well…all of Melanie’s songs r like, traumatic based songs. The ones that go viral always have a traumatic topic and ppl ignore it

[@heyimneverland8451]

@@kat.heartedYESSS FOR SO LONG and I get it the way she sings it is sexy but like it rlly isn’t that 😭

[@Baconlovesreddead]

I feel like a good example, that’s also one used before Tik Tok, Every Breath You Take by The Police. The song is about a stalker that is being a creepy little fellow, but people use it for weddings, and as a “sweet love song”.

[@waylonsmitherscest]

yeah lol I’m a 80s-90s rock fan and I hear this song so many times from my family members weddings and it just makes me laugh lmao

[@buffystar3]

No fr?? My family & I always called it “the stalker song” because it’s pretty obvious how creepy it sounds

[@Baconlovesreddead]

@@buffystar3 I’ve seen so many wedding with that song.

[@josiecripe183]

We had to sing that song at my elementary school music back in 4th grade

[@1cornicon679]

i think the most egregious example of this is FKA twigs's song "cellophane." the lyrics "didn't i do it for you?" eventually turning into a massively viral meme. even though the story behind the song was her experience dating robert pattinson, and the incessant and vile hatred she received from racist fans. her trauma and her heart and soul were poured into that song but it's primarily known for the miss piggy cover. it seems that every week there's a trending sound that either mocks, disrespects, or fetishizes, black women (sometimes all at once). this is definitely way beyond the scope of what was covered in this video, but it's important to know every side. either way this was a great video, and the cameo from bambi was too cute :3 🧡💚💜

[@gracehannigan158]

THIS EXACTLY

[@heylol_.]

^^^

[@Witchy_Hoo]

Wow, I had no idea that the original song was about that. Holy shit. That makes the memes a hell of a lot distasteful.

[@ilawinterburn2111]

Cellophane is exactly the song I thought of. It's probably the most beautiful, vulnerable song and music video I know and I was playing it a few weeks ago and they said "is that the tiktok song? that's so funny"

[@babybell224]

God that trend made me mad cus i LOVE cellophane

[@notyourdaughter666]

i feel this way with so many mitski songs, specifically Class of 2013. in case you weren’t aware, mitski has a good relationship with her mom. the song is about not wanting to move out of your mother’s house after graduating, which is obvious because of the title and several of the lyrics. the song is NOT about wanting your abusive or neglectful mother to care for you. it’s her begging her mom to let her stay in her house and take care of her like a child again because she is scared of growing up and being alone. i’m baffled that it got so misconstrued despite how obvious the themes are in the song. “mom, is it alright if i stay for a year or two?” she wants to stay living with her mom before she goes on her own. “i’ll leave once i’ve figured out how to pay for my own life too” again, she’s scared of being an adult on her own and just wants to figure things out. “mom, am i still young? can i dream for a few months more?” asking if you’re still young is like a telltale sign that you’re scared to grow up. she wants to dream for a few months more since she’s now an adult and dreaming is considered to be for only children. once one person used this song to talk about their abusive/neglectful mother, everyone just assumed that’s what the song was about and so they never bothered to look at it differently. and it makes me sad because although any interpretation of music is valid, nobody knows what this song is actually about and i feel like i can’t really talk about it without running the risk of people getting upset or thinking i’m wrong. it kinda makes it like i can’t ever see a video of someone talking about why they relate to it and leave a comment saying that i relate because of a different reason. i wish more people knew of the actual meaning behind the song, more people might be able to relate to it if they did.

[@floorcollapsing]

You sound like such a crybaby right now "of course interpretations are valid" well obviously you don't think that because you wrote a paragraph saying that the original meaning is the right one. Isn't art... supposed to be interpreted? "People would get upset at me" yeah not because your interpretation is different, it's clearly just because you'd be an ass about it. If people getting upset at you over your interpretation of a song is genuinely something you have to worry about, you must be living a stress free life because damn

[@sillydeven]

This is and Your Best American Girl!!! The line “you’re the one, you’re all I ever wanted, I think i’ll regret this.” blew up awhile ago. (obv by a bunch of white girls!!) and it just made me upset. That song seriously is so heartbreaking to hear and get to know the meaning of. And then someone on tiktok is posting about their ex or something like… this song isn’t for you. ALSO THE STUPID “STRAWBERRY COW” SONG.

[@enviisyk]

i will never forgive tiktok for that strawberry cow shit

[@nikik.8761]

@d3ven that pissed me off so much!! as a 1st generation asian american, the whole song just resonates so much especially the chorus and seeing the meaning being taken and twisted for people that it isn’t meant for us just…i don’t even know. also don’t even talk about strawberry blonde 💀💀

[@wemiloo777]

i saw a tiktok of a guy talking about how sweet it was that his girlfriend sings I Bet on Losing Dogs to him at night and i was like... oh my god

[@Corarii]

i hope one day i can feel comfortable when songs that mean a lot to me are reduced to tiktok trends, this sounds backhanded but i genuinely wish i could just not care

[@zenleeparadise]

It's important to care imo

[@ethernetgirl2001]

@@zenleeparadise not really. if you care you care if you dont you dont

[@reallytheguy]

That’s called growing up

[@chadrific]

It helps to remember that it isn’t about you, the tik tok trend that is

[@littleguy8714]

It helped me to just delete that stupid app! Now I can’t be accused of liking “tik tok” songs or seeing my favs be ruined on there

[@marklll4426]

one song in particular that got popular on tiktok that still pisses me off so much was Mitski's strawberry blond because of strawberry cow...

