The True Meaning Behind PUMPED UP KICKS

[@Middle8]

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[@collinbrancato7695]

ok

[@gaper13-fh5cf]

Ok

[@NotTwilightSparkle]

Okai

[@jared-2]

you could've done this 3 months ago

[@amc4t]

he did

[@ZHENRY-hl5hw]

“He’s a cowboy kid” could also reference his cigarette because marlboros were known as “cowboy killers”

[@joodlenoodle1766]

@@foxtrot680 most Coloradans are not ranchers lmao. Especially not around Denver and its suburbs, the most cowboy thing I've seen in Denver is the National Western Stock Show that comes around once a year. The cowboy thing is likely just a reference to westerns or cigs like OP said.

[@atthecore4560]

Futuristic persona makes classical analysis XD

[@skriblez9001]

techno.logic and the cigarette is his mind. “He reasons with his cigarette” means that he was not sure if he should pull the trigger. His mind was his major weakness for his plan and what would be the death of him.

[@MBS22]

his cigarette is rolled, i just think its about imagery... cig smoking, gun toting, outsider cowboy kid

[@joshdeese432]

Also because he uses a six-shooter gun

[@ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC]

I've never seen this song as "happy," because I couldn't ignore the lyrics.

[@DDChorror]

Also it doesn't sound happy at all

[@mustymax5878]

Rinky Dink honestly it’s pretty sad

[@ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC]

@@DDChorror Exactly!

[@Yasmin-qo2jd]

I used to see this song as a happy song. It released when I was in high school. It was the song that everybody just sing ad dance to. I guess I wasn't aware about the meaning of the lyrics because maybe I was young and stupid but I think it was also because school shooting is not a problem in the country I grew up in. idk.

[@LukeLikesToDraw]

I never heard the song’s instrumental as “happy” either. I thought it sounded (if this is the word I’m looking for) weird and creepy. I also thought the chorus said “faster than my brother” when I was 7 and first heard the song. Lol

[@adamka-1]

What’s so difficult to understand? “Roberts’ got a quick hand.” It’s clearly about early puberty.

[@ryxn8760]

🤣😂

[@pudauncle1712]

Oh shi-

[@MenchieExtrakt]

Better run so his load don’t shoot onto the other kids

[@Kris.krisis]

HmMm

[@MetaReplication]

LMAO

[@phantomwarrior8686]

Probably one of the most well made and the most important younger sounds ever made. Made an entire 2010s generation including myself. Extreme good vibes and very smart lyrics, certainly an instantaneous classical.

[@goldentop6948]

what i dont get, is why ppl in america immediately associate the lyrics with school shootings. its not, whatsoever. its about a singular kid, whos dad loves guns and therefore prob quite aggressive. which means, the kid, who is the singer too right?, so the kid is a mentally unstable one, and this kind of threatening with shooting is his norm. this is his default, to threaten others he doesnt like, not with words, not with fight, but with guns. also, there is no violence actually carried out according to the lyrics, only threatens. its way more like, a bad parental situation and aggressive father model, which leads this kid to be a total introvert, and he is singing this song in his head, as a fantasy, to himself, as to what he should or would do some day. this is also based on the very much reverbed whistling, reverbed and echoed singing effects put on the vocals, let alone the parts of those run run run like at the beginning. its all echoed, which reminds you of it being sang in a cave, which is a metaphor for your own head, which is the cave. which means, all of this, is in this kids head. which means, no act is carried out.

[@phantomwarrior8686]

@@goldentop6948 bro what hell you're talking about Even the producers already admitted this song is all about a school shooter

[@larryn4219]

read the article on songfacts. the band and the writer describes the song as a psychtic guys internal monologue, and has nothing to do with school shters, but a mssed up minded teenager who has a father who loves guns.

[@goldentop6948]

@@phantomwarrior8686 nice shadowbanning all my comments guy.

[@goldentop6948]

@@phantomwarrior8686 read the article on songfacts, the writers said themselves it has nothing to do with schl shters, just a mentally dstrbed guy whos father has guns, and this is his internal monologue.

[@qweasdqwe2409]

I feel like this is the one song that doesn’t need explaining

[@ivandelaguardia1]

qweasdqwe like, the only only song that doesn’t need explaining

[@yungctrlfreak]

^

[@presidentfool1325]

OUTRUN MY GUN

[@Meechell]

BETTER RUN BETTER RUN OUT RUN MY GUN

[@Carmn07]

Also the song “ransom”

[@nosyDetective]

"I'm not surprised you didn't notice" Literally the entire Internet: uses Pumped Up Kicks as the symbol of school shooting

[@thesuccessfulone]

This Is America replaced it

[@yespapa8102]

Columbine moments lmao

[@erika002]

@Khaki Shorts *fuck, the blue bois are here* - D-Boi 2020

[@miscellaneousbox848]

Especially during ww3 memes

[@nemanjamarkovic2444]

true XD

[@shuk0rina444]

THEY PLAYED THIS SONG AT MY SCHOOL WINTER DANCE AND MY HEART ALMOST EXPLODED BECAUSE I LOWKEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FINNA KILL US

[@raaston9761]

sounds like something i would do if i was a teacher

[@bukowskifamily7728]

Holy shiit

[@kakashihatake633]

Other Situation, we had a disco at school and 2 days earlier everybody could writedown some Songs that would be Played. First thing i wrote "Foster The People ~ Pumped up kicks" Disco Starts, pumped up kicks plays an hour later, teacher came rushed in in Panic that someones about to start a school shooting xD

[@ultravioletishere]

Alpha playz yes

[@sonicgaymer4577]

Oh god I would though

[@L-O-C-0]

Last year there was a shooter at my school and someone died. It’s been very hard to deal with. As much as I love this song it hurts to listen too. Everyday I think about it and I hope that nobody ever has to go through anything like me or other kids ever. This is a real problem in the world and I just don’t think people are making a big enough deal about the consequences of guns. Anyways that’s my venting for today! Have a good night everyone

[@sarahwashington00]

Hey ! I am so sorry it happened at your school this is tragic idk you but I hope you feel okay and you have people to talk to

[@Poeticsunit]

lmao

[@earlpipe9713]

One of the biggest factors contributing towards such incidents continuing in perpetuity, imo, is the manner of media coverage they receive, in which said media rewards the perpetrators of these tragedies, not only with the instant infamy and power incentives the perpetrators learned could be achieved through prior media coverages, but also with the publicizing of any political manifestos perpetrators may have.

