An Honest 2020 Christmas (help)

[@jjjjjj402]

These became the official KZbin Rewinds.

[@georgelister4866]

This is just a fact.

[@mangalpandey9377]

Soo can we see Malinda in Mr Beast's Rewind??

[@randomdude1060]

Confusingly this rewind made me happy and sad at the same time🙈

[@lorelikesthings]

It really did

[@damik0005]

Yes, I accept as such

[@doddleoddle]

Ok but why did I cry at the end

[@heavenly_outsider4718]

SAME

[@caroline3235]

hi dodie!!!!!

[@katgirlsings353]

Cause this is beautiful and valid and the rollercoaster of feelings make us feel a little less numb?

[@essencec.466]

Dodie! ❤️

[@johnanderson9389]

0:35 the song of 2020 hell begins

[@Jack11_]

Honestly, that “The world turned upside down” from Hamilton could never be more accurate then now.

[@jessiegreenstone9641]

Haha

[@gretchenfiedler607]

Yes never better😂

[@bejeweled2213]

y e s

[@sunnytube7160]

I second that

[@npredmore4]

I third that (honestly is that even a thing)

[@ToniBingi]

I really miss these.

[@kaileyforce8306]

Why isn't anyone talking about the personal victories??? That part is so cute, it made me cry! I'm so proud of everyone!!! 🥺😭

[@morgankovac3632]

Yeah! I just came out yesterday!

[@pangolinsarecool]

@@morgankovac3632 well done 😀 I hope whoever you told was supportive

[@Qyver]

@@morgankovac3632 Congrats!

[@letterborneVods]

It was so wholesome

[@vcheesy8686]

[You obtained 'Wholesomeness' Level 1000!]

[@midwinterhunt]

If you watch all the honest christmas songs in order you can see her go through the five stages of grief.

[@crystalward1444]

Hmmm, good observation!

[@bluerefr]

So that means next year we will be out of it right... please...

[@thespeedyyoshi]

@@bluerefr I mean the last stage is acceptance. Soooo...take that what you will.

[@PheonixLove]

OMG😳

[@franciscodetonne4797]

Acceptance next year?

[@Malinda]

Please don't cancel my parents they're great. GIANT THANK YOU to Jon Cozart for co-writing this with me and Graham Allen who arranged it!! If you'd like to join my Patreon community of creativity and fun, please do :D. Keep doing good, my friends. www.patreon.com/malinda

[@shroomie8530]

Hi :D

[@aishumenon278]

Jon Cozart co wrote this??!! That makes this even more wonderful 🔥🔥

[@jitaru3707]

Why were people cancelling your parents???? they are the sweetest and most talented duo and to raise such a fine artist they must be very good people

[@riyak.7393]

Cancel your parents?? Is there something like that in the video? It still hasn't started premiering yet xD

[@chrispage7734]

Hi I L O V E your videos!!!!

[@MamaCroc]

I'd love a 2022 recap by Malinda. She did say "this year needs a remake" well here's 2020Two.

[@queenolafi7637]

She's socially distancing with herself, very responsible

[@tanishjain7851]

Like people always say, you are your own worst enemy

[@DonnaBrooks]

How clever for you to notice that! I didn't!

[@ShivaniSharma-ue9op]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWrHnZKCd6x2qrety

[@nsa6103]

yes, responsible

[@sunnytube7160]

being with yourself during isolation is basically asking to go insane

[@jartsofficial]

I appreciate that all the Malindas are socially distanced to each other, the background Malindas even kept behind the windows 😂

[@asterwashere]

oh my gosh, i didn't even realise that

[@SallySueSaywhatagain]

That was brilliant!

[@mr.worldwide4758]

Where are their masks tho?

[@zahrabasiri7784]

@@mr.worldwide47583:57

[@heidibaltom8138]

Ok that is just great. Didnt even notice that but that makes it even better now.

[@itz_moonwolf1480]

I love how they used to be like “let’s hope next year is better” and this year it’s just like “OMG 2020 IS FINALLY OVER! BRING IT ON 2021!” Edit: unrelated, but I love how pessimistic Malinda was genuinely sad during the COVID part instead of just annoyed and sarcastic.

[@jur4x]

2021: challenge accepted!

[@mandriceugen7809]

@@jur4x ohhh fuck

[@itz_moonwolf1480]

@EVANGELYN TAY YU THONG Moe lol it’s already ruined by other ppl by now.

[@fiveelevenevan]

@EVANGELYN TAY YU THONG Moe I was number 400. Idk why I feel proud. Me is weirdo.

[@dansattah]

Exactly! As if pessimistic Malinda put up a front of "cynical realism", when really she never wanted to be right!

[@Xaniker]

Gosh I wish she continued with these.

[@Sawyernilsson]

She does such a great job and honestly so much stuff happened in 2020 i forgot about a lot of it, im glad we have this to look back too. Sucks that she hasnt done more.

[@yenneferofvengerberg]

@@Sawyernilsson Both she and Tessa Nettings who consistently posted a recap every year stopped at 2020 and it makes me so sad. So much good and bad happened since then. Last year was wild af.

