How To Write A POP Song!

[@TheAMboom]

How to write a pop song: You don't, you get someone else to write it for you

[@Bkens023]

Michael Jackson

[@Bkens023]

He wrote almost all of his songs

[@Bkens023]

+An Apathetic William oh okay

[@Gyrbae]

How to write a pop song: Hire Max Maven.

[@krabkoretv6479]

Honestly I can think of more pop artists off of the top of my head that write (or at least take part in writing) their own music than artists that don't. Besides, who the fuck cares? Not all singers are necessarily good songwriters and vice-versa. If it sounds good to me, I'll listen to it, I don't care if the person singing happens to be the composer or not.

[@PhatPoodles]

How to write a pop song 1. Fucking don't

[@Nickball97]

+Phat Poodles Actually, Anthony would kindly disagree

[@Adam-cs2qm]

+Nicolas Arango Yeah but what does Cal think of pop?

[@PhatPoodles]

+Nicolas Arango cal chuchesta is the only good pop artist. The new CALassic: 10en/10

[@labriezalka9026]

+Phat Poodles this is it

[@metalhed636]

I think Rick Astley takes the cake....

[@ericthehighlander]

You forgot to put in an incredible, over-abundance of auto tune in.

[@Tezla_Insanity]

yep

[@MarkLee1]

That's prog pop.

[@Matmax42]

and pitbull in the midlle of the song

[@metaltom2003]

+Matmax42 or an actual pitbull

[@Matmax42]

+metaltom2003 there is no pop song without pitbull anyway :)

[@thomasfowler8212]

You missed out the words 'yeh, yeh, yeh' and 'baby' for the lyrics

[@leon.g280]

Just baby yeh yeh yeh would be to much for the text

[@funneneym9965]

and the 'ayy'

[@VyriC]

And na na na

[@aestechtic7608]

Oh la la

[@Woomiasty]

"Girl"

[@shantanukhandkar]

You forgot auto-tune and an unrelated rap section

[@pavelm.gonzalez8608]

Mumble (t)rap = Mumble Trash/Crap!!! XD

[@tamden9937]

And saying the same thing 12 trillion times

[@Paulina-un7wu]

🤣🤣🤣

[@deathnthrashingmadness1971]

mr worldwide

[@carterpayte9463]

tam den highway to hell has entered the chat

[@adriellightvale8140]

1:47 You just gave your dogs an entirely new opinion of you.

[@lemmykilmister5293]

Dog was like your not good stripper

[@Punkpsychobilly]

I’m sure they already knew that side of him after being subjecting to living in the same house over the years

[@CaptiveReefSystems]

😂 They didn't have a clue what was happening..

[@78jeldre]

Poor dogs

[@FRhinestone_yt]

I'm pretty sure his dogs have seen more than that before 😂

[@bazil_b4567]

Where’s the rap bridge with completely unrelated lyrics?

[@MuttFitness]

That's like an crossover pop song.

[@jtd798]

"Alien sex"

[@noursarhan8695]

*cough* Cardi B in "Girls like you" *cough* And many more...

[@X0E12]

Don't forget to keep rapping your name throughout your whole part if you wanna sound like Cardi B

[@matthiasdjveitmanndajenth5365]

Ikr and why is there drums.... no pop song has drums

[@edge3220]

4:15 That's not even a joke. That's literally what the radio sounds like.

[@Confeks]

yes

[@timothymallonjr4659]

Seriously

[@brushot]

Bcuz of how the radio pick up frequencies?

[@riso9059]

@@brushot because of how shit pop is

[@SGroink]

@@riso9059 literally and figuratively

[@Bfolks84]

This guy is like the coolest nerd ever.

[@78jeldre]

Wait HE'S A NERD I didn't know that (no I'm not trying to be mean)

[@Nightmare-ux4eb]

Yeah man...

[@doris4469]

Yeah he's kinda annoying but he's nice

[@mathewstain9079]

The beatles is a Pop band and he said that pop is crap and no skill writing and no need to playing instrument

[@mathewstain9079]

Im french sorry for my english 🙃

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

You forgot the most important lesson. AUTOTUNE!!! LOTS AND LOTS OF AUTOTUNE!!!!

[@TinyDrPhil]

lol

[@riga2391]

+Stefan Perko I am pretty sure that in metal, the autotune is considered somewhat like an heresy

[@MrDaedraeda]

+BlackburnBigdragon I think he implied it as he said that you need no musical talent at all. But we have to be fair. There are many four chord songs out there.

[@brendangibson8200]

+Stefan Perko Pitch correction and autotune aren't the same thing

[@brendangibson8200]

I'm a producer dude. I own autotune. I know what it does xD A vocoder is something different entirely

[@dragonno6587]

You made an EDM pop song, the other side of pop now is Rap.. put some generic groovy beat and repeat something edgy like "smoke weed, titties, swag" and boast, boast a lot about how cool you perceive yourself too be... and the third POP genre is the Pop ballad/ RnB which is the most popular.. Anyway these three genres are combining in to one huge pile of dung what plagues our mainstream airways.

[@ub-ilordrooqckus6710]

I agree but old school rap is pretty good, they had something to say

[@hectoralmodovar1]

+ßub-ßißLord Rooqckusß what do you think people like Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg rap about?

[@dragonno6587]

yeah they had something to say like "ice ice baby" or "you can't touch this".. genius

[@ub-ilordrooqckus6710]

+unnattractive goth No not really, but I mean guys like Nas and Tupac

[@hectoralmodovar1]

+ßub-ßißLord Rooqckusß tupac rapped about partying and having bitches from time to time

[@FierceMotorworks]

you forgot one drum beat: Richard Benson

[@iiL06]

Lol😂

[@popefranciss]

richard benson richard benson richard benson

[@leon.g280]

I can hear this comment

[@dreugh424]

@@wrathfulhabanero9742 Ok, boomer.

