FIRST TIME REACTING TO | REPEAT STUFF WITH BO BURNHAM - REACTION

[@shaneanigans440]

I think this is Bo's best song. He's using hyperbole, like the satanic imagery and the nazi salute, to associate how evil and corrupt the entertainment industry is. The incessant need to prey on young kids and teens to sell false idols, idealization, and of course false sense of self. It's not just the music industry but the entertainment industry as a whole. Bo's brilliant way to bring attention to and make you feel uncomfortable about it all is quite incredible.

[@angelas1187]

What ⬆️ ⬆️ he said!

[@mcmuffin3]

Exactly right! And particularly how easy it is to swept up in these messages when they are presented as “entertainment”.

[@kiersor]

@@mcmuffin3 Yes and also "repeat stuff", as Bo said "that's how Hitler rose to power".

[@jasonbuckley4118]

It would be a toss up with this or "art is dead" But this is more of a playful/ironic song.

[@vaterunser3879]

probably one of the best and on-point comments I have ever read on YT

[@ellieandthetorts]

Knowing he performed this infront of Justin Bieber just makes it hit even harder lol

[@edisonlima4647]

I doubt Bieber would have felt attacked, since he seems to be blissfully imune to bouts of self-reflection.

[@ellieandthetorts]

@@edisonlima4647 lolol true😂😂

[@dillonoickle5841]

@@edisonlima4647 i mean being a teen with millions of dollars jetting around the world fucking super models from a young age will do that. dude seemed like a toolbox but he got crazy famous as a child and pimped out from then on, that shit has to warp your brain. he seems to have corrected his personality not that i follow what hes up to closely.

[@Itsant33]

You guys shit on bieber but queen didn't even write their first two albums

[@fangurkseraph]

@@edisonlima4647 He was kinda offended, he tweeted about how he went to a comedy show to have a good time only to get made fun of, to which Bo profusely apologized. xD

[@angelas1187]

The "Salute", is, i believe a reference to what happens when a populous jut blindly follows a charismatic individual, repeating the same 💩 over and over again.

[@unclefoot]

Awesome reaction as always! I love seeing people react to the ‘mic bl****b’ and the ‘salute’. In his previous special there’s a part where he gets the crowd to repeat “hey, Ho” a couple times and says: “that’s how Hitler rose to power”. Just a fun little callback attached to that theme of nefarious people using repetition to sway people’s emotions. Probably not an intentional callback, but for Bo, it tracks. As for the iTunes reference, after Napster and Limewire took off, album sales plummeted. When the iPod became a thing, Apple’s music player, iTunes took off with it and gave everyone what they wanted…record labels got some of their revenue stream back, and everybody else got a virus free way to easily get whatever music they wanted. From 2001-2011 there was some competition to itunes but they were far and away the biggest music distributor right up until Spotify showed up and turned streaming into a thing. Loving the reactions, keep ‘em comin! Cheers

[@Kerrigore2]

Back in the day when this was written/recorded, before Spotify etc. really took off, the iTunes Music Store was the biggest point of sale for music in the world, driven in part by the massive success of the iPod (this was pre-iPhone). People would still buy & download their music instead of just streaming it, but rather than buying CD's and then ripping them to the computer, they'd just buy them as digital downloads. It was somewhat revolutionary because you could buy individual songs rather than whole albums, and every song cost the same originally (99 cents), although eventually Apple gave in to pressure and allowed studios to price them between 79 cents and $1.29. This was beck when studios were still used to selling albums by having 1-2 really popular songs on the album that people would buy the whole album to get, so at first they were very resistant. It also gave Apple unprecedented influence over the whole music industry for a time.

[@therealduz-t6762]

For a more direct interpretation of Bo’s meaning watch the music video. It’s worth double dipping because that version is a highly produced pop song version, not just piano. You get to see him going full Bieber.

[@nateekis3982]

I left that comment weeks ago to watch the music video then the live🤦‍♂️

[@ellieandthetorts]

@@nateekis3982 same!!!

[@Antony_Oscar]

Agreed!

[@Uhdksurvhunter]

Usher and his team also definitely did whatever they could to get the music out to as many desperate teens as they could. And he DEFINITELY has the same type of lyrics Bo is referencing in this song. A lot of lovey-dovey, sexual stuff on repeat. I've listened to a lot of Usher, and i enjoy it. But he definitely fits in with 1D and JB in this context.

[@indigorune]

Yeah Yeah YEAH yeEAH yeAHJdsfg

[@AChickandaDuck]

Once I watched a bunch of reactions to “Repeat Stuff” in a row just to see how each reactor responded to the deep-throat microphone. It was worth the time, 10/10 recommend 😂

[@chillself]

Obviously Bo's a Bill Hicks fan 😁 referring to the industry spawned artists that buck batan's bock. Bill used the mic thing to illustrate this too.

[@chrisklema9992]

Have you seen Stephen Lynch's song "Priest" from live at the El Ray? He uses the mic similarly. XD

[@shaneanigans440]

@@chrisklema9992 very underrated stand up act.

