MGMT - I Wish I Was Joking (Official Audio)

[@joeagger]

this is a gorgeous example of how to do an eleventh hour moment on a great album! poignant, a bit humorous in a self-deprecating manner, catchy, and instantly memorable

[@davidkwiatkowski949]

I never had a way to describe the second to last song on an album, one that is very heightened emotionally. An eleventh hour moment. Thank you

[@PenskeMaterial]

This song wont leave my head

[@monsterautomobile]

Im so happy to be alive to experience the 5th (official) album

[@Lu_Cidtrip]

"Here’s the thing about drugs They’ll sink your mind And steal your friends" the applause and laughing and cheering, then the cough at the end of the track is the perfect cherry on top... brilliant work

[@someguywithnoplan6395]

Yeah it's real revolutionary stuff

[@moodyangel]

This song made me laugh out loud twice when I first heard it. The tongue in cheek MGMT energy is timeless. Sonically it’s gorgeous.

[@ThiefOfBaghdad]

i let out the BIGGEST laugh during my first listen when i heard the most overused laugh track stock sound effect at the very end lol i've used that in comedy sketches multiple times and recognized it instantly... it's like the first result you get on here lol

[@TheGrape761]

i dont think they were joking though

[@francisstuartmilne6600]

Same

[@therealvlad505]

I don't get what's funny except the laugh track

[@ninanando]

@@therealvlad505”heres the thing about DRUUUGGGSSSS”

[@infinitelaughs.]

Reminds me a bit of Flaming Lips, but of course MGMT make it their own unique sound. I love how they do that. There’s genres like rock, pop, jazz, then there’s just MGMT. ♥️

[@gumpydruckers7961]

Yeah, reminds...

[@D_Loafer0095]

Totally agree on the Lips comment

[@iamhereblossom1588]

A spoonful weighs a ton!

[@ElMundoDeSam95]

they nailed it out of the park with this album...

[@D_Loafer0095]

I think the album is decent. I think this track is amazing. It’s gut wrenching. It makes me tear up every time I listen to it. There is something so utterly relatable about this disassociative disbelief, it’s so sad and almost comical. And it’s all communicated in this lush hook. Fuck. Definitely feeling some Soft Bulletin vibes on this one. Well done lads

[@PhunkPromotion1]

Heartbreakingly beautiful!

[@pupilmover9835]

Devastating 😢

[@captchasuck]

I wish I was choking.

[@munch314]

A new day is dawning

[@jeffdowdell1550]

This is my favorite track of the album!

[@Starky25]

Same here, it instantly stood out to me! I WISH I..... WAS JOKING!

[@pinkmark4047]

I wish I was joking but saaaaaame.

[@gon86gon]

It's incredible and very emotional.

[@kennylovessbs]

favorite song on the album so far. I wish I was joking

[@cvayas.]

I really like the new MGMT!

[@Starky25]

I was worried after being underwhelmed by some of the singles, but boy does it feel nice to say that I was wrong! Such a damn good album!

[@tehzo]

i think this ones my favorite. it got me the most emotional

[@SacriStuff]

mother nature's my personal favorite but this is a close second for me

[@therealvlad505]

Mother Nature is addictive for me, and Nothing to Declare

[@cremesoda4831]

agreed

[@jdnart]

​@@therealvlad505 agreed

[@chea.5416]

Half of love is still love You beg the dawn to ease you in Pass the time a thousand ways In the dump, you'll find love Half the time I feel sad And any kind of love will do But it's a job Don't know if that's the dream In a style that's insincere For a six-dollar coffee And municipal parking And Disney on ice I wish I was joking I wish I was joking I wish I was joking (I wish I was joking) I wish I was joking (I wish I was joking) I wish I was joking (I wish I was joking) Here's the thing about drugs They'll sink your mind And steal your friends You kiss the sky below the bed You get in the car but don't go I'm kind of in to being home It's the time for love affairs 'Cause now and then I can't tell right from wrong You talk me down You raise the dead Nobody calls me The gangster of love (gangster of love) At six in the morning A new day is dawning I wish I was joking I wish I was joking (I wish I was joking) I wish I was joking (I wish I was joking) I wish I was joking (I wish I was joking) I wish I was joking (I wish I was joking) I wish I was joking (I wish I was joking) I wish I was joking (I wish I was joking) I wish I was joking (I wish I was joking) I wish I was joking (I wish I was joking) Half of love (is joking) Half of love is still love

[@JoeCr-ig2nh]

Best song on the album. So poignant. We are the end of an age, we have no idea what comes next. So we lie in wait.

[@imontellano]

Nobody calls me The gangster of love At six in the morning

[@pinkmark4047]

That line hit me listening to it at 6am this morning

[@freakloc]

They better not, gotdamnit

[@imontellano]

@@freaklocWhy not?