[@jonnypayne598]

Richard Benson Richard Benson Richard Benson Richard Benson Richard Benson Richard Benson Richard Benson Richard Benson Richard Benson Richard Benson Richard Benson Richard Benson Richard Benson Richard Benson Richard Benson Richard Benson.

[@acousticmario6109]

All i could her during the pop loop was "richard benson,richard benson,richard benson"

[@wagner-tr5uv]

Me too

[@bart00123654]

lol me too 🤭🤭

[@reinhartnoah1773]

Acoustic Mario *hear

[@Nightmare-ux4eb]

Me three 😑😑

[@redpig6878]

Lol wow nice

[@coppercorsair1020]

Guys, we need to invest in Steve T memes while shares are still cheap

[@jsvkia1]

Copper Corsair Ever since the crash of the Leo memes idk man.

[@cashewwalnut3589]

lol

[@lyricsproductions152]

Copper Corsair boots titty cats

[@samhealy5484]

its free real estate

[@mikebathory4524]

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemes

[@franciscogomez8352]

pop fans can get as mad as they want but most of this is so true.

[@orangeflower2797]

yep unfortunately..there are some talented pop artists but well the shitty ones are taking over

[@matteopossamai1103]

More like "The music I like is made without passion, for masses(most of which are kids), and with the only aim to grab money, I should be ashamed of myself. It is also easy to make. "

[@WhoBlah21]

Nope not even close, his definition of pop music is juvenile and cringy reminds me a lot how me and my friends were like in high school thinking that metal is epitome of all music.

[@freeze9842]

WhoBlah u make me cringe

[@danguilas885]

If it doesn't take a lot of time to make, then the musicianship is limited, i mean, there's no musicianship in modern pop music...

[@depressedsquidward4254]

Steve, you forgot the most important thing in pop music.. *Auto tune*

[@TheBombyExtra]

*And Sexual Refrences*

[@0x8badf00d]

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[@MariahHernandez15]

Oskar Skog i was already watching that but i didn’t finish it

[@cringe9193]

@@0x8badf00d Ive watched that video before also i found that metal band from that video their awesome

[@8ballzillaawesomeness824]

oH yeEaAHhH

[@demonking5971]

Steve dancing to that loop was the greatest fucking shit I've ever seen on the internet

[@walkh8941]

Demon King who bro clean it up

[@ELEcomments]

is it a gif? someone should make it a gif

[@cheerubebayonettaholopaine2638]

i almost died 😂😂😂😂

[@mothutheslow3955]

Here you are: imgur.com/a/Epx8o

[@rocketPower047]

The poor dogs LOLOL

[@enzo17_33]

My teacher showed us this in music class, after a student requested it. Believe me, she was not ready for the boots tiity cat.

[@IndieTimberStudio]

How about the “Public Bathroom ‘Song?’”

[@mattb6646]

speediest comic that is awesome, haha.

[@Marishahh]

Rap God is like Tyburn b. Duygytbt6iftuu7ur8oj6oe6hj66thjyutiuuegi72euutuioyyyogiuurtefgiiurgiyirrgy9uogyrrsyiiorgruregguo823vrv gf 44i4iyuguivdjjgufrsuui

[@Jmilillo]

Coolest teacher ever!!

[@kyriley4075]

Boots City cats boot boots tidy cats boots cats tits

[@DSMStudios]

This guy is a genius.

[@TheBlashMusic]

Literally quite the opposite

[@DSMStudios]

TheBlashMusic True xD

[@TheBlashMusic]

Pretty funny tho

[@anordinarynobody2443]

Yeah, he's a true genius

[@imrozzahan7328]

DSM Studios , This guy is a genius. But you are a dumbass. You are good for nothing but poop songs. Pop is not for you.

[@Conan2403]

"Those aren't lyrics! Those are things drunk people say" There isn't more to say.

[@Xghxstly]

The word your looking for is pop

[@Xghxstly]

Pop=poop

[@biivamunner3122]

@@Xghxstly incredibly original i've never heard that one before

[@The_Moe_Szyslak_Exp_feat_Homer]

Shlomo ahuno Filifos! Seeing a fellow Suryoyo in a random comment section kind of made my day. Always a pleasant surprise... makes it feel like we're not so few after all :)

[@Conan2403]

@@The_Moe_Szyslak_Exp_feat_Homer Bshayno Ahuno rhimo! Suryoye have always had a strange type of humour... God bless you. ☦️

[@BrosselLP]

Stevie you forgot something! The chorus doesn't even need lyricas at all! You can just go "Oooooh, ooooooh, ooo--oooo-oo-oo-oooh!" the entire time! Like that people won't have to remember any lyrics! And also, use autotune. It's great, shitty singers sound great, and if you're a good singer, use it anyways, it's sound soooo good!

[@wazzap500]

Ye like those Soccer songs. Fuck this Genre

[@BrosselLP]

UrbanDanger ! So bad.

[@BrosselLP]

***** :3

[@daniiiba2633]

+Brossel Or repeat the same word or two twenty times, forty times in the last chorus xD

[@BrosselLP]

Danii Iba Exactly!

[@jazzetienne2285]

Unfortunately, this is one of the best pop songs I've heard all year.

[@Mr.Goldbar]

Jasmine Etienne because he actually knows how to make music

[@amireal5458]

Jasmine Etienne no it's not stop trying so hard edgy bitch

[@jazzetienne2285]

BLXCKMXG3 Oh good, so you absolutely know what pop songs I'd heard last year, enough to know this isn't better than most. good to know.

[@aryamanneelakantan7882]

Reese Tiller is on FIRE!!

[@remote8761]

We all know it wasn't. Nobody would listen to that shit.