[@notyourdaughter666]

that one got MASSACRED. class of 2013 is also interpreted wrong, it’s about being scared to grow up and move out of your mom’s house after graduation (hence class of 2013, that’s when she graduated high school.)

[@Sagowie]

Mitski said that she doesn't really gaf about it, she likes when people interpret her music in different ways, and sometimes she purposefully writes her lyrics to evoke different emotions from her audience. Her recent song "Bug Like an Angel" is a good example of it.

[@ijsxijijds8jcisj]

White ass cottagecore girls after taking a song about struggling as a queer poc and turning it into a “super quirky and aesthetic song!!!”

[@garfsoup]

another song that i can think of that had something similar happen to it is daddy by korn. i’ve been told that people used the song to make thirst traps to (i don’t have tiktok and haven’t personally seen them, thank god). the song is about how johnathan davis (the lead singer) felt as a child going through s3xua1 abus3, and not being believed when he tried to tell others about it. the song wasn’t played live a lot, but he literally had mental breakdowns / panic attacks on stage when he played the song. i find it disgusting that people would make a thirst trap to a song like that, especially when it’s a song that affects the person who created it that badly.

[@wozaow]

i commented the same thing lol, glad to see i wasn't making it up

[@quandaredevil]

yeah that’s one example where I feel like there’s no excuse for the trend whatsoever. it’s just extremely disrespectful and tasteless.

[@shortinsomniac76]

I also really dont see how you could be confused about the meaning of this one? Like other ones i can see how just listening to it out of context might be confusing but "Daddy" is pretty fucking straightforward

[@slaytallica]

you're absolutely joking bc no way somebody could actually miss that and it's not clicking for them???? i love korn with all my heart and the song daddy just hits too close to home bc of my experience with somebody who's a close family friend s3xualy assaulting me and ppl using that song as a thirst trap anthem is the most offensive shit i've ever actually seen..

[@chickenfoot2423]

i havent seen that, thank god, but this is one of the only examples i personally definitely agree with. that song has some of the most viscerally horrifying lyrics i could imagine and even the way he sings is clearly deeply disturbed and personal

[@amanul_2474]

"Y'all don't wanna hear me, you just wanna dance" - Andre 3000

[@gilliansmain]

Another song that reminds me of this is Rhinestone Eyes by Gorillaz. I’m a HUGE Gorillaz fan and my love grew so much more for the band in 2020, my fav album is plastic beach which Rhinestone Eyes came from. Gorillaz songs are usually about rlly dark things and plastic beach specifically surrounds the growth of society, government, and pollution, Rhinestone Eyes specifically being about pollution and the view of a working class person not being able to do much about it to the point where this person considers it a part of life and society, but people changed that concept and oddly interpreted it as a toxic relationship and there was a small trend in 2021 where people put the lyrics as “that’s sick sick sick sick” instead of “that’s electric-tric-tric..”, and that’s just one of the songs by gorillaz that have been heavily misused, people would also use Ascension from the humanz album which is about racism and it’s flat out infront of you about what it’s about too unlike rhinestone eyes which I can understand people to not see the real definition of.

[@jadewest6374]

Oh my god this actually makes me so upset because the song (Rhinestone Eyes) sounds really good but I would see it used so much with murder cases or traumatic stuff that whenever I heard it I could never enjoy it. Like it would freak me out. So I can literally never enjoy the song without relating it to murder

[@Baconlovesreddead]

You like Gorillaz? Couldn’t tell😹 But yeah a lot of their songs are misinterpreted. Kids with guns is what came to my mind.

[@wozaow]

i found that song from a Danganronpa edit that went viral for some reason (i don't even know why? there was nothing out of the ordinary at all about it)

[@wozaow]

song still bangs btw, i've become a gorillaz fan since then

[@randomaccount1840]

​@@wozaowit went viral because of at the time that it was made tweeting like that was considered really impressive

[@akuuma1453]

One that some people might not know is the Vocaloid song “Gommene Gommene”(aka I’m Sorry I’m Sorry) by Kikuo. People would have this song playing while making cute art or other things, but the song is literally about a child sex abuse victim and definitely not something I’d use for video aesthetics

[@cerebanny]

I SERIOUSLY DONT GET HOW PEOPLE THINK ITS A CUTE SONG 😭 THE SONG HAS MADE ITSELF CLEAR

[@dwliejk-vd7pt]

some Japanese guy made a response to this by putting “Pumped Up Kicks” over a video of people dancing to show how it looked to them

[@harnessmadeofhopes]

The song that comes to mind for me was Cellophane by FKA Twigs. I’m a giant fan of FKA Twigs and all of her music (Magdalene is a masterpiece) and it was kind of frustrating to see a song about grief and pressure and her relationship falling apart due to literal racism becoming this silly “whydidnidoiforyu” meme with the dogs with the long nose… It may be irrational and I appreciate people following her work but cmon dude…

[@cecizilla]

same here!! that whole album in itself means so much to me so hearing such a heartbreaking song like cellophane reduced to a cringey sound still makes me upset

[@HobieInTheBox]

I'd never heard the song before the meme, and genuinely thought it was a muppets song bc the firts version I heard was from Miss Piggy

[@BrookeAlesya]

I found it from the meme and doing the research was just absolutely heartbreaking and I went from loving the meme to finding it so distasteful. It feels like no one protects her and that reaction just enforced that and it hurts

[@cecizilla]

@@BrookeAlesya exactly!!

