POP SONG REVIEW: "Best Song Ever" by One Direction

[@ajeetminhas7969]

I don't like this song, but this is one of Todd's best reviews. I love it when people start off trying to trash something, but then slowly 180 and force themselves to admit they like it (it has to be genuine though).

[@cf9368]

I like Todd's videos, but it doesn't sound genuine to me

[@YayChocolateYay]

Well, to be honest, there's really no way this can be genuine since he has to write the script.

[@Foxpawed]

Like in the best songs of the year list where he ended up putting Gangam Style in the honorable mentions with "... it grew on me. Shut up."

[@salm-wt3wm]

I know it's an old comment, but I think it's a bit of both. As far as his videos are concerned I am pretty sure they are scripted. However, that doesn't mean that as he was coming up with the script for the video he didn't have or couldn't have had a turn around on the song. So, while the episode may be contrived for comedic effect, I do think he probably did change his mind about the song.

[@miserychickadee]

+Xen That's dumb. It doesn't matter how he was feeling when he recorded it, if the script itself was written with a genuine feeling in mind.

[@beccawebb3048]

I always thought the chords of Best Song Ever were an homage to The Who's song, as if the song they danced to all night was that song

[@Ertwin123]

It has the "yeahs", but not the "ohs"

[@idontknow-re9dx]

I like this interpretation

[@MomLAU]

:) That would be hard to dance to.

[@danielpatternson6149]

makes sense

[@natashanorris650]

“Guys I think I like this song” ... I keep rewatching this review because it’s just a riot watching Todd go from one direct to the other.

[@ConclusiveConfusion]

sometimes Todd's hood looks like a mirror image of his face in profile.... Now that I've noticed it, I can not unsee it.

[@OneModderJ]

I noticed the same thing!

[@brenna_marie]

SHOOKETH

[@angelluna9599]

He's Edward Mordrake

[@greenrandall143]

I I was noticing the same thing I thought I was crazy

[@MarkHalberstram]

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone moment

[@JoshuaFagan]

This is one of my favorite Todd reviews.

[@kimifw58]

According to Wikipedia, the "sexy assistant" is played by Zayn. I'm very disturbed.

[@justfred1121]

whaaat theeeee fuckkkkkkk

[@PsychoRider666]

Kimi FW I always thought he was the most handsome 😂

[@skylermaves7272]

Kimi FW He's a good looking guy but he does not look good dressed as a girl

[@MomoGobboYT]

Kimi FW I wonder what the backlash would like like if this had been released today

[@multijxde1855]

I mean y’all didn’t know this

[@meg143562]

My dad said that a movie he saw with his friend in his 20s was “the best movie ever,” but it turned out he accidentally had an edible beforehand...maybe 1D got baked by some baked goods?

[@apinakapina]

Well, it's a decent pop song. Whoever wrote and produced it did a good job, and it makes the guys look like normal human beings instead of date-rapey creeps.

[@NothingYouHaventReadBefore]

apinakapina Normal date-rapey creeps then.

[@luckystriker842]

The songwriting team for this single (and indeed, the rest of One Direction's existence) was completely different than the previous ones.

[@riahlexington]

apinakapina exactly

[@multijxde1855]

None of them would hurt a fly stop acting like they’re maroon 5 smh

[@riahlexington]

BTS/a.r.m.y Jimin I know ! I guess whoever was writing their songs was bad at conveying non creepiness.

[@harpyhelp]

hearing todd say quarantine activated my fight or flight response

[@TaraWert1]

Zayne is disturbingly hot in drag. Can we get him on Ru Paul's Drag Race?

[@Toxic_Stall]

*Zayn

[@Flowtail]

Isn’t drag really common in the uk?

[@katteycat]

It's not drag

[@ffjreviews9029]

At least it’s not Pillowtalk or I Don’t Wanna Live Forever

[@emilyc8751]

^ Don’t disrespect my baby Pillow talk like that 👀

[@astridparungao4971]

And now he likes Perfect

[@KyleRayner12]

I just had a thought: what if the lifted riff is meant to imply that the song they were dancing to... was "Baba O'Riley?" OK, I don't really think that they're really that clever. But it'd be incredible if that were the point, wouldn't it?

