More Unpopular Opinions (and mini rants)

[@invasionpikachu8536]

1:05 I hate when people blame producers when they don't like an artist song 3:41 98% of celebrities could be replaced with regular people... 6:27 The Romantic comedy genre is falling because of it's repetitive topics such as abusive behavior, domain roles... 10:10 Take away phones from kids because their social media language is unintelligible 12:32 Fun music is unfairly overhated 14:05 Theater music would be more popular if you could sing and dance along like at concerts 15:18 I hate the concept of "Child Free Weddings" 17:21 Art Critics do matter 21:32 We unnecessarily glorify the album format 23:48 The Mysterious Act is ruining the music industry 25:19 When people say that something is "ahead of its time", it usually means that the project didn't get the reception it should've got at the time of its release 28:44 Pitchfork is not that bad 32:51 Mariah Carey is the most overrated vocalist of all time

[@ethancort2213]

You are such a godsend thank you

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

The only time I blame producers is when an artist’s contract ends and holds the music that belongs to an artist hostage. This is where I respected Taylor Swift when she rerecorded her music because the company/producers refused to let her keep the originals.

[@joshua2764]

Please do this w all her UPO vids

[@karmAnonymous]

I'm commenting just to assist in your comment being at the top if you aren't going to be pinned. This probably took you some effort & you didn't even have to add the time stamps. So thank you

[@greenthinggg]

God bless thank you 🙏😭

[@nicolesherman8974]

I have an unpopular opinion lmao: i feel like reading is turning into commodification as oppose to reading for leisure and or to gain knowledge. Maybe it’s me, but I don’t see how people can read 20 books in one week. Slow reading is becoming a lost art…

[@hazelm3002]

Personally, I considered myself as an average paced reader who can take 3 days to 1 week to read a book. 3 days is only if I’m deep deep into a book and will literally do nothing else but read until I go to sleep. I do agree that reading many books a week has become somewhat like a competition. I

[@litneyloxan]

I love reading but I think social media and online content has made it harder for some people to sit and make themselves read and focus on it. I had to stop watching tiktok and take more time away from my phone to get myself back into reading as much as I used to again. My attention span was being affected more than I realized and I feel like that may be the case for some.

[@a.alphonso6193]

omg i agree !! i read like 4-5 books this year and felt SO accomplished. i know people read like quadruple that but i really don't care lol

[@rochoa7408]

It’s become a competition on how many books a person can read in a year and I have been seeing people saying that they read over 200 books this year and I’m like??? Did you even retain any information from what you read? Personally, I read 60 books from a variety of different genres this year and I feel like I can confidently summarize each one and extrapolate the themes and messages that were being touted. Reading should be fun and informative, but never competitive.

[@tonimichelle8401]

Attention spans and how we consume media has changed a lot over the last 20 years (when's the last time you knew someone with a newspaper or magazine subscription?) + less utilization of our public libraries has definitely made an impact. With these things happening on a cultural scale, reading itself is becoming something that we have to nurture and cultivate more for ourselves as individuals.

[@NightOwl_30]

FUN FACT: In my country (Brazil) blue means happy. If you say everything is blue it means everything is great and you're in a happy place. So culture changes how you perceive art, obviously.

[@lollabunyxxx]

acho q tbm pq a gnt considera o azul como uma cor calma, da paz

[@naomi.cannibal]

Ahhh this is fun!! Had no idea

[@yahainHotPink]

Wowwww! Thank you for sharing. Blue is definitely opposite in the USA. How do Brazilians view the color yellow please?? 😄

[@zhenia2511]

In Russian slang, "blue" can either be derogatory for "gay" or "extremely drunk" and it only depends on the shade of blue.

[@marquisehebbler9471]

@@zhenia2511give me an example. I need to use this 😂

[@drewm.2790]

Mariah Carey? overrated vocalist?..... that woman has 5 octaves and in her prime she could do whatever she wanted with that entire range and she never sounded off or unpleasant 💀

[@Jazzyawest]

Yessss

[@eddiy335]

I don't get how anyone can hear Mariah hit the high notes she does and not consider her a power house.

[@christianlamar_]

How much you want to bet that the person who says Mariah is overrated is a fan of a bunch of artists who draw inspiration from her 🤣 it’s unavoidable

[@ikerina]

I believe most of them are fans of artists that are not powerhouse vocally. They're used to flat (?) singing.

[@manuelkivie4488]

I’m sorry, but the skibidy toilet thing struck fear into my soul, and I can’t believe it’s geared towards children (I’m 19😭)

[@naomi.cannibal]

Right this wouldve given me nightmares as a child

[@loxsannbraham8281]

Watch cow & chicken as an adult & I was like “how were kids allowed to watch this” … the kids will be alright. I don’t think the toilet man will be their downfall. Maybe the fact that they all have iPad Parents & can’t read .. maybe that will do them in

[@heiress.]

That last opinion was wild. I’m curious to know who their Vocal Trinity would be.