[@pedroguedes7437]

Me too!!! Of course, I'm very happy with how great she is now, but these videos were the best way to finish the year, I remember I was completely alone in 2020-2021 new year and my life would also change A LOT, this video was my company, it felt great to hear her singing "bring it on 2021" as the fireworks started and 2021 started

[@SeinIshamiado]

Is nobody going to talk about the ending where she said "2020 is finally done" how the Melody is just so perfect??

[@choco5440]

Yeah

[@thespeedyyoshi]

That chord is so good.

[@ajparadise6649]

All the melodies are amazing but yeah, that was great.

[@titanmonarch]

I've been looping 5:21 to 5:52 pretty much all day!

[@TheNoteblockLizard]

Yup ... the sliding off the chair did me in ... 🤣 Here's hoping 2021 doesn't require a repost of this song!

[@TheLizardKing140]

2024 will be good

[@jarrodedson5441]

@@TheLizardKing140 yeah but definitely not 2021

[@muhammadahsan4959]

@@jarrodedson5441 could be, we never know...

[@silvercyndaquil8472]

Ever since Malinda started this series the world's gotten worse every year... we're doomed.

[@Alienated_Individual]

i heard they have vaccines in progress so 2021 might be ok but i better not jinx it.

[@AntoninaKhramova]

A pessimist sees half of everything to be a cake. An optimist sees cake.

[@teraphobia7818]

And I eat it

[@edwardrhoads7283]

@@teraphobia7818 That makes you a realist.

[@lunatheunknown1558]

@@edwardrhoads7283XDDDDDDD

[@cvd847]

The optimist is cake. The pessimist goes to eat the cake. The pessimist is also cake.

[@killianholm2283]

👌

[@ruzreyes9878]

"There's life in between the headlines and fear" Why did this phrase make me so happy and make me tear up?

[@kstormgeistgem461]

hopeful and wishful thinking? it's like being told there's a little more room on the last life boat on the Titanic... you just Really hope it's there by the time you make it to that side of the -boat- ~i meant ship... Dammit Luke! my mother's gonna come out of the grave n smack me now! blast your British view of the Navy!~ before it's either gone or the damned ship sinks; taking you with it. ~kept edtting because i had to find the code for the strikethrough for in comments. only been on here for Years... not Quite a _boomer_ but apparently one in training. ¬"¬; ~

[@alanlikesturkeys]

2017: Denial 2018: Anger 2019: Bargaining 2020: Depression 2021: Acceptance?

[@juliegesele4836]

or we start back at the beginning?

[@iisgreen6930]

This one was the transition between depression and acceptance.

[@turma8eac]

Accept that if we want something to change for the better than we have to fight for it with tooth and nail

[@piniatafullofblood]

@MATHEA CONRAD b i g m o o d

[@volgera684]

... or suicide?

[@evanswart480]

It went from “let’s not be bad next year!” to daring 2021 to be worse than 2020

[@jammy7670]

Given the past videos proved that we can dig deeper after hitting rock bottom, maybe this'll encourage 2021 to actually be better

[@marn200]

31 December 2020: okay, youve seen the trailer now

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

Oh, it will be worse. Things will just go downhill from now on.

[@wojciechpason4222]

It's better to do that because of what heppend in 2019 everyone hated it and was excited do 2020 but it all turned into hell

[@bottled_tea]

We literally aren’t even hoping for a better year, we’re just hoping to get out of this one alive

[@raphaelasholder]

Malinda's catching on, instead of saying "let's hope next year isn't as bad," she said, "Bring it on!"

[@TheWolfman112]

I think the fact we haven't gotten one of these in 3 years says enough in itself...

[@rosekat6444]

Past year’s songs: *not too bad, there’s always a balance of good and bad* 2020: *Pessimist Malinda crawling out of her basement:* _”iT’s fREe rEaL eSTaTE”_

[@wordart_guian]

the only real bad news of the past years was global warming (and some politics stuff) otherwise there was way more good than we give them credit for. 2020 though is every apocalypse happening at once.

[@RiverL.]

Lol

[@elisecatherine8511]

And a whole verse is just swearing this year lolll

[@lawrencerutherford4260]

@@wordart_guian sorry to say but if the most recent nostradamus based prediction is right 2020 was just the preview

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

@@wordart_guian Freedom House and The Economist both agree that every quantifiable metric for democracy has been in recession worldwide for the last several years. On top of that, Pax Americana is ending, UNASUR was torn apart, at least two full-on genocides happened (and are still happening), and nuclear proliferation is finally getting out of control.

[@crowleykeating1109]

In 2017: wEvE hIt RoCk BoTtOm 2020: Awwwwww, how cute. bUrN

[@iantaakalla8180]

Earth to humans: You forfeit all rights to my bed, you sleep in your office instead with only the memories of your exploitation... Watch as I BURNNNNNNNNN

[@nikkidash4826]

Literally burn tho. The forest is (was??) bUrNiNg EVERYWHERE 😰

[@Trinthegay]

@@nikkidash4826 California

[@samualcolt2055]

@@Trinthegay at the start of the year Australia was on fire all over too... to think I thought that was as bad as this year was gonna get

[@tomimholte7318]

Tbh I learned how good we have it from this year.

[@mayajoy7248]

THE ARRANGEMENT. THE HARMONIES. THAT WAS A LOT I AM OVERWHELMED

[@unchartedraider7547]

We all were this year... 2021 is going to be the same shit. Bring it on bitch. Will it be ww6 or fascism ? Or bees finally dying ?