[@SD-C4]

@@Poeticsunit ok... WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU

[@laurahamilton6528]

I’m so sorry to hear that. I can’t imagine what it must be like. All I can say is lobby hard to get your government to change the gun laws. There will always be gun crime, I’m afraid, but school shootings are rare (if not non-existent) in countries with strict gun control laws. I live in one of them.

[@housememe9210]

Middle 8: the meaning behind pumped up kicks Me: *nervous laughter*

[@tedarcher9120]

*read the lyrics*

[@Spherey]

Me: laughs in animation memes

[@ChronicAndIronic]

Hah... hah... uhhhh they found me out

[@MrAnthonyIII]

@@tedarcher9120 Or just listen to the song, it's not like it's hidden

[@dhuill8900]

Edgy

[@spacekii]

Your editing is so underrated

[@RyanStaben]

Retro Lad *your

[@theherst]

He reminds me of daftpina

[@spacekii]

@@RyanStaben Damn autocorrect haha

[@cxssetteman182]

Deadass

[@KESTRAL23]

Retro Lad hello sexy

[@petey5009]

Pumped up kicks: a song about anti bullying and depression Schools: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that

[@danimationd8886]

@Gee Tar about justice of the poor one that always bullied by some shitty rich man or senator's son

[@thebegbie3931]

DansGamers 01 and then shoots and try’s to kill numerous other kids

[@gabby_5820]

Did you summon me

[@sluggish._]

They used to play this song in my school during gym while I was in 3rd grade

[@therealktm5615]

My school played this song I’m dead

[@apileofsticks9581]

the vocals are so crisp they give me chills down my spine

[@mistertwister2000]

Middle 8: Did you know that Pumped Up- Literally everyone: Yes, we knew.

[@ssently7512]

MisterTwister lol true

[@Drug.Lullaby]

Is that Xam on your profile pic?

[@loganjohnson8010]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 That's funny

[@dum5247]

It’s too true

[@guadalupeacevedo8988]

Ikr

[@alexzamudio9239]

This song sounds a whole lot more disturbing with out the instrumental

[@preposteroussvideos]

Ikr

[@deltalotl]

gatekeeper no

[@emiliano1477]

i want to like this comment but i dont wanna ruin the 420 likes

[@KESTRAL23]

gatekeeper hell no its ass crack

[@rayjardiolin5035]

gatekeeper booo

[@layaman142]

Schools : does online classes now Robert : Sad Noises

[@thesushiwolf3348]

Lol

[@moth8569]

*puts on vr headset* you cant run now

[@saayum]

*sprays the laptop screen*

[@skm3559]

*BREAKING: SCHOOL SHOOTING RATES DROP TO 100%*

[@nameslesss]

Virus link

[@drewo.127]

3:45 I absolutely LOVE how you explained the elements of this song and all the eras they are pulling from/their purpose! I’m trying to build my very first original song (as someone who’s only just recently decided to finally start trying my hand at the medium itself) and I’m trying to mix and match different eras to make some kind of…bubblegum pop 60s/70s/80s hybrid rock? All I know is I want something to sound like I took this song, and Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ and merge them all with the Beatles and Beach Boys, all under a bubblegum pop vibe! It’s my very first time seriously trying my mind at music and music theory, so I’m intentionally not worrying about “perfection” or whatever, and focus on just having fun playing with sounds! So far, I have the drum beat, the baseline, and a couple of spaced out semi emotional synths, all done in the wee hours of the morning! I better go to bed, but I think I might have something here! Again, thanks for this video!💖

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

When the quiet kid calls shotgun but there's no car in sight.

[@anggikharisma6388]

Why do i always see u everywhere?

[@_zet_zet_]

KZbin pays this guy to comment on most of the videos in this platform

[@anggikharisma6388]

@Uncle kzbin.info/www/bejne/foLSg4ueiJyporc

[@koimeme]

And he pulls out a mosberg out of his ass

[@connordervoncyberlifegesen8529]

Just Some Guy without a Mustache NANI?

[@sean..L]

We don't need "infectious" melodies right now

[@mr.mister873]

Sean L yes we do

[@crooked7592]

agreed. we need healing melodies maybe?

[@defnotaiden846]

that one account more like medical melodies

[@finnthewastebin1503]

Sean L LOL

[@atthecore4560]

It's the trend of minimalist hipsters.

[@lowkeymatt]

True meaning: BOY HE BOUT TO DO IT

[@tedarcher9120]

GO GETEM BOY

[@eduardsusai559]

OH LAWD HE COMIN'

[@khalidahalyah]

SOMEBODY CALL DA AMBALANCE

[@solutionghostsimple6470]

Yup

[@Xinlytical]

( *gun sounds* )

[@m4rt_]

I love the video and the editing... just awesome how much effort you put into this. Keep doing this, you are awesome.

[@lostglaceon9274]

Wait, did you just say that this song came out in 2011? *oh my god*

[@mr.mister873]

Helena best is good but I like pick u up the most

[@ramanabdullen]

it actually came out in 2010

[@ShadowTheDeathhog]

Yup, I listened to this album so much in high school. It has this essence to it where if I made a collage to represent my high school memories, this song would definitely be on it along with Adventure Time, Scott Pilgrim vs the World, and memes that aged horribly

[@lostglaceon9274]

@@ShadowTheDeathhog The one thing I ever remember from that game is the soundtrack because Anamanaguchi is just *y e s.*

[@foglias]

Joz Me too. Just in my case it will be sophomore year at college!! One of my friends and the members of a student group used pumped up kicks for an ad inside the school. That was awkward to listen. Hehe

[@MortisCorpus]

No wonder everyone wanted to suddenly be my friend after I accidentally played this at school

[@squidwurdiered1445]

Pain

[@NumeroUNOGibbers]

It took me a while to understand this comment

[@Nalon.1242]

"Accidentally"

[@memememen8313]

Underrated

[@Cx-vb2pz]

@The champs of Gaming update...?