[@aizatsyafiee4090]

'You gonna grab your guitar and.....pffffffffffffffffff....."😂😂

[@rosaindica7896]

I m glad there are still people who understand what music means and spread the knowledge. Artwork is constantly degrading for money and fame. I never listen to radio or TV. So glad I live in the age of internet and I can surf some really underrated talented musicians

[@lukecohen9833]

I hate new music the newest I listen to is old green day

[@longnamebecauseithas50char45]

@@lukecohen9833 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Zallard]

me: *sleeping at night* mosquitos: 2:11

[@makaylanicole2735]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA 😂😂

[@Izaac1337]

I can relate.

[@felixrr7381]

made my day lmao 🤣

[@Carbon2861996]

Me: Turns off ringtone my phone:

[@udhi_gn3893]

Steve definitely has some potential in brass instruments and may develop his own trumpet embouchure

[@cowboycalebbroersma]

3.1k pop fans disliked this

[@AreEnTee]

Pop is dead....its all about Rap/Hip Hop

[@rui1517]

3.2k now

[@ethanbybee5077]

............ GOOD .............

[@wifichickennugget3481]

Now 3.3k

[@ralucamariahacmanfilip408]

Lol no, 3,3k

[@redlightningvlogs7849]

how to write a poop song?

[@seuthee5082]

spamming

[@calebm5689]

+Seth Quentin squatting*

[@queefy1731]

Brown note

[@theradrat13]

pretty much the same

[@kballs94]

same as pop

[@icetea_94]

1:48 The dogs are like “wtf are u doing -_- ?”

[@sarah_1108]

Lol! I can't stop laughing at that! 🤣🤣

[@_KayleeLovesMusic_]

I know 🤣

[@thunderlight5202]

Dude, you're a poser! You didn't use autotune!

[@artemis9012]

lol

[@fuzzgutterwins3]

Thunder Light dammmmmn lol

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

lol

[@revelatedsouls]

lol

[@JawJX]

"Metal is the master genre and everything other genre sucks" comments are coming.

[@jeanfrancoisrondeau6444]

fuck yeah so true the best music

[@campcircadia5079]

Brace Yourself 😂

[@JawJX]

jean francois rondeau In case you didn't notice I wasn't rejoicing in it.

[@NotDingse]

Metal is pretty shit. "Wow you can shred? How about shifting to a 7 chord that fits the one you've played for the last ten minutes?"

[@JawJX]

Definitely Not Dingse! Calm yo tittiez gurl

[@suhasbv2975]

Warning: don't drink water while watching steveT videos. Trust me I just experienced it. It's not good.

[@pacingBlue]

Don't vape either

[@SyntaxAlex]

pacingBlue ouch

[@tk3729]

@@pacingBlue facts

[@patronusmusic]

Literally choked drinking my tea a couple days ago on a different video lol.

[@ellawarren9188]

I lost it when he bumped the dog’s face😂😂😂

[@parkeranderson8465]

I love how he has a Ozzy Osborne seat cover but he is making a pop song

[@billgaming8623]

Yeah. Its like the Kids In school that Wear ACDC and metallica hoodies and dont know a single song from them

[@thomastibbs6358]

@@billgaming8623 but thing is he actually listens to metal

[@11037_kuwata]

I know right 😂😂😂😂😂

[@taysem321]

@@billgaming8623 i hate merch-wearing non-fans of whatever. I think i saw the epitome of it. I met a girl wearing a f•r•i•e•n•d•s shirt and when i asked her if she actually watched it, she said "i thought it was a band"

[@take1994]

TheBoi353 because it’s mass marketed in Target-K Mart-Wal Mart and theyre $10. Biggest irony of it all is Kurt bent over backwards to rebel all things glossy and mainstream, all while writing catchy pop hooks.

[@ryanpowell9092]

I don't think that his dogs like when he twerked in their faces.

[@EvilGremlin100]

Ryan Powell his dog's like "dude! stop! i don't like this! dude, you're scaring me! stop!"

[@josephfriedman1327]

Pete Welch dogs like the smell of butts and they were wagging their tails.

[@michaeltozzi3112]

Be careful who you call ugly in middle school.

[@DanB-sh3wt]

Michael Tozzi did you get that from Jared's Metal Memes?

[@colbyculver5782]

4 minute song Queen song Me: I love this Pop people: what the hell this it’s way to long

[@hellforsale]

Queen is incredible

[@colbyculver5782]

Yes they are

[@hickorymccay2994]

*Plays pop people Echoes*

[@str.1913]

Slipknot - iowa: 15 minutes, starts at 2 minute Pop fans: where is lyrics??? Its only women screaming!

[@CobaltLancer]

Colby Culver Any Metal Intro *_Me:_* Awesome! *_Pop/Rap People:_* Does it have lyrics or is it just an instrumental? Yup. Unfortunately that’s what you’ll always hear them ask (mainly because pop and rap songs either have 3 second intros or no intros). They even think metal intros are ridiculous and always say “mETAl iS sTUpID bECaUSe tHEy PlAy 3 mInUTeS fIRst beFOre tHEy sTArT tO sINg”. I’m always asked that -_-

[@dylanschmeichel2008]

Dude, you cant curse in pop because its inappropriate for all the 10 yr olds that listen to it.

[@J.T._4805]

Yes kids my age are fucking annoying when it comes to music

[@imrozzahan7328]

Jackson Newton , Yeah, they call themselves "beliebers" and suck of One direction. They have no sense of what music really was back in the mid twentieth century.

[@dylanschmeichel2008]

rap isnt pop. all i have to say is im the only metalhead at my school, and, just to give you an idea, they think lil wayne can play guitar and hes the best guy in the world...

[@westonwheeler2311]

DylanTheSmylan HA!

[@eddiemanny6850]

DylanTheSmylan me two

[@Hasselbacherr]

man this guy is amazing, everything he says in his Videos is so good damn true

[@yomama8900]

+Juan P. Gonzalez D S slightly of what?