[@RowanWasHere]

@@unchartedraider7547 where did ww4 and ww5 go?

[@crumble2000]

@curious little raindrop bees are good. The bad thing would be bees going extinct

[@rhas356]

Malinda: "Bring it on, 2021" 2021: "And I took that personally"

[@txkyxdrexm5914]

Malinda: 2020 is finally done Everyone: rejoices in tears of happiness

[@emilstoqanov3270]

2021:You fools!

[@diogocasstro]

@@emilstoqanov3270 2022: *laughing in the corner*

[@kairathehero6992]

@@diogocasstro 2023 & 2024: *Equally scared of the years*

[@David_Thompson]

What was great about 2020 - an elephant was rescued safe and sound after falling down a deep well in India. Oh and Joe Biden won the election of course! : ) Happy 2021!

[@HagenvonEitzen]

Cue John Oliver blowing up 2020 in a giant explosion

[@whitebear224]

I love how she just stares at nothing in horror at the start

[@drschonify]

That last verse is just tempting Fate.

[@DonnaBrooks]

Nah. What will be will be. The best we can do is to make connections with other humans, with nature, with animals, & with the grand story of history where we can see all the horrible things we've survived, and then to be kind & calm & grateful for what we have & not just think about our own wants & imagined "needs", because if we do these things, we can still bring beauty into the world.

[@phillystruck9003]

If we have a covid-21 we know why

[@Ruthann1117]

Why must people always tempt Fate? I mean, seriously, it's been made quite clear that things can get a heck of a lot worse

[@SamThe42nd]

Sooooo... this aged well. XD

[@UmarWazir]

@@SamThe42nd Well, it is still technically CoVid 19, just the turbo edition...

[@otterwithadarkside4422]

For all of you wondering where her 2021 Honest Christmas song is, she said on Twitter that she's taking a break this year because she is on a December vacation.

[@chuckmuniz1617]

Sad

[@lindsay4647]

@@chuckmuniz1617 This google translated to now and I almost didn't notice.

[@ks4148]

Isn’t anyone gonna talk about the social distancing in this video? Malinda you nailed it, as always.

[@bridgetc.6313]

Okay, so why is no one talking about her SINGING?!?!?! like OMG YOUR CHORDS ARE BEAUTIFULLLL

[@lowheadvarney158]

the high note at the end omg

[@jessekoehler1045]

I'm not really educated in the music field, but those reactions, and the subtle use of a person outside the window are all fantastic!

[@edwardrhoads7283]

I think you have just summed up 2020.

[@justarandomsquid3568]

i was going to comment that

[@brokenmayo6592]

@@edwardrhoads7283 yes she did

[@muppetenthusiast]

I would love to go back in time and show this to someone in 2019

[@Hereismyhandlehereismystout]

Gosh, that would be the best. It would seriously look like some sort of sci-fi fantasy.... Because it is.....

[@uploxy5341]

take me with you!

[@WildestCarton]

@@uploxy5341 you would still come back to hear and have to deal with this year again

[@nezuko_kamado5400]

Same lemme come take meeeeeee

[@nezuko_kamado5400]

I want to escape 2020

[@sophieedgington1290]

Missing these

[@probably_mothman]

2020 has felt like 5 years and 3 months at the same time

[@Jaxgotscared]

Frrr

[@matthewcox7985]

Back in June 2020, Ben Folds asked, "How many years can we cram into one?"

[@nothings.real224]

So true

[@catthemeg336]

@@matthewcox7985 June 2020? What year was that?

[@Eli77468]

Time is meaningless

[@shawnparra5998]

I just had a thought, this could be what kids in the future use for their history projects

[@ervellynkane9742]

‘Yes I’ve read the threads and headlines, I’ll cancel both my parents, and play among us till I’m numb’ Ya our descendants would be so *proud* of us

[@ervellynkane9742]

@Lily Terrio lol

[@elisecatherine8511]

OMG WAIT THIS COMMENT-

[@elisecatherine8511]

IMAGINE THEY FIND THIS AND ITS THE CHEAT FOR PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE

[@ibrahim.m5563]

I don't know why but the line "2020 is finally done" gives me kinda comfort...

[@lornafinch8855]

It's not quite done yet. We have mutated virus, 3rd lock down, harsher rules and Christmas is cancelled. 😢😰 Really, really want 2020 to be done

[@guarddog318]

Only if 2021 doesn't end up being the "Year of the Masked Zombies", with everyone shuffling around just too tired and resigned to give a shit. Optimism is grand, but this mess is far from over regardless how far the planet's been around the sun or where it is in its orbit..

[@lindstheteacher1611]

I’m leaving this year immune to Covid:)

[@ibrahim.m5563]

What if Covid-19 never leaves...

[@guarddog318]

@@ibrahim.m5563 - Then humans will do what every other living thing on this planet has always done: Adapt or die off.

[@pakki6555]

Optimistic Malinda: "... you good?" Pessimistic Malinda, curled up in her chair, clutching her knee: _"DO I LOOK LIKE-"_

[@doookiv8796]

I honestly thought this would just be Malinda screaming in terror for 3-5 minutes

[@name-199]

Me to

[@nothings.real224]

Honestly that would some up the year

[@SonsOfLorgar]

But then she'd be out of ideas for 2022...