[@peterbulloch4611]

Bill Hicks was a genius. I look at the world from time to time and wonder what he'd have to say about it

[@8lovetolaugh]

Fuck yeah!! Someone else got the f*ck#ng reference!! Love me some Bill Hicks, almost as much as I love Bo!!

[@BillGD]

The eating of the microphone was him felating the devil.

[@feedufutur]

XD I loved that face you made at the microphone part, it was so funny! Yeah, Bo pushed the weirdness to the extreme for that song but that's also why it's so funny

[@jasonbuckley4118]

1) Justin used to be called the White Usher, beacuse of how much he was of a Mentor to Justin. so yes Usher is very much Suited for this Catorgory. 1.b) now old-school Usher which i assume where you are coming from is nothing like the modern love song usher, and Side note Justin now apprently "despises" Usher for apprently the way he was Groomed to be as he was "Discovered". ( mind this is all Justin's Words and i have no opinion on it, i don't like Old justin and Dont like new Usher) (EDIT:) 2) Bo did this Song and routine one night and Didn't know Justin Had just Snuck in with Selena Gomez to watch the show, but we havn't heard anything from Justin about it so i assume he took it in good Jest. This might be the bit he was refeering to on Conan Show. 2.b) 5:05 : i think you being disgusted by the fact he actually Put his mouth over the whole Mic Distracted you from the joke of the Implied Blowjob he was giving to Satan.

[@pr073u569]

The number of bands that have at least one song about selling their soul to the devil is actually shocking.

[@JustNotEverybody_]

"Satan you taste so good!" Didn't clue you in?! 😂

[@InedibleMattman]

When this was written/performed, the biggest money maker at that time in the music industry would have been sales of songs on iTunes. This was before Spotify and other music streaming services had hit the market, so to say “they can’t use iTunes” was a condemnation of people who couldn’t spend money on the product. Just another great way Bo uses this song to roast the music industry lol

[@matthewgilbert9881]

So he was saying that the girls without arms couldn’t access iTunes to spend money, so they don’t matter.

[@joshbull623]

Usher and Justin Bieber have performed together. You might not like it but you have to accept reality. Their names belong together.

[@steelersfan4190]

Its more than just performed together, Usher basically discovered Beiber and "ushered" him into the industry.

[@bobjohnston1239]

ITunes is an apple app for listening to downloaded music.

[@trentbobo4171]

Everybody that's already seen this video was just waiting on the microphone molestation 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@natecloe8535]

Brit: "Please put some respect on Ushers name." Me: "WTF? .......Why?"

[@MeelogMalterion]

the reason why Bo said he offended Justin Bieber was because Bieber and his then girlfriend Selena Gomez where there when he performed the song live they went in with a low profile to Enjoy Bos comedy and then this song is what they were treated to....Just imagine Bieber being in one of the rows when Bo says "oh Satan you taste so good"

[@artlessknave]

the itunes part is really simple. no arms, means they cant click "buy", so they aren't making money of them anyway!

[@abducteeofearth1703]

Usher helped push Bieber into the mainstream. Edit: Impressed by Bieber's natural confidence and vocal talent, Usher helped sign him to a recording contract in late 2008

[@satoristeve]

🤣I tried to imagine how thrown off and taken aback you'd be when you got to that part. The moment delivered.

[@jahrolo]

The "4 Chord Song" by The Axis of Awesome would fit perfectly next

[@blindangel7472]

Just watched it the other day, funny af

[@kirke420]

As a 48 year old married man, I would not feel comfortable explaining to you why he put the microphone in his mouth...

[@lightsoutisay]

I'm sure someone else has said it already but Justin Beiber was in the audience for this and loved it 😂

[@Groovestonenz]

Oh honey, he wasn’t "eating" the top of the microphone 😂

[@norrisfromthenorth1258]

Its a message about the music industry

[@tinferbrains]

britt, you have to do one of the music video version. he goes full bieber in it.

[@badbadgilead2552]

I hope you realised he was slipping in that wild shit intentionally!! more so a comment on 'squeaky clean young stars' and the truths about them lol

[@byne2323]

iTunes is the application you used to use to be able to put music on your iPhone. You pretty much couldn't do anything without it if you had an iPod or iPhone, and it was how you bought albums or songs to legally put them on your device

[@karstenberning]

WOOOW! Bo Burnham is amazing

[@ktrsBklyn]

Bo’s usually right.

[@AnimeCatDad]

Check out the song problematic by him from the inside special

[@Titans17-0]

5:40 this part always catches me off guard🤣

[@skyt3265]

usher discovered justin bieber lol they go together

[@TeamEvil84]

I cried laughing when started the Nazi salute lmao

[@ryanbraybrook2610]

i can't get past why ppl react to this VS the official music video whcih is amaizng.

[@JEFFwasHERE...]

Definitely check out the music video to this song.. it's great

[@JEFFwasHERE...]

Bo Burnham - oh bo - bo fo sho

[@PenneySounds]

The music video version is even better.