[@bel8471]

as someone who’s loved twigs for years & was obsessed with that album (still am) i kept cringing out of my skin when i would hear ppl singing it lmao, i felt like that meme of that guy in the corner of a party being like “they don’t know how beautiful and emotional this song really is” . i know it’s not rational lol but magdalene is an incredible piece of art and i love it so much and it makes me sad that most people will never care about it further than silly dog meme

[@reyrats]

Little insight on the Addison Rae Prom Queen situation- I work at American Eagle and we literally play that song on our store radio every day. The lyrics are not a retail store vibe, I don’t know why we would choose to play this song while young girls are actively analyzing their bodies as they try on clothes in the fitting room

[@murmirr]

mitski fans in the comments really enjoy ignoring the fact that she said she is fine with any and all interpretations of her songs. Though, in my opinion Your Best American Girl shouldn't be touched because of the song's clear meaning.

[@George_vv]

I don't know how to feel about this. On one hand, re-contextualizing lyrics to make another piece of whatever has been around forever and a lot of times involves taking unfortunate lines and making them a completely different emotion. For context, it's even part of my job taking different songs to create a new story with them. But on the other hand it can be distasteful which knowing TikTok it's probably often the case. Maybe I'm wrong and seeing it incorrectly. Please let me know why if I am.

[@xavi1298]

Hun ur pov is right on (to me) ESPECIALLY w the TikTok point

[@George_vv]

​@ville__ well that's a given. They do got some points doh

[@wellheck1377]

i mean the fact that it's been done forever doesn't make it okay

[@JacobPDeIiNoNi]

@@wellheck1377It has always been okay and always will be. Art is just as much about the interpretation of the listener as it is the intent of the creator, and reinterpreting a song with a different context, even a much less serious one, is valid as long as certain lines are not crossed (for example misrepresenting the lyrics with malicious intent). Trends like these are annoying, and do somewhat disrespect the song (though I’d argue most if not all types of song related trends do that to an extent. They make it less about the song, more about the trend) but ultimately it’s just people enjoying a song how they choose to enjoy it. If that ends up being not engaging with the original meaning and just liking the song within the context of the trend, so be it. The teens of TikTok can enjoy music that way if they really want, though personally I don’t see the appeal.

[@Leilataraxia]

What is your job ? :)

[@ihaverabies]

this reminds me of people making thirst traps to teachers pet,, like i get that people can view songs different ways but teachers pet is literally about a teacher grooming a students and there's no other way to take that song😭😭

[@phantomology13]

Thirst traps are cringe as hell no matter what but ESPECIALLY to songs like that?? What is wrong with people

[@mindlilacs]

this happened with put me in a movie by lana. the lyrics are so dark and personal, about grooming, r*pe, and more uncomfortable things- and people kept making edits to characters who hadn’t experienced anything like that, or just using it over vids of themselves. idk, as someone who went through one of these struggles, it felt somewhat offensive

[@prettierjesus3119]

You think they’d know better with the chorus. “Come on, you know you like little girls.”

[@quandaredevil]

I mean, I’d argue that lana is partly to blame for that. her whole career she’s had a habit of taking horrible things and making them appear romantic and glamorous to her audience, and grooming is no exception. I mean, just look at her whole “lolita” aesthetic early in her career ://

[@veinfish]

@@quandaredevillolita is a fashion style ☠️

[@quandaredevil]

@@veinfish I’m aware. I love lolita fashion. but lolita does not mean the fashion in the context of lana’s music though. her music directly references the book and movie. you can literally look it up right now lmao

[@hersugardaddy...]

@@quandaredevilshe had a point with qftc aside from the namedropping tho, she's allowed to make art out of her past abusive relationships, it doesn't mean she's glamorizing it

[@cowgrll]

i understand both sides of the argument too. some songs are extremely personal and meaningful and to both the artist and the listeners and it can be uncomfortable or hurtful to see the song being trivialized on tiktok. but at same time, once you put your art out into the world it becomes many different things to many different people. everyone will have their own interpretation and put their own feelings and meaning into your art regardless of your original intention. a lot of famous paintings have a depressing or disturbing backstory or were created as a result of a mental or physical illness. and yet, that art is commercialized and put on tote bags and shirts and keychains etc. and people pose for photos in museums next to that artwork. it’s actually weird when you think about it but it’s become a normal part of our society. and also, this is happening on tiktok and i just can’t put that much energy into getting mad about the stuff that happens on there. there are truly harmful and disgusting things on tiktok and that’s what i’m more concerned about. i actually think it’s cool when you can take the lyrics of a song and recontextualize it in a clever or creative way. i do that all the time in my head anyway.

[@C0C0N0T]

Authors get repeatedly told that once their work is out there, its out of their hands. Whatever intentions they had with the characters won't matter, because the reader could read it as something else. Paintings too, a thousand people can have a thousand different opinions on the same piece. Classical music gets this treatment too. I think its a bit odd that other genres of music SHOULDN'T get the same treatment. Paintings and written words can be just as painful and vulnerable as lyrics, but its still not wholly theirs when its out in the world

[@gladiatorinsweats]

I don't think anyone said a specific genre of music should be the only category of art that is left untouched... we can know something to be true and say that shit sucks ass sometimes.

