POP SONG REVIEW: "Don't Call Me Angel" by Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey

Charlie, how your angels get down like that? And how did they make no one excited for this new movie?
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[@SuperBagofskittles]

The verses make no sense together. It's like a group project where people write their own parts but don't talk until the day they have to present

[@dominikad.1368]

I wouldn't be surprised if that was what happened. The song was written for Ariana, Miley was brought in so with her help they made up a verse that would suit her and then Lana was thrown in last minute so she wrote the bridge for herself. So yeah that's kinda what it is.

[@dildonius]

Well number one, none of these women except maybe Lana Del Rey actually wrote any of these lyrics. Their ghostwriters did.

[@cyanmanta]

Say what you want about Bang Bang, but at least there was a line of reasoning connecting two of the three verses.

[@jessicaw9011]

OMG YES!

[@miniondaechir]

every group project

[@Charuchii]

This song feels like they try to appeal it to the widest, broadest group of women they could think of, so they picked three artists that have little to nothing to do with each other, which all have their own very different fanbase. They tried to appeal so broadly to everyone, but resulted in appealing to no one.

[@mrclueuin]

Nailed it! 👍

[@shadyjoanneboots]

You summed it up perfectly. They didn't even care about picking artists that made sense on the same song

[@christopherbennett5858]

Not only that but it's not like a team in the sense of different parts coming together. Kind of like how, in Fifth Harmony's "worth it", there's no harmonising. If anything, it's more like Maroon 5's "Payphone" where the artists are pretty disjointed.

[@realdiamond1524]

yes.

[@xshadowscreamx]

I would say small pockets in all fan bases, enough to make a profit and radio play.

[@kodythomas9880]

My favorite part is that they’re saying “don’t call me angel” while wearing their cutest Victoria’s Secret Angels lingerie.

[@pathetic2399]

And they get called angels at the end of the video.

[@michaelfrancis0219]

@@pathetic2399 That Elizabeth Banks cameo was NOT needed

[@mj-yo7vt]

Don't call me a successful female singer cause that's not who I am

[@ao8021]

Kody Thomas, also, if i remember correctly, in charlie's angels they aren't called "angels" in a romantic way, they're called angels because they're all-seeing. it's kinda stupid that they took something that wasn't really demeaning and tried to say that it was. i think they just wanted to make a song that would sell and get radio play, and therefore they entirely disregarded what it was based on.

[@maggiekoch9348]

As a fan of "Police Woman" "Barnaby Jones", and "Buffy", this is a weak version of the tough, resourceful characters I know and appreciate. They aren't smart, brave role models, they are modern "cheesecake" artists.

[@gabbyfringette7250]

Ariana's part: I'm too rich for you Miley's part: I'm too tough for you Lana's part: I'm down but I'm literally the devil.

[@morganqorishchi8181]

So what you're saying is, they each reflect a stereotype men who regularly get turned down have about women. That's kind of fitting, really...

[@TwighlightLugia]

@@morganqorishchi8181 you can say "incels" friend, it's ok

[@kakyointhemilfhunter4273]

@@TwighlightLugia Plenty of normal people believe in these stereotypes too my guy

[@camrynvb5803]

Miley’s part seems like the best fit for the movie

[@Htds9]

@@kakyointhemilfhunter4273 Yes a powerful argument from the milf hunter

[@fauxrowsdower7610]

“...you know in Addams Family Values when the popular girls try to recruit Wednesday?” just about killed me, the accuracy is too much

[@rachel_sj]

FauxRowsdower That reference made me laugh a bit too loud at work this morning

[@CarlosHernandez-jv6wk]

In the alternate ending, Lana ties Arians to a pole and sets her on fire. And Miley in all likelihood is trying to blow her husband up to collect his inheritance and flee the country.

[@CarlosHernandez-jv6wk]

*Ariana (stupid autocorrect...)

[@Aster_Risk]

It was funny, but not completely accurate. Lana isn't mainstream, but she's still pop.

[@alexanderweaver3145]

FauxRowsdower I was looking for this comment 😂

[@Rsgg95]

Lana Del Rey in this song is like Kurt Cobain sung in the Backstreet Boys.