[@SpiceCh]

The song and performance is riddled with symbolism and direct and indirect accusations and references against the music industry. Moreover, there's often more than two layers to the things he put in this song, even in the explicit parts. You could write several pages analysing all of the bits of it.

[@hebrewhammer9068]

You should check out Stephen Lynch he was super popular back in the day doing musical comedy. Check out "Beelz", "Craig", or "Ugly Baby". Make sure you do the ones with video of him to get the full experience haha its hilarious!

[@wallywest2360]

Yeah, watch the music video for it, makes some of the references more obvious.

[@brandongasiewicz1745]

Bo is a genius

[@annasaddiction5129]

Haha yeah and you also realize that we were already the "repeat stuff" from our parents Generations before and possibly even more. I'm feeling "old/er" now when 2000s things are being recycled in "New Hits" and I constantly think "Ah, what are they playing this one...wait no it's a new song." =)

[@Cyrex112]

all truth

[@НосочекГриши]

5:10

[@essesinryoutub]

You don't know what itunes is?? I thought we were similar age but are you actually gen z? ITUNES Britt, ITUNES

[@essesinryoutub]

also love your reaction to bo's videos. Your reactions seems very genuine.

[@ninja_tony]

@@essesinryoutub yeah I’m confused. I swear i thought she said she was around 30 in another video, but i must have misheard or something. But i thought even gen z would know iTunes (with the exception of the absolute youngest members)

[@toxiclunch]

Important to note that Bo is quite young here which is why you get the odd cringe in his old stuff.

[@clauslarsen8971]

It's not cringe, it's honest.

[@ewok_soup]

I'm sorry to be this guy, because I know from other videos that you at least see through some of the BS, but you not understanding the satan joke totally makes sense with you liking justin bieber

[@Time_Is_Left]

Re: Justin Biebers music- I do think this description applied more to JB 9 years ago when this song was written. But JB was being handled back then. That’s less true now imo

[@miguelcravo8405]

You don't know what iTunes is and you speak about your "younger" brothers. Now I feel old

[@johankaewberg8162]

There is a version of this where he does a whole satanic monologue over the music. 😅

[@SirMan48]

Why are you concerned about Usher being tied with Bieber and One D? They're all commercialized image based pop stars with talent that is.. standard, at best. He's deserving of no more respect than those others, at least they can play musical instruments with their commercialism lol Fun video though.

[@doomtho42]

“Usher, Justin Bieber, and 1 Direction - one of those things does not belong.” Yeah, I think Mr. Burnham (…and I have no idea why I just called him that) got that part a little off. It’s funny how when someone you usually always agree with says something that doesn’t mesh with your perspective it can send you on a mini identity crisis though. I’m exaggerating, obviously, but I must say that the first time I saw this bit while watching the special I had to pause it for a solid 5 minutes to sit and reflect on the possibility that Usher was actually just another hollow pop artist and that I’d simply been blind to it this whole time. Of course, my conclusion both then and now has been that Usher is every bit the artist I thought he was, and that My Way is one of the best R&B albums of my lifetime (possibly all-time? I don’t know nearly enough about pre-‘my lifetime’ a.k.a. pre-1989 R&B to say). Tangential Thought: Now that I think about it, I can only come up with 2 other R&B albums that I would for sure put above My Way (well, 3 if you want to count Raphael Saadiq’s The Way I See It, but that’s probably more so considered a neo-soul album) - Erykah Badu’s album, the title of which I can’t remember right now (you know, the one with On & On and Apple Tree), and D’Angelo’s album…the title of which also eludes me at the moment 😅

[@johnrock9035]

He does have actual music videos for this and a few others. Do Words Words Words next plz the music video not the live lol

[@ninja_tony]

I’m really confused about how she normally talks about things like she’s around 30-ish, but somehow has no idea what iTunes is(?) how is that possible? Lol

[@meinm3575]

Hi, look, I know you just heard it now :) Do you think that you could react to the music video of this song? Thank you ^^

[@MJ-zy4ln]

Why can’t Usher be in that group?

[@glHFMfG]

if you want new music, try Apashe! (:

[@Gooseislandboy]

I've never seen you at such a loss for words.

[@ikingipapa]

i personally like the music video better

[@waynecarpena4316]

Usher can take the licks. Bieber is entirely Usher's fault!

[@Jdubayou]

Wait how old are you? You really don’t know what iTunes is?

[@2BigFooted]

ITunes....apples music store....oof

[@CheifPat20-oo1eg]

Let's go

[@djkillermemestar1265]

Wow, what an insane way to show your age that you didn’t know what iTunes were lol not firing shots lol just think it’s funny it kinda took me by surprise

[@joshoppenheimer1388]

Watch the official video and you’ll get it better

[@eltonnicar5413]

You look tired in this video..hope you're doing ok 👊👊

[@lilkyafroninja4671]

its really not hard to understand what hes saying if you just pay attention to the things said abut hollywood and the industry

[@mtrj99]

Completely missed the point of the song good job lol

[@MrJoao9910]

Marry me?