[@MrSteelBitch]

he's amazing but he's not true, and he's not meant to be xD most pop musicians like Taylor Swift start with a guitar or piano and wrote their songs, then they will take their acoustic piece to a writer such a max Martin, and they will build an electronic synthy backing track around the original song. so none the less it always starts with an instrument, the artists do have talent, and people spend endless hours writing the music, whether it's on a computer or instrument. if it was as easy as this video makes out everybody would be millionaires. so don't take him seriously, he's just joking

[@DGGB--]

+Patrick Deterville He's mostly right thougj

[@MrSteelBitch]

TheDGGB He says what people want to think is right, it isn't right though. People like Adele unlike Taylor do write jackshit, but even if they dont, somebody will have written the song and spent countless hours making it.

[@DGGB--]

Patrick Deterville I know that, what I mean is that many of them don't. Obviously some are great and have talent (as you mentioned, Adele is one of those) but many just don't. Actually most that I know don't.

[@valdemar6980]

2:10 sounds like a grass cutter

[@taunokekkonen5733]

What's a rude ditch? A crass gutter.

[@soriavillac]

Sounds like mosquitoes :v

[@MemeLrd-dv2lo]

sounds like electric shaver

[@ThunderSpecial]

I whip my butt back and forth I whip my butt back and forth I whip my butt back and forth THAT'S MY POP SONG

[@sarah_1108]

Lol 🤣

[@theratlord3]

Lmao

[@christiangiuffre1277]

You forgot the obscene amount of autotune.

[@OfficiallyMasky]

Christian Giuffré yes exactly

[@justmitzias5834]

Normal people don't understand that sh*t. Everyone can sing with autotune and people like it? I hope the sun burns out soon or I'll kill myself..

[@brianyzq7776]

Dennis Mitzeus you're outta luck, the sun will burn out in about 5 billion years so lol

[@OfficiallyMasky]

brianyzq777 XD my dude XD

[@uhuhuhuhuhuh3537]

I read this autotuned

[@mildchaos6037]

Beat Intro Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge Amplified Chorus (With MAYBE a one word change in the chorus, but never more) There you go folks, go make that pop song.

[@shannonosullivan1375]

Dont forget the key change on the last chorus

[@goncalosilva8069]

@@shannonosullivan1375 they don't do that anymore. Key changes are too complicated for pop

[@friendlyneighborhoodasianm912]

yeah, I've heard it happen twice

[@TheoSanders593]

And end it with the first line of the chorus in acappella! 🤣🤣

[@irenecamargomacedo6626]

Do it like this: Beat intro Verse 1 Pre-chorus Chorus (1 time, and loud enough) Verse 2 Pre-chorus Chorus (2 times and even louder) Bridge (quieter) Pre-chorus Chorus (100000000000000 times and loud as hell) Oh, and don't forget to add stuff like "baby", "cuz", "gonna", "gotta", and "oh yeah"!

[@alanburgos5675]

Man, im learning english with your videos thanks!!

[@KamiiloFreestyle8]

Alan Burgos Me too, I like to watch his videos because he pronounce the words very clear so I can understand everything he says.

[@Mr.Goldbar]

Alan Burgos i learned french from his French Deathcore song. he is a genius

[@pseudonym1337]

His accent is actually fairly non-standard for a North American; to the ears of someone from California or Texas his accent is pretty heavy, especially on certain vowels. So if you talk like him, people will probably think you are from like Michigan.

[@mobsiesixsixsix9785]

Why would anyone think a Canadian was from Michigan? Do you even know He's Canadian?

[@pseudonym1337]

Well, I didn't actually say he was from Michigan if you read my comment, only that people might think you were from up there if you spoke with a few of his vowels. I admit that I did not know he was from Canada, but that is frankly beside the point, as I was just saying is pronunciation is not really standard since it isn't RP or General American. I'm not trying to insult him, if I disliked him and thought he sounded annoying, I wouldn't be watching his videos. I just thought I'd point out the fact that he has an accent because most non-native speakers don't want to sound like they have a nonstandard accent. Besides that, there is nothing objectively wrong with his accent or any other one for that matter.

[@kybamclane9357]

6:36 "Those aren't lyrics! Those are things drunk people say!" My favorite line. So true.

[@abit4481]

To write a pop song, you must *repeat stuff, repeat stuff, repeat stuff, repeat stuff, repeat stuff!*

[@gerher9416]

that's why my latest pop album features one song 12 times just with different titles ;)

[@mrpandasian8871]

*I AM A VESSEL* *VHGHJYHCCBCVNLHFTSRCFG* *666*

[@beccalisgard6118]

Hahahahahha oh bo.

[@josephtabar492]

Otay Buttwheat.

[@kevinbushracing58]

@@jacobmullens374 shut up pussy.

[@masonpelzer8052]

I used to like pop music when I was younger I was such a loser

[@d.n.3652]

Mason Pelzer some pop music is good, well at least the older stuff in my opinion

[@smubeshir]

Same

[@samvelasco9231]

Same

[@Slate-quarry]

I did too

[@Hurrishane03]

Me too : (

[@evanlewis9313]

5 steps to Writing a pop song 1.) Suck at instruments 2.) Sing about your Girl Friend, and how sad you are that she left you. 3.) have people write the song for you Instead of actually writing it yourself 4.) Be as repetitive as could be 5.) suck in general

[@kyriley4075]

My first pop song will sound like this: ooo oh oohhhhh oooooohh oooo

[@kyriley4075]

For ten minutes

[@Okbuddypal]

You forgot about 6. Autotune the SHIT out of your voice to compensate for your lack of vocal talent

[@rafaelpereiragomes1735]

Actual step 5: Use autotune that will make you sound inhumane in the worst way possible.

[@BarryWhiteStuff]

1:55 Kid: mum what's that man doing Mum: um....

[@lennycat_114]

He's Dance Humping His Imaginary Girlfriend

[@elchicopajaro5179]

Mum: get in the house Kid: but muuum Mum: GEt iN tHE HoUsE!!!

[@sarah_1108]

Lol 🤣🤣

[@TOCS94]

Pop music decades ago didn't use to be this shit. It has just been slowly adapting assembly line rhetoric over the years as with everything else. From making music to making money, essentially.