[@FY-uu9hl]

Rsgg95 Lana Del Rey yep the establishments version of alternative, just like Kurt

[@knowyourroleboulevard7119]

Not really.

[@FY-uu9hl]

Know Your Role Boulevard s a r c a s m

[@bamabat8435]

Only, not at all like that. Dude, she's a fucking pop star, barely. She's not a hard-alternative-rock artist like Nirvana. Just because somebody makes music that's different from what's popular doesn't make them Nirvana. By your rationale Cyndi Lauper is just like Sonic Youth because they're both weird. C'mon. Stop being 19 years old.

[@timcosgrove707]

It’s nothing like that because I would pay very dearly to see that.

[@awetpaperbag9267]

"Yeah I'm an angel, because you're blessed to be with me" would be a WAY more sensible message considering the film's name lol

[@The_Weasel_]

She already did that song though. That's what God is a Woman was

[@G17x]

@@The_Weasel_ 💯💯NOW DATS FAX

[@ailish2284]

This song is very “pink capitalism”. The whole “girl boss, girl squad, empowerment means bitchy and bossy” thing is a very marketable form of feminism that very little people can object to. So hollywood and other industries cram it down everyone throat until the real facets of feminism are watered down and anyone who tries to actually have any real discussion is shot down or ignored and it ignores issues related to men and trans women. And because this stuff is so popular (even when it sucks) and dominates most mainstream spheres this is all anyone really knows

[@AS-ip4xf]

Daniella Trans women are women.

[@nsinghize]

@@fox_in_michigan8716 Men also suffer emotionally and mentally under the patriarchal system. Their problems shouldn't be excluded. Also, trans women are women too.

[@lynn4840]

​@@fox_in_michigan8716 You act like the patriarchy doesn't harm men too. Why do you think suicide is the top cause of death for men under 50? Because toxic masculinity demands that they "man up" and never show their emotions in a way that they deem "weak." If you really think that the patriarchy is helpful for anyone other than the small fraction of men already at the top, you haven't been paying attention. Also, trans women are women. You don't get to exclude them then claim you care about other women, when you only care about them when it suits your needs. In short: fuck off with your TERF bullshit.

[@InaZeaAnaZazi]

@@lynn4840 I 100% agree that the patriarchy is harmful to everyone, but it's not harmful the same way. Like, Trans Women, Men, Trans Men, Intersex people, and any variations thereupon have different problems that are rooted in the patriarchy. Just because one wants to talk about woman-specific problems that e.g. trans women simply don't have (which is sorta limited to reproduction, I think? Like periods and other uterus-related stuff) doesn't mean that they exclude Trans people from their feminism. Like, this situation doesn't call for a separation, so I get where you're coming from, but the 'weaponized femininity and disguising objectification as empowerment' are actual problems. I mean, I legit don't get why we as a society equate gender expression with biological sex and why it is important who people have sex with beyond creating birth defects or transmitting disease (which is more an issue of safe sex anyway, people with STDs are still people after all) Anyway, what I meant to say was that this person makes a stupid point about trans people, (cause trans women are women in all the ways that count, and thus you can discount the ways they aren't or weren't) but the actual thing they said that didn't relate to trans stuff is valid. That 'weaponized femininity' that Pamela Anderson in Barbed Wire sported and the "I'm strong because I, as a feeble woman, can do man things" thing every "Strong Independent Woman (TM)" cliché sports can be really harmful. It makes it seem like you can't be both 'soft' and 'strong' at the same time, which is exactly what the toxic masculinity thing is about. We as a society place too much importance on gender and what it signifies. Like, the only thing that actually divides men and women is reproductive biology ... (okay, that entails some hormonal stuff that makes gaining muscle mass easier for men, changes some of the characteristics of a person's skin [cellulite is a female thing, because skin structure is different in women] and also sometimes manifests in different behavioral patterns, because hormones are the bane of existence ... which makes this whole thing so much more complex once you get into the nitty-gritty) ... Anyway, what my point was supposed to be (somewhere) was that one sample of excluding trans* people from the discussion doesn't make the person a Terf ... but then, they're doing it without reason, so in conclusion: I agree with you.