[@lourencovieira5424]

her delusions's ressonance is beyond insanity

[@naomi.cannibal]

The million dollar question innit

[@philomenacunks]

normani three times

[@xyz4283]

@@philomenacunksnormani can’t sing bye😭

[@philomenacunks]

@@xyz4283 please tell me you know I was joking or I’m gonna be really embarrassed 😭

[@dinasilva9263]

I LOVE MARIAH no matter what. All year, not just at christmas, but it was with her i started liking more of christmas music. My favorite artist since 1990. Her voice is my favorite and i appreciate her songs so much. Mariah is the soundtrack of my Life. Merry christmas Naomi. 🎄🤗

[@naomi.cannibal]

Thank you!! And right Mariah is great all times of year

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

Hope you had a great Christmas 🤶 ❤ My unpopular opinion is pop music fans are no different than alt rock music fans when it comes to elitism and undercover prejudice against certain artists they pick and choose who they hold as their faves. The Tate McRae discourse really opened my eyes to how underlying racist a lot of white pop music fans are to black/brown artists who don’t make top 40 radio music and make more niche/underground music genres like how can you say Tate is bringing choreography back to pop music when Asian, black and mixed race female artists have been doing this for a while now like Beyoncé, black pink, red velvet, girls generation, tinashe, FKA twigs, Janelle monae, Normani, Victoria monet, Chloe x hallie and Megan thee stallion didnt exist for a whole decade? Or give Harry styles all the praise for wearing dresses and act like Sam smith and troyce sivan are legit doing something revolutionary when the likes of lil nas x, bad bunny, young thug, Kevin abstract etc pushed the boundaries much more for male queer representation in music? I also don’t like whenever POC artists/genres dominate the charts and the pop culture landscape they always want to champion a white/white passing female artist that make radio friendly pop music as the savior to pop music, they did this with dua lipa during the future nostalgia era when hip hop, KPOP and alt-pop music was dominating the charts and they did this to Doja cat by putting her against Megan thee stallion during the planet her era. Those are only small examples but I’ve been peeping the underlying elitist and prejudice that’s in collectively a lot of pop music fans and as someone who also like alt rock and interacted with a lot of snobbish alt rock music fans it’s all too similar behaviors.

[@TheMG20089]

Exactly they always said Olivia and Tate McRae are the “saviors of the industry” when they were plenty of artists (not white) been putting hit after hit

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

⁠@@TheMG20089yup it’s weird behavior like someone like bad bunny can have a blockbuster year but they will go hard for Harry styles who’s success is minor compared to what bad bunny accomplished they just need to admit they want white western artist who make radio friendly pop music to dominate the industry again

[@naomi.cannibal]

Hope you did too! And yes Pop is SO elitist and snobby at times. Honestly annoying bc this should be the most fun genre out of all of them. And what irritates me is that most of the time there aren’t any genuine conversations being had, just “this person sucks bc I don’t like them but no I won’t elaborate”. Like I don’t mind if people don’t like an artist but usually it seems it’s for no real reason

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

⁠​⁠@@naomi.cannibalagreed to me whenever a pop music fan does that, that’s instantly a red flag to me I’ve been chronically on Twitter and Tik tok to see how microaggressive and dog whistle adjacent these fans can be. And you’re right pop music is suppose to be fun, exciting and escapist and even it does go deep, and introspective, there still can be a fun ness to it, I feel instead of trying to make it into something it isn’t, embrace it for what it is, we can break binary thoughts on how music can be consumed and enjoyed regardless if it’s considered mainstream and popular or more underground and niche based.

[@kartkaesque]

You're so right about everything. Pop fans have ironically become very snobby and all they want to talk about is popularity There's so much more to music than popularity

[@KamisKisses]

To the people who hate child-free weddings here are a few things you may want to consider (from the perspective of an event planner and a married person): It's not Christmas, its an event for the couple. Stop expecting people to accommodate Your needs on Their special day. 1. Venues that serve alcohol usually have an age restriction in place therefore limiting who can attend 2. Your child(ren) might be well-behaved but consider their needs, especially for long ceremonies and receptions, they will be both tired and miserable and no one wants to deal with that. the magic wears off around hour 3 3. I've heard of kids destroying expensive items because their parents can't keep them still: the beautiful centrepieces, gifts from the collection area and worse the cake. 4. Adults want to let their hair down and have fun no one wants to be mindful of their words and drinks etc because kids are there 5. You like your kids, most people don't 6. Adults sometimes just want to socialise with only adults

[@vernicegirl8987]

Thank you! I hate the discourse online. It’s like you’re either an extreme mean grumpy child hater or an entitled parent who thinks the world revolves around their children. There’s a time and place for children. MOST places accommodate so I don’t really understand why people are so mad when there’s a few places were children aren’t welcomed. You bought up very reasonable and solid pinks but there will still be people who take issue that their kid isn’t being included in a kid free setting.

[@autumncider6193]

i have an unpopular opinion!! I feel like Beyoncé doesn't actually get acknowledged enough for just how many hit songs she's had. Obviously everybody (well, almost everybody) agrees that she's the best performer of the past decade or two and that she creates incredible albums and that she works really hard. But I feel like we don't give her enough credit for just how many hit singles she's had, and how, even if that single "flopped' on the Hot 100, so many of her songs have still gone on to become iconic because of how much she's promoted/performed them. Songs like Run The World and Love On Top didn't perform too well (relative to her past singles) on the hot 100 chart (they peaked #29 and #20 respectively) at the time, but because of how much she performed those songs like they WERE the #1 song at the time, they're cemented in public memory as iconic songs (Run The World especially). Halo peaked at #5 on the chart but I think it (to me, I feel like) is the second most popular song on IASF even though it performed comparatively worse to songs like If I Were A Boy. I digress but anyway, I think people tend to think of Beyoncé as an "albums" artist more today but we need to acknowledge just how many of her songs have gone on to be absolutely iconic even if they didn't perform as well as other songs, mainly due to the fact that Beyoncé busted her ass performing and promoting those songs for weeks, if not months on end! This was long asf and may not have made sense but anyway... Loved the vid!!!!!!