[@royalehighnewschooler]

@@SonsOfLorgar are they going to make one this year?

[@laughsingay]

GUYS!!! DO NOT say “this is the worst it can get.” THAT IS HOW YOU MAKE IT WORSE.

[@unchartedraider7547]

Hahhaha. 2021 is ready for our add

[@laughsingay]

@e WAIT-

[@agneebags]

@e THATS HIGHLY CONCERNING I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO STOP NOW PLEASE

[@eclecticdog2k901]

"And worse I may be yet. The worst is not So long as we can say 'This is the worst.' " ~Edgar, in the Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare, (Act IV, Scene 1)

[@kennethfajardo9102]

Thiiiiiiiiisss iiiiissss theeee woooorst iiiiiit caaaaaan geeeeet!!!

[@avalon4691]

This really helped me see that 2020 isn't completely cursed.

[@taoist32]

Tik Tok is being banned at this very moment. God blessed.

[@JacksG13]

My bucket of good things that happened every day is my personal evidence that 2020 isn't completely cursed

[@Rennianna]

I need 2022 version so badly. 😮‍💨😅

[@luke_miint]

If 2021 is worse it should just be Malinda humming Silent Night with the room on fire.

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

*sips coffee* This is fine.

[@DonnaBrooks]

I burst out laughing at this comment, when I imagined her doing that!

[@WinterRose8]

@@DonnaBrooks lol, likewise!

[@WarthogDemon]

What I find most impressive is how she didn't mention the pandemic until almost 4 minutes in.

[@suphorg8597]

i mean they're is so much to talk about lol

[@anandisarkar8549]

When good Malinda went, “ you good?” To pessimist Malinda I died.

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

Oh no you didn't watch her "I died laughing" tutorial

[@nezuko_kamado5400]

Who knew they had youtude i mean thats how i died a long time in my past life (i think) but not from her vids

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

@@nezuko_kamado5400 What?

[@nezuko_kamado5400]

@@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967 idk (lol)

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

@@nezuko_kamado5400 Okay

[@carsondarnell9130]

I know it's been almost a year since this came out so this probably won't be seen by many people but I just wanted to say that ever since this first released I've absolutely loved it. The line "there's good in-between the headlines and fears." Really sticks to me. Sometimes I feel like the world is complete garbage and there's no point in trying anymore, but then I remember this little line and I feel good again. Because there is good, no matter how small or how fleeting, it's there, and if I can make just one person happy, even just for a minute, then I'll have gone to sleep knowing that It was worth getting out of bed that day. Thank you so much for this beautiful and hilarious song, it's the most hopeful thing I've ever heard.

[@Wrenchexe]

“2020 is finally done!” Fast forward to New Years where the world is on fire and everyone is having a break down because the time is 11:60pm

[@npc-333]

Or- even better- At 11:59 PM on December 31st, 2020, Huge red letters appear in the sky and it says "Round 2" And in the Smash Bros voice, it says in a terrifying tone: *Ready for the next battle?*

[@petra_gr]

@@npc-333 Oh god no please, we’re already going through enough.

[@cynthiagould881]

@@npc-333 wait- that's better?! 😂🤣😅

[@npc-333]

@@cynthiagould881 _far better_

[@npc-333]

@@petra_gr It's too much for you guys, but I'm a triangular demon's host! I'm pretty safe!

[@animalstudios158]

"Theres a few weeks left.. Bring it on!" 2020: *laughs meniachlly then begins to sing the villan song to end all villan songs*

[@MB-fe8jy]

At least the villain songs are always good....

[@icribe2945]

The final boss

[@XCHDragox115]

I hear boss music

[@henriquecarballoaranha9100]

And then Jonathan will probably cover it lmao

[@followeroffamouspeople4589]

*maniacally

[@reecepickett9972]

2016: I'm the worst year ever 2017: Hold my beer 2018: No, hold my beer 2019: *Throws beer across the bar 2020: *Shoots up the entire bar 2021: *Watches the whole incident though a window while recording it 2022: *Starts bludgeoning the remaining survivors with a golf club 2023: Mugs the bartender who is in complete shock at the whole situation 2024: Throws a molotov cocktail inside the bar, killing everyone inside and committing arson 2025: Calls 911 and tries to use a fire extinguisher

[@gabbykao1557]

2021: Blows up the bar and the neighboring cities around it with a nuke But I hope not

[@marn200]

@@gabbykao1557 2022: the earth explodes 2023: aliens from outer space make it worse by visiting whats left of the earth and trying to take it home

[@kaylimcginnis]

@@marn200 in 2024 the alien scientist learn how to clone but it ends up going horribly wrong and they use dead people to clone and end up bringing on the zombi apocalypse.

[@cryofpaine]

@@kaylimcginnis Oh we passed zombie apocalypse a long time ago. A hoard of mindless, half-dead, disease-spreading, soulless monsters? We call them the GOP.

[@danielkeys8974]

Should have been, *Bars are all closed now

[@slyar]

The fact she managed to not mention the pandemic until the second half of the song is shocking

[@KoiKatt]

Im not gonna lie. I FULLY expected the 2020 video to just be Malinda drinking in the bathtub and crying.