[@shyannescott7019]

Finally someone that actually knows what is happening. I don't think there is anything bad about it but people need to realize that this isn't the only way wemon can be empowering.

[@TeenDream888]

Ariana: don't call me Angel *wears an angel outfit complete with white wings*

[@kieranstark7213]

A Dose of Buckley: Oh-ho! Don’t call you angel?! So then why the fuck did your dress like one?! 😂

[@morganqorishchi8181]

To be fair, some harpies have white wings in mythology.

[@LittlePinkMew]

Morgan Naviaux so..... Charlie’s Harpies?

[@jessika-violadbarghest1338]

@@LittlePinkMew now Charlie's Harpies I would watch

[@troodon1096]

Reminds me of the kind of women that wear revealing clothing but act like you're a pig for daring to look.

[@culwin]

You're way overthinking it. The movie has the word "Angel". The song has the word "Angel". That's all the thought that was put into this.

[@pinkcupcake4717]

I bet Ariana wrote the first draft as its own thing, then it got ripped from her because they needed a Charlie's Angels song and this one had "angel" in it already.

[@kieranstark7213]

*Charlie’s Angels scores* Visuals: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (As much as I hate to admit it, the look of the film could’ve been worse! But while the sceneries have strong colour palettes and Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska are hot chicks that I’d like to put in my porn films after I give them a thick muscle leg workout, the problem with the visuals is when the titular characters fight, it makes the action awkward because of how much the movie tried to force a feminist agenda down our throats) Story: Coming from a Charlie’s Angel’s fan, the movie is so bad (quality-wise and therefore financially) that I wouldn’t be surprised if there were people that put up a sign like (RIP Charlie’s Angels, 1976-2019) Characters: (Where are the original Angels and the McG duology Angels when you need them?! 😡) Soundtrack: ⭐️ (“Don’t Call Me Angel”?!!!! More like “Don’t Call Me Good”!!!!!!) Overall: ⭐️⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (ALMOST NOBODY IN THE WORLD LIKES NOR NEEDS THIS WOKE PIECE OF SHIT REMAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

[@chunli6197]

@@pinkcupcake4717ur correct :) it was scrapped from sweetner,was going to have a dua lipa feature too.

[@beepbeeplettuce5014]

ariana and miley: DONT CALL ME ANGEL!! Lana: *dissociates* aaAAaa

[@patchchrist]

Lana is a walking case of dissassociative personality disorder.

[@noorazraq2245]

patchchrist I can’t tell if you mean Dissociative Identity Disorder? Or if you know what that is?

[@serenaongenda5964]

Omg i laughed so hard

[@shinyskunk]

this old comment about a song nobody likes or remembers has made me laugh harder than anything i've read online in a long ass time.

[@PolentaTaragnarock]

@@patchchrist That... doesn't exist. It's either Dissociative IDENTITY Disorder or a Dissociative Disorder that has nothin to do with personality or identity.

[@tigamaki1345]

"Don't call me Angel." "Okay, Charlie's" "what?" Coming soon: Charlie's

[@dysmissme7343]

Ellie Harris 😂😂😂

[@graceduffy7424]

waittt😂

[@HalseyanneLeTissier]

Ellie Harris lol😃

[@MonzennCarloMallari]

The best food joint south of Mississippi

[@finnaboing]

This made me laugh harder than it ever should have. I'm just imagining a Charlie's Angels poster with the word "Angels" missing.

[@_--_--_--_--__]

It sounds like three different songs mushed together... badly

[@idontknow409]

Funny, to me it sounds like a 12 second ringtone on loop.

[@LiliLovesStuff]

Just like a K-pop song...

[@stevethepocket]

"Different songs mushed together badly" describes, like, half of all pop songs from the last decade or more. These days it's a miracle if a song without a "feat." in the title makes it big.

[@pathetic2399]

@@stevethepocket And people praise all these songs as “good” too even if they’re as repetitive as this song.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Yeah it is very disjointed.

[@Shyreenify]

Can't wait until mainstream feminism finally shifts from "I'm sexy while I'm telling the boys what to do teehee" to "My worth isn't tied to my appearance and I'm a fully valid human being no matter what".