[@StakeCake]

+TOCS na you're just looking in the right places chum :^)

[@TOCS94]

Stop Triggering Me Perhaps you're right. I really like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Todd Rundgren, John Denver, etc. and I wouldn't question their ability to write and perform good music. I do, however, agree that popular music today, in general, is garbage and that this video is a great example of what the industry has become.

[@StakeCake]

TOCS dunno what pop you've been listening too be a lot of it is p good fam

[@terran236]

+TOCS may i recommend vienna teng? Shes very piano oriented for the most part! But she mixes in electronic and acoustic instruments in her music. overall Very dynamic music. Inland territory and Aims would be albums to start with! Good day!

[@ThPid]

+TOCS Yes it did, history just filters out the shit.

[@vyrawllxo300]

*under code 136; thou shall not steal CRAPPY MUSIC!* lmfao

[@MichaelD8393]

Stevie should make a t-shirt with that on it. It would sell millions.

[@BuyMyBeard]

I think Ed Sheeran probably will steal this music and talk about the shape of a girl

[@antoniasirotich7021]

Stir Fry the sad thing is that ed is literally the only pop singer and a songwriter with meaningful lyrics but he has one shitty song and it's his most popular song... i don't get it

[@ArnavCovers]

You should listen to more of his music. I've been a metalhead for almost 10 years now, but I honestly feel like most of his music is actually very well written. It's kind of sad that his most popular songs are also by far his worst songs.

[@antoniasirotich7021]

Arnav Covers That's true. I went through my pop music phase a little more than a year ago and I mostly listened to ed sheeran but also a lot of other pop artists like justin bieber, shawn mendes or taylor swift. Now I can't stand pop music and the only musician with pop songs I sometimes enjoj listening to is ed because his lyrics are actually based on his emotions and true stories (like nancy mulligan is about how his grandparents met and fell in love)

[@devonbiker]

"Now if you don't have any musical talent, you can't sing, you can't play an instrument, you can't write music - it's you're lucky day - cause you're a perfect candidate for a pop star"!! Made me laugh.

[@bobdylan4203]

When you're trying to look like a pop fan but have an ozzy ousbourne chair

[@bonusduckmann9997]

Bob Dylan car seat

[@MichKlo]

I once tried to play a pop song on a violin. Which just ended up on a loop and I question everything.

[@asdatrollys8944]

MVK - San why would you do that to the poor violin

[@kroh7742]

Violin - *F*

[@rheymarvinsalestre4075]

I'm imagining it sounded like sawing a plank.

[@amazingnessabsolute2715]

"Thou shall not steal CRAPPY MUSIC!!"I will quote that forever and always.

[@jtbackup4553]

How time make Pop Music: 1). Make the lyrics about something personal that no one cares about (don’t forget to auto tune the heck out of it!) 2). Make a simple, repetitive beat 3). Make a simple synthesized melody 4). Sell it to Interscope Records or something 5). Tell the radio to overplay it 6). Boom! That’s how you make it. Now just sit back, relax, and listen to teenage girls talk about how it’s the best song in the world.

[@billgaming8623]

You forgot the Kids Who Will blast out the shit song and thinking they are cool

[@crash5632]

Don't forget the 14 year olds who will say that it's deep

[@take1994]

Is there still “Radio”...raydeeyu, radeehi...wait, how do you say it again?

[@Psevdonim123]

7). Be a dick to your fans, they gonna like it, thus they gonna love your song even more.

[@biivamunner3122]

8.) Write an incorrect list.

[@martk647]

Pop? More like poop.

[@nievesofficial]

FuCkInG rOaStEd

[@LBibeauB24]

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH EPIIIIIIIIC BUUUUUUUURN

[@itscrumbelivable]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA IZZ FUNEEE BEE CAUZZ POOP HAHAHA POOP POOP HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@victorpauwels60]

omg this boy above me got a little too happy about that poop joke

[@martk647]

That explain why their music sounds shitty. It all make sense now.

[@vbhall3407]

Even dealing with deep deppression you make me laugh man...ty..

[@satyamsinghh]

@Connor Fox you're a nice man

[@kroh7742]

Hope you're doing well bruh

[@rowan2086]

Vito Hall hope you’re doin alright bro

[@Karthik-nv6ry]

wt happened bro

[@theflaminskull5006]

How to make a POP-SONG! Step 1: Fart into the microphone Step 2: Auto-Tune that sumbitch Step 3: Upload

[@jasonteqja7262]

Boom #1 hit

[@oskarileppanen1154]

Not gonna lie, Dooo did that with his friend’s fart

[@brushot]

As a producer, I can confirm that this is good beginner pop music!

[@kyriley4075]

Beginner

[@kyranoboyle3378]

Finally someone understands me

[@FxBrour]

don´t threat the enitirty of the metal music community understands you. With Hip hop i am not so sure since modern rap music is basically the same thing as pop only spoken rather than sung with a shitload of auto tune.

[@kestrel1118]

hear, hear!

[@eliasmg9144]

unless you're michael jackson, you won't need a guitar to write a pop song

[@SebastianMichaelisDemonButler]

Elías MG very true

[@nickn4620]

and those with guitar pop it's just the g chord

[@shrimpsallad3732]

And the Beatles. Well thwy had a guitar but it was still pop genre

[@holdensnow7130]

ed sheeran?

[@metalheadcomicbookfan797]

Well not all music types of music requires a guitar. Just look at Italo Disco. Most of it doesn't have guitars in it.