[@cadehdmi3138]

They played this at a school dance once and everyone, every age, every race was dancing.

[@NarratorLP]

Because it’s a great song :D

[@sunnybaudelaire9384]

My art teacher played it once and I seemed to be the only one concerned.

[@maxresdefault_]

Absolutely no surprises there. It’s an easy song to sing and dance to.

[@urmom-tl1tm]

Jesus Christ-

[@crackerass8379]

I heard it at my school so i ran

[@honeybadgerwyrd]

As a 90s teen I will never forget Columbine. Although that was far from the first or unfortunately last school shooting, it was one that resonated with me. These were kids just like me and my friends. We loved metal and Black and AAAAAHHHHHHH!!! if you down you know what I mean. Either way, for me this created a mistrust in those around me. I thought, well hell, if their friends didnt know how would we? What if it IS Me who has this festering? IT was intense. To the parents of today, treat yourselves and your children well. Treat those you come into contact with with Love and Compassion. For I still believe we will Life in a World of Peace. Our lessons are clearly documented for us, the future is OURS!

[@Vpentrov]

I can’t imagine being a person with the sane interests after Columbine. Must’ve felt like being a Muslim after 9/11.

[@chrisgomez1840]

i dont blame u de problem wit school is dat they often teach us to stand up for ourselves against bullying but once u do u get in trouble

[@jenniferdegrote3298]

I was a junior in Highschool. We had alot of kids who wore long black coats. Students would look at them with fear after Columbine. Sad time

[@derpybacon6197]

This song was actually made because one of the members in the band had a sister who survived a school shooting.

[@fbi-thatrobloxian761]

Derpy Bacon oh the awkwardness of when he went back home with his sister. Band member:” yeah i just made a song with my friends” Sister:” nice what’s it about?” Band member:” a story about a kid named Robert and him shooting rich kids for revenge” Sister:”...”

[@cubriffic172]

Yeah, I believe it was the Columbine shooting

[@cubriffic172]

@LTrain 45 I looked it up and it wasn't why the song was written (the song was written bc the lead singer forced himself to write one), but it did serve as inspiration for it.

[@mackr1940]

It was his cousin actually

[@tylord.]

yee cubbie finks cousin

[@berniedankers4081]

When you really think about the intention Mark Foster had behind this song, it starts to be so unreal how an epidemic such as school shootings being so relevant during that time is still relevant today. In other words, this song is still alive and in today’s time. Mark Foster really doesn’t get the credit he deserves for this timeless piece

[@wisdomkasozi6089]

The sad thing is it is timeless

[@689productions7]

r.i.p. Mark Foster

[@cheddarcheese4159]

White Boyz wait he died?

[@shikarics]

@@cheddarcheese4159 lmao no. He's alive

[@swoli1]

Yee bwudehh

[@dr.doritos9875]

I've memorized the first 3 seconds of the song in case anyone plays this at school, I know what's going on immediately

[@loverthing_meow]

very smart

[@MrMilky-ek1wb]

*TIME TO BOOK IT*

[@mihailsazdov4280]

Is this some American joke I'm too European to understand?

[@tecsrpi]

Shrek Joestar • 55 years ago gun violence

[@NoobOfShame]

@@mihailsazdov4280 im American and it doesn't seem like a joke, atleast a good one. But either way he's referencing the association with this song and the all too numerous school shootings in the US

[@misterHuetube]

Man I’d be really jazzed about a discography deep dive of Foster the People. You’ve introduced me to some killer music over the years and the background is whipped cream on my musical sundaes. Keep it up, you’ve got a long time fan

[@hayden_shonk536]

Everybody gangster till the quiet kid has a violin case and isn’t in orchestra

[@memeghost6850]

😂😂

[@Conn78987]

😳

[@westernsky667]

Orchestra*

[@kristelveske1637]

😂🤣😂 crying rn

[@SgtChocoKev]

WesternSky667 Why you so bootyhurt?

[@Jeff-ti8gj]

*"how can a happy tone music have such dark lyrics?"* Japanese Songs: *Sweating*

[@13jae85]

me! me! me!: 👁👄👁

[@futuretone]

HAPPPPY song: **nervous sweating**

[@dai-f4s]

everybody gangster until the new kikuo song gets subtitles

[@pheonix_soldier]

Rolling girl, watashi no r, hated by life itself, lost ones weeping, SENBONZAKURA

[@KentuckyFriedFlint]

Mememe, many vocaloid songs, and song weird jpops: ehhhh... eheheh...

[@gardiner_bryant]

What really shook me was how this song is nearly 10 years old. I was 23 when this song came out. I'm now almost 32. What the actual frick? Foster The People are one of my favorite bands with some of the most poignant and transformative lyrics of our times. Great video as always!

[@DEFxRECON]

Hey grandpa, the 90s were 30 years ago. Embrace the futility of time.

[@transamination]

It's terrifying, right? Think about this, 10 years before this song came out, you were 13. 13 to 23 felt like forever, 23 to 32 not so much.

[@PhilVillagerOffical]

Frick

[@blinkblik6924]

i cant believe its still being talked about 😆

[@spaceinbetween6591]

transamination I was in middle school when PUK came out and i remember high top shoes really were "in" back then, but they werent Reeboks like the video says, they were Osiris which you could only get from a Journeys. looking back, those shoes were ugly as shit. Also im 21 and im just now starting to experience that warped time perception you’re talking about. I remember every single birthday felt like a goddamn milestone when i was little, but now its just like "oh shit, its been another year already?"

[@deborahsmith1918]

When you are happy,you enjoy the music When you are sad,you understand the lyrics When you are angry,you make the lyrics reality Edit: I’m never not looking at this again

[@IICHARLESII]

I would hope it would fill you with condolence that you aren’t the only one that has felt that way, but because you aren’t so pathetic you fall to your lesser demons and understand being that monster solves nothing and makes you far worse than whatever or whoever put you in that headspace. No matter how bad a spot your in you can find happiness and success on your terms and and that is far greater revenge than destroying not only the ones that cause pain but doing worse to everyone who ever cared. Short story, it’s ok to feel like a loser sometimes, that doesn’t mean you need to make yourself a bonafide one.