[@lawrencerutherford4260]

thats 2021

[@name-199]

Hahahaha1

[@azelfdaboi5265]

That's what I did in 2020

[@reptoidrenaissance]

Just 8 minutes of the expression at 0:25

[@abhayfamily8524]

@@reptoidrenaissance 😂😂

[@Ragnar_Aevarsson]

Malinda just told fate to “bring it on” and now I’m more scared.

[@Horrorqueen77]

Same I hope 2021 is better let’s hope she didn’t jinx it

[@thesilverprincess]

I hope 2021 is like: I don’t think I can top this I guess I’ll have do save earth ;( I hope

[@sophiaredwood5825]

1:38 the way she threw in “The World Turned Upside Down” so well is genius 👏👏

[@jasperinooo]

yes! I love the background vocals in all her songs but this arrangement was especially smart. Like idk if you noticed at 3:35 she also a lot of great vocals like fake crying when she said they kicked trump out, saying "hell yeah" when she said biden won and being the "trumpets of celebration" at the end of the sentence! Her backing vocals are honestly bomb.

[@Rubie_Acting]

I LOVE THAT PART

[@rainbowvamps8988]

Tbh I wasnt for any of these candidates but yes I hear the vocals and I love it!

[@CoeGr]

2021 did in fact bring it on!

[@sameehazaman1663]

They managed more than half the video without even mentioning covid and 2020 still sounded horrible 🤣

[@GummieI]

Actually COVID-19 is in the headline already shown in 2:26, and could even argue already at 1:24, since everyone in that picture have facemasks on

[@taylorwithnoswift3504]

NOBODY TOUCH THE LIKES

[@dagazrune6453]

@@taylorwithnoswift3504 she forgot Zombie fires and Crystalmeth Gators... I wish I was making those up.

[@sameehazaman1663]

@Lily Terrio Lol they opened a mummy December 2019 thats how we got into this in the first place they don't learn do they😂

[@mollycate5519]

Let’s just be real here... She could have done one of these way earlier in the year and STILL had a packed song. 2020 was something else

[@stitch8589]

Nobody: Pessimist Malinda: *CHRISTMAS IS CANCELLED F**** *IT ALL*

[@JustMeWhynot]

I died XD

[@TheWorhik]

That beep made it 20x funnier

[@name-199]

@@TheWorhik yep

[@Casuallyartisticaviator]

*yeets herself out the window*

[@DaSpringBunny]

When?

[@UAAlexArns]

It would be cool to see another one done even with all the hard work you are doing for your music

[@robster1551]

“Holy shit, it’s in minks?!” Best part ever

[@laurad323]

YES OMG I REWATCHED THAT PART AT LEAST TEN TIMES

[@dffulmer1]

That reminds me.....someone I used to know called me, "Mink, mink..."

[@anjabjersing1994]

Is the mink thing only in Denmark where i live?

[@mackenziechaudhry743]

ikr

[@SadisticSenpai61]

Ugh. It's also been found that we can give it to our cats and dogs and then get it right back from them. Covid is a nightmare virus. It wouldn't surprise me if it's in wild species all over the world now too.

[@KKLaurelye]

I always tear up at the 'there's life in between the headlines and fear, the little victories made this year'. It's so true and so much more important than people typically think.

[@nothings.real224]

Ya 2020 was crap

[@tazcooper3169]

"Is that all we have?" "Yes, and we always should" gets me every time.

[@LauraFromMarkerQuest]

Same. As many times as I've watched this, that's the part where I get weepy.

[@SadisticSenpai61]

Honestly, that's the only good part of 2020. It makes me cry every time too. But my hopes for a good outcome ended when Bernie just gave up in the primary. I put in all that work to help him win Iowa (my state) and for what? For him to just give up? And in favor of Joe Patriot Act Biden?! No, I'm not expecting others to agree with my politics. I'm just saying that was when I kinda just gave up on US politics. I just don't have the energy for this nonsense anymore. And then with Covid and everything else on top of all that? And now in 2022 with ppl pretending the pandemic is over because they're tired of taking precautions? It's enough to make me want to crawl in bed and sleep for a decade.

[@froggydraws_24]

“let’s hope we’ll learn in 2020” 2020: *society becomes progressively dumber*

[@solveigst-juste6276]

Am I the only one checking every day for the 2021 rewind?

[@mihirverma5338]

No definately not the only one.

[@solveigst-juste6276]

@@mihirverma5338 It seems we have to make up our minds that there will be no 2021 rewinds. Tragedy…

[@Malinda]

Hi friends!! I ended up releasing a Christmas single unexpectedly........It's called (Im)perfect Christmas. HERE IT IS!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGaleGyvlM13etU

[@user-my7qk3rj6j]

Hey is it okay if I use your song in caroling session. I didn't want to do it without your permission? LOVE YOUR CONTENT!!!

[@jackguhl4556]

@@user-my7qk3rj6j if it's not commercial use, you're free to go! Also, Malinda, this video is awesome and all but your singing was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! I really love your content do much. Thanks for making this year so much more bearable.

[@hazard9910]

oh my gosh, two of my favorite content creators ever doing virtual shows *together*?!

[@lindstheteacher1611]

Yep, finished college.

