Is AJR's "The Click" really THAT bad?

[@nickisnotlistening]

thank you if you listened to any of my rambling. let me know in the comments which parts you liked the most and how you feel about the album. this is only the beginning!

[@RileyEatsRocks]

i'm a huge AJR fan, but i always love watching other people talk about them online whether or not they like them as a band. i understand that they are corny and annoying a lot, but honestly thats the part that i like about them. music is subjective and thats the best thing about it. good video, also surprised i was in the first 300 people to watch this, bc i know u already have a good amount of online presence, so im surprised this isnt more public lmao

[@152gta]

"this band is annoying and terrible but thats why i like it." ajer fans are a different breed.

[@datboilou]

​@@152gta better than "my favorite artist isn't allowed within 500 years of a public school"

[@grovemaw]

​@@datboilou💀💀💀 dead LMAO

[@Cashcorn]

Oh hey Riley! Didn’t think I’d see an AJRER member here jeje

[@Cashcorn]

@@152gtathat’s not to say it’s bad. It’s just that something others perceive as bad we perceive as good. The things people say suck about them are the things we like.

[@joshknowsnothing]

Close enough. Welcome back Brad taste in music.

[@GDcelta]

One thing that I love about AJR is how they unnecessarily put some reandom noises and texture that don't make sense, like one song Ryan just puts a random elephant noise because he felt like it I'm not joking

[@nickisnotlistening]

that’s insane and actually awesome

[@leonasty69]

wasn't it next up forever?

[@humannnm]

@@leonasty69yep

[@alecwhiteley]

Holy shit we had the same “introduction” to this sound. Weak by AJR, and the human condition by Jon bellion were massive influences for me. I later got really into 2020 Hyperpop, and now botanica, and modern “producer music”. I think self produced music- whether popular or not, is something that I find fascinating. There’s so much raw personality, and I admire it.

[@nickisnotlistening]

yes! self produced artists definitely bring another dimension to the listening experience. i don't think AJR would be nearly as popular or unique if they didn't take control of their own sound in the way they do.

[@mattrowley8884]

i can no longer really listen to jon bellion but i still know every word to every song for the human condition and the definition, still grateful for his music and how it carried me through middle school/ high school 🙏

[@Organico0]

W Botanica mentioned

[@toucan3894]

I also loved AJR in high school, for me it was this strange, new music style that i instantly liked. During HS I really related to their reoccurring themes of finding urself after childhood and making trying to make sense of the world around you while doing so. I liked the band so much i flew to see their concert lol ... but yeah, this album (specifically the deluxe version) really shaped my taste in music, and i still really like some of their tracks. Also, banger of a video dude :D

[@DakotaMaede]

Ohh, yeahh, Nick is back! I cant wait for the Twenty one Pilots video! It would be so interesting to hear your opinion on the difference between their older albums and their newer ones! 😆

[@grovemaw]

genuinely great video, was so much fun to listen with you. I wasn't sure how much this format would work for me but I enjoyed the whole thing. I loved watching you goof on AJR, can't wait for more of these. I hope there's a time when you might be able to switch over fully to this form of content because, while I have definitely enjoyed your other content also, this is by far the best format you've tried imo. hell yea!

[@nickisnotlistening]

this means a lot thank U

[@acemyname]

a few months ago i went to an AJR concert with my roommate bc he had an extra pit ticket and invited me, i went into it having barely listened to AJR and not really knowing anything about them but holy shit!! i don’t vibe with all of their music like some people do (and often even find myself cringing at the lyrics or production), however the amount of passion they put into everything they create is amazing and their show is genuinely the best mainstream artist concert i’ve ever been to edit: forgot to mention i’m a *huge* dev lemons and queef jerky fan and have seen you and dev live twice! once as dev’s drummer when she was an opener and once as queef jerky, the main act :) i really think people need to take more risks with music and stop being afraid to sound cringe or annoying!!