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

I 100% agree I feel Beyoncé is in this unique position of knowing how to pull be a great singles driven artist and a great albums driven artist she’s mastered at both and it’s bc of the unique career trajectory she had at starting out as the hit single driven pop star before moving to be more album and visual/touring driven artist once she reached her peak, reminds me a lot of the likes of Madonna, and Janet Jackson of the past.

[@naomi.cannibal]

Right I feel like as much as we talk about Beyoncé and her music she has soooo many songs we don’t talk about enough. I feel you!!

[@crownedinvictory91]

I disagree with the album opinion. I think there is a lot of skill needed to create a cohesive piece of work. I think is valued less now because of the popularity of shortform content, oversaturation of entertainment, streaming etc. Making singles that land does require skill, it's just different to making an album. That doesn't mean albums are overrated, to me it means the value of albums is different depending on who you ask/potentially which generation or birth cohort you are part of.

[@naomi.cannibal]

I agree w all this! I think they were more so saying not every release needs to be in an album which is something I don’t consider too much

[@immaperfectionist]

E MO TION by Carly Rae was ahead of its time IMO, the ones who got it loved it and a few years later Dua was able to take a similar concept to the top of the billboard charts

[@blzkn90]

Agreed! Also, the amount of growth she had from her previous album to E•MO•TION has yet to be shown by other artists (jk, of course)

[@maxzytaruk8558]

Thank you for always bringing back these tier names, they're so easy to follow!

[@brittkneekristin]

Unpopular opinion: Do empaths really exist? Or is society just full of assholes? I feel like social media has really desensitized people so much that they say a lot behind a screen with twitter thumbs that they would never say IRL. I have a BS and MS in psychology. Empath isn't really a term it's more pseudo science. Compassion and empathy are real things. I just think we as humans have lost it. I have 130k on socials and people tell me I'm too emotional. And that I let things get to me. I may be slightly more emotions so than most. But I also think some aren't emotional enough. Sorry this was so long. lol

[@brittkneekristin]

@@Myaaddd yeah that's not normal. It's so sad 😩

[@ahmarindungu9010]

Unpopular opinions are my fave genre

[@cranesinthasky]

the newjeans / pinkpantheress situation is so true, ppl keep saying PP is “nj coded” when it’s totally the opposite 😭

[@ringsnot4014]

same thing happened with ari's sweetener album! they wanted her to stop working with pharrell but she was in the room with him helping with the tracks

[@Miss_Patron]

The lack of mystery in the music industry makes it hard to enjoy someone's music like back in the day (for me), since I know how everyone is a dirtbag now. I can't separate the art from the artist.

[@decided97]

Two Albums I think were ahead of their times: Aaliyah by Aaliyah or Tinashe Aquarius at the time both these album came up they didn’t sound like current sounds at the perspective times.

[@brittkneekristin]

Solange "when I get home" may be an example of ahead of its time. Especially the visuals. The whole Afro futuristic thing people either really love it or hate it. I heard a lot of people say all the songs sound alike. But to me it was just a vibe

[@helloworld17778]

i dont think it was ahead of its time at all. all alt albums sound exactly like that and thats okay. that was just her thing. it didn't need to be innovative

[@brittkneekristin]

@@helloworld17778 for me I've never heard the Afro futuristic sound/visuals and I don't think the majority has either. So you take an artist like solonge that has more visibility than lesser known artist it does sound ahead of its time. Like I haven't heard that sound since then. Mainly because I don't know anyone who is mainstream that does it. And I don't really know how to find new artist other than the Spotify algorithm. If that makes sense lol

[@tonialston1968]

I was a theater major, so on the musicals opinion: it really depends on the show. I can understand wanting to sing along if it's a jukebox musical (musicals with songs already known ex. Mamma Mia). But we don't need people standing up singing "Defying Gravity" when they feel like it.I paid for professionals and the experience. And plus, like you mentioned, it would be a lot of start and stop because there's dialogue.

[@sweetieecakee]

The first one is literally the Britney army and "Britney Jean"! She is my fav and I will never stop supporting her, but that album wasn't it! The majority of the fandom isn't afraid to admit that!

[@ambriellemurray8442]

The kids at weddings is usually due to safety. It’s the same reason why kids are not allowed into clubs. I’m doing wedding to be two part…the formal receptions and THEN the reception where children and anybody else who don’t want to see the ratchetness will be asked to leave. I personally don’t feel comfortable with a lot of adults drinking heavily with children present. I don’t think it’s a safe environment especially in a new environment. It’s been multiple stories how children got hurt, was unalived (all unintentional) but it’s a new building/are people are not familiar with and kids get into a lot

[@kartkaesque]

In Regina George's voice "Stop trying to make IJBOL happen."