[@roxy20231000]

Can you run for président please ?

[@llcdrdndgrbd]

I’d also like it to shift away from “I have worth because I make money” but we can all dream I guess

[@llcdrdndgrbd]

J H you’re right

[@Shyreenify]

@J H god you're so right. I 100% blame capitalism for the fact that mainstream liberal feminism has become a raging dumpster fire

[@Shyreenify]

@Al X. Andra Pretty sure American women most common "worry" is politicians legislating their bodies and not taking rampant rape and sexual assault seriously but continue pulling out this tired gotcha. I'm not even American btw. Also my comment was referring specifically to western culture capitalising and making money of feminism with piece of shit songs like the one in the video. Please use your brain at least once before sliding into my mentions with this horseshit. Of course non-western women have it worse than me but its not a competition, ya dingus.

[@linhbeifong]

There’s a Pepsi commercial from the early 2000’s with Beyoncé, Pink, and Britney Spears thats way more empowering than this song tries to be

[@dysmissme7343]

Isn’t it we will rock you?

[@danka1167]

@@soaribb32 I think they’re talking about Pink, Beyonce and Britney being equal. Ariana is probably as big as all of them, Miley is doing fine and I don’t know about lana

[@shamblingabby]

I just love how awkward Lana looks through the whole thing tbh.

[@SirEriol]

Yup. She appears to be like "Guys, you know that I sing my 'I love you so much it kills me' songs as if it's my last breath, right? You do? Okay..."

[@adam.n-steve]

@@SirEriol "He hit me but it felt like a kiss" "I will love you till the end of time"

[@kieranstark7213]

Someone can tell me that it was actually Selena Gomez or Demi Lovato or Cardi B. or Camila Cabello who did “Don’t Call Me Angel” (how dare they treat “Angel” like a discompliment, it’s all Elizabeth Banks’ fault for coming out as a “menocidal” misandrist) and I would believe him/her.

[@ebertfan92]

Charli XCX wouldn't be a bad idea for a Charlie's Angels theme, especially if it means we'll finally get that Carly Rae Jepsen/Lorde collaboration.

[@ZMacGregor]

Charli XCX and Lorde are like cousins

[@murciadoxial8056]

Hmmm... This is a very good idea, I approve of this.

[@TackyRackyComixNEO]

I didn't know until now how much I wanted the three of them to collaborate.

[@RyanStorey1231]

TackyRackyComixNEO - Charli XCX collabs with literally anybody, so it'll probably happen sooner or later.

[@EpicB]

I was thinking Halsey would fit on here well for some reason.

[@Andrea-dm4gd]

This looks like an anime: Miley is the tomboy sister with bad temper, Ariana is the cute, sweet one, and Lana is the emo quiet one who reads a lot

[@ThatOneGuy0006]

I played that Visual Novel, it didn't end well...

[@bacht4799]

DAPHNE a anime would be better then.. actually make that instead.. here is the idea.. those three girls goes on three different boarding school .. The Tomboy in America, The Sweet one in Japan and The Emo one in England .. they become spy for wealthy family who is looking for destruction on the market so theirs wealth would sky rocketed and so on .. or something like that..! 😁

[@UBvtuber]

It's called Totally Spies lol

[@bacht4799]

Ugly Bastard I know but I was thinking of a better story , characters and so on ..

[@CatHasOpinions734]

@@ThatOneGuy0006 Just Ariana. Just Ariana. Just Ariana.

[@wexpyke]

"when the popular girls tried to recruit Wednesday" 😭🤣 that's my girl omg

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

"I'll be the victim!" "All your life." That's our Wednesday :-X

[@krisselissan6539]

”I drop it down, I pick it up, I back if off the county line” sung in Lana’s monotone is the funniest 5 seconds in all of pop music and no one can ever convince that it’s not

[@Samzillah]

The worst thing is I Googled Lana Del Rey twerking and it's THE WORST. Like she made Miley look like a pro

[@icystorm9968]

@@Samzillah it's always women bringing each other down 😂

[@RealLukeWilson]

Literally my first thought after listening to this song was, “Can’t we just clone Charli XCX twice and have the three of them make this song?”