[@zack49]

@@imontellano maybe he feels the same, it's too damn early. My work alarm hasn't even rung at that point

[@in999deepproduction3]

This album is so damn bittersweet. Like I wanna be hopeful even though I know life’s so grim. 😢

[@ignoracula]

I laughed and cried at the same time

[@Jacob-hk6to]

Best song on the album?

[@hugobellahcene3832]

I needed this master piece... Thanks bros'! Mean so much to me. I'm working everyday in a kebab on a casino in Melbourne, Australia... Crowded and full of absurds people... And they Always play "Time to pretend" on my shift. I feel so Lost making kebab on "Time to pretend" but my energy turn so intense on your music. And now this track that resume my life so deeply. Love you guys from the begining. You are the best! Your music Always sound like honey on my brain. You helped me in so many ways. And sorry about my english... I'm from France. You know so much about life!

[@PRGMRav]

Half of love... is still love.

[@freakloc]

Profound

[@totomzn]

BRO WAKE UP MGMT DROPPED A BANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nervvana]

Absolute masterpiece

[@bartvaneschannel]

That last nervous cough sound at the end, make me think HE WAS CHOKING 😊

[@erkierkierki]

I wish I was choking

[@AlbertDrippinOnestone]

I think one day this song will be put on one of these tiktok edited videos just like LDA

[@paulinahernandez5883]

MGMT❤

[@kevinnovak5718]

Good job on this one, love this new album...this is slowly going for my no.1 spot

[@mjm2804]

My favourite of the album, absolutely beautiful

[@rafajian62]

That last cough is iconic 3:44

[@jonathanoliveira2879]

Thanks MGMT!

[@onofreliscano]

we are viewing! Thanks MGMT!

[@3rioISM]

The buildup was really good!

[@jacke_RS]

Both the saddest and funniest song I’ve ever heard

[@MuchCow9000]

1:40

[@danielfiles773]

The bubblegum blues my brotha

[@European_mess]

THIS IS AMAZING OMG

[@Lanthir2]

"I wish I was choking"

[@iamhereblossom1588]

Someone likes the Flaming Lips!

[@michellemiranda9801]

Se la rifaron con este nuevo álbum 🥹🖤💛

[@AndresLicari]

Half of love is still love You beg the dawn to ease you in Pass the time A thousand ways In the dump You’ll find love Half the time I feel sad And any kind of love will do But It’s a job Don’t know if that’s the dream In a style that’s insincere For a six dollar coffee And municipal parking And Disney on ice I wish I was joking I wish I was joking I wish I was joking I wish I was joking I wish I was joking Here’s the thing about drugs They’ll sink your mind And steal your friends You kiss the sky below the bed You get in the car but don’t go I’m kind of in to being home It’s the time for love affairs ‘Cause now and then I can’t tell right from wrong You talk me down You raise the dead Nobody calls me The gangster of love At six in the morning A new day is dawning I wish I was joking I wish I was joking I wish I was joking I wish I was joking I wish I was joking I wish I was joking I wish I was joking I wish I was joking I wish I was joking Half of love Half of love is still love

[@therealvlad505]

You know the lyrics are in the description?

[@robertcalhoun4459]

@@therealvlad505 Nobody calls me the gangster of love.

[@dominicbennettmusic]

He’s clearly saying “choking” some of those times

[@violetatorres8593]

@@therealvlad505I don’t :(

[@hazirahhamzah1556]

Thank u MGMT! ❤

[@The.Frumious.Bandersnatch]

I know this feeling all too well :(

[@Loogable]

This is really random, but I wish MGMT and Gorillaz would colab sometime

[@christinelowder618]

That would be so fire!!!

[@sn00pysfone]

It's funny you mention that, "I wish I was Joking" and "Loss of Life" capping off this album has been reminding me of "Don't get Lost in Heaven" and "Demon Days" capping off Demon Days.

[@rabissenseicomprende7994]

Great fuckin idea 💡

[@IamSnooners.]

I knew this one would be fire 🔥it's my favorite from this album so far ♡

[@werwolvez]

I saw MGMT in 2009

[@inthefadeproductions]

wow

[@squirrelgray945]

Classic.

[@brendaalmeida113]

EU SIMPLESMENTE AMEI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nunca cansam de fazer musica boa msm

[@heejeongpark4104]

Brilliant beautiful lyrics

[@Samwise108]

This reminds me of Goodbye Moon Man from Rick and Morty 😂

[@sgmx757]

Beautiful.

[@FutureAbe]

Sounds like he's saying "I wish I was choking". Then I think "hm, he must be joking". But he only wishes he was joking... And it's about drugs.. :( Anyway, that was my weird interpretation when I heard this song for the first time in the middle of the night at the train station

[@petercurrie8047]

I found and played this album last night and shaed it to everyone i know we all loved it,myself i think its their best work in years. ❤😊 ty MGMT.