[@aprialdanoarjunajaya5271]

7:10 you're welcome now you can enjoy Steve's masterpiece pop song

[@BSZ-ze1vt]

Aprialdano thank u very much

[@gracieriley7518]

How to write a pop song: "I wanna be generic, let the media lead me"

[@GogiRegion]

When I was younger, my next door neighbor, my little sister, and I were trying to write a good theme song, and I spent a long time (possibly 2 hours for a 10 second clip) writing a cool melody, a harmony part, a nice drum beat, and then my sister just put a few loops together, and then at the end just said a couple words with a reverb-vocals preset, which took about a minute to throw together (actually, it was just under 10 minutes, but close enough), and won. The other two did a similar thing, but my sister’s was “better” because it had a denser mix that was less repetitive (because, you know, they used about 10 loops instead of 3). At that age, my neighbors were writing 4 loop pop songs, and I was writing basic orchestral pieces like those we played in 6th grade Orchestra (which probably would sound terrible to me now).

[@WATEmusic]

THE FUCKING TRUTH

[@stankharrington]

+We Are The Empty omfg right

[@alivc2458]

Amen!

[@PhantomBoy7]

pretty much

[@TynoGH]

Steve T please check jared's message to you for a shred battle! also awesome video as always! thumbs up guys so he can djent djared down!

[@valberdiru]

It would be amaziiiing!!

[@bassguy32]

this

[@majormags6362]

yeesss

[@GHAddict112]

+Tyno GH ,

[@joshuawilson2386]

That would actually be quite cool :o

[@Name78944]

“Pop music is ass” True so true

[@irenecamargomacedo6626]

Come on!

[@blazejecar]

people don't know what they're listening to, nor do they care or WANT to know. Think they care it's simple and crap with no meaning? No, they see music as just a beat to dance to, or a background noise that doesn't disturb you and grab your attention, but at the same time it feels like a conversation is a little more lively with something playing in the background. Anyone who worked with music and studied at least a bit of theory will tell you pop is garbage, but most people have no clue and just like it because it's catchy and fun and easy. We can make 9001 parody videos and vids telling people why pop is shit but pop will always be the #1 genre, sadly. Always has been, always will be, but if it's any consolation, good music remains. People don't remember 5% of 70s pop hits, but bohemian rhapsody is still a song that amasses hundreds of millions of views 45 years after its release. It's always been my philosophy to ignore pop and just keep doing my own thing. Don't go around hating on people for listening to pop, just....each to their own. At least I know my music will be remembered for decades to come, while pop fans literally can't name 5 songs that were popular 4 years ago.

[@myfriendsean]

+blazejecar My favorite is when you show someone a metal song and they say "well.. I like the beat"

[@blazejecar]

***** man, I live in a religious family. Hardcore religious. Anything with guitar in it=satan. You know how much shit I get from my family for listening to rock and metal? XD and I get the same experience you do in school. "But that's just yelling and screaming satanic shit, why can't you listen to nice music like lil wayne or one direction (it's pretty popular here)" i dont even know how to reply to these people XD

[@myfriendsean]

Or when they say "I can't understand any of that satanic crap" well, if you can't understand it then how do you know it's satanic? Lol people are weird

[@blazejecar]

sean adams yet those same people will praise gangnam style and say "You dont need to understand the lyrics for the song to be good"

[@myfriendsean]

+blazejecar lmao!

[@ToyotaCamry-qz5cp]

metal/rock: artistic pop: autistic

[@KilianxFire27]

Damn right dude

[@ProTobigen]

i have autism and this is genuinely funny

[@user-tj5xp5eo4f]

ironically im autistic and i despis pop music i fucking love acdc

[@Iwantapplez109]

Kappa m8. that insult is Kappa as fuck m9

[@Iwantapplez109]

and i don't evne LISTEN to pop, i listen to EDM and Metal, because i like both of the genres, and consider them both music

[@yemion1770]

I feel bad for his dogs

[@oriontheghost5094]

Nathan Yemin I liked just because the profile pic

[@pitter9175]

I wanted to write this comment...

[@divisix024]

Your profile pic!!!!

[@mvunit3]

. . . I cried :'(

[@gurdittsingh6638]

Yeah, that is messed up 😂😂

[@11037_kuwata]

That Ozzy Osbourne seat cover at 4:21 when he's listening to the bathroom one XD

[@laurieterreberry616]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha. Too funny Steve. I love how Dottie didn't even care that you were sticking your butt in her face. Crazy dog. That nice green grass makes me want summer. It is Jan. 3, 2016 and 11F here today. The coldest day this winter so far. Well another great video under your belt Steve.

[@gmangsxr750]

+Laurie Terreberry A Terreberry??? I feel like I know somebody that knows somebody famous!!!! Please tell Steve to check his Email. Jared Dines sent him an email to do a shred challenge and Stevie's fan base says YES PLEASE!!!! Oh, and Metal Core Song #2. :)

[@gmangsxr750]

+Nagy Gergely To be honest, I think Jared is a really good overall producer, but Steve would kill him in guitar playing... it wouldn't even be a close contest. I've never had Jared impress me with his guitar playing, but I think as an overall personality, producer, and entertainer... I really like him. But Steve is just incredible, so under rated.

[@deveanjoshcacho8111]

+Laurie Terreberry haha

[@AGrogbart]

Now for the final... guess what "pop" stands for? Its... Piece of poop

[@anonb4632]

Leon Erlandsson Popular

[@lt.branwulfram4794]

Should be called POS because it's a piece of shit.

[@anonb4632]

Leon Erlandsson You do know to older generations, everything is "pop". I've heard metal described as pop by such people.

[@benguitardrums9569]

Yuuki Kuroutarou exactly what I thought 😂

[@blueifrit7778]

I'm proud of u young padwan

[@Mr.Goldbar]

80's pop is amazing. 2010s pop is hell

[@damneh8688]

Bar Goldstein BS, 80s pop was just as bad

[@Mr.Goldbar]

go listen to some MJ and Talk Talk and them talk

[@PabloDeModeOfficial]

Bar Goldstein 80's good pop combined the 4/4 beats with musical arrangements that came from the r'n'b, soul, rock and even classical music. The musical arrangements told a great story in itself and the lyrics completed the total image of it. Nowadays, all instruments go the 4/4 so there's no such a story tale in the arrangement and vocally you reduce to a repetitive syllable like "oh-oh-oh", three times. Ask Katy Perry. But I have to say all pop songs are enjoyaboe in their own way :)

[@Mr.Goldbar]

some pop songs like Uptown Funk (by Mark Ronson) and My Way (by Calvin Harris) are pretty good, but the majority of pop songs are pretty terrible.