[@TheSongwritingCat]

If I had to put together three random singers to write a new Charlie's Angels theme song it would be Charli, Lizzo, and Betty Who.

[@diego_wagner]

Bruh Charli XCX feat Lizzo, with SOPHIE producing it would be the song of the year

[@annalima7166]

@@TheSongwritingCat Charli + Lizzo + Tove Lo

[@johnindigo5477]

Halsey and lorde?

[@hannahc4266]

Kacey Musgraves, Lizzo, Saweetie....

[@Mack13Podwin]

I belive that it was supposed to be a solo Ariana track, but she asked to record it as a duet with Miley. Then a studio hack thought that it would be cute if they got a third vocalist and Lana was the only person available.

[@Sugarman96]

Yeah, that sounds about right

[@megamage911]

I would not be surprised if this was entirely true tbh.

[@dominikad.1368]

I think Lana said she was asked by Ariana to do the song because they met somewhere once and Ari wanted to work with her on something. So since they needed a third person anyway they just brought her into this. Should've been an Ariana song, would still be shallow and not particularly empowering but at least maybe it wouldn't be such a mess

[@RyanStorey1231]

If this had to be a big collab, they could have at least gotten artists that match Ariana's vibe. Like, Halsey and Normani.

[@EpicB]

@@RyanStorey1231 I was thinking Halsey would be a good fit for this too.

[@mista414]

"I'm just always thinking about Space Jam" - Todd, 2019 Also, same.

[@tylerhackner9731]

An undisputed amazing classic.

[@the-NightStar]

I've been thinking about how much I utterly despise that goddamned, fucking, shitbag of a worthless, disgusting, reprehensible mother fucking movie and everything it fucking stands for since the day my family dragged me to see the complete and utter desecration of the Looney Tunes's withered, maggot-ridden corpses for sad, miserable, meaningless, shallow sell-out NBA money, so..... same, I guess?

[@spencereades]

@@the-NightStar Yeah... good soundtrack at least, though.

[@roundabout468]

@@the-NightStar Space Jam is a CLASSIC and it will be respected.

[@reikun86]

Dopest movie soundtrack ever.

[@xxSome3Girlxx]

I hate that damn breathy “H” sound Ariana makes before the word angel tbh

[@lee_1292]

God I thought it was only me

[@sappy_]

Actually a lot of pop singers do it if you listen closely enough and oh my goodness it bugs me too.

[@stupidhipsterdoofus3278]

"Don't call me hairgel"

[@UBvtuber]

I actually recently read an article on preserving your vocal cords that encourages a soft H before vowels because it puts less strain on your voice.

[@DannyOmu]

@@UBvtuber exactly. it's more technique than style. Still, she could hide it.

[@kaskus7147]

Is the video supposed to look like a Victoria Secret commercial? Because they are also called angels.

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

Instantly reminded me of Michael Bay's Victoria Secret commercials.

[@altromonte15]

it's supposed to make your peepee hard, so yeah, it's pretty much the same. If that wasn't their objective, they wouldn't have the characters dancing seductively half naked. I mean, I don't remember dolemite or starsky & hutch or Thomas Magnum dancing half naked in their intro. For some bizarre reason that happens only with female characters. odd.

[@rachel_sj]

I remember backlash campaigns against Victoria’s Secret that used the whole “Don’t Call Me Angel” or “I’m no Angel” taglines. Is that what this song is referring to?

[@kats938]

For real. Lol

[@MadiBendy]

Maybe they have a promotion with them? LOL

[@lordlacolith]

Get ready for the new Bond song, "Don't Call Me James Bond"

[@bepisthescienceman4202]

And the new suicide squad song "we are not some kind of suicide squad"

[@katie2275]

Lana is like a guest rapper is so spot on 😂

[@Ethelgiggle]

Now I gotta think about how that part would've made actual sense with i.e. Nicki Minaj. The song would still not be good but a loot more coherent

[@RachelDeRosier010894]

"The *theme* to Charlie's Angels is Don't Call Me Angel." I knew somebody was going to point that out.