[@cuberten]

@@IICHARLESIIholy sheeheet what happened

[@murica_o102]

may be relatable

[@LemonLimeLays]

cornball bruh

[@fri2k]

@@IICHARLESII i aint reading allat

[@juanda8728]

"Don't join the Zoom meeting tomorrow"

[@originalusername6224]

LMAO

[@vabbspat6659]

Lol

[@zethylene]

Thanks but... *wait*

[@akt3037]

*why not?*

[@Tekkwin]

he brought his dads Glock.png

[@bigoof8855]

Student: *sneezes* Deaf kid: bless you Student: Thank yo- *pumped up kicks starts playing*

[@woodoospirit6346]

Maybe he saw it but it would be rather strange or creepy cause how would he learn to speak if he's deaf

[@PeteyParka]

@@woodoospirit6346 If he wasn't born deaf then he would (hopefully) know how to speak, unless he was like 3 when he stopped hearing

[@woodoospirit6346]

@@PeteyParka you're right

[@gofunky8263]

He’s just magic

[@leigharandall9469]

Or he has been pretending to be deaf and just been waiting for the right time to strike

[@mr.dinosuar7333]

"what's the true meaning of pumped up kicks" The entire internet: *Wouldn't you like to know weather boy*

[@emperor2344]

Lol i know that

[@jordan4]

Whats weather boy is it a song?

[@Abyxxmal]

i was gonna like but i don't wanna ruin 420 likes

[@musicmixesmore3049]

“where are your parents”

[@justdont7522]

Mr. Green shut up redditor

[@mysticalrandomness4282]

It’s the perfect example of “When your happy you enjoy the music. When your sad you understand the lyrics”

[@GetMeOutOfMyMisery]

I'm feeling kinda dad rn

[@mysticalrandomness4282]

@@GetMeOutOfMyMisery same tho

[@GetMeOutOfMyMisery]

@@mysticalrandomness4282 lol

[@lornamurdocheaton624]

You're

[@markyy7698]

When I was a kid back in 2012 listening to this song on the radio I always thought his was singing “better run better run, faster then my bucket”

[@agentpancake4786]

The logic....it's.....to powerful. *Rockets heard firing in distance* Over radio: "The all-powerful guy is down"

[@ihavealobotomy]

I thought it was about a kid named Robert teaching kids about running in kicks

[@lottiepovey]

i thought that it was mustard in my pocket

[@starplaysroblox9653]

lottie domino 😂

[@placeholdername5289]

I Always Thought "All The Other Kids With The Pumped Up Kicks" Was "I'll Be With The Kids With The Pumped Kicks."

[@ilikescatsalot]

"How can a happy song have such a dark meaning??" Twenty One Pilots : *sweating intensifies*

[@ComePollinateMeHey]

Every song off of every album lol

[@eman5065]

@@ComePollinateMeHey like two songs are happy lol. But its like 7 to 8 years ago

[@Goopyweevil]

Elton John "i think im gonna kill myself"

[@ShineyFace1337]

"Ring around the rosie" has enter the chat

[@Ozan_Dread]

I never expected someone to talk about twenty one Pilots and get so many likes i like this comment

[@cultofeyes7260]

I actually had plans to burn down my school when I was young because of being bullied, the only reason I didnt was a girl I knew was nice to me that morning and I realized what a terrible idea it was. If you see someone getting beaten up stop it if you can. (Edit:Damn so many people here are good people faith in humanity ++ and thanks)

[@yuya0064]

F- FBI???

[@dumpsterrat2910]

I never imagined myself harming my fellow students but I was bullied for playing soccer better than some popular kid. He had his cronies bully me for 2 years. Then my current friends helped me out and I found peace.

[@lxuliy]

Simp

[@cultofeyes7260]

@@naizamabao4681 yeah definitely

[@cultofeyes7260]

@@yuya0064 we do some shady shit

[@williamhinson2863]

"Why we continue to enjoy it even after the grim details?" Because it's the most American thing.

[@CMStrawbridge]

An we Americans can't get enough dark content with a bubbly facade

[@IICHARLESII]

Absolutely not. You think it’s better to not acknowledge anyone can feel this way at some point, but you don’t act on every impulse? By getting it out there that people can have crazy thoughts or rage and understanding we can rise above them, sometimes easily, sometimes we have to reach out, and remove some of the stigmatizing elements we can hopefully lessen these atrocities. Knee jerk reactions like calls to ban weapons are pointless in the end. You have to address the root of the problem, which is the individual by listening and helping.

[@trenton7156]

DJ: Hey guys this was requested by the Kid in the back.

[@dead_meam_fighter6453]

How does this only get 26 likes ? Hahahahaha

[@vaselinenoodles869]

@@dead_meam_fighter6453 50

[@noone-si4ok]

@@vaselinenoodles869 I've heard your name before hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@vaselinenoodles869]

@@noone-si4ok yes yes you have😉

[@vaselinenoodles869]

@@noone-si4ok you know if you know

[@bloodyhands6125]

"In his dads closet with the other fun things" Robert got one kinky dad huh

[@vdvdvfvrvr4694]

LMAOOOO

[@maxolotl33]

Roberts dad: *nervous sweating*

[@briwu]

Roberts Mum: **confused af**

[@axthyyy]

@@briwu Robert : see dad i told you mom would come back.

[@dmurphy1578]

Guys gonna have a real civil court problem.

[@-_--fo2nb]

“Suicide doesn't end the pain, it just passes it to someone else” -Richard Bach

[@googleaccount7011]

I've been contemplating suicide for a while and that's the one problem, my family will be sad or feel they failed me. So it's not removing pain it's adding more 4-1 is three I loose pain but three people gain it

[@aubreyhansen4728]

@@googleaccount7011 that the only reason I won’t I don’t even know anymore

[@louieporcarelli2959]

@@googleaccount7011 ong...it will get better💯❤❤❤❤

[@thedarklord5129]

@@googleaccount7011 You r exactly how I were about a week ago. Don't care about anything. Don't worry about your exams or important stuff so much to the point of suicide. Stress is the reason for suicide. Don't worry about any results. Live ur life for what u want. It can be even be for simple things like enjoyment, playing lots of video games in future, for watching lots of good anime, to make ur life better, enjoying with your sibling, having some friends etc. Suicide is not an option. Play "VA-11 Hall-A" and watch anime like "Clannad". They will change your life for sure.