[@AqueerianLeo]

I think the most aggreguous examples are when people take songs that have these intricate heavy meanings and simplify them into a song about something petty like missing your ex. There are SO many good songs already that are explicitly about those experiences, but people use snippets from songs that are about grief, abuse, ect. to convey their feelings about something way less drastic by comparison. I pretty much agree that art will always be reinterpreted, but i understand the frustration when an artist is trying to tell a specific story and that message gets lost bc tiktok kids just want a sound they can use to cry about their dating life and then so many listen to songs that are about victims of terrible things, but make it about themselves and their mundane problems. Reminds me of when straight couples started using girl in red songs for their tiktoks, songs written by a lesbian about being a lesbian but they just had to make it about them for some reason :/

[@peach9789]

i just lost my grandma to dementia and hearing that line now hurts. the trend is super cringe, but it’s whatever. i definitely remember a time when i’d isolate a single line from a serious song and relate it to something trivial because i didn’t know what those bigger feelings were yet.

[@Mayra-ye5xc]

This happens to all art forms. Not everyone is going to know the context of every piece of work (most don’t!) So while I can appreciate knowing about the artist, their thought process, the time period it was made in, etc. the interpretation will always be on the viewer/listener. I think people engaging and having their own thoughts about different art is what makes it great. 🎶

[@v_bunny]

agreed but if people are going to use something publicly they can at least do the most bare minimum research

[@HobieInTheBox]

​@@v_bunnyYou know damn well on the Internet people don't do the bare minimum

[@Hi-en7xx]

@@v_bunnyI mean, is (not even just listening to the full song) looking up the artists intentions of every single song you ever use on TikTok, or even just passingly see used in a TikTok trend the bare minimum? It kinda seems like asking a lot for people who post multiple times a day (only speaking as someone who’s never posted a TikTok before)

[@gladiatorinsweats]

​@Hi-en7xx I hear you, but the lyrics are kinda... there. Just feels weird to say more context is needed and only research would provide it, when the lyrics are painting a pretty clear story. I think this is indicative of how much people aren't paying attention to lyrics at all anymore, just need a hot beat and hook. It's been this way but it seems like it's getting even worse.

[@Hi-en7xx]

@@gladiatorinsweats yeah that’s when I agree that it’s just insensitive, when it’s very clearly about something serious, or when people are in your comments trying to say that the song is personal to the artist

[@_hihi_0.0]

is it just me or does cutecore tiktok do this a LOT? like, “Suck It Up (SIU)” by Maretu, “You are a worthless child by Kikuo”, “dou kangaete mo watashi wa warukunai”, “gommene gommene”, all of these songs were about abuse or melancholy in one way or another. and it’s usually used as a cute, aesthetic background song or with cutesy anime characters in the background..im not particularly mad, just a little frustrated

[@batbox_]

I learned about Pierce The Vail when I was in the mental hospital, my roommate talked about them. They allowed us one song a day and every day we would pick King for a Day. That song means so much to me, and if it appears tiktok is watering down the meaning, I do hope more people can find it and relate to it. I really think it’s case by case, I don’t have tiktok though…

[@sillygoof4816]

u cant even spell it right its pierce the veil😭😭😭not vail

[@batbox_]

@@sillygoof4816 LMAO spelling was never my strong suit

[@ilovecatssosomuch]

name 1 other ptv song

[@crashhrcrunk4577]

@@ilovecatssosomuchoh my lord no way ur gatekeepinf fucking pierce the veil 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@ilovecatssosomuch]

@@crashhrcrunk4577 sorry i like being annoying 😞😞

[@CallmeMelinanow]

As a gen x person I feel this way about the song Fast Car by Tracey Chapman. A white male country star remade it. What?? It's about the struggle of a poor black woman! What a way to just ignore the message of the song and act like it's just a catchy tune.

[@sumlem]

It was a cover and Tracy Chapman is actually fine with it according to a statement she made. I do agree that the context of the song is lost on new listeners.

[@CallmeMelinanow]

@@sumlem You can't discredit my opinion because I have always had an emotional connection with that song. It's beautiful and tragic. I was 14 when it came out and it's like an old friend. He could have picked any song to cover. A man's voice telling the story of an impoverished woman, living in a shelter with her family doesn't compute to me.

[@xdress1746]

​@@CallmeMelinanow Your opinion essentially boils down to "black people should only do black things and white people should only do white things." It's a song, songs are made to be sung. Grow up. I know boomers more progressive than this.

[@bartelvandervelden9894]

@@CallmeMelinanow too bad it doesn't compute to you (which is fine), but it does to others (which is also fine). Besides that, the original of Chapman does still exist, so did you really lose something? I also wonder, when would a cover of 'Fast Car' be OK, what criteria does it need to comply to? And is this line of reasoning exclusive to 'Fast Car', or do all covers need to conform to a certain set of rules in order to be OK?

[@CallmeMelinanow]

@@bartelvandervelden9894 I believe this video is about songs that may have a deeper meaning to someone, and are then used in a more lighthearted way that seems odd to the listener. It's like Dev said, just because it's deep to someone because of the time of life they connected with the song, doesn't mean everyone feels the same. I realize not everyone feels the same as I do. I was saying I agree with Dev because of my own experience.

[@comcat8524]

Does anyone remember In my Mouth by the Black Dresses? I recently had to explain to my partner that the entire album was about living with CSA. The artist had a little bit of a meltdown and got mocked a lot for it. It was super understandable though, seeing a song you wrote about being abused as a child being used for thirst trap cosplays must have SUCKED

[@astraynaught9343]

It's honestly so weird to feel close to a song, to have a deep understanding of the artist's intentions, and then to see it repurposed on tiktok. Most of the time I'm just happy to hear a song I like, but sometimes I sit there like "woah" because it really reminds me that we all live different lives. Songs that they feel touched by could be songs I've never heard before. I didn't listen to any Mitski before my brother sent me a playlist of his favourite songs. He didn't listen to certain musicians before I recommended them to him. We would discuss how the song felt to each of us, we'd tell each other the intention. It's really just.. English Lit class, the curtains are blue, what does that mean to you?