[@boxycthulhu3519]

It certainly does go 'yeah yeah yeah', although I don't think it goes 'oh oh oh'

[@idab9958]

excuse me sir you just blew my mind

[@shadehawk]

im right there with you todd... that dude is a pretty hot chick.

[@Momo_Minomo]

+Gipsy Dangeresque Their video made me question my sexuality. I'm a lesbian who thought a heterosexual cis male dressed as a woman was attractive. If he'd only been trans I wouldn't be feeling these conflicting emotions. Trans would have been fine! Or a cis woman! But he's not!

[@shadehawk]

Pera Medina rofl, im sorry to hear that *sympathy pats*

[@quintinbenkovitz6295]

+Pera Medina dafuq??

[@Momo_Minomo]

Quintin Benkovitz LOL

[@PrincessNinja007]

+Pera Medina As a straight woman who was once nestled in the comfiest of sympathy bosoms, I feel your confusion.

[@jakerboss3534]

Quarantining the entire island It’s 2020. Your wish came true

[@janicecolumbus4917]

"This is the greatest and best song in the world...tribute." Tenacious D

[@phoenixfritzinger9185]

well they are right, Baba O'riley is the best song ever

[@friendlydark]

as someone who was once both a teenage girl and coincidentally obsessed with one direction i very much appreciated this review, todd

[@gareemahirani3073]

As a directioner who loves your videos, i came here expecting to see them get roasted but im honestly glad you liked the song 😂

[@deniselaw5050]

I know it was kinda surprising wasn’t it? 😂

[@Kas_Styles]

Hi I'm a fan of the band too

[@MxEverybody]

My kink: watching people actually listening to 1D or Harry styles expecting to hate and then just... not

[@representationmetaphorique]

One direction got a lot better after their third album, I must say.

[@representationmetaphorique]

they also started writing their own music.

[@louschwick7301]

todd agrees

[@manashibht]

It was actually Louis Tomlinson from the band who was responsible for the change of their sound from cheesy bubble gum pop of their first two albums to guitar driven pop rock kind of sound from the third album onwards. He fought for creative control and wrote 37 songs (90%) of their entire discography, hence a massive improvement in the lyrics.

[@pastelskies99]

@@manashibht yet he still gets the most shit, we would still be listening to bubble gum shit, like yeah for their first 2 albums it works, they are still young, haven't really found their voice yet. but when Midnight Memories came around they were mostly out of their teen phase so it had to sound a bit more mature (you definitely hear it more in Four and MITAM)

[@kieranstark7213]

*1D in the thirds of the 2010s* One Direction in the early 2010s: A boy band that couldn’t possibly rival the higher quality of past boy bands like BSB, NSYNC. 98 Degrees, A1, and Five judging by the one direction (no pun intended) they were going by pandering to teenage girls and turning them into bieberluvr1234s (yes, I know she’s only been active in 2010 before she got shut down for disrespecting opinions like “Justin Bieber isn’t amazing”) where they would kill you by calling you a “misogynistic teenage man” if you find their favourite works to be mediocre or worse (and would even call you ungrateful if you hate Bayformers because according to them “THEY HAVE EVERYTHING YOU PERVERTS WANT!!!!! STOP HATING BECAUSE YOU CANNOT MAKE A MOVIE LIKE BAY!!!!! AND BY THE WAY, THE WOMEN HE MADE CAN KICK YOUR BIG SORRY ASSES IF YOU TELL US THEY CAN’T!!!!! WHERE IS *YOUR* TALENT DOUCHEBAG MEN?!!!!!”). One Direction in the mid-2010s: Much better than ever before (and yes, it must be because of why Louis deserved better than he got... pop rock music with 1980s sounding influence songs like Stockholm Syndrome)... until it split around 2016. One Direction (in the late 2010s) after it was 1D: Not the best, but not the worst either (except for maybe Pillowtalk).

[@kimifw58]

I also hate when a music video starts with the singer trying to act. Even if the singer is capable of acting, I'm here for the music. Then again, I also get annoyed when a reviewer on the internet begins his review with with a minute-long skit that has nothing to do with the thing he's reviewing and stops the review minutes later to continue that story line with cameos of people I barely know and keeps doing that throughout the review. It's quite jarring.