[@TheMG20089]

“Is never going to happen”

[@viki7268]

@@TheMG20089*gets ran over*

[@euanpetersen7751]

I still don't know what it stands for 😭

[@mfundotshabangu7499]

I just burst out laughing ​@@euanpetersen7751

[@naomi.cannibal]

I think it’s funny just bc I like saying “eyejball” whenever I read it

[@nissa_isnt_here]

my unpopular opinion: some people don’t need to make music when they get famous. like addison rae danced and then made music or aliyah got famous for her fashion and she made music. i feel like we should reserve the music for people who are actually interested in the music industry instead

[@kartkaesque]

Songs/artists that were ahead of their time is a good video idea.

[@bchild10]

Just wanted to say regarding Pitchfork critics on Pink Pantheress vs. New Jeans projects. I find that singers and/or genre that influence kpop music do not get respect from some kpop fans.

[@bryannahbasil9442]

this might be a long one but this is something that i've lowkey needed to get off my chest. for the unpopular opinion about music being deep or sad versus music to jam out to, i feel so passionate about that side/discussion of music. a few days ago my friend and i were talking about how music has evolved from our childhood (i'm an 03 baby, so childhood music to me is 2000s to mid 2010s) and i was mentioned how (imo) nowadays its *uncommon* to find mainstream that you can simply jam out to (what i mean by this is that the song was purposely made to jam out to and have no deep meaning or be sad/etc) in comparison to the 2000s/early 2010s, and i talked about how this might be mainly because if artists' were to come out with songs purposely made to dance to, audiences would be quick to invalidate it or call it cringe/trash/mid. and i just hope ppl understand that just because a song isn't sad/deep/have serious subject matter doesn't mean that the song is immediately invalid or trash. some ppl just want songs to jam out and it's okay :) not every song has to be deep. (for example, i think renaissance is a great album to just jam out to, but that doesn't automatically make it bad [which it isn't imo]) moreover on another side tangent, for the ppl who are quick to critique songs that aren't deep, you don't need to make your opinion loud and proud for everyone to see, bc trust most ppl will not care and scroll on. like i'm mainly talking about those ppl who are quick to be under an artists' instagram and shit on their music. (an example that comes to mind atm is older rap heads talking about how modern rap is complete shit and doomed bc of the subject matter and/or the artist themselves [more specifically their behavior or beliefs]). if you like rap music with more deeper and intentional lyrics and/or style, that's perfectly fine. but plz stop INTENTIONALLY showing up under the comments of a rapper you don't like just to shit on their music or complain about how they shouldn't be mainstream. bc imo, no matter how much i may dislike an artist, i still have to accept and respect that fact that someone out there likes their music and they've achieved their level of success/fame for a reason. if you really don't like a certain rapper, stop giving them engagement and go listen to (or look for) the music you like.) lastly, for ppl always complaining that mainstream music/artists don't meet THEIR specific qualifications of good music. music is subjective. if you don't like it, don't listen to it. simple. and if the music you like isn't mainstream, trust that the music/artists you're looking for is out there, you're just not 1) looking, 2) looking hard enough, or 3) looking in the right place(s). with how far and wide the internet is, it's very easy for you to look for and find your specific tastes and requirements in music with the ease artists have in regards to posting music online...you just don't like that the music you're looking for is not being handed to you or is at the level of recognition you'd like it to be at. (and hint hint: maybe the reason why what you're specifically looking for isn't mainstream is bc you're too busy complaining about it, instead of finding the music/artists and streaming/supporting to help it possibly become mainstream). ALSO just to clarify, throughout this whole comment, constructive criticism ≠ pointless hate. i'm specifically talking about ppl who pointlessly hate and complain just for the sake of it or be petty/spiteful.

[@kartkaesque]

Pitchfork are the only critics that listen to album before reviewing it. They're sometimes biased but they're the best among the bad.

[@facu230]

you should do a video about unreleased music videos!! i feel like there's so many out there and it's so interesting to see pictures or snippets of things that never came out, plus, it's crazy considering some artists spend lots of money, time and effort just to scrap these mvs. ex: megan thee stallion - kitty kat, britney's outrageous (out of many scrapped mvs), ariana, beyonce, that new body mv that leaked a few weeks ago, etc

[@bucklesonthe3rd]

my unpopular opinion is that album transitions (like the transitions/gaps between songs) that are exclusive to albums, are such a beautiful but fleeting way of extending the quality of an album. I also truly feel that it's linked to the decrease in physical music sales, because as a cd-collector myself, I know that a lot of the older albums I own have such amazing mixes and transitions on cd, and when I listen to them on a streaming service, its totally different and incredibly subpar. A great example is Madonna's COADF. The cd versions track transitions are absolutely insane, but the streaming version has no transitions at all. The latest albums I've heard that have done this well are melanie martinez's Portals and of course Beyonce's Renaissance. It just adds so much to an album and makes it so much more appealing to listen to a second time, I just wish everyone would do it 😭

[@bratzscene3131]

Oh the person with the MC vocal comment chose WAR

[@chelleange1s]

my least favorite phrase is “gyatt”, it’s just “got damn” but in short form

[@MoMo-rx4zr]

Considering how many celebrities built their fame of looks and branding. Disney would literally shop around for ideas of shows to put Selena Gomez into, so any pretty girl with the “kindness” branding could’ve been give that career trajectory. However, artists with more descriptive branding like Taylor Swift or Britney require their specific personality

[@kartkaesque]

LoveBirds is so underrated. Issa Rae deserves all the praise.