[@theinkyanimator1604]

*Can’t hurt anyone if there is no one left*

[@whispy_on_paws]

I survived a school shooting, so this is my jam, what… great… memories

[@JKLmusicVevo]

Same

[@RobloxFilmsAndAnimations]

TELL US THE STORY

[@Realsigmamal6]

womp womp

[@JawshuaWorsham]

​@Realsigmamal6 it is serious

[@ElizaMcIntyreHarrison]

​@@JawshuaWorsham ignore them they're just some cringe kid

[@bhotaling1]

You missed the queen of all school-shooting songs: The Boomtown Rats' "Don't Like Mondays."

[@jacketfrommiami3112]

Oh yeah a song that literally is about a real shooting,fun fact the name "I don't like Monday's" is a quote from the shooter the songs about.

[@jeff-hd9og]

We gotta overlap this song, don’t like Monday’s, that one Eminem song about a school shooting and another one bites the dust

[@tofunmijewesimi3989]

Jacket From Miami oh it’s the reason why she shot the elementary kids. she said “i just don’t like mondays”

[@saifuusuri]

Boomtown Rats? I thought they were called Bummed Out Cats. They don't like Mondays either.

[@idk-vo5eu]

pumped up kicks: exists everyone: *dancing triangle*

[@enm294]

Some Random Drawing it’s Portuguese or either spanish or any Latin languages.

[@Dan-hn2uc]

all de other kids with the pump para kids u better rung better rung faster den ma bullet

[@dalek9554]

Wednesday

[@meowkat318]

Probably Bill Cipher's favorite song

[@giselle1312]

YES THAT WAS LITERALY ME

[@orangecoolcatever]

“How could such a happy song have such a dark meaning?” *ring around the rosie has entered the chat*

[@irmacastro5387]

Steven universe is also an example but at this point Rebecca didn’t do this on purpose, it’s pretty obvious.

[@lahasainaypayaso3386]

Sorry but the meaning behind Ring Around The Rosie has already been DEBUNKED.www.thoughtco.com/debunking-ring-a-ring-a-roses-1221610

[@Wildtooth-mg9sl]

Ah yes I love the Pluege

[@jayrom12]

@@irmacastro5387 Dawg dont even start Steven universe is gay

[@bradleysmith9431]

That smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd. That smell being burnt flesh and blood

[@jamborei]

I remember I found this song in 2019, and being really confused on how this song was so popular with my classmates since I recognized the story behind the lyrics. It unsettled me, but I fell in love with the song for how well it approached the topic and emotions. I would listen to it while I was alone and freaking out about how easy it is in America for this to happen.

[@IICHARLESII]

It isn’t just in America. It’s a culture problem. All through history in America kids and teens had access to firearms, much more so than today. We had parking lots full of trucks with guns on racks at highschools. Bulling was more common place, fights broke out on the regular. Disarming law abiding citizens will not solve it, mass murders do not follow gun laws. Even is you could magically make all guns disappear, there are plenty of other means of committing atrocities just as easily and effectively. Not to mention you leave everyone helpless to the better fighter or larger group. If politicians and schools really wanted to make everywhere safer, we would start teaching coping skills, allowing for and fostering communication and teaching proper intervention that doesn’t discourage individuals from coming forward yet does recognize when a threat is truly imminent, hopefully influenced never to reach that point.

[@matthewharbinson6496]

I don't think anyone thinks this song is about sneakers...

[@sadsworth4605]

It is though

[@jessicabraud3307]

When this song first came out when I was 5, my mom told me and my sister that it was about shoes. 10 years later, I know she was just lying to me lol

[@magellancloud]

At the time it came out my English was very basic, so yeah I did think it was about sneakers :D

[@quantumflare]

I didn’t even know Pumped Up Kicks was a sneaker until now

[@thepeoplesrepublicofdisney5058]

It’s about shooting sneakers in the back yard what ya talking aboooout

[@bellamia7750]

i'd always thought that the "dinners in the kitchen and it's packed in ice" lyric meant that his dad was abusive. like his dad would come home and hurt him, then he'd have to ice the wound or something. that's why he hated 'normal rich kids' because they all probably had a good life at home, and as a result, turned him violent. it's hella dark lol but I guess that's not what the lyric meant

[@giselle1312]

bella mia same

[@paintrick2644]

That's what it could also mean as well

[@blank1777]

Art is subjective. Songs will always have a original meaning but it’s up to the listener to make up of what it means to you

[@nicholashodges201]

I figured it was booze. I knew someone growing up who would have put their mom's beer in an ice bucket so it was cold when she got home or "else". CPS never did shit cause it was "mom", and they *never* abuse their kids, ever, ever.

[@nicholashodges201]

@@blank1777 "Balthus is an artist about whom little is known. Now shut up and enjoy the pretty pictures"- Balthus

[@TheMelonbros123]

The real problem with this song is that you really like it, but it feels wrong to listen to it.

[@FatDaddyJiggyMcFly]

Doesn’t feel wrong at all.... my soul felt this

[@bhtn1592]

Really tho XD

[@weaselwolf8425]

Doesn't feel wrong to me lol

[@sofiainiguez3921]

I still would listen the song ether way

[@exqlxitzplayz9154]

Nah

[@kenttheboss1880]

Never knew it was this dark. I thought it was just a joyful track about kids being playful.

[@Alpha121198]

I’m sorry, I actually just started laughing at “I shot the Sheriff” Not much to subtlety to unpack there is there?

[@bukowskifamily7728]

None at all, mate.