[@jimmyboll7258]

@@user-my7qk3rj6j Smart

[@twentywordsorlessYT]

Alternate title: _Malinda's Despair Event Horizon_ .

[@Thschei]

DID I HEAR DESPAIR

[@migsmethinks5801]

"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." -December 2020, probably

[@jasperinooo]

oh my god please no

[@bethanykroemer559]

It hasn’t been horrible quite yet. We might be good this month! But bring it on, 2020 still wants vengeance.

[@misstressfoxtail05]

please no

[@ohpurpled]

@@bethanykroemer559 so far so suspiciously good, though the Azerbaijan/Armenia ceasefire seems to have failed and UK still seems committed to collective suicide

[@danielkeys8974]

Hey, the aliens sound friendly.

[@icyflame716]

Have really been missing these the last years.

[@Trenzalore394]

"The world turned upside down" Hamilton or 2020? Because that song really fits this year.

[@kitchenxcounterr]

Too. Right.

[@becsterbrisbane6275]

Very true. And Hamilton was the only redeeming thing about this year!

[@mikeycerasno1fan]

True

[@shedotshearts]

And It’s Queit Uptown. Because it’s literally quiet Uptown.

[@kitchenxcounterr]

@@shedotshearts it is tho...!

[@queenclairey]

Just wait, the Honest 2021 Christmas song will be filmed in a bunker as the zombie apocalypse rages around us all

[@thorstensyring4756]

The mentioned dead minks in Denmark are the first step 😂😂😂

[@sapphiremoon9528]

...please don’t jinx us

[@hamsandwich4243]

Or we’ll all be hidden in the TARDIS after earth gets invaded by aliens

[@ervellynkane9742]

Haha, best case scenarios, huh?

[@youtubecat1658]

DONT JINX US

[@whitebear224]

"Bring it on" oh god Malinda, don't challenge 2020

[@soarinkitty3659]

I have a feeling 2021 will see the end of the world. Meteor, sun blows up, nuclear war, whatever it is, if it’s horrible I bet it’ll either be in the next few weeks or 2021

[@plasmakitten4261]

I would like to challenge 2021 to fucking come at us bro. We're used to every year getting worse now, you can't surprise us anymore.

[@christopherbacon1077]

Just Remember that Trump still has access to the nuclear codes

[@plasmakitten4261]

@@christopherbacon1077 I don't believe that if he didn't use them before that he would now. He's too much of a gutless coward to destroy the world.

[@Tensolin01]

Right, we still have a month left

[@cliffritch7304]

"Bring it on, 2021" No, please, the first week of 2021 was already bad enough. Please, 2021, please just calm down, we can all be civilized here. We didn't mean to challenge you. Please, let's just be friends

[@WildestCarton]

2021: never going to happen folks

[@hah-no.]

@@WildestCarton …soooooo it never got better, and this aged like milk-

[@becsterbrisbane6275]

2021: the year we hit peak shitfuckery!

[@revampedharpy09]

@@becsterbrisbane6275 2022 and 2023 might have something to say about that im afraid

[@lecryingseal9866]

I think saying “bring it on 2021” may have been a mistake

[@jocelyn248]

Oh boy, I just don't know what to expect for 2021. My pessimist side says: " THIS. YEAR. IS. GONNA. BE. WORSE. THAN. 2020!" but my optimist side says: "There is NO way! 2021 is gonna be worse than 2020. 2020 was and is rock bottom. 2021 HAS to be better!!!!". I'm not sure who to listen to.

[@lecryingseal9866]

@@jocelyn248 Idk either

[@rubiochica]

Until i heard this line i was optimistic. Now i'm just terrified.

[@laurad323]

My pessimism is taking over, bring it on 2021 was a bad idea

[@liammckevitt8096]

Trump is already requesting military assistance in Iraq and it's been less than a week

[@11sriver40]

dear 2021 please don't fail us love from, everyone in the world

[@unchartedraider7547]

2021 : Yeah I am basically the same but kinda worse.

[@christopherbacon1077]

@@the-pan-potato3139 Already own a spear and two daggers

[@sunshadowkitten8487]

@@the-pan-potato3139 how much do you think they'll be on amazon?

[@axzmelia6986]

finally, a 2020 anthem that is n o t a tiktok song.

[@cinnamontea1]

Don’t worry I’ll make a TikTok vid for you

[@shyannestrength1452]

Check out julie nolke's video "I put on pants today (2020 anthem)" idk if that's the title word for word but its pretty close

[@pointlessco.6363]

Just you wait. The Chinese government is on that.

[@APoliticalConfusionAndMess]

@@cinnamontea1 TikTok sucks.

[@tfizy3445]

im honestly thrilled to hear the 2021 version, its a kind of a tradition at this point

[@charlottealoraa]

Sadly she said on Twitter she won't be making one this year :(

[@tfizy3445]

@@charlottealoraa oh no!

[@tazcooper3169]

@@charlottealoraa Nooooooo!

[@superluigigamer9184]

The two worst things to say right now “Bring it on” and “it couldn’t get worse” Good job malinda, you just cursed us

[@NixillShadowFox]

Followed closely by calling a year with 28 more days "done".

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

Don't worry, it will only get worse from now on.