[@_sunchildd]

yesss. this is my favorite genre! love these & voodoochilds so so much. we need more and the longer the better!

[@_sunchildd]

22:27 this topic reminds me of "guitar songs" by billie eilish. i think it was rly dope how she released just those two songs as an extended play. i'm so excited for her 3rd upcoming album but i hope in the future she does more EPs like that. EPs don't have to be 10 or so songs. i hope more artists take notes and start doing the same. i feel like it's very uncommon to do so. even if you aren't doing a whole "album" and are doing a typical EP, they usually are at least 8 or so many tracks long. and especially when you are doing an album now a days there's up to 20 or more songs on them! that's so much time and effort creating and mastering the whole thing. not only music wise but aesthetic wise, photoshoots, album cover, etc. a lotttt goes into an album. i love how billie legit took a blurry picture standing in some field and threw that on the cover and that was it.

[@poisonarrow658]

i disagree with the musical theatre opinion, cuz its very hard to perform musicals. a lot can go wrong without the audience interacting (tho some shows do allow something like that, like Rocky Horror). The one about children in weddings can be worked around... I used to work at a party venue, and we did birthdays, proms, weddings and all that, and we usually offered the clients a 100 bucks extra on the total price and that gets them one extra staff member dedicated to play and watch children, those 100 bucks should be split up between the venue and the extra staff ON TOP of the regular pay.

[@theechocomamii]

I feel as though Bryson Tiller is still mysterious in a sense. You don’t hear much about him, he barely do interviews, he only pops out when he wants to🤷🏾‍♀️

[@chelleange1s]

speaking of romcoms, we need to abolish putting young female actors with older male actors. case in point, the new sydney & glenn movie. it’s so obvious they have an age gap & unless they know each other by family, it takes you out of the story.

[@imsoboredhahaha]

I’m not surprised so many celebrity couples aren’t able to stay married for more than a couple of years at this point due to the fact that we live in an age of a fast fashion like cycle of celebrity relationships. They meet, they date for a few months, their fans beg for them to get engaged, they get married after knowing each other for 18 months or so and then divorce in 2 years only spending what 3/4 christmases/thanksgivings together? They can do whatever they want but it seems really inefficient to keep getting engaged, married and divorced over and over again. We need to stop the culture of getting married simply for the cute photo ops for social media, the Vogue or People magazine deal (or a tackier tabloid depending on who we’re talking about) and the attention. Fans also need to chill the fuck out when their faves start dating/ enter a relationship. In the U.K., we have a new power couple who have come straight from a reality TV show and they’ve only just become boyfriends yet the fans are trying to push the idea of them getting married on them very quickly.

[@jesusaceves3893]

Well Beyoncé said "nobody makes albums anymore." But some people just put singles out and they get critiqued like a Cardi B or others.

[@MARIAHMOMENTS]

HOLD ON…. Last one was a reach 💀The vocal trinity will always be Whitney, Mariah & Celine. Mariah’s the best living vocalist (Rolling Stone).

[@celestialsiren_]

10:53 an actual jump scare because wtf is this side of the internet 😭😭🤣🤣

[@rj..73]

UNPOPULAR OPINION : Tate McRae isn't an industry plant. She has been working since she was 14 and she's 20 now. She can dance, sing, write and perform. She's one of the best new pop girls (new pop girls like Olivia, Sabrina, Gracie) btw I love u

[@marquisehebbler9471]

No not every release needs to be an album. I do think it’s important to be working towards one. How are we supposed to get an understanding of an artist voice or see progress if we only see glimpses of them every few years?

[@FIRXFLY]

Critics know how to word their opinion, they know why they like/dislike the object. And that is important, but it's still subjective. It's likely that one art critic can't understand every piece of art and sometimes they act like everything should be catered to them. Sometimes they blame it on the art being bad instead of admitting that it's just simply not for them and that makes me mad. But they are important in some way that they make us think about why our opinions are the way they are too. Where are the mysterious celebs? If anything, there need to be some. Also, it's so rare for someone to be so interesting that they can keep themselves a mystery and make people still be captivated by them and none of the celebs in this time are giving that

[@brea557]

Sophie was waaaay ahead of her time RIP

[@louismclean1995]

That woman was living and making music in the future, I can’t put into words how gutted I am we’re not going to get anymore music from Sophie 😭an ICON gone far too soon

[@randomperson-md2lj]

I laughed for so long on the skibidi toilet part omg 😂😂😂😂😂

[@yahainHotPink]

Blank "Coded" and "Era" get on my Nerves!

[@do_cs]

not artpop being the label for "ahead of its time" leave her alawnnnnnnnnnn

[@venus9577]

ugh i love this series

[@karmAnonymous]

Good LORD that toilet skippity cutaway 💀😂😂😂😂

[@angelwithashotgvn]

I have an unpopular opinion: I feel like most tv shows today are often overshadowed by their fanbase. The most recent example I’ve seen would be South Park (which in my opinion is probably one the greatest animated comedies of our generation). I feel the reason it’s so overshadowed is because of the presence of social media which allows people to take the characters and put them in very uncomfortable and inappropriate situations (fanart, fan fiction, and cosplay) and you can’t do anything about it because of freedom of speech and creativity. Freedom of speech isn’t freedom of speech anymore when you use it to degrade, humiliate, or s3xualize another person. Another factor I want to bring up is cringe culture and the South Park fandom has been often subjected to being called cringy or weird….and honestly I wouldn’t blame them for what I’ve seen online. This could pretty much be said about almost any modern tv show.