[@dxm7279]

steve miller band reference?

[@jamesdrain2968]

A NEW DAY IS DAWNING

[@SpaceCaptnFace]

Like frank zappa when the rest of his band was sober

[@latrodectus777]

I wish I was choking

[@kakacis6784]

💗

[@panfilolivia]

Yay new album

[@CE_Channel]

9:23AM//3-8-24

[@viaxartes2899]

❤hace mucho no los veo en vivo . Ahora vivo en Brasil. Los vi dos veces allá . Después voy a escuchar el disco completo 😃🎉

[@trevcar]

Johnny guitar watson reference was nice

[@augustocesarmusic1661]

Viva MGMT

[@Omegared_o]

smirk

[@heejeongpark4104]

Come to Melbourne again!!!

[@ghoon2973]

On point

[@diegarrix8422]

❤❤❤

[@Anhya_19]

The song it's very beutiful ❤❤

[@PHD18E]

Best song off the album imo. Extremely moving and grandiose. And can you believe it, once again Pitchfork completely misses the point in their review : "Though it sports a couple of genuinely laugh-out-loud funny lyrics-the conversational frankness of “Here’s the thing about drugs” as the first line of a verse; the allusive specificity of “No one calls me the gangster of love” as an entry in the subsequent list of downsides-the tune simply isn’t robust enough to support the plodding melodrama of its arrangement, no matter how smartly it conveys the narcissistic bathos of addiction." Thinking the best rated MGMT output in 17 is their Late Night Tales compilation...SMH...

[@Kaoruishere]

They never got MGMT. Eventually every other outlet managed to get past their initial "Congratulations" trauma, but Pitchfork is still sticking to its guns like a MF. At this stage it's probably just to keep the meme going.

[@TheAuteurist23]

Nice

[@nameisnotrelevant]

mmm mmm mmgmt new stuff 51 mins ago... I love it

[@Agedwarlock]

I really wish I we were joking

[@nickkerinklio8239]

Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner ☦️

[@derpoltergeist8265]

He himself is the biggest sinner of all

[@justwiln]

Flying Spaghetti Monster, Son of Garlic Bread, have mozzarella on me a singer

[@ibm_businessman6033]

Amen brother

[@SpaceCaptnFace]

God slept through the holocaust... He's definitely not awake now

[@cobalt-6747]

@@derpoltergeist8265 the guy who’s perfect and died for anyone so we could be saved in heaven only if you believed that he died on the cross. “The biggest sinner of them all”

[@inthefadeproductions]

Ain't that sweet when there's no way back. Gone forever, but still being found over and over again. Melted and twisted never ending love. Dreams and desires. The Fallen Empire. Oh how I love you. ❤

[@3mindrebel]

For someone who knows like two songs (now three) from MGMT, Idk how I'm seven minutes early

[@Starky25]

You only know two songs?!? Holy shit do I envy you. You've got an adventure ahead of you. Listen to their entire catalogue, in chronological order. You will NOT be disappointed.

[@3mindrebel]

@@Starky25 It has to be in chronological order 😭 Nah jk, Where does it start?

[@vgrepairs]

Congratulations ​@@3mindrebel

[@vazquezbol6744]

Es muy buena, increíble. Me recordó mucho a Radiohead wtf

[@andresalfonso4407]

En que te recordó a radiohead?

[@zenon652]

Sounds like a John Lennon song

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

🎧▶🎶🤡

[@michellara1964]

I wish I was joking ):

[@jamesdrain2968]

At the dump!

[@nighteye4042]

Damn I'm early

[@motarys]

😢😢💖🙏

[@Ax0n41]

I wish I was joking too..

[@jlo9993]

why are all the comments on this for I Wish I Was Joking and not Loss of Life lol

[@Waffleghost1]

I was here first CherryTheBerry

[@4IndieForever]

Almost first.

[@pedrxfx5945]

mt foda alek vamo dança 🕺🎉

[@datcat11scratch]

i wish i was choking

[@adamalchemy2790]

Half of love is choking

[@OBKean]

LETS FUCKIN GOOoooOo

[@yoya.]

I love these quirked up white men.

[@heinouss_]

😮

[@desmondruhling]

I wish I was joking

[@SatanasanataS]

[@SheriffBananas]

Thank fuck

[@dancash5353]

6$ coffee municipal parking Disney on ice I wish I was joking

[@sn00pysfone]

Perfect Lyric in a Perfect Song

[@jacobalvarez-fq5go]

😯🎹🫠

[@khit007]

It ain't no little dark age. still love MGMT though. I like mother nature at least

[@jasonrattue]

Just say no! The recuperation results in awful music...

[@Pewdiecack99]

Bring back the old mgmt, I'm not happy with the new one.

[@zaeoxo]

boo

[@mobbaddictchannel]

It's better than ever man

[@user-ne9sd4ow1o]

I wish I was choking..