[@wozaow]

TW: Pedophilia, Abuse This reminds me of a trend that existed at one point where people would post thirst traps to Korn's "Daddy." A song about... well, those trigger warnings. And how they were done to Jonathan Davis as a child. Obviously, every video that did it got major backlash, and most are now deleted.

[@Afunic515]

You're lying.

[@wozaow]

@@Afunic515 What? Why would I be?

[@leechf3st]

dev finally posted, now i can shapeshift into an eyelash bug and haunt people's walls and showers

[@k2a2l2]

@ville__i think u may be as well

[@samwoldhuis]

​@ville__you are more unhinged than them, dude

[@lemonandsweettea]

pls spare me 😢😢😢

[@rabbiqa]

this comment made me laugh so hard for some reason

[@undyingdefect]

I understand why tyler fans or even tyler himself could feel weird about the trend but artists utilize tonally serious songs like this all the time and it's generally accepted (Future's Mask Off and Kanye's Blood on the Leaves come to mind.) Art is Art. I think as long as they're not maliciously mocking the original song's message, it's not that horrible to take some creative liberties

[@breakfastclosed]

Dude exactly like shit happens it’s up to u how that makes u feel and imo u shouldn’t waste ur energy pouting about it

[@softmettle]

Lemme be real; if you're going to put a flash warning in text on the video, say it out loud too. its so rough to not notice text on the screen, to then look up and see flashing lights. If someone has epilepsy, they'll have a seizure. Please consider SAYING the content note of flashing lights. Ive written this type of comment to so many creators. If you can take the time to write text to add a trigger warning for flashing lights, you have the capacity to say it out loud.

[@strawburri420]

i've only listened to the instrumental, but just even hearing the lyric "but she won't answer," hits really fucking close to home. a couple years ago my grandma passed away, and i was very close with her. i miss going to her house and talking with her and hearing that she had passed away completely broke me. i still visit her grave with my parents and grandfather and i really wish i could see her alive again. seeing people take this specific song out of context feels weird in a way but i'm not going to go out of my way and harass anyone who doesn't understand the meaning of it or the lyrics. anyways, great vid as always dev :)

[@thisperson8441]

Reminds me of IC3PEAK literally risking their livelihoods to call out the Russian government, but instead gacha kids are turning the word terrorist into being the equivalent of calling someone a nerd

[@KingSad80]

This is Strawberry Blond by Mitski all over again. :/

[@uzuilover4ever]

yes omg

[@sharks540]

what lol what happened

[@loveangelmusicbqby]

im not a mitski fan sorry what happened 😭

[@Hurricaneder_Man]

For the replies: Strawberry Blond is about issues woc/poc face and ( mostly white) people on tiktok made it into a cottagecore thing or whatever.

[@loveangelmusicbqby]

@@Hurricaneder_Man tysm :))

[@samthedeletedusername4194]

Dev posting makes me rob a local Walmart happily whilst singing the latest Queef Jerky song

[@BaboonZone]

this one's going in the shoplifting playlist!

[@StarSkies-]

Local stores be damned when Dev posts

[@DINOSAUR.KICKZZ]

i just robbed a bank.

[@Tangee379]

Just like me fr

[@peebuki1807]

stop bc I actually did this last week 😭

[@kiwi-se4ld]

Songs like King For a Day are truly made for screaming the lyrics with your friends despite it all. While the songs are close to my heart, I find the trend for that song fun bc most of the people using it are fans of the genre and are having fun with their friends. It's unfortunate that some sadder songs get misused, but that's the nature of humanity. Art has been taken and changed for years. It's just easier now with the Internet.

[@april4524]

this has happened to SOOOO many songs w serious songs. ones i can think of is a lot of lana’s unreleased songs that are about abuse or pedophila and ppl r like heheh yay romanticizing it which is questionable at least. especially her songs abt pedophila blowing up and ppl making it cutesy those songs are so heartbreakingly beautiful especially for someone who’s experienced it and it makes me feel sick when young girls make videos being like yess i wish i was being groomed no u don’t what r u doing 😭

[@i.luv.t.swizzle]

BABE WAKE UP DEV JUDT POSTED

[@1wispyy]

“Just” ☝️🤓

[@c4lico.]

@@1wispyywhat if the misspelling was intentional. then what… Yea that’s what i thought.

[@random_rag17]

​@@c4lico.what if this brick I slam into your head was intentional. then what... that's what I thought

[@StarSkies-]

what if i intenionally if what if what if what if???...

[@c4lico.]

@@StarSkies- Preach. Bless up.

[@missycat7598]

this just makes me think about all the songs used in those “top ten creepiest photos” or “two sentence horror stories” tiktoks.

[@salmamichelle09]

The Addison Rae situation reminds me of what happened with “All You Wanna Do” from SIX the Musical. A portion of the song that mentions “taking a break from boys” was used as a trend for women who either realized they weren’t straight or found a decent guy to be with. The issue was that the song chronicles the SA and exploitation that Katherine Howard faced throughout her life. It’s literally about her being viewed solely as a sex object for men’s pleasure from the time she was a minor until her death at 18. It was obvious that the people participating in the trend weren’t aware what the song was about, but watching those videos was still an uncomfortable experience for fans who knew the song and it’s meaning.