[@lilyrusso662]

Ive been a fan for over a year now and I geniunely love this style of your content, I can never bring myself to listen to albums like this but its WAY more fun listening to your commentary lol. Absolute love this shit man id watch these all day

[@smeetbotato]

Thought I'd get tired of this video 20 minutes in but ended up watching the whole thing. Honestly the funniest video ive watched in months

[@Randomz-mj9zh]

wow. this is a really impressive video. this is personally one of my favorite albums of all time, im really suprised you dont have more subs. youve got mine. ❤️

[@trashbin4717]

banger first vid for the channel, i wasnt really familiar with AJR before so this was a wild ride and i was strapped in for the whole duration. so excited for this new format!

[@nickisnotlistening]

thank you trash bin!

[@ringer1324]

DUDE Nick I’m so excited about this channel. This is right up my alley. Love this video and format so much. Hope to see much more of this!

[@liloreoinya]

AJR is really good live. Thats my contribution to the algorithm. Good luck on the channel. Rooting for you.

[@DJDipstick]

dude YES adam's response to the human and netflix trip thing was so funny im so glad u talked about it. he was so technical abt it and it did nottt help their case lol

[@nickisnotlistening]

LOL

[@festivalparkYT]

a version of this but when you cringe you smoke.... the best of both worlds

[@nolanbrackin1260]

The amount of times Nick said penis in this video is mind blowing

[@dreamwill2082]

I’m not a musician but I am super stoned, and that’s gotta count for something

[@GDcelta]

No way someone else liked AJR, doesn't fw it anymore but is still obsessed with it like I do

[@danaduck]

I've been watching your videos since the beginning and it's been so nice watching you grow and find your voice. We don't know you, but from what we do know from what we see, this channel feels very you and very genuine. Enjoyed start to finish. Keep 'em coming.

[@stonebuckman]

I have never heard of this band or album before, so I will listen to it now and write my thoughts as they come. Can we skip to the good part kind of reminds me of your song "Weekly" a bit, thematically and energy wise. Initially, when you mentioned them with 21 pilots name, I was confused as I didn't hear any similarities in the first few songs. Then "Sober Up" came on, which was a jumpscare because I always thought that was a 21 pilots song Why does he keep singing about NOT smoking weed 😭😭 "Call My Dad" made me tear up a little, not gonna lie. I was cringing at the start of "Netflix Trip", but it genuinely grew endearing towards the latter half. Strong close with "Come Hang Out". Overall, I don't think the album was bad, at least not enough to be as notorious as it is. Does it have its lulls? Sure. But it also has a couple of decent songs. Now I am excited to see your analysis of it!

[@Cashcorn]

It’s not perfect but it’s honest 😊

[@belmoon01]

i'm honestly so bad at knowing music, but i've always loved hearing your opinions and you've helped me know about more music than i have found on my own, so i'm super excited for this new channel!

[@she_isme]

I started listening to AJR when I was 14/15 and still listen to them now at 21. I definitely get why people don’t like their sound but this album and neotheater really helped me get through high school. They always have songs that have helped me and so I think that’s why I’ll always listen to them is due to that emotional connection.

[@rockingisnotja4519]

HOWD I FIND THIS CHANNEL HOWS THERE ONLY 12 SUBS HELL YEAH

[@nickisnotlistening]

welcome to the inner circle

[@sadboilizz5362]

DUDE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED UR THE HERO OF KZbin YAYY

[@libertyengland9608]

Excited about this new series Nick!

[@Krisspy333]

Only ever heard from AJR was Tik tok sounds and the SpongeBob song and people shitting on them on tik tok but this was sick. Loved the production a lot. I’m super excited for a twenty one pilots and Jon bellion episode as I was also deep into them all through high school

[@jawnzacc]

i love this format i cant wait to discuss more!