[@thelurkingfear5979]

*cough* Nostalgia Critic *cough*

[@gorditaopm]

+TheLurkingFear that would be true unless nostalgia critics skits always relate in some way to the movie he's reviewing which he does SOOOO.........

[@metademetra]

gorditaopm Didn’t get the complaints until the Garfield review. I did not get the joke at all...

[@WhiteKnuckleRide512]

@@gorditaopm Wait please please please elaborate. Are there people on this planet who genuinely enjoy Nostalgia Critic videos?

[@SALshaNoma]

@@WhiteKnuckleRide512 yes. Of course his original work was better but he's becoming less shouty now and doing real reviews a lot like Brad does. I don't mind the skits. It's his own original idea and keeps his people employed. Don't like skits then go watch the millions of other reviewers on KZbin.

[@HorrorGeek9]

Zayn looks really good in drag.

[@aidanhoward23]

best day ever by spongebob is better

[@blingee1479]

aidanhoward23 xD

[@lord_boneman]

aidanhoward23 fuck even Mötley Crüe is better. By miles.

[@Phrankster163]

The masochist in me is gonna look for that horrible version of "One Way Or Another" now. The sane part is me is screaming NO, but the other part takes control when it sees something terrible. I hope to come out with with my sanity intact on the other side.

[@PinkCatsy]

+Phrankster163 it was for charity though, not saying it's a good song but the fact that it was a cover was part of the charity thing because Little Mix did a cover of Word Up! for that same charity.

[@ancomfin4270]

+PinkCatsyQueen It gets worse though. At least where I am KZbin classes Cameo second on relevance to a word up search, and Blondie 6th for one way or another

[@thegloriousdipshit4274]

Phrankster163 3

[@user-rx2ur5el9p]

good luck and good health to you, brother

[@josecabre1]

The "Zayn" part

[@Idk-pe4cy]

Out of all the one direction songs I feel like this particular song has aged really well because there is a lot of times where I go back to that song and I like a lot more then I thought I would also say that their song ready to run was also pretty decent and really should have been a single even though I was not a big one direction fan I knew they did have potential to make decent music even if it's a boy band because damn if they didn't take that hiatus there would have been a lot more better music coming from this group just saying in general I would have liked them a lot more if they didn't take that hiatus

[@anajulia-mi1bf]

I. CAN'T. STOP. WATCHING. TODD'S. VIDEOS!

[@scrambled5948]

Even though one direction were probably terrible, I'm a member of generation z so, nostalgia doesn't allow me to hate them. (Can you have nostalgia for a decade that hasn't ended yet?)

[@h8urself]

Scrambled 59 shdh they are very very cheesy and weird during their teenage years because of their writers and stuff but check out their solo stuff. harry and niall's solo albums are very good. Niall's is very acoustic-y and Harry's is a very grown up indie sound almost. And if you dont like their music their personalities are A+ but yeah. Their one direction years (2011-14) weren't the best but as they grew up they got much, much better.

[@jessenathan9346]

no u yes. Yes, you can

[@h8urself]

Jesse Nathan what. what does that mean ?

[@jessenathan9346]

no u I was replying to Scrambled 59’s comment

[@kieranstark7213]

I’m an early Generation Zer and I’ve never been a Directioner (not even in the mid-2010s when they actually had better songs than ever before like Stockholm Syndrome and Drag Me Down)

[@afrosamurai5588]

Pick of destiny is one of my favorite movies ever.

[@frankm.2850]

Jack Black could mop the floor with these jokers without breaking a sweat musically speaking, and not just because he's actually a trained singer.

[@afrosamurai5588]

+Frank Martin Hell yeah.✊

[@Spudcore]

True, but he's not very sexy.

[@afrosamurai5588]

Adam Power lol

[@LuriTV]

But Kyle Gas is!

[@Posiman]

I absolutely hate the pre-song skit in this. Not because it's useless and unfunny, but because of the evidently false rebellious pretense. Guys, you are the Ewoks of pop music. You exist only because posters and 1D-themed stuff has to be sold to a particular demographic. Accept it, embrace it. An NEVER try to pretend that you just go your own way and say FUCK YOU to THE MAN. Many pop stars do it and I always hated it. The most hilarious instance of this for me was on Czechoslovakian communist TV, when the state-controlled studio created singer Jan Cézar, designed to mimic the New Wave depressed New Romantic rebel of the west and then accompanied him with a voiceover explaining to the audience that he indeed is a true rebel and the thing he rebels against is the western imperialist influence infecting our marvelous socialist society...