[@tonialston1968]

Just like Tweek and Craig lol

[@angelwithashotgvn]

I feel like not all fans are bad tho. It’s the ones that lack restraint and have issues

[@angelwithashotgvn]

I do like Tweek and Craig tho it’s cute

[@vinnyb8213]

I feel like Oh Santa w ariana grande and jenifer hudson is a bomb colaboration that deserves recognition

[@Chuu_Vault]

"Maybe i don't know what you're thinking....maybe You don't what you're thinking" Naomi why did you come for the weave 😭😩😂😅. Also my impu on the romance opinion: has anyone realized that most of these "Rom-Com" movies are adaptations of highly romanticized books/wattpad novels?

[@thehiltonsmoney]

unpopular opinion- social media has made it difficult for people to think for themselves. It’s as if nobody is a leader they are more just followers, the more people i meet who are on social media the more i see how we talk THE EXACT SAME (tiktok slang mostly) and just talk about all the same topics. if a movement is going on, even if you don’t stand for that movement you will get harassed if you don’t agree with everyone else.

[@brittneyevergreen9052]

Can we please have a make-up routine 😭 I'm always OBSESSED with it, I need a tutorial

[@jordannelson9765]

25:12 Playboi Carti, even though he's more active now because of his album rollout. I think it's kinda cool when people do this though

[@loxsannbraham8281]

Marina and the diamonds was definitely a head of her time. Especially Electra Heart. I feel being ultra Fem is back in style and that’s what Electra heart was. unapologetically hyper feminine, yet still bossy & demanding .Primadonna, State of Dreaming , How to be a Heart Breaker, Lies .. just make me want to put on a blush pink Teddy & lay on a princess canopy bed, & demand princess treatment

[@CheesecakeIsLifee]

I have a somewhat unserious* unpopular opinion: Regina George & The Joker The craze around Regina George is very similar to how some people acted about The Joker (And Bojack Horseman). Even though Regina has done horrible things, like outing Janis and ostricizing her, she's constantly referred to as an almost anti-hero, or just not a villian at all. It borderline seems like she's seen as aspirational. It reminded me of those Joker motivation quotes that were talked about on Commentary YT for a minute. Of course not everyone doing this are being serious, but after seeing so many 4-5 paragraph comments debunking Regina George (Dream SMP fan style), it makes you start to wonder.. Another example of this would be that one ModernGurlz video on Vicky from The Parent Trap. The topic of the video portrayed Vicky as the true victim. While the comment section ate them up, one comment in particular really stood out to me. It was basically saying that people tended to infantalize yt characters as a way to excuse their awful actions, especially evil ones -- Which brings us back to my point; Regina George & The Joker.

[@chelleange1s]

i think if you were to do a video on projects that were ahead of its’ time, id reccomend asking some subscribers. for me, i think a lot of the kpop group f(x)’s projects have now been deemed as “ahead of their time” especially pink tape.

[@crystalsnow1138]

I know of f(x) and I remember Pink Tape was considered the greatest kpop album of all time on a chart (I can't remember which one), but if you can explain what made Pink Tape so special and groundbreaking for those like myself who haven't listened to it or know that much about it?

[@chelleange1s]

@@crystalsnow1138 i would say what makes pink tape & f(x) ahead of their time is how they weren’t afraid of experimenting in a somewhat “polished” landscape. the album packaging for pink tape was also seemingly the first of its kind & the physical album packaging was made to look like a vhs tape. @chocollette has a video talking abt the art direction for pink tape, i reccomend checking it out.

[@keyon659]

When you drop these videos I be so happy😭😭😭 Also Merry belated Christmas ❤

[@naomi.cannibal]

Merry belated 🤶🏾

[@emitheorbit1118]

Gled to see me appearing at 6:27 💕 Also thanks for the movie recommendation.

[@longlivebeans]

The boomerfication of teenagers is wild lol let the little kids have their memes. Millennials & gen z gotta stop projecting their insecurity onto them. Aging is good actually & given all the horrors happening overseas right now, y’all are sounding kinda ungrateful. Imagine being mad at slang lol get some real problems.

[@naomi.cannibal]

No rightttt I’m sad to see my peers are starting to “back in my day” when 5 mins ago we were on the receiving end of it

[@jasminealce834]

@@naomi.cannibal As a teenager, I’m actually enjoying the fact that freaking Skibidi toilet remixed the best part of ‘give it to me’ and it is now being discovered by little kids! That’s so cute!!! Even better that the part that’s getting remixed is comin from my all time favorite artist. Now that is something for me to be proud of. ❤

[@Oberatous-Udurabas]

Thissss

[@naomi.cannibal]

@@jasminealce834 right I thought I clicked on the wrong thing at first when I heard promiscuous 😭

[@jasminealce834]

@@naomi.cannibal I was drop dead confused and uncomfortably laughing when I first saw the meme. It was unexpected that THIS song would be popular with Gen Alpha, but a scary/pleasant surprise! 😂

[@cerinedali2242]

i completely disagree with the musical theatre one. broadway is inaccessible for most people in general so if you do have the means to finally see a show, you're doing it for the cast not the general public. for example, i flew all the way to new york earlier this year because one of my favorite musical theatre actors came to his show for one last run and i would've been so irritated if people in the crowd were singing and yelling over him.