[@ghostguru9156]

This is why I’m always super wary of my favorite bands hitting the mainstream. Growing up I watched quite a few bands I was bullied for liking get popularized by the people that bullied me for liking it.

[@melodyhaviland9393]

right when i was abt to start hw! perfect video to procrastinate to! thanks dev!

[@melodyhaviland9393]

damn wish it was longer- i REALLY don’t wanna watch these lectures man 😔

[@BrotherlyBearsBackbone]

ugh real

[@ellak6387]

Omg same

[@Jadeddoxy]

Lmao same 😭

[@usouu]

This happened with one of my favorite songs, Girl A by the late siinamota p, at first i was happy people found it but then the way people started using the song started making me uncomfortable, esp because i hold the song dear to me that got me through a lot, and because of the context of the song. literally the other day i heard it under a trap beat. the song is about depression and suicide and the way people use it majority of the time is so tone deaf.

[@tallemajas]

maybe a silly comparison, but does anyone remember the dancing polish cow meme song from 2-3 years back? as someone who does speak a bit of polish it was WILD to me seeing the silly edits over a song about substance abuse and the depression that comes from it

[@cactuspeach2517]

omg yeah I don't speak polish but a few weeks ago i randomly got the song reccomended to me and i remembered liking the meme so i checked out the music video... yeah I was pretty shocked when i saw the translation. Still really like the song but I was NOT expecting it

[@reedschultzgeo]

wolf is one of my fav albums from tyler, but seeing this im honestly not too suprised. tiktok is crazy with how trends start, and there's been plenty of weird viral trends like this in the past. theres really not much that can be done about it, its just a cycle that keeps repeating

[@cupcakesruletheearth]

Your hair looks so cute in this video!

[@luludiangelo]

some songs that come into my mind are family line by conan gray - a song that he has revealed to be so personal and according to him took him so long to have the courage to finish it - which is (obviously) about family, especially about his dad. some people took the bridge "all that i did to try and undo it / all of my pain and all your excuses / i was a kid but i wasn't clueless / someone who loves you wouldn't do this" and made it about THEIR EXES??? and i just get speechless when i think abt it. also soon you'll get better by taylor swift, its about her biggest fear of losing her mom to cancer. some people also made it about their exes/friends w the part "and i hate to make this about me / but who am i supposed to talk to / what am i supposed to do / if there's no you" which i find even more disrespectful when taylor has said that her mom was her biggest support through her career and this line has such a deep meaning to her.

[@tygrenfell2364]

dev your vocals on eminem type feet still have a stranglehold on me

[@skep2923]

something something Charlie Sheen’s washing machine

[@lev2449]

do you guys remember when musk launched a car into space and played space oddity? yeah after that moment nothing really surprised me anymore

[@breakfastclosed]

LOLLL

[@viktor5783]

It's so nice of Bambi to let you film in his office! And what a stellar entrance. ✨✨

[@wingedoll8585]

slightly different but this happens to me with some of my favorite songs all the time on spotify playlists. ill open a playlist about something lighthearted (usually some silly character i enjoy) and see things like angel of small death and the codiene scene by hozier, which is about being abused by your family and then taken advantage of when you escape. heavy stuff, and i see it on playlists that are like "bogcore" or whatever..

[@miaxmckinney]

just to play devils advocate, the context is actually fits pretty good considering it’s about his grandmother being nostalgia and kids growing up. i don’t think it necessarily has to be “glow up” but growing up

[@sumlem]

In a way, sort of. He mentions how he'd gotten as far as he did without his dad in his life in an angered revenge, and without his grandma as a way to say goodbye to his past. The album encompasses his young angst in his early 20s navigating his up and coming solo fame, and hints of his closeted sexuality. His work up until that album (Wolf) was brash, violent, and dark. He considers his "glow up" based on interviews and the context of his music after the album Cherry Bomb and Flower Boy. Funny enough, he considers Wolf to be his worst album because of the immaturity in production. His reflection on maturity and artistic growth is referenced in his most recent album Call Me If You Get Lost.

[@Sapphiclycan]

I’m curious if Dev or anyone else has thoughts on like songs written about queer romance being used by straight couples, like I’ve seen the song We Fell In Love In October trending recently with a CapCut edit and guys using it for their girlfriends and getting mad at lesbians in their comments saying they can’t have the song.

[@jennifertrandafir]

I think it depends on the song and how it's used.

[@_BubblGum_]

i dont really think its a bad thing considering that lgbt people use straight songs. as an lgbt person i feel like people gatekeep things too much these days.

[@gilliansmain]

I feel like it depends on the song. Ik which song your talking about and though I’m not a huge girl in red fan I find it kind of annoying when straight people use that audio with their bfs/gfs, but if it’s like flaming hot Cheetos by Clairo I could understand as it’s less obvious to what it’s about

[@jennifertrandafir]

@@gilliansmain I personally don't think it would be that much of a problem if they used the chorus of Lil Nas X's That's What I Want.