[@diegovargas8375]

@julie martinez I know this is a year late but I think you responded to the wrong person.

[@wybo2]

Commenting to save this annecdote for later

[@oldvlognewtricks]

Written by James Corden. Checks out.

[@joshraid1550]

So he's rebellious against the people who are doing counterculture and fighting the system, by literally appropriating rebellious counterculture aesthetics for the purpose of pushing against these systems.

[@xrrgr]

didn't family guy have a skit like that "establishment, establishment"

[@erikolexy1168]

Music Videos starting with skits: IT'S TIME TO STOP, IT'S TIME TO STOP⏰⏰⏰⏰⏰

[@PrincessNinja007]

30STM has a decent excuse: their frontman was an actor first. So at least the skits aren't lame.

[@noesunyoutuber7680]

It's time to stop! Where the fuck are your parents!?

[@Dumb_Killjoy]

To be fair, there are good skits, like the ones in Thriller and A Little Less 16 Candles

[@mj4ever1332]

I wanna listen to Tenacious D now

[@DarcyBits]

I am here 4 years later to say that this is one of Todd`s best videos.

[@SilverSpoonRiche]

I honestly don't know which is better, when he hates and rages against a song or when he goes into it expecting to hate it and then has to admit he likes it! LOL

[@kolearodras9152]

I literally cannot believe Tenacious D was brought up in this video. I love the hell out of that movie.

[@likechopsticks]

honestly I like the fact that they draw from classic rock to write music now, but it just means they don't make quite as popular songs (reference: harry styles is surprisingly good)

[@nerites_]

And then kpop happened

[@thatkeren]

Haha yes

[@Posiman]

Well, if you remember, in the Pick of Destiny Tenacious D actually lost the rock-off. They were just extremely lucky to defeat the Devil. For me this adds another layer to "Tribute." These guys are either so obsessed with their rock icon image that they intentionally lie and pretend they've won, or they are just so stoned that they really forgot how it really was and so delusional about themselves to actually think they played the greatest song in the world...

[@averywoody5515]

Hey man, you've been reviewing songs you hated forever now. You were due for this

[@emerycorner]

It's been awhile since I've seen him break down and say he actually liked-

[@amityislandchum]

Well, now that the guys are solo and we know there are some phenomenal songwriters in the group, their good 1D songs make more sense.

[@ashjubilee]

Personally, I think this song is kind of like a tribute to Baba O' Riley

[@Spudcore]

Jesus, I'm astounded at how bad this "comedy" intro is. It's actually making me really uncomfortable. Embarrassingly shit.

[@1101Archimedes]

"That was it? Jeez, Tenacious D made it sound a lot more epic in Tribute." It _was_ more epic, but you skipped all the buildup! It's like singing a really long note without inhaling first and just using whatever air happens to be in your lungs at the time: of course it will fall short!

[@PumperKrickel]

Nah man, they made it sound epic, when it actually wasn´t that great. Their retelling of what happened is completely biased. They didn´t defeat Satan with their rock, they were just extremely lucky.

[@1101Archimedes]

Michael Morales You kidding? The D's complete song was megafonzies cooler than Satan's; he just couldn't conceive of himself losing a rock-off and tried to declare them the losers, buuuut...justice prevails!

[@PumperKrickel]

***** Valid rebuttal.

[@Ertwin123]

Tribute was better than the so-called "greatest song"

[@CoryMck]

The same chords as the Cars- Just what I needed.

[@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303]

And Stacy's mom

[@janicecolumbus4917]

Stop starting music videos with stupid skits and mini movies! It's awful! STOP!!!

[@RellikInProfile]

+Janice Columbus Except the times it isn't awful.

[@RossPitSharkHunter]

Like Thriller?

[@enzmondo]

You call yourselves hunters?

[@enzmondo]

You call yourselves hunters?