[@markborishnikoff5485]

I pointed it out before i even saw the video

[@Targisvear]

And I don't know why, Charlie is just about the only good guy in the film and none of the ladies seems to mind in universe that he calls his ladies angels so... not even a real point for it. If you're going "A guy calling me angel is not good" make a point of it. People will bitch about it being "feminazi propaganda" anyhow so at least go balls deep into it and earn it. Rant over, uh f*ck it.

[@NJGuy1973]

Schrodinger's Angels.

[@morganqorishchi8181]

This is the beige of music. Bland enough not to offend anyone, neutral enough to function, and not notable enough to stick in the memory.

[@tavern2468]

Morgan Naviaux that's insulting to the color beige

[@josh44026]

I see it more as blue gray

[@soloflare9696]

Also basically describes at least half the charting pop songs from the late-2010s

[@Andrea-dm4gd]

I actually think Lana is the most memorable thing about this song. She might be overshadowed by the other two vocally but she is the one who stood out to me the most, the song barely has any personality untill she comes in.

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

DAPHNE she's the only part I liked

[@PHANTASMSEXSHOP]

Yeah... that whole rant about how “she’s not a reaaaaal pop star” was outright obnoxious. I really don’t think Todd has a proper grasp on the modern scene

[@PunkExMachina]

Agreed. The song is completely bland until it *awkardly * stops to get to her verse and honestly? It wasn’t that bad. as soon as that part was over i was like noo pls come back. It’s the only part with a semblance of personality in this song. I guess I wanted a full lana del rey song lol

[@Andrea-dm4gd]

@@PHANTASMSEXSHOP I think he thinks fame and memorability are the same thing, Ariana might be the the most famous of the three irl but she is the more forgettable part of the song imo

[@ldallas8315]

DAPHNE I kinda get what (I think) Todd was getting at though, which is that Lana is not at all a “typical” pop star. Her voice and her musical style are very distinct from typical modern pop and the song’s writers and composers seemed much more focused on showcasing Ariana Grande than they were on showcasing Lana’s vocal strengths. The song is quite cookie-cutter until Lana (and even Miley) come in and add some flavor, but sadly most of the song is orchestrated around Ariana and gives Lana and Miley no room to stretch their wings. The song was simply constructed around Ariana and that inherently limited the other featured artists, sadly. To me, his point wasn’t that Lana wasn’t a good artist, it’s that she was featured in a song that wasn’t (at all) concerned about featuring her strengths as a musical artist, and was instead more focused around being a vehicle for furthering the stardom of Ariana Grande. Edit: Of course, there are not previous TITS reviews of Lana Del Rey to contrast this one with so most of my opinion will remain speculation.

[@sethp8947]

Damn Miley is so powerful when she's beating up a guy tied to a chair

[@kieranstark7213]

In this case, after “7 Things” and the fifth episode of Hannah Montana Forever, I think it would be either one (or all) of the Jonas Brothers or Cody Linley/Jake Ryan or both. SMH… towards (good) men.

[@GleeChan]

That Lana Del Ray / Wednesday comparison is on point.

[@anthonyapgz4936]

Yes

[@shadowdawg23]

The best way to describe this song is that it doesn’t fit. Neither with the movie, the lyrics or even with the other artists. I’m pretty sure you could put together a track featuring Lorde, Tyler the Creator and Corey Taylor together and it would somehow flow and feel more connected than this.

[@averagebritishguy7082]

That would be amazing.

[@ZMacGregor]

Idk who Corey Taylor is but I need that lorde and Tyler collab

[@seppoleonvervloet132]

@@ZMacGregor corey Taylor us the guy from Slipknot

[@averagebritishguy7082]

@@ZMacGregor He's that guy who made that awful parody of The Wall with the Nostalgia Critic.

[@LicoriceLain]

@@averagebritishguy7082 That actually was Corey?! I only saw screenshots.

[@lovelessact1]

I feel like this song would be perfect with only Lana del Ray

[@ilznidiotic]

And also if everything about it was thrown away and rewritten by Lana.

[@rust44]

She should also be one of Charlie’s actual angels.