[@MrMan-vn7rg]

34:03 like if your going to make such a bold statement why would you not give reasoning maybe it was just so they could start are argument or sum but like its so lazy when they say this about artists with no reasoning or explanation like mind you the vocal trinity isn’t fact nor law thats just the 3 vocalists the general public for decades have MOSTLY agreed are the best of the best, but Mariah is the one who has stayed necessarily relevant in pop culture media over the last decades so her voice is usually the only one in the trinity who is always in question because people use her more recent “vocal fails” as reasoning for her to be a “bad singer” or say she can’t sing at all which isn’t necessarily fair because after so many years ofc she’s going to slip up eventually especially with the type of singing she dose but hey lol this is the internet and there is always going to be ignorance and I get that but like come on now Beyoncé…BEYONCÉ???

[@artis_1001]

That last unpopular opinion was wild.. people just say anything

[@JAZZYJSCOOBY]

I remember people hating Kanye's 'Yeezus,' when it came out, but it's now a lot more respected. Travis Scott's recent album 'Utopia,' is heavily inspired by that album. The first artists that came to mind as being mysterious were Frank Ocean, Beyonce, Adele and Lorde. They either don't run their own social media accounts or they rarely post at all.

[@MayaLove777]

I get why some people wouldnt want kids at their wedding. Kids can sometimes be really misbehaved and throw tantrums. I also don't like the sound of kids crying so if I was having a wedding I wouldn't want young kids to be there tbh. Imagine walking down the aisle to meet your partner and there's just some kid screaming and crying snd ruining the moment. I don't think so. Also kids can be wild to the point where they don't hwve spatial awareness and end up crashing into things and destroying gifts/decorations/the cake. So it would be a no from me.

[@JalenTheCreative]

aaliyah was really the ONE OF THE LAST artists that were "ahead of time"

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

I am a big fan of romance, but my issue with toxic relationships is not always the depiction, but how they are romanticized. Most of these relationships are seen as the ideal and the author does not criticize it. When these relationships are constantly in the young adult genre, these young kids and teenagers look up to these couples and try to replicate them. Not all, obviously but enough. I also hate (at least how I see it online or when I browse shelves) that the books that have these toxic relationships that are romanticized are written by women. Women always fear about being in an abusive relationships they can’t get out of and it makes no sense how women romanticize this abuse and never critique it. That is my issue.

[@jermainebrown55]

After watching your video on Cringiness it made me think of how ppl act about artists doing things that they or society think are too old and they find that cringey or wrong and the artist even sometimes face backlash. Will you pleaseeeeee make of video of Ageism in the Music Industry. example/Mini rant: Nicki Minaj does anything and now that she’s 41, ppl automatically calling her grandma and saying she told for this or that

[@Ngasii]

22:55: This is totally a 24K for me as well. As someone looking to tour the world with my own music in a near future myself, the past 5 years or so have had me acknowledge that the album is mostly just an option of music release in this day and age. Technology, the economy and the public have mostly shifted away from the standard or requirement of an album per act to take them seriously. I believe there are people who still see the album as a Rite of Passage for many artists and although having one out can certainly be a lovely thing, there are so many artist who benefit from dropping hot singles that carry them from gig to gig year in and year out. Some artists in South Africa for example have been making their coin off of features for as long as 4 years without so much as an EP. It is worth noting quite the number of them are mostly independent meaning label pressure to release a lengthier body isn't there however that does not change the fact that they are competing with signed artists and are their full-fledged contemporaries. Unless your brand is built on or around it, one could benefit from pinpointing focus on the couple to several bops a year, especially those starting out who don't yet have the financial might to take a gamble on making lengthy bodies of work that may only carry a total of 3 hits out of 20 songs.

[@Chuu_Vault]

Happy Christmas, Hannuka and Holiday y'all. I hope none of you didn't spend it sick 😩

[@naomi.cannibal]

Happy holidays chuuu

[@Chuu_Vault]

@@naomi.cannibal happy holidays Naomi 💝✨ mine weren't so happy bcuz i spend it Sick but i got New headphones and a lamp in shape of a little pig

[@duanein3d]

As a musical theatre writer/performer, that opinion was terrifying

[@estelle1able]

As much as I absolutely love her, an unpopular opinion that is talked about often but I haven't heard anybody mention her name is the disagreeing perceptions towards industry plants. Based on that biopic, I feel that Whitney Houston was actually an industry plant. Again, I absolutely adore her...her debut album was my first album that I personally owned (because I'm from that era of human existence lol) but I can admit that after watching that Whitney movie that she was totally an industry plant and one of the greatest industry plants of all time IMHO. Plus, anyone who thinks Mariah Carey's voice wasn't directly gifted to her from God itself is definitely audibly impaired to a large degree. Love your videos and great job on being so thorough and informative always. 🙂

[@Yslgalore]

There was so many industry plants back in the day since they’re talented ppl don’t think so but by definition of industry plant used today….much of our faves are industry plants

[@krilldion]

Lovebirds was THAT movie i loved it so much

[@_KayBee_]

Claiming MC was overhyped vocally in her prime is asinine. I actually chuckled while you were reading that bs statement. There’s no way this person is watched MC’s SNL performances of Vision of Love and My All, and her Arsenio Hall performance of Emotions and thought to themselves “Overrated”. BFFR!