[@connorstratton5961]

Twisted sister videos

[@Rocketboy1313]

Man, back when joking about boy bands being Nazis... Before all the actual Nazis started coming out of the woodwork.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Hey, its easier shooting something when its not hidden in between planks

[@katedavis9239]

Harry Zayn chesterdon I died

[@clairekim2525]

THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE WHO THANK YOU

[@harbinger1048]

“Although there’s probably some dentist’s daughter in england who i’m sure is very happy right now” Todd, you jest! they don’t have dentists in england

[@Exeedra]

I absolutely love when Todd gives up trying to rip into this song and just accepts that he likes it. XD

[@killerbug05]

The thumbnail is a better work of art than this song could ever wish to be

[@NatLaS]

I was as confused as you when my friend made me listen to it. I didn't understand why I found it more than bearable

[@jensanruby6739]

Beelzeboss is a masterpeice and you can't change my mind

[@cweb234]

ITS CUZ THE SONG SLAPS, CLAPS, AND SIZZLES, TODD.

[@connorleahy2792]

Acting like New Workout Plan isn't comedy gold

[@baxtorscmusic]

I loved this review! Very relatable lol.

[@ELEcomments]

the real reason they do this is for you, not the girl sitting next to you, but you.

[@shanebailey340]

P.O. Box 2112, eh Todd? Is that an unintentional reference? 'Cause if it is/was, well played, my dude. Well played.

[@matty4941]

I'm just gonna pretend he's a closeted Rush fanboy

[@fadhil2446]

may 1D be banished to the clone pod from where they came

[@h8urself]

Fadhil K hold up homeslice, 1d maybe be trash but their solo stuff is pretty hecking good. ('Harry Styles' & 'Flicker' ) dont banish them just yet

[@pastelskies99]

@@h8urself Flicker is so fucking amazing

[@excusethesanity]

First hearing - Get outta here 1D! Second hearing - Hold on, were they dancing to Baba O'Riley? Third hearing - So, this is a nod to the Who, isn't it? I am now actually a fan of One Direction.

[@SnakeGuyJohnny]

Before watching this, I only knew this song as 15 seconds of a Weird Al polka medley. I plan to keep it that way.

[@mimmikyute]

"Guys I think I like this song. Like a lot, a whole lot." and so is the story of how I got into One Direction. At first I was disappointed in myself, and then just finally gave up and admitted I like them.

[@mimmikyute]

Hi, me two years ago. This review was a turning point for you, and I'm so happy about that. It was this video that taught you that just because everyone likes something doesn't make it bad. That led to a lot of learning, namely that no matter what, having passion and being a fan of something is always better than disliking something you don't know anything about just because your friends/idols say it's bad. Thanks Todd. This review means a lot to me. Also I love Imagine Dragons and there's nothing you can do to stop me BWAHAHA

[@Devppp]

4:33 WE ARE THE WORLD! WE ARE THE CHILDREN!!

[@yltb2702]

and I laughed all night to the best episode ever!!!!!

[@catmerchant8699]

Plot twist: the ‘best song ever’ they’re singing about is actually this song, best song ever.

[@witchflowers6942]

i think this one still holds up

[@catmerchant8699]

Also night changes

[@Strookers]

12:56 was by far my favourite part of this journey

[@sugarfrosted2005]

I'm going to find them. And get them for that song.

[@a1goldenrunner]

I love the Pick of Destiny. I wish they would rerelease it on blu-ray

[@dillwad88]

Three years later December 2018 and I still have no idea what the grim reaper thumbnail is supposed to mean...

[@blackwidow8412]

That zip code, 24501, is literally a 15 minute drive from me. Hahaha. 🤣

[@shaynebutler2443]

I wonder what Todd thinks of 5ive's Everybody Get Up.

[@hellogoditsmesara3569]

Todd admits One Direction has made "The Best Song Ever"

[@eleanorruth2843]

Love the thumbnail

[@nifralo2752]

Dose the bald guy at the start have fake chest hair? Because I'm not sure if its worse thinking that he stuck that on or he actually is that hairy. Either way he looks very slimy.

[@girlwithaguitar24]

That's actually Tom Cruise

[@saytr4]

For intellectual honesty. 👍👍👍

[@pongo5000]

That quarantine jokes pretty funny in hindsight 🤔

[@FerdandOfThe]

This is wayyyy late, but thanks for a proper use of "in lieu of". Most people just accidentally say it instead of "in light of", so seeing it used correctly makes me happy.