[@nunukeliihananui8750]

When the bullied kid finds a glock and fake blood he puts blood on face waves glock puts pumped up kicks on skilshare

[@Gizmo-ls8pp]

But I didn't shoot the deputy

[@hawakassum6034]

Anyways so ACAB

[@mariod4346]

Middle 8: the true meaning behind Pumped up Kicks Everyone: oh we know

[@denvertikky4088]

69 likes

[@phospenguillite8895]

the music video shows it all

[@gabrielmarks7870]

@@phospenguillite8895 the school shooting was a fan video

[@phospenguillite8895]

@@gabrielmarks7870 oh right forgot

[@franciscoalejandro7567]

-Hey guys I know the secret of pumped kicks -what? You mean the shooting song? -Uh, Yeah...

[@YvainNicoo]

Imagine someone making a Netflix Show and he shot his classmates then while smoking at the ending while the police were coming then the song plays.

[@koimeme]

Dont give them ideas

[@johnny-jk8si]

@@koimeme You're username dosen't help.

[@kmirrahgrant1412]

i’m making a film🤭

[@kmirrahgrant1412]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2fRd4B9nLODbbM someone beat me to it🥺

[@DirtyGeorge]

@@kmirrahgrant1412 when will it be done

[@DrBeauHightower]

Guns n roses I used to love her

[@TLord1]

Bro got 5 likes lmao

[@qman1787]

10 likes and 1 reply for an 1.64 mil subscribers? Jeez

[@futuretone]

Robert: *Heavy* His friend: *The Sniper*

[@romeomojica8694]

*team fortress theme starts playing*

[@kevans1237]

*Snipings a good job mate*

[@BucketIHead]

Wouldn't it be medic?

[@PoP-ri7sr]

@@BucketIHead medic is not necessary for the moment

[@Remiel-Sayo]

@@kevans1237 *its challengin work*

[@Home_Depot_Better_Than_Lowes]

I think the whistling in pumped up kicks is like Robert whistling while walking down the halls of the school

[@tanzkoyolforever7743]

Even got the echo

[@milkbag988]

Makes sense

[@dazesalaz6879]

Yes that's what I imagined as I listened to this song.

[@Remiladesusansarah]

Omar from The Wire

[@1mrsadkinson]

Even more dark! 😬

[@BakedPotatoYT1]

Everyone a gansta until a magnet starts attracting to the quiet kid's bag.

[@trilliosflammas2753]

O damn

[@user-pn7yf1iz5k]

😳

[@smoothyreal2205]

Most guns are not magnetic

[@Prawnz]

Peyton Manning #PM18#GOAT#18HUNNIT #SHERRIF woooosh

[@Prawnz]

Peyton Manning #PM18#GOAT#18HUNNIT #SHERRIF woooooooooooosh

[@c.s.s.5326]

Helena Beat is another one: “I tie my hands up to a chair so I don’t fall that way,” anyone who’s ever had a loved one dealing with heroin addiction knows exactly what that chorus is saying.

[@rahmelfreeman7581]

I went to High School with Mark Foster, this is so cool to see a video on him! Very happy for him and his success!

[@shaharavigdori8641]

How is he? He seems like a nice dude

[@ramanabdullen]

no way, really?

[@rahmelfreeman7581]

@@shaharavigdori8641 Yes, I was a couple classes ahead of him so I didn't have classes with him or anything but definitely a nice guy!

[@rahmelfreeman7581]

@@ramanabdullen Yep. I graduated a couple years before him though.

[@lovepuppy4627]

@Jesse McFarland-Ward id be concerned

[@i_amerco3433]

The whistling section represents “Robert” walking down an empty hall whistling a melody stuck in his head Edit: imagine hiding in the janitors supply room dead silent then hearing a sinister whistle slowly getting closer, all your friends are gone, your teachers shot trying to stop the shooter all your happiest memory’s in that school come to life, you shed a tear, for these may be your last 5 minutes...

[@queda5331]

Damn. Now this is stuck in my head.

[@thenacho6354]

That's a very Kill Bill thing to do

[@ImJustFynn]

holy fuck now i’ve got spooky chills...damn...

[@cheesydelphox1552]

That’s terrifying

[@nagasakisickworld]

kzbin.info/door/UQf4fEP_qCRQf3DYPEXekg?view_as=subscriber

[@drksideofthewal]

Possible interpretation of those cryptic lyrics: "Yeah the slight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger" Slight of hand is something subtle, unnoticed. Perhaps that's how "Robert" moves through the world, as a shy and lonely kid, but he's about to trade that for a "quick pull trigger." In other words, he's going to snap. "I reason with my cigarette and say your hair's on fire, you must have lost your wits." You light the head of the Cigarette on fire to smoke it, hence "hair on fire." This is an expression that reffers to panic, or insanity. Same as "lost your wits." He's personified in the Cigarette, trying to reason with himself, but he's lost the ability to reason.

[@dirrt5011]

drksideofthewal i thought the “hairs on fire you mustve lost your wits” part meant that his dad tried to stop him but he ended up shooting him in the head. edit: also, maybe “sleight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger” ties in with the “ive waited for a long time” lines. This could mean that robert has waited for so long and now he’s anxious about the day he’s supposed to do it

[@fleabagzilla1792]

GG

[@tonieeb9220]

Bruh its "sleight of hand" and it means to use your hands without flaw

[@Thagy1973]

I can see that. The lyrics (like most) are figurative in this part of the song. At least that's my interpretation.

[@rachaelmolene]

With everything happening right now, and this video popping up on my recommended. I can't say if KZbin's timing is pretty impeccable... or just plain inhumane.

[@IICHARLESII]

Ignoring the problem is the problem.

[@JacobMeza-pro-footballer]

3:02 “That many teens can relate to,” sorry, what now

[@bricenweber2533]

Me a fellow teen also wants to shoot many children.

[@morrisagillyard]

Hehe omg

[@lovelylyrics3231]

Me being the quiet kid in class

[@ohalfacoke5329]

@@lovelylyrics3231 I’m the quiet kid And I like Guns And I’m Mexican So they thing I’m a freaking drug dealer

[@fiver2543]

Lmao right

[@duckngga3668]

Everybody gangsta till a kid named Robert blasts this at school Edit: holy fucking shit I didn't expect this to blow up in 4 days

[@skyhunter6123]

There's somebody named Robert in my class, should I be worried?