[@juliencompher3272]

Nick u hit those vocal demonstrations

[@nickisnotlistening]

thank you im really letting myself show off in these videos

[@brettboswell19]

oh my god FUCK yes i am so here for this, took a short break from KZbin since the semester started so I’m just now getting here but I am SO excited fr - you got all of us nerds in here now 💀🤟🏼

[@sandwichbird1670]

in middle high school i really like ajr. i was a freshman right in the beginning of covid. their music was a big part of what i listened too along with jon bellion. something about the sound was comforting when everything was shut down. i think i liked it a lot also because it was so different from the soft rock and folk rock that my parents would listen to with me so it felt like i really had my own music taste. its nostalgic to listen to this music but ive definitely moved away from this style. i do listen to a lot of hip hop but the style ive (ironically) listened to the most is folk rock and ska.

[@nonameguy3]

I absolutely love AJR. They help me through so much and it’s awesome seeing you cover them

[@hayleyc7479]

i have so many opinions also about this but i must say i NEVER would have pegged you as an ajr listener. huge shift in perception for today. been loving ur content for a while gang and this is no exception. lets go nick is not long form opinionated music review content.

[@faithfulton3350]

i was introduced to ajr by my ex and the only song that really stuck with me was don’t throw out my legos 😬😭

[@BobynRobyn]

I don't think I've ever heard someone refer to an instrumental as offensive. I died, even though I love the instrumental in Three-Thirty 😭

[@BobynRobyn]

Also, I wanna add that my favorite song from The Click era is Burn the House Down, which they put on the deluxe edition. How do you feel about that one?

[@rennenga]

My first experience with AJR was OK Orchestra when Spotify recommended them to me the day the album launched and it became my entire summer. I also really really enjoyed The Maybe Man (I'd love to hear you listen through it eventually). As much as I am a fan of their more recent stuff, I don't really like their older albums, the songs just never make it into my rotation and you articulated a lot of feelings I had that I couldn't. Love the new channel! Long time viewer :)

[@purplepebble3479]

I’m gonna play solitaire while I listen to this

[@kaelynkellett9103]

love this style of vid nick, put it on while i was getting ready for work and laughed a shit ton at ur singing and ad libs. i listened to this album when it first came out too and share the same sentiment…. wtf was my taste

[@adamlagerqvist8111]

As someone who has nerver heard a single AJR song before, this sounds like if someone heard Imagine dragons and said waht if we take all the worst parts and make that the core of my music with some added theater kid energy.

[@johryt4293]

This is great, really excited for this channel :D

[@chipsarmijo8864]

i had a close friend when i was about 12, prolly around rhe same time that you were delivering pizzas, who really liked AJR and i def ragged on him a little bit. but i listened the radio constantly back then and i recall ‘Sober Up’ being played pretty damn often. i liked that song. still do. im surprised that i still know all the words to it

[@ianmitchell5979]

I honestly really like the falsetto moments. Really, AJR has such a unique singing voice that better fits my voice, since I don't sound like your average radio singer voice. The constructed chaos matches how out of control things feel in my life, and the lyrics of most of their songs fit what I'm going through so well. "Getting a life's a little like dying", "Something's wrong, but I'm scared to look it up", "I'm Hamilton, without the hits". Honestly, I could list so many more quotes.

[@oliviugh]

i can't wait to hear u talk about scaled and icy!! i absolutely hated that album for years but i got into the sai lore when clancy was announced and i appreciate it so much now

[@nickisnotlistening]

that's going to be a GOOD episode

[@zoetheprof]

We are so back

[@lilyreynolds1832]

YAYAYAYYAYAY i wanted more content from you and here it is >:333

[@johnfrye8292]

This is so odd. I also found Weak and was oddly obsessed with this album when I was 15. My music taste has changed a lot over the last 7 years, and I also feel embarrassed that I was an AJR fan. But I still feel like this album isn’t that bad especially compared to everything that came after it and made me stop listening

[@nickisnotlistening]

i would agree. not as bad as i expected going back to it. im excited to listen to the rest!