[@yee2854]

I would say Oil Of Every Pearl’s UnInsides by SOPHIE is an example of a work that’s ahead of its time

[@jesusaceves3893]

Blue is my favorite color so... like nobody thinks the same and that's a good thing, it's subjective.

[@alfreddreamer9097]

Trevor Something is mysterious. Some people think he doesn't exist. He kind of makes 80's electronic/ pop sounding songs. He 's one of my favorite music artist right now.

[@bpyxs]

Unpopular opinion: i feel like what was i made for by billie eilish is the modern version of beautiful by christina aguilera. I don’t know why but i just randomly thought of it and it clicked.

[@sumlem]

In terms of the benefit of Pitch fork reviews and art critics in general, I'm going to paraphrase VideoGameDunkey and what he said about video game magazines... What makes a good reviewer is seeing their voice. The body of reviews give you a good idea to what the reviewer responds to. You can practice dicernment based on your own preferences whether they align with the reviewer or not. What ISN'T helpful are big conglomerates making employees quickly push out half baked reviews for the sake of clicks. The person doing the review can't give a proper review under a short deadline, they can't build a cohesive body of work, and readers will be turned off by all of it. Dunkey mentions Armond White, who I recommend you look into, because he loves "bad" movies and hates "good". There are movies so bad that even he hates them, and movies so good thateven he agrees deserve their merit. But regardless, he stands out because his reviews are consistent with his personal criteria.

[@milkisreallygood8957]

I think the most mysterious person in the music industry to me is bruno mars. he drops music and dips

[@JosiahRobert14]

My unpopular opinion is that every year when people are like "oh this came out 10 years ago" i don't feel that old

[@abbyc.4458]

Naomi! Those toilets were downright frightening!

[@raysjIV]

Love you, I just always relax when I listen to you

[@katethegoblin7659]

The Rocky Horror Show has fanchants!

[@jessicastraw6593]

I love musicals as is, if people started singing along I’d be pissed

[@tassisgustavo]

My favorite romcom is gone girl

[@a.lumpia]

I never would have imagined I'd experience skibidi toilet on this channel yet here we are

[@iamjesskingsley]

About the "ahead of it's time" opinion 1. I find it funny that you used ARTPOP to represent the opinion becayse that is the perfect example of albums (or anything) being ahead of their time. 2. What makes albums, like ARTPOP for example, "ahead of it's time" is kind of because of production, but mainly because of concept/writing in general. At the time of ARTPOP's release, people hated the album and it was given a bad grade even before it released, and most people thought she was just singing about sex, weed, attention (because of applause) over heavy beats. But when the pandemic came around, people who hated it got a chance to pay full attention to it, and peoole who didnt know about it (myself included) got a chance to discover it. Even the Grammys (who gave ARTPOP no nomination) had called it "Gaga's bravest album" once it turned 10 years old and gave it the attention it shouldve gotten because, like i said, people had time to pay attention or just actually bothered to.

[@alexp7673]

I think the vocal trinity is Mariah, Celine, and Whitney. I think she's third place in the trinity but she still belongs.

[@samuelgalea7679]

The thing about critics is they’re bought as well

[@Mckylan]

Carti is someone who I would say is mysterious and ppl are always looking out for. When he tweets or says anything it instantly goes viral. His brand is being mysterious and never know what he is up to or when he is gonna drop

[@mckai4717]

In my opinion I think there are very few albums from an artist that are ahead of their time and one that comes to mind for me was stripped by Christina Aguilera conceptually wise and to elaborate on that the time being 2001 and the world was incredibly conservative at the time and under a republican president and Christina had topics in that album that are still very important today And another section I wanted to voice my opinion on is “Mariah Carey is overrated” i think that notion is just ridiculous on every level even just on a technical level and your just gonna have to take my word on it but I’d be 100% willing to link some videos but according to multiple vocal coaches Mariah has one of the best techniques in her prime of all singers and the things I do know about vocal technique is she always had perfect placement of her voice to make it resonate which is technique on placing the voice in the mask of the face to give it a ringy and powerful quality

[@erikm8372]

Regarding the person who mentioned relatability, lackluster celebrities, and how any celebrity could be replaced with an average person & nothing would change-that’s a loaded statement. Lol. Uhh. Whether I someone got exposure through a competition, social media, or simply being in the right place, at the right time-fame does not always equate to having a famous family and/or wealth. I can name dozens of singers and actors who came from nothing but had an idea and a dream, and hopefully a talent! I mean, Britney Spears might have started on Disney, but who was she before that? Just Britney from Kentwood. Who was Mariah Carey? Just shy, talented Mariah from Huntington, Long Island. Shit, who was Madonna? Before the diva and icon we know her as now, she was Madonna Ciccone from Michigan, wanting to dance for Alvin Ailey in New York. None of those, and more, are a case of wealth beforehand… But that person acts as if no celebrities are self-made, like at all. They said many celebs are born wealthy or born with the “right” family to push them in a certain direction, and it ends up just being what they do… regardless of their actual skill level. Meanwhile, I’m sure plenty of lackluster performers are also self-made, have put in the work, got themselves discovered… and yet still, they’re mediocre. 🤣🤔 On the same note, some of the most famous, amazing, awarded & acclaimed celebs are also self-made.