[@baintreachas]

I’m a lesbian and who cares. It’s not even a song ABOUT being gay, it just is gay. That being said, making fun of straight people for using it is funny, I guess. It’s just not actually an issue whatsoever lmao

[@thesandwichking2440]

dev posted, it’s finally time to scurry around in my walls looking for cheese like the rat bastard that i am

[@lukejones0826]

Ikr

[@capitalkaemusic]

yessirskee

[@RottenLemonOnTheSideOfTheRoad]

best comment

[@RottenLemonOnTheSideOfTheRoad]

@ville__ ok bot

[@StarSkies-]

@ville__. nuh UH im gooder

[@samuelberton3778]

I remember black dresses removing their music specifically for this reason

[@xafilmbyx]

I thought it was because they were being harassed? Like i remember that’s why they broke up at the time as well, they were facing tons of harassment

[@flowerscoded]

I was so surprised when you brought up Pierce the Veil, wasn't expecting that lol

[@yourfavoritedegenerate375]

The 2019 Pumped up kicks hayday is a perfect example for this.

[@itsaspiracle]

that miku scream trend to the kikuo song lmao

[@missycat7598]

oh god. that song. yeah.

[@humanthetooth]

A pre-TikTok instance of this was Tommy Hilfiger using CCR's 'Fortunate Son' in their patriotic themed commercial. Using the lyrics "Some folks are born made to wave the flag/The red white and blue" with a bunch of smiling models and american flags which cuts off before the line "It ain't me/I aint no senator's son"

[@darkgn0ll587]

Just watched the video about the STOMPING and excited to see this drop on your channel! Love that both hats are still in shot!

[@enviisyk]

i always thought one of the most egregious of these was when the song 12 stout street was trending. the song is about growing up in poverty and having to resort to gang activity to get by and drug abuse to cope. the artist, rx papi, named it that bc 12 stout street is his childhood home and had a gun put up to him in front of his old home. it's a really devastating song but tiktok made it into this funny meme song so sad fake deep sigma male shit. it sucks that songs about trauma like this(especially i notice it happening with black people's trauma, but idk) are turned essentially into punchlines on tiktok. i feel like this example is different from something like answer because it feels like people are actively listening to the lyrics and making fun of them off that basis(mostly by white suburban teenagers who've never had to live through the things rx papi talks about experiencing in the song)

[@Ash-xt1ej]

I think this happens most often with songs that are not in english. Papaoutai by Stromae is a good example. It’s such a heartbreaking song about his absent father. I know it’s nice that they get popular but like is it so hard for people to make the effort to go actually look at the lyrics in English? It feels like you confess some deep feelings and that person ignores everything you said. Yeah I shouldn’t get so irritated about it, it just gets so frustrating cause it’s so easy to just look up the meaning!! Bah even reading my own comment makes me sound like a snob

[@kedoot9886]

It’s such a big thing with nonenglish songs, there’s the whole thing with Into the Night by yoasobi being about death and s**cide, but because it’s in japanese and sounds upbeat people were busting it down like it was nothing

[@deadhouseplant1585]

⁠@@kedoot9886more specifically it’s based on a short Japanese story that I forgot the name of and because of like translation and stuff I feel like it was lost on me but I definitely recommend reading it if you’re fine with reading about long term mental health issues and people ending their lives

[@sahie]

I’ve learned to check the lyrics of any song that’s trending to make sure both it and the creator aren’t problematic exactly because of stuff like this. Reminds me of when lots of white women were using “Keep Ya Head Up” by Tupac after the Supreme Court made their decision last year.

[@virginiajohnson4207]

thinkin about the chokehold Pumped Up Kicks had on all of us in 2011 and how it was played at every one of my high school's school functions even though it's about school shootings

[@LezbeOswald]

i struggle with this a lot because i’m not gonna act like it wouldn’t be annoying or frustrating for people to grossly misinterpret or miscontextualize your art. i can’t imagine what it would feel like as an artist to see people blatantly not understanding or not caring about the meaning behind what you’ve created. at the same time, that is unfortunately the reality of art-once it’s unveiled to the public it no longer belongs solely to the artist. it, in a way, “belongs” to everyone who interacts with it or reinterprets it. unfortunately there are always going to be people who don’t care about what art means or what the artist intended for it to mean when they made it. and even if people do care, if they can’t relate in the same way, they’ll reinterpret it differently. every artist is going to feel differently about this of course but the fact is that it’s unavoidable, especially the bigger your art gets. this is also just a problem with everyone these days having just incredibly low media literacy, but that’s a conversation for another day i think 😅

[@zoeelerby2423]

Dev, you are so brilliant and so passionate about music, hearing you talk about Pierce the Veil and how they impacted you made me so excited because I grew up with them too!!! You have such a wonderful way of articulating yourself, even if its kinda hard to explain your feelings sometimes and I always love watching you talk about music and its impact I hope you're doing well and iCANT WAIT TO SEE YOU ON TOUR AHAHHHHHHHHH

[@4gyall]

this reminds me of how mitski’s songs are always misinterpreted or turned into something they’re not (i.e. that stupid strawberry cow song i’ll never forgive tiktok for) and also when people were saying co2013 was ab wanting to be loved by a neglectful/abusive mom even tho it clearly wasn’t

[@KamilaShakur]

Always been a huge Cudi fan & as a musician myself, I totally get why he reacted that way. I also agree with the fact it’s not worth getting mad about. These are indeed strange times, but yeah. It is what it is & it is good that people are getting exposed to different music even if it is through trends. Sometimes, it will just be annoying.

[@stbetsy]

Hair looks SO CUTE!!! ahh dev!!!

[@sadosoda]

it’s nice to see this being covered thanks dev! Also love your content i personally have never seen any music centered content on youtube so it’s cool to know that someone makes this kind of content 😎😎😎

[@transgendy]

if you’re interested in other channels that talk about music hivemind is really great! they’re super funny and have also done vids with dev and nick!