[@MatthewHiltner]

Woah woah woah. I've agreed with, or at the very least, been able to understand and appreciate your view on pretty much everything I've seen on your channel so far. But the "scourge" of rap album skits? Scourge? I've found these skits to be one of the most unique things about rap albums in general that sets the genre apart all the others. As pioneering as 3 Feet High and Rising was, the skits played such a large role that I don't think the album would carry the weight it does if not for those skits. While De La Souls skits were often simply punctuation between tracks, the skits on Eazy-E's Eazy-Duz-It were every bit as important as the songs themselves as they tied the stories in the songs together, resulting in a unique listening experience. Twenty years later Kendrick and Kanye would use skits in the same manner, adding meaning to the songs each skit was sandwiched between and the whole story of the album. The bowling alley skit on Hail Mary Mallon's "Bestiary," as silly as it was, is an interesting commentary on how today's culture, if only american culture, is so quick to get behind a movement, and get all up in arms over the mistreatment the movements cause, only to entirely abandon it once they lose interest in it or don't care enough to stay involved, then forgotten just as quickly as they joined it. Only two artists from my music collection come to mind that have skits on an album and are not in the rap/hip-hop world. Lard's "Can God Fill Teeth" and a small handful of skits on Naked Raygun's "Last of the Demohicans." While the skits from Raygun are easily forgettable, I found their attempt commendable. However, to this day I still find myself reciting the "Can God Fill Teeth" bit several times a year. I got the album the skit is on, "The Last Temptation of Reid," when it was released in 1990. I guess if an artist puts a skit on an album just for the sake of it being a skit, yeah that's rather dumb. If an artist has skits on an album because it's part of a larger picture, I can't see how that could be considered a scourge.

[@amalphia63]

Okay, I figured out why the skit sucks. It was written by James cORDEN

[@bubblegumbitch2191]

That explains it

[@Xondar11223344]

2:40: Hi from 2020, you got your wish Todd!

[@PotatoLoverHere]

you should check out Louis Tomlinson's solo work. Kill my mind is pretty neat

[@misseli1]

an extended version of this video!

[@aidengnuse281]

Idk if this will ever get seen, but the tenacious d movie was great, love the reference man

[@Kas_Styles]

As a fan of the band in glad you like tbe song.

[@ddjsoyenby]

the song is pretty good, and here in 2022 they became much better.

[@okonx003]

What are the songs that todd shows with oh ya?

[@Musicradio77Network]

Speaking of the song, Kidz Bop Kids did a new one called "Best Time Ever" which is not the title to "Best Song Ever", but it's a different song, and it's for the upcoming "Kidz Bop 35" which will be coming out next month.

[@iankawaja3289]

One day my sister forced me to watch the 1D movie and I think went deaf after watching it

[@katharinas.5643]

omg best thumbnail ever

[@arianrhodhyde7482]

To be honest what's worse about their blondie cover is that they randomly inserted a line from Teenage Kicks, aka the only punk song ever, aka john peel's all-time favourite song, and they made it sound shit. it was tough being a snobby "classic wrock!!!1!" fan in middle school.

[@ancomfin4270]

I might be wrong here, but is the dancing at 13:00 not really similar to the dance at the end of The Bad Touch by The Bloodhound Gang, minus the flip over and spanking bit? If it is, then they've borrowed from two comedy acts.

[@gruffkibbles8995]

10:55 me and my brother watched that years ago I liked it

[@madeupname3008]

omg I love this guy

[@gabrielblanchard3921]

this is the best todd in the shadows episode ever

[@misseli1]

Is this an extended version of the review?

[@KidSnivy69]

+TotalSaxSap Yep

[@ArizMartinez18]

This is the regular review. The other version was on the Super League of Critics channel which, for wahtever reason were shortened. This is not the only TiTS review that got sliced.

[@IlloyedKater]

I'd slot my self in the singer's perspective 😅 actually. I mean the emotion of feeling like that about another person gets me pretty hipe 😇

[@krisosphere9940]

Watched that movie too.

[@andrewsaladine939]

Only Todd can talk about one direction and jack black in one video.

[@emery5417]

tenacious d is my husband and I's favorite movie. well.... that and hot fuzz. 😂😂