[@janikarkkainen3904]

@@NixillShadowFox Sooooo... 28 days later? 😬

[@jaskierthebard3051]

"I hope everyone has a safe, SAFE, holiday." Merry Christmas everyone! Even tho we still have what? 20 days?

[@CatchBurning]

Yes 17 days left, then I will set my expectations as low as possible: Nuclear war on New Year’s Eve.

[@jaskierthebard3051]

@@CatchBurning I'm not gonna ask are you alright, cuz non of us is

[@ninjanature7827]

Start a countdown: 16 days

[@zoe.b.8548]

@@ninjanature7827 Just replying so i can help you count down tommorow

[@jaskierthebard3051]

I want to join too, and actually there are 15 days left here, but there are some people who are still in yesterday so i'll wait

[@playlistnation423]

This did not disappoint. "2020 is done!" Everyone: HALLELUJAH

[@piniatafullofblood]

even atheists

[@megamonster1088]

@@piniatafullofblood Me an atheist:YES. HALAFUCKINGLUJA!

[@R.M.MacFru]

Me: it's not over yet...😶

[@vodyapraelium8772]

@@piniatafullofblood I can confirm.

[@telimasnorre8943]

2021 walking in „we’ll see...“

[@annehessler7574]

"this year needs a remake" i think 2021 took this as a challenge

[@CowsSayMoo]

KZbin: Cancels Rewind Malinda: Fine I'll do it myself

[@jocelyn248]

I don't understand what rewind is tho.

[@TemFromTheTemShop]

@@jocelyn248 It’s when KZbin goes over what happened in the year before the next year. It’s a rewind of what happened in KZbin.

[@jocelyn248]

@@TemFromTheTemShop Ok, but why do youtubers hate being in KZbin rewind?

[@TemFromTheTemShop]

@@jocelyn248Probably because it sucks and is basically a remake of the previous rewind. I dunno though.

[@eeshanmarathe3369]

@@jocelyn248 It's pretty cringy just makes you go ooooooof

[@willnotshutup]

the years deadass gradually get worse JUST to prove happy honest christmas song malinda wrong

[@Alwed_38]

I would call this is a conspiracy theory but it’s clearly true

[@unchartedraider7547]

It's not a theory as...Well we have proof it happened

[@wordart_guian]

the past honest christmas problems look so MILD now. also IMO 2019 was pretty good. best year I had lived through in a while.

[@willnotshutup]

@@shuu-wasseo ah yes, excuse me. the years deadass gradually watermelon JUST to prove happy honest christmas song malinda wrong

[@lolzguyl]

New yearly tradition: Go back and watch every single Honest Christmas in chronological order.

[@untitleduntitled4740]

One year later, this song still lives in my headp

[@e-chantheapple198]

Once upon a time in 2019 my friend said that the 2020’s would be the screaming 20’s (instead of the roaring 20’s) boy, were they right.

[@mr.worldwide4758]

The 1920s were still shit tho. We just remember the good times so its The Roaring 20s.

[@e-chantheapple198]

@@mr.worldwide4758 Yes, that is very true.

[@Ctjules56]

2020 is like a tragic musical, except it's real

[@eligonzalez666]

exactly

[@lizbroski3869]

If it was a musical I would like it better bc it would be socially acceptable to burst in to sing at any moment

[@prageruwu69]

and there's no music....

[@prageruwu69]

@@lizbroski3869 god ikr

[@readyplayermaddy7513]

tiktok, get on it, make a 2020 musical :D

[@ElMonoFuerte]

Okay, but hear me out: an actual Malinda Christmas album. I know it's probably too late, but I would love to hear Malinda sing proper versions of holiday songs.

[@violetmajesty]

I think she's singing some live with Thomas Sanders.

[@natethegreat7881]

"Covid, Covid won't you cease?" "We might have some vaccines!" "Holy s**t it's in Minks" "What-"

[@AlexanderrRobinEvans]

I’ve been looking forward to this all year and holy shit, I was NOT disappointed. And, man, I loved how when the pessimist started singing about Covid, she didn’t seem all negative and annoyed, she honestly just seemed sad. It broke my heart. This is the only acceptable way to end, 2020, thank you, Malinda.

[@apocalypticblox2346]

These comments are jinxing us-

[@XmasIsHere]

I wasn't even thinking this was gonna be released... STILL, GET THE POPCORN MOM!

[@MeepBeepBeep]

Past years: This year was the worst! Let's try to have the best New Year ever! 2020: Please, God, can we please have a better year. Like, the bar is low. Very low. Can we at least try not to be depressed. Please.

[@cityboundforest]

"The bar is on the floor." -John Mulaney

[@itz_moonwolf1480]

At this point the bar is literally at the center of earth. Right in the center of the core.

[@itz_moonwolf1480]

@Michael Fritz lol ye we r.

[@brandonmoreau3025]

Not gonna lie miss these

[@firefly7076]

It is disturbing how many times I've watched this in the past 19 days.

[@Tacocatv]

Saaaaaame

[@pav82]

Same

[@pointlessco.6363]

Sometimes i feel like Malinda just has millions of replicas of herself sitting in some warehouse just waiting to be featured in one of her creative masterpieces.