[@Baconlovesreddead]

@@transgendydon’t indoctrinate them you’re going break them

[@harlomints7727]

tbh this tyler the creator trend isn't even the worst. melanie martinez had her song TEACHERS PET - a song about a teacher grooming a young girl - used for glowup tiktoks (and it was VERY obvious what the song was abt from the snippets they'd use)

[@wrm0219]

back when kendrick's mr morale album came out i saw part of the song "united in grief" used in a bunch of gym glow up videos (the part that says "ive been going thru somethin. 1855 days. ive been going thru somethin. be afraid") and it always made me wildly uncomfortable because of the lyrics in the rest of the song. its just weird, idk

[@mtlewis973]

taking art out of its original context and using it for something new is actually just part of what art is. once something’s released into the world nobody owns it anymore.

[@mushroom_dance5219]

this reminds me of people constantly joking about Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends" every October and posting jokes about september being over tagging the Billie Joe Armstrong when the song is about his father dying

[@charliemayfilms1550]

I said this in a reply but I want to post it separately too: People are allowed to make their own personal meaning and relate in their own way. You can respect the intended meaning of the song, and story behind it, while also being appreciative of the way it’s applicable to you individually. Things can have many meanings, that’s the beauty of it. It’s a bit different to make weird trends, but my point is that art is subjective and for everyone. When artists release art and music etc. they have to realize to an extent, that their art will lose context and be taken out of context. They may have legal rights, but once you release something you cannot keep full creative freedom over how people view your work. You just can’t. If you’re the type to interact with your fan base, you could talk about it, and hope people would be respectful, but you can’t really expect it. Some people just won’t care. Although not everyone wants to interact with fans like that.

[@adrian_31605]

14:49 that was the meowiest meow i've ever heard

[@yoursalwaysliyah]

kinda reminds me of wake me up when september ends by green day. people were making memes about it when the song is about the passing of a loved one.

[@visualsno]

Oh man... did not expect to be almost crying during a Dev Lemons video. Just what Kid Cudi had happen with his uncle. It happened to me. I never got to apologise. He tried to apologise to me for what he did but i never got to forgive him. I thought i would have more time. Tyler also got me through tough times. I was 13 when i hesrd Bastard and became a quick fan. That was 2012. And AGAIN... PTV also got me through.

[@sickerhackername]

I think with ptv's King For a Day, the music video itself is goofy despite the sad lyrics, and the song is meant to jump around to and scream and have that feeling of being alive despite it all, which is exactly what the tiktoks (at least the ones I've seen) are doing

[@deadly0iguana]

Felt the same way about when 'Need 2' popped off for the Pinegrove shuffle. Not at ALL the song I would recommend from them but so so stoked to the them have their moment

[@phoenixreinle9398]

Music and culture surrounding music its such a tough topic to navigate sometimes. It is such a personal art but yknow not everyone will understand songs as deeply as people who have had similar experiences as the artist or look into the artist's intent. Ive been looking into the punk scene more lately and to me its frustrating how punk culture has been glorified throughout the years by people with money. Even though it was a scene and genre born out of poverty and out of spite of "sell out" rockstars of the 70s. But honestly its just the nature of the art. Everyone is going to misinterpret shit differently and getting upset about it every time it happens is only gonna hurt you.

[@MelodyTCG]

This happened a lot to will wood songs (usually songs about pretty dark/serious topics like the historical mistreatment of people with mental illnesses, self harm, battling substance abuse, etc) IIRC

[@jeninahmad9215]

Motion Sickness by Phoebe Bridgers. Tell me why I saw an influencer brag about how great their life was and how they bought themselves a pink couch to the tune of a song about a sexual predator

[@spaceaster]

A example of this that pisses me off a lot is with the song “young girl a” a song about depression and the feeling of not haveing defined indenty in the world as well as the fear of growing up Like most of his works it extremely personal and people made it into a edit audio

[@gracellynroling842]

I personally don't mind the re-contextualizing of songs, on one hand I feel one of the important parts of music is how you personally relate to it and perceive it I also think it's a great way to have these songs reach more people, introducing the music and artist to people who can really benefit from it and relate to the sings

[@allie333]

Bambi really busted in and said “stop the Addison Ray slander right NOW💥”

[@sbtuarry]

the answer thing is so real i noticed it became popular by seeing girls at my school who would literally call his music weird post to it like okkk

[@StarSkies-]

When Dev posts i turn into a flying creature and pour milk on people's roofs

[@zenleeparadise]

Please pour milk on my roof, flying creature!

[@josiecripe183]

Teachers pet by Melanie martinez: I've literally seen a bunch of teachers introduce their students and which is the teachers pet and whatnot. This song was playing in the backround.... Its literally about p3dos

[@annawright3816]

I was feeling a little bit weird when girls were glowing up to Mary on a Cross by Ghost lol

[@marciahunt6442]

Banger of a song tho 🔥🔥🤘

[@Uncanny_valleygirl]

Tiktok has done the same thing with Gomene Gomene which was about s3xual abxse faced from the either his own experience or a loved one (not clear). The song is meant to be disgusting and saddening. But folks are doing glow ups, thirst cosplays, etc. Basically no song is safe from the thirst trappers 💀💀

[@briannamercedes4016]

wow getting flashbacks to high school when I was obsessed with PTV. Now I didn't even know they released a new album...

[@Nug_Lord]

When dev describes deodorant scents to me i giggle with glee and stamp my feet

[@lasagnalover_69]

i wiggle my toes with joy

[@emmanuelchavez7748]

I just check myself into a psychiatrist hospital when dev uploads