[@kinlee518]

found the new channel to watch while I sesh- thanks nick 🙏

[@festivalparkYT]

Couldn't have asked for something cooler, thanks nick

[@mackthomas6097]

You said jon bellion and i jumped. His new project is coming and we are not ready

[@greysunscreatives]

I'm not a fan of ajr by any means but I admit I love how genuine they are and how uniquely themselves they are and between their fierce commitment to be themselves n queef jerky existing i feel genuine inspiration from both to continue to try at music if only for the reason to find my own voice like this lol love u nick cant wait for more of this i love your album analysis and have since the 2022(?) july nick playlist video way way back (please make more monthly listen picks playlists, I still have those in my cycle and its been years)

[@willmax95]

635th sub, letsgoo! Im so here for this channel, I love what its about

[@app1escruff]

The “I feel so broke up, I wanna go home” line is probably so moving bc it’s originally from a Beach Boys song lol. But that’s actually great news, bc if you haven’t heard the album Pet Sounds, it’s a total life-changer! I agree that song sounds super Imogen Heap-y too, but the harmonies are unmistakably ripped from The Beach Boys. Really enjoyed your take on this, excited to see where you take this channel! ❤

[@skirval_]

This is so sick I''m keen for this channel, how am I the 5th subscriber tho?

[@nickisnotlistening]

still a little secret

[@agneebags]

i think it would be really fun for this channel to take requests so you can consume an album for the first time on camera

[@nickisnotlistening]

ill definitely be streaming in the future and im going to maybe do a new album next ....katy perry

[@DJDipstick]

awesome video nick, love this new format. i will say that i definitely did not go into it expecting nearly as many references to falling in love with 7 year old girls as there ended up being but i guess that's cool

[@Createyourself23]

So excited for this channel!

[@prosebuds5124]

I was surprised to see they were getting hated on so much cuz I remember them being super popular! And I certainly LOVED their music in my teens! I’ll say I think their production is so satisfying for my ADHD brain lol. Genuinely No Grass Today is painfully relevant to me since weed makes my anxiety go sicko mode and unfortunately it does only bad for me (AJR reference 😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉) but idc if other people smoke (even if I feel a bit left out socially when people do smoke,,) you saying Meghan Thee Trainer knocked me on my ass 😭😭😭

[@beccariley6525]

i hope you can build the community youve been talking about through this channel. I'm rooting for you and i cant wait to listen to this video over the next few days🫶

[@beccariley6525]

Update: I just did a bunch of homework to this and thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you, Nicky.

[@HalfAnimation]

i love AJR, but i'm really glad they left the "spokestep" in 2017...

[@chipsarmijo8864]

nick at the beginning of ‘Bud Like You’: “I fuckin LOVE listening to this song!” nick at the end of ‘Bud Like You’: “I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT”

[@ericgracey2255]

hearing a beach boys interpolation during call my dad sent my head spinning

[@ichi5279]

IM SO PUMPED TO WATCH THIS

[@ToriTaylor7]

Do I like AJR? No. Did I watch the entire video? Yes.

[@urlocalghost]

as a producer, this album is absolutely insane. as a normal music person, ...what ...is this album

[@juliencompher3272]

my god this video is making sober up stuck in my head .. should I KMS?

[@oddussy9513]

AJR is a great example of why I’ve never dove into music 🗿 I would die if someone told me my vocals are cringe

[@RoseFreyja]

yay

[@greenelephant15]

i would love to be able to listen to these longer episodes on spotify!

[@SKinboys-m3l]

You deserve more subs my guy

[@oddussy9513]

I’m only 24 minutes in and I already need Neotheater bideo

[@zoetheprof]

Oh my god I needed this

[@rivert132]

Please review Neotheater too :) it’s one of my favourite albums and I think it’s one of the band’s best pieces of music

[@moldingcarrot]

Can we get an entire Brockhampton overview and history please and thank you 😄

[@RaeCharm]

Whoa, I haven’t thought about AJR in a while. My first ex was so pretentious and liked AJR and Jon Bellion but thought I was a dumb sheep for liking 21P. This is almost a fun time capsule from not all that long ago. Love it so far!