[@tarpulin8179]

@@skyhunter6123 well unless he is the quiet kid

[@vc9491]

@@skyhunter6123 sup robert how ya doin? hehhe

[@lucjuszmocarny8906]

Dafuq is your name

[@raspberry93]

bro the quiet kid in my school is named robert 😳 he always covers his mouther with his hood

[@sleeplessstudios7626]

My dad can't hear lyrics when listening to music. He has difficulty differentiating overlapping sounds. Apparently, he never knew this song's subject matter. That means for a full 9 years my dad had no idea why this song was being used in films about said subject matter. I showed him this video and he was totally shocked.

[@drunkenbartender9896]

hope your dad still enjoys listening to it i wouldnt stop me from enjoying a song just because its lyrics are dark or questionable

[@elephantdanceparty7917]

Same. I have to look up the lyrics but a lot of times I don’t even care what the song is about and just keep listening anyways

[@scratchpad7954]

God bless your father's innocence. That sweet summer child needs to be protected at all costs.

[@VersusArdua]

An undeniable teenage angst classic. I don't think there's anything else in the popular conscienceness to this day that has that sort of bite to it that we feel here.

[@ashen5646]

Me: has head phones on with a hood and a band instrument case while singing pump up kicks Everyone else on the school bus: nervous sweating

[@mehithere149]

What it’s cold I’m bored and I have band

[@amenoma9648]

Bouta walk in the school doors and walk back out

[@dum5247]

I though it was the Sandy elementary

[@lieutenanthorse]

A whole new meaning to the "*chuckles* I'm in danger" meme

[@yourfriendlyfrog5992]

My headphones got unplugged during a test everyone was so nice for the rest of the year

[@jonathangaldamez4083]

W

[@daisydaisy5549]

W

[@Maski500]

W

[@lilyoda4208]

W

[@marcusssc8493]

It’s true, I was the test

[@aprf1989]

Mark is one of the best songwriters of his generation, there's always something on his lyrics that makes you think. Supermodel is so underrated, specially Pseudologia Fantastica.

[@hellomarjory]

Supermodel is a fantastic album, they truly deserved more recognition for it!

[@KenniIsBored]

Thank you, I'm glad the only one who feels this way.

[@broodypie2216]

Rishloo kzbin.info/www/bejne/amSbiIOVnpt4gbs

[@gangpardos3833]

You could also argue that the “groovy” base and drums are a stark contrast to the lyrics because its dichotomy that is going on in the kids head. Life on the outside is all good, but on the inside he is suffering and has no escape. Edit: Thanks for the likes, I’m surprised yet not surprised that more people agree with me on the internet than in real life. Stay safe everyone.

[@gabby_5820]

Mmhmm

[@dogesuchwow9845]

@@gabby_5820 go away no one wants to have Depression

[@donggoblin7]

1000 iq

[@gabby_5820]

@@dogesuchwow9845 true

[@dogesuchwow9845]

@@gabby_5820 have a lucky day

[@kianafsah]

Teacher: „What is 5+7?“ Quiet Kid: ”10” Teacher: “No it’s 12” Quiet Kid: “9...8...7...”

[@DrakoNotDraco]

What happens at 0

[@Enphoso]

TotaldramaEzekiel Fan I don’t know but there’s only one way to find out

[@magnumbeefus]

@Mal Theri subversive

[@Mcha_1]

Copied.

[@carlitoispissed7486]

@@DrakoNotDraco hit it boys! Then he and his friends start playing Pumped Up Kicks

[@agentpancake4786]

"Robert's gotta quick hand" *Picture a detatched hand running*

[@acuteankle5162]

im scared now. I hate you

[@galileo_the_star_lion]

Like thing from Addams family.

[@bladedninja8853]

"I mean, he's not wrong"

[@waitwhat0205]

Mom pick me up am scared

[@iliahgranovsky3400]

"The hand is quicker than the eye" Sniper/engineer TF 2

[@XDproductionsXD]

Impressive video. I knew about the message but you really break it down. Well done on all facets of creation too. Wishing you the best~

[@neptoon91]

Foster: makes song Song: blows up Foster:I didn’t mean to do that

[@tripi7906]

Laugh out loud

[@franciscosoares2440]

"It should have been the school, not the song you stupid"

[@franciscosoares2440]

@MmmmMonke lol

[@chromite_chromite]

@@franciscosoares2440 *Brain Fart*

[@pillowman3740]

TLDR: if you have a kid in school named Robert you know what happens

[@Shamburuse]

there was a kid in my school named Robert 🤔🤔

[@pillowman3740]

hentie you know what happens

[@powerchimp]

No. This song is about a kid named Robert who hit puberty.

[@cloudy_st0rm312]

PowerChimp I mean- he has a quick hand...

[@MeltingMellons]

**Electro Luv** faster than his bullet

[@joetazuna3809]

*When you have a Robert in your class and he’s the quiet kid*

[@Freakyminosprime]

Faster than my bullet

[@natekor]

Better run better run

[@draconictraveler3999]

Outrun my gun

[@tehkb2957]

All the other kids

[@val3688]

with the pumped up kicks

[@w.a.f.f.l.e.]

Great video. It was very engaging, interesting to watch, and you showed great editing and video production skill. The video was easy to understand, while still working some humor into it. This guy deserves at least 1M subs.

[@loumarz1580]

The whole album Torches goes super in-depth about mental health. I really resonated with it when it was released because he talks about how it is okay feel all these aspects that were shunned by society. In a way, it is also a love letter to his girlfriend who dealt with those issues. Pumped Up Kicks fits into the album really well as sometimes we want to break out of society and live in our own world.

[@egthebarber]

So you’re saying you’ve felt like shooting up kids in your school? Wow.

[@Gaby-wl4dh]

Teacher: what would you do if I got shot Quiet kid: reload

[@brrrr443]

Underrated but i got you to 19 likes

[@mommyjhie5173]

this comment should have many likes

[@Maverick-kq4io]

why would a teacher get shot in the first place?