[@kerryherrmann2391]

I know right? It all kinda died in the late 90s-Early 2000s- wait. No. It all ended when Miley Cyrus was introduced.

[@8d932]

When Stevie tries to make a bad sounding pop song it still sounds better than mosy mainstream pop songs

[@kyriley4075]

Musician

[@rafaelpereiragomes1735]

Well, at least there's actual drum beats and a better bass than what contemporary low-budget Popstars and Rappers use. There's none of that ticking beat or farting bass that they use.

[@feliperojas-doomride]

all you need is love all you need is love all you need is love, love love is all you need now that's some good writing right there

[@zombiedude347]

Gotta love pop rock. Not really, it still was mediocre.

[@keenanbartlome8153]

Ajati Mimi I said the same thing, and commented with a verse from the song, this guys seems to be deleting comments that he doesnt like.

[@sakuwagtail8743]

The Beatles had good songs, even tho some of their early stuff was simple as hell. All you need is love is a song with a great message tho

[@feliperojas-doomride]

Julian McCartney i agree, I actually like the beatles. It was just a joke, which some people seem to have missed

[@VictorCardena3]

Felipe Rojas Those are only the LYRICS. The rest is more complicated then that. You're making yourself look like a fool.

[@CerealExperimentsMizuki]

My god when he started that pop beat and then started dancing and tweaking in his dogs faces I just laughed so hard!!

[@JasonJohnson-lq5jh]

"Those aren't lyrics, those are things drunk people say," is what I'm going to say the next time I hear somebody play a pop song.

[@mtinfinity7845]

DragonForce - Through Fire and Flames would kill nowadays pop fans/artists

[@boratoker8918]

True af

[@phantomechelon3628]

Hmm...that gives me an idea... 😁

[@mtinfinity7845]

@@phantomechelon3628 hahah I like your thinking, let's "purify" humanity

[@biivamunner3122]

@@mtinfinity7845 this dragonforce song is so cool, let's go on a murder spree

[@biivamunner3122]

@@phantomechelon3628 Seriously though, it's already psychotic to want to murder people who make pop music, but you also want to murder people who LIKE pop music as well? What if we turned the tables around. What if you saw a comment that said "Rock and metal suck, Katy Perry would kill rock fans and artists" and someone replied "yeah, let's do that ourselves!" Would you like that?

[@roopepoikala]

Which is more important: how the music sounds or how hard it was to make? If you'd take complexity to a very high level, for example have a song that has multiple changes in time signature, 10 main melodies playing at the same time and a long, complex progression, would it really be nice to listen to? Just the fact that a song was hard to make doesn't necessarily make it any better.

[@hubblebublumbubwub5215]

and thats why dream theater sucks

[@shreksouffle8844]

+Wulbulbul Lubbubwublub And that's your opinion.

[@CuddleSeason]

+Shrek Souffle Aaaand... no shit?

[@shreksouffle8844]

Death Season Annnd... they obviously declared that dream theater sucks is a fact.

[@CuddleSeason]

Shrek Souffle It can be in no way a fact.

[@lilcurrio]

This is hilarious 😂 Sooooo true. Pop stars can make 100x more than people who actually have talent.

[@seuthee5082]

no..poop stars

[@hentaigasmcom-nh8wm]

+Seth Quentin its OK if you like pop, we don't judge it because their is no point to judge it that's how horrible it is

[@theman-t7f]

Pop stars are talented at singing, and dancing while they sing and perform. Most metal vocalists are not talented at singing and so they scream. Give credit where credit is due.

[@pinterakos3349]

+Truthwarrior Talented at singing LOOOOOL thats why they use auto tuner or what. And metal singers arent talented singing? loooool

[@seuthee5082]

Truthwarrior What the fuck?!?! You probably haven't heard Megadeth, Iron Maiden , Metallica etc. And think that they have no talent!

[@Warhammer40KGuy]

Stevie after losing weight and getting a new haircut you're a good looking man now.

[@EricMetalhead]

he has always been the most beautiful man on earth

[@ashwin.unlead]

EricMetalhead agree :3

[@eugeneforelock705]

1:55 Stevie predicted TikTok.

[@anonumus10]

Dog: Hey hooman we gonna have a fun!!!? Hooman what hooman do? Hooman stahp STAHP

[@metafis2490]

Pop. C Am F G Disco/Dance Am F G Classic Metal A5(Am vocal) F5 G5 and E5 optional C5. Cant go wrong ;)

[@blacksileighty2]

Accurate

[@lorenzosala9289]

metafis Yeah, but what if I wanted the classic Progressive Rock progression? ;)

[@metafis2490]

Lorenzo Sala Just pick any chords at random...make sure the last chord is the same as the first, so people know when it ends and they can clap. ;).

[@lorenzosala9289]

metafis Of course using an irregular signature like 7/8, 5/4, 13/8, π/777... ;-)

[@juanmanuelcorrea7673]

But Metallica......... Em F# G Am.

[@ramentaco9179]

Pop is basically the only music that I don't consider art, because it's entire, 100% reason for existing is to sell. There's so creativity of imagination in its creation.

[@yosakoshitatsu3406]

Djentleman You can't be serious... Of course it requires creativity and talent to write and produce a pop song! I hate these mainstream-hating critics (basically 95% of the people in this video's comment section). Why can't we all appreciate every form of art and the work it takes to produce an artpiece. Especially pop songs are extremely hard to produce properly. Try to write something that is melodically strong and catchy but not boring to listen to! And the production of most pop songs nowdays is really impressive. It doesn't matter if it's made to sell! It's still art!