[@syner6y1x]

how did i find this channel what

[@RichMike-fk1vh]

the rambling at 1:24:30 was killing me lmfao

[@sillyqjfan69]

i'm really stoked that we're not hating on this album!!! i went to one of the neotheater shows and it was my first concert so i'm really excited to see a video like this. thank u nicky tom tom this made my day 🗣

[@Plext]

This video has reminded me I did absolutely have a phase with this album when it came out. I used to fuck with no grass today so hard, I forgot it was this bad hahaha

[@CryingAphrodite]

i still cant believe yall are logic kids, thats wild to me with the type of music you make. sending love this video was great

[@simoneavery6548]

Unfortunately, I love this album! It reminds me of my early teen years. ( that made me sound 30, I'm 19) It also helps that I don't take a lot of their songs at face value and relate them to personal experiences or meaning, not what they meant the song to be at the time. Especially with sober up lol.

[@nickisnotlistening]

i can totally understand that!!

[@meowlull]

so excited for this :)

[@rencantspel4628]

Nick I don't get your explanation of penis

[@brettboswell19]

From what I gathered, it’s penis.

[@cybrnova]

It would be so fun to do a version of this where if you skip or feel compelled to skip you smoke like you skip you smoke

[@kiwwykeen5305]

I love this honest take!

[@Organico0]

This vid is funny AF

[@nickisnotlistening]

thank you

[@Poop-do5zj]

Loving this direction nick :)

[@NickErdman]

Jack’s voice live in concert sound so much better than what you hear on the albums in my opinion

[@ew_68]

Gonna be honest I was so judge mental until that last chorus hit in weak and now….i get it

[@smelliott.k]

i never listened to ajr in high school even though all my friends were super into them because i always thought their songs all sounded the same, now i know that i was right lmao fr tho it wasnt as bad as i thought it was gonna be also, i never thought if their music as penis before but u are SO right

[@asutxrner]

bro when i clicked on this video i thought this would be like a million sub music channel but im his 9th sub? goddamn you have POTENTIAL

[@LacsiraxAriscal]

Nick Green’s got other much bigger KZbin channels tbf, I think he took some time off

[@HalfAnimation]

he has other channels with around 600-700k subs

[@RL_ManicFX]

LOOONG story

[@Cashcorn]

⁠@@LacsiraxAriscaldidn’t he do a whoopsie

[@viktuuri]

nick i found you again😭is this your fifth channel

[@nickisnotlistening]

might be closer to 10th..... i haven't told anyone about this channel yet though

[@curiouslyimogen.7733]

i forgot that ajr was a family band. it just changes things when i hear their music idk why

[@andersonluttrell6913]

I mean you have to listen to the other album. They (like most artists) get better as they put out more music

[@octjankus2255]

hold up this album might be heat

[@octjankus2255]

nvm

[@emanuelmouganis8811]

Imogen Heap being the building block for AJR was not on my 2024 bingo card

[@meowlull]

just finished this video oh my gosh great video .. interesting album

[@sofia13690]

I’m late to this but I wanted to say that I got hardcore into AJR in 2020 (to the point that I’ve paid to meet them a couple times since) and sometimes I wonder if the internet’s more recent response to them is what turned me off of their music or if I just grew out of it. Like it’s hard for me not to roll my eyes at some of the lyrics these days and that was not the vibe for me two years ago during some of the same songs. I guess I’m in a chicken or the egg situation with ajr TikTok LOL

[@ab3d_ad]

Would you ever make a video on their newest album? I’m very curious as to what ur opinion on the songs are especially considering the gap between these 2 albums

[@a_green_clearing]

No I'm gonna say it. AJR is fun. my brother took my partner and me to see them a year or so ago and I had a blast. Their live show n set n lighting were fantastic. This album is actually just lots of fun. Super amped for ths channel

[@nickisnotlistening]

their live shows seem like a lot of fun