[@jernest3269]

*breathing intensifies*

[@kmirrahgrant1412]

🙏🏾this one is by far the best one

[@lamardavis9709]

KZbin: wanna see a school shooter lyric song and the meaning Me: no FBI: are u sure this seems interesting

[@James-qn3wi]

Lamar Davis You didn't watched the whole video did you?

[@cultofeyes7260]

Yes it is isnt it :)

[@MashedPotatoInMyShoe]

@@cultofeyes7260 very

[@user-pn7yf1iz5k]

F.B.I indeed

[@lorenzorasmussen]

these videos are amazing, thank you for taking the time to make them!

[@jjoshu_a]

When you see comments about the quiet kid and you realize you are the quiet kid

[@gh0stio7]

Me lmao, I have sociopathic thoughts but I never actually committed them 😂

[@lunalagamer55]

@@gh0stio7 Same, im the forgotten one, and i actually desire to burn my school..

[@gh0stio7]

@@lunalagamer55 same

[@aruangasenpai]

@@gh0stio7 shoot man I get thoughts that are extremely disturbing about hurting people our human mind is a mystery

[@wesammoh3682]

I’m quiet in my school no one else is

[@jestergutz]

Title: “The true meaning behind Pumped Up Kicks” Everyone who has heard of the internet before: That’s not very cash money if you

[@taintedmyth0s636]

Yeah, I was thinking it was going to be about something OTHER than the theme of a school shooting. Very disappointed.

[@fubukisimp9485]

I’m Tired of*

[@generalkenobi858]

Made an edit but there’s still a typo

[@jomsht7116]

@@taintedmyth0s636 i mean it did show how and why it came to fruition, not just a sloppy description of the lyrics, plus the editing is *_GOD-TIER_* so you can't argue with that.

[@quaiful7487]

I remember when I was 6 when I heard the song thinking that the song was about shoes and the "pumped up kicks" meant the new expensive shoes and "better run" meant that whenever you brought new shoes but didn't wanna get them dirty. I was so wrong.

[@DatsuKyoraku]

oh my god.

[@2.0.2.0]

Makes senses

[@lianacordova8094]

Oh, the sweet innocent mind of a child.❤

[@FriedRice3519]

lol that's cute 😂

[@smallxplosion9546]

I thought this for a while lol

[@mikahenke5415]

These Videos are so high quality im speachless

[@fbi5700]

Teacher: “What comes before 47?” Quiet Kid: “AK”

[@omegadragons321]

oh ok- *_hol’up_*

[@NunoIDN]

yes

[@Mcha_1]

0_o

[@kinevasive1992]

Ok FBI

[@inot8652]

Runnn

[@shufflequest]

The editing has gotten so good 🔥

[@jamsya493]

Plot twist: the “gun” is actually a nerf blaster

[@dr.insecto7846]

_Gay_Tuna right but the six shooters are 2 two shooters

[@mrmr_zoomie]

And the two shooters are actually 12 gauge in a double barrel shotgun

[@lorenceroque3009]

Oh how I wish

[@imyellowteeth4691]

and all the students are pranking the teachers by shooting them with nerf blasters

[@midgetman2350]

nah the gun shoots pumped up kicks

[@MsBrynnElizabeth]

I must admit. You delivered this entire video with great info, references, etc…what I am most impressed with is you managed to get this out without mentioning Jeremy by Pearl Jam. Not once. I was just sitting and waiting and it never came. That’s usually the first one anyone goes with; especially when it comes to songs about shootings, or redrum from the view of a teen red-rumer or someone within the same sphere of reality as said teen. Kudos :) excellent video

[@stalkerofthezone1698]

5:58 “What could possibly drive a person to murder?” Me who watched Joker a lot of times: S O C I E T Y

[@neileung]

*_society_*

[@cosmixx2918]

W E L I V E I N A S O C I E T Y

[@juggmessiah]

You know that wasn’t funny Yeah you shouldent joke about that

[@kevinjaime428]

@@juggmessiah SOCIETY

[@mariobros2169]

COMETHEBEAN *S* *O* *C* *I* *E* *T* *Y* Though it’s true, and we shouldn’t hide the fact about that

[@GameyGaming]

I figured “Pumped up Kicks” meant pumping their legs fast so they could run away.

[@snoopy1864]

well it could be the same meaning

[@thedankestofmemes7213]

ITS LOSER!!!

[@foquitajeej2399]

@@thedankestofmemes7213 No

[@jemko]

im confused

[@montiigo]

I thought it had to do with heels that are also called "pumps" and girls in heels would have to run faster because it's hard to run in heels

[@classicco-op5580]

"Songs with murder" "Cough Cough" Girl with one eye-Ludes.

[@Nisa4444-h1v]

Spook4you there are so many songs about murder. Bust your kneecaps, milk and cookies, teddy bear, bellyache. There are so many

[@classicco-op5580]

@@Nisa4444-h1v Oh, I knew that I just named a song I knew, but thank you for the songs, I'll check e out!

[@Nisa4444-h1v]

Spook4you yeah, it could be that I just listen to too many songs about murder.

[@Nisa4444-h1v]

Spook4you you’re welcome

[@bruh5783]

Ring around the rosie Is Basically A Song made during the black death

[@TheCatstronaut]

bro that was perfectly timed... right when i heard the gunshot (0:59) i got an ad

[@robinson2774]

Everybody gangsta until the quiet kid starts randomly counting down from 10.

[@Iggihbh246]

Ah man only 2 cookies left,😥

[@mememan1423]

I don’t get all these school shooting jokes, they must be *aimed at a younger audience*

[@sloth5352]

The pun

[@finnyboi4964]

Ffs

[@vonkaiser6817]

Oh sheet

[@livelaughlovedesigns103]

E

[@zethylene]

Nice

[@gamesofcontent]

My dad was listening to this song one day and still does occasionally. He is a classic rock and country type of guy. I about fell on the floor when I hear him listening to this song.

[@QwertyQwertz]

My maths teacher played this in front of our class a few years ago without knowing what the song meant

[@sephuris5555]

Ironically I was a guitar player all through school and was also in music appreciation so listening and understanding lyrics became almost normal anyway my class want to use pumped up kick as our graduation song and I had to explain why that was a horrible idea