[@sammyhoffman4812]

Pre release: this should be good Post release: sensational

[@kalijones9076]

If you look at the 5:16 calendar, today marks 2 years since the final year-end musical! All hail this historic day

[@test-kf2zv]

Ooh. I wish we had more, but at the same time I can't blame her. For starters, I think it was easier in 2017 when we had an exceptionally awful year - or what we thought would be an exceptionally awful year. I think it COULD still be well done now, she made 2020 work, but I can see her being like "yeah, no, I give up." Maybe if we actually get a year with minimal chaos, she can make another one.

[@anarag2826]

Do you know why she stopped making year-end musicals? I loved them so much :(

[@test-kf2zv]

@@anarag2826 From what I can tell, she's moved way past that. Her last several videos have been Irish songs. It's sad, but things change. :/ That being said, her latest stuff is still amazing, just different!

[@Thedashkingdom9701]

HEY you, yea you, person in 2021, don’t keep scrollling: you’ll probably never see me again, but if you are reading this, I hope this year has been treating you better than 2020. Y’all are awesome, and I know that you’ll pull through the year. Hold your head up high, and keep going. There are always people here for your lowest of lows, so keep going through life, because you only have one, and you truly mean so much to me and so many others. 2020 will be a year to look back upon as something we were never fond of, but it will teach us many lessons for the future. I hope you can come back to this comment in 2021 and tell me something you are proud of yourself for in 2021. Have an amazing life, to all of you.

[@abhayfamily8524]

I love the concept of this comment! ☺️😊 Will definitely try to come back to this in 2021!

[@jonly38]

@@abhayfamily8524 same

[@jojoe3247]

Im coming back to this in 2021

[@Eirinya]

This is a great comment, thank you!!! I'll do my best to remember to come back here in 2021 with something to be proud of 💪🏻

[@Tacocatv]

Hi from 2021

[@infinit._]

What has this year taught you? My Optimist Side: Things can only get better. My Pessimist Side: Things can only get worse

[@phillystruck9003]

Combine both and its "It can only get"

[@wordart_guian]

This year taught us that good news have to be hunted for, and bad news just come to your door.

[@lavenderturtle3759]

This year has taught us that no matter what you think is rock bottom, there is always something worse around the corner!

[@IceePhoenix]

Me: Things can get better for everyone else, but not for me because I'm a disgusting piece of trash that hates myself

[@ericboom1712]

My optimist side died this year.... I dont see anything good anymore...

[@asterwashere]

all the thumbnail can make me think of is the 'this is fine' meme and honestly, that's what 2020 is at this point edit: all the small victories were such a nice touch, so i'll add my own too: i came out as pan!!

[@ReidTheNintendoPainter]

Honestly, you’re not wrong!

[@nk6197]

Yes! That is 2020 in meme form!

[@dianageist7210]

True

[@frogbysachs7559]

good job! i know how hard that can be. i came out as ace this year!

[@asterwashere]

@@frogbysachs7559 well done, i'm so proud of you!!

[@sakuraakarui9496]

literally, every time i am hearing this song and the "between headlines and fear" comes, I tear up for the rest of the lyrics. They hit me every time

[@mattslater2001]

The "Greensleves" part sends chills, both good and bad, down my shine.

[@eligonzalez666]

same!

[@brendanhart517]

Which part is the greensleeves?

[@neongreen3232]

@@brendanhart517 starts at around 3:48

[@wondermittens1844]

Some victories I had this year: * Got a girlfriend (we're both the big gay and couldn't be happier together despite COVID) * Began healing from past trauma * Met some new online friends * Got back into art thanks to said friends So yeah, the year has been a bit crummy [(cough) my comment on last years video (cough)], but I'm holding onto my hope that 2021 will be less worse. For me personally, and the world at large. Stay safe y'all.

[@strawberrybunny.2983]

Tbh I've been doing good in quarantine and started to do insta aesthetic posts to channel my artistic side so not bad lok

[@DASTUDIOS19]

This was the best year for me. 2020 was never bad for me ;P

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

This year i started in January by being the most depressed and suicidal i have ever been, thanks to a mismanaged change in my anti-depressant. Then i moved back in with my parents at 45y/o. Then covid hit, so no friends, no love, no hope.

[@wondermittens1844]

@@ireallyreallyhategoogle hey well at least you’re still here! You’re still standing in the face of the world throwing everything it has at you. That’s a victory in my book.

[@strawberrybunny.2983]

@@ireallyreallyhategoogle i hope things get better for you tho

[@Jasmine-qi5nw]

I literally cried when I saw “I came out” on the list of little victories. Quarantine really helped me figure out my identity, and it always makes me happy to see a creator I really enjoy being supportive of the LGBTQ+ community, even if it’s just with little things like that.

[@alejandroojeda1572]

She's increadible, every year, she always mentions the lgbtq comunity

[@aesopdemoor7595]

figure out your identity?...ever hear of a birth certificate, drivers license, passport. if you were refered to as one of those letters, would you be offended? + community

[@isleapyhunter930]

@@aesopdemoor7595 you do not get it.

[@isleapyhunter930]

@@aesopdemoor7595 ever heard of the LGBTQ+ community?

[@luckyducky5213]

I came out recently and I felt really proud looking at that.

[@TDRKB]

Now that 2021 is over, nearly.........I'd like to hear the 2021 version! You are talented and that was very moving..