[@caseymather1957]

naw fam pop music is still boring to listen to...

[@yosakoshitatsu3406]

Casey Mather Whoops... Not an argument. Personal preference.

[@noursarhan8695]

I truly don't get why you people say pop sucks, because so many respectable musicians did pop music (Michael Jackson, ABBA, David Bowie, The Beatles for instance, hello?). But of course it has its bad, just like any other genre. I think it depends on the musician's skills and the passion put into it (Tears for Fears are a great example, in my opinion. A must listen)

[@toasty3270]

Nour Sarhan - to be fair, all the ones you listed started and existed long before the use of pre made beats and computer software became a big thing in pop music. the beatles played their own instruments for fuck sake. out of all the artists you listed, how many of them wrote or relied on songs about going to the clubs and having sex and taking drugs, in their discography. when people hate on pop music like with this video and its comment section, you do realise its more aimed towards pop music after the music was all made on a laptop. cause thats when it started, when it became generic.

[@MAGAMAN]

1:53 "Honey, our neighbor is doing drugs again."

[@sarah_1108]

​@Rachael Elkins rugnjkopqwwxtyguhkleopmhug :)

[@elirhoades9418]

Dude in all seriousness, Taylor Swifts new song really does fit these guidelines. The look what you made me do one. It's uncanny!

[@MegaTechpc]

Taylor was a million times more intersting when she still made country music. And I hate country, but its better than pop crap because there is actual musicianship involved.

[@rickburker]

Do they even have quality checks for pop artists now, back in the 90s, i think, pop music was at least good. Pop music was popular because it's good, now it's popular because PEOPLE ARE MINDLESS ZOMBIES THAT LIKE SOMETHING BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE LIKES IT!

[@storingjazzinmycheeksforth5319]

yeah, that chorus had 6 words instead of 5 or less, totally breaks the mold

[@jacobmullens374]

Eli Rhoades have you ever listen to marylin manson? Rebel rebel bitch bitch rebel rebel party party sex sex don’t forget the violence vi vi violence put your stupid lovey dovey don’t forget the violence. That’s not even talent that’s just bull shit.

[@willunderdown]

avenged sevenfold vs Justin Beiber like for avenged sevenfold

[@piotr8853]

idonthavealife don'tcallmem8 Both are cancer

[@wickedbabushka3475]

Avenged is pretty bad too

[@EmilyB1201]

yas my fav band a7x :D:D

[@wickedbabushka3475]

Phan15MSP you should listen to more bands then

[@wickedbabushka3475]

A7X is garbage

[@fivebucklunch6902]

How to make a pop song: have someone make the song for you lmao

[@cameronlyon1332]

so true lol. and you also need autotune.

[@leonardot.8899]

and then to appear on x factor, ... got talent etc. As a judge and critic people that have more talent than you.

[@just_another_2133]

I loved how he just took the guitar off of him when he “played” the pop song

[@gazbg123]

I'm not going to watch the videos with the genres I don't like, but this one is hilarious :D

[@gazbg123]

God no, I watched others before this one ;)

[@gazbg123]

Take a look at my channel and you'll see what I like ;)

[@IsyahSalam]

+ThePcGamer dude, he's talking about him not liking pop. You totally misinterpreted. The video is about pop right now, not the usual metals.

[@BRUH-xw3ku]

Show this to all the fuckin One Direction and Justin Bieber fans.

[@TheBlashMusic]

John Potter why? This video doesn't prove anything. It literally just showcases a mental twenty-something year old Canadian guy who can't comprehend the fact that most people don't listen to music for the same reason he does.

[@BaxzXD]

TheBlashMusic but he's telling the absolute truth. LITERALLY showing how this fucking shit is made

[@TheBlashMusic]

DoomGhoul But he isn't showing how it's made at all.

[@BRUH-xw3ku]

"With my feet upon the ground I lose myself between the sounds and open wide to suck it in. I feel it move across my skin. I'm reaching up and reaching out. I'm reaching for the random or whatever will bewilder me. Whatever will bewilder me. And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been. We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been." That is by a band called Tool. "'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off" And that is by someone called Taylor Swift I suppose. Judge yourself.

[@TheBlashMusic]

John Potter HAHAHAHA. That is the least valid comparison you could possibly make. You litterally took one of the best metal songs ever written and compared it to one of the worst pop songs ever written....

[@lukasc4509]

It's depressing how accurate he is.

[@americanliberal09]

Accurate? nah! he's just fucking around. that's it.

[@roots14808]

1:46 *Richard Benson, Richard Benson, Richard Benson, Richard Benson*

[@tam2071]

step 1: cough into a microphone step 2: hire someone who can use auto tune step 3: have a standard beat that is catchy repeated gain and again until an anti climatic drop step 4:congrats you just made a million

[@tam2071]

oh and step 2.5 make the song about anything you want mainly go for something stupid

[@tam2071]

step 2.7 have no more than 5 words just repeat them 500 times

[@tam2071]

+If You Are A False Don't Entry it's a joke

[@tam2071]

+If You Are A False Don't Entry lol

[@angelfuentes7822]

Bands such as Tool have deep lyrics that express philosophical ideas and explain the problems of this corrupted world. Not to mention extremely complex songs (such as lateralus which uses the Fibonacci Sequence and other mathematical principles). Then we have this genre which is pretty much explained in this example. Thanks Steve

[@noahvido8119]

Jim Carrey and The Quest to Find Shitty Music

[@zaynah8196]

Pop songs be like: OMG I’m so depressed bcz he cheated on me *repeat but say it in a different way* Lasts 59 seconds

[@biivamunner3122]

WHAT Are you saying that when you write a song about a subject... The lyrics tend to STAY on that subject? Holy crap! This has forever changed the way I view music nowadays! /s

[@lunahetfield]

Me on cheated he bcz depressed so im OMG

[@biivamunner3122]

@@lunahetfield You aren't funny.