[@brooklynsbaby4367]

Lana is so underrated in the sense that she can fit into a lot of different styles, she's like a chameleon, just look at her unreleased stuff or her covers of The Doors and Nirvana. But most people think that songs like Video Games are all she's good at and it feels like her part in DCMA isn't helping this opinion although it is fire xD. Idk it makes me sad, I feel like she's given up on experimenting

[@clorox9438]

Ariana ruined it

[@StormyKopaAMVs]

That's funny because I'm 90% sure Lana's participation is ironic. The whole time she looks like she's struggling not to laugh at how hard Ariana and Miley are trying, especially when she's standing next to them.

[@paulzecharia]

“Charlie’s Vampires.” Damn it, Todd. You missed an opportunity for a Twilight joke. Kristen Stewart’s right there! Edit: Thanks for all the likes, everybody!

[@xXTomokoKurokiXx]

Twilight jokes have been low hat for nearly a decade, but they still crack me up.

[@paulzecharia]

Tomoko Kuroki Oh yeah, I agree. Nobody makes them anymore. But this was such an obvious time for it! Lol

[@robinchesterfield42]

The altered picture was amazing, too. Cracked me RIGHT the fuck up. Also, a sexy vampire action flick would be _perfect_ for Halloween. XD

[@SeanStrife]

Does anybody honestly fucking remember Twilight?

[@JimmyneutronwasokayIguess]

Sean Strife seems to have disappeared from the cultural zeitgeist completely. We all remember it but never ever think about it. Kind of amazing to think what a big deal if used to be

[@YeeSoest]

Todd speaking the truth again. "We're guys. We can fetishize everything." 100% accurate as evidenced by everything ever

[@blackdragoncandy]

... I clicked to read the comments and not only have both have my supporting points already been stated, I learned a new thing they have... *shudders*

[@astcastle]

We decided that any and every dessert is sex, it’s true

[@morganqorishchi8181]

Agreed. Case in point: a professor on my campus has a well-known fetish for those blood pressure cuffs they put on your arm at the doctor's.

[@YeeSoest]

@@morganqorishchi8181 how is that well known fact?

[@lisin4444]

@@YeeSoest they meant well known as in its well known their Prof has that fetish, not that blood pressure cuffs are a popular fetish. If you get what I mean

[@artemiswolf4508]

True story, one time I got catcall... with the word “doll”. Honestly old timey catcall it’s more disorienting than offensive.

[@JackOfen]

Lucky you, I have never been catcalled :( maybe I'm ugly

[@artemiswolf4508]

JackOfen I don’t think men who scream about their boners to random women in the street have the best taste to begin with. So like don’t use their opinions to define your self worth, you’re just setting yourself up for pain and insecurities.

[@JackOfen]

@@artemiswolf4508 Are there really guys that scream about their d*cks? I thought catcalling was just smth like "Hey sweetie, you free this afternoon?"

[@artemiswolf4508]

JackOfen Yes they absolutely scream about their dicks or your legs, catcalling is almost never polite and nice. Most people who do it are pigs that don’t care how they make you feel and you definitely shouldn’t aspire for their approval.

[@kleptrep94]

One time I got wolf whistled at. Which was super weird because the people wolf whistling at me were two decent looking girls whereas I was in shorts looking like the bastard lovechild between Oh Nami and Willem Dafoe lol.

[@QueenSoledad]

My legit reaction to lana's portion was "um, ma'am are you lost? This is not your song"

[@obtuse186]

Mine was the complete opposite, lana was the only one who brought anything even remotely interesting, the subdued beat works well with her smokey vocals better than it does with Arianna or Miley who just sound like nothing, no unique ideas or sound from either of them.

[@amberdent651]

We all need to learn the difference between "I'm a woman and I'm allowed to enjoy sex just like men do" and "don't objectify me teehee" that's presented with a nod and a wink.

[@RideStorm17]

The Wednesday Addams and James Taylor reference were golden.

[@reversecolin1256788]

the sad part is james taylor MIGHT keep up if the maiden song is like love and hate or something slow more then lana del ray ive heard more life escaping a corpse then that womens singing

[@captainH023]

The problem with all star collabs like this is that for the most part, fans of certain artist isn't interested in hearing their fave sing in someone else's style. like i don't think lana fans is interested in listening to lana with an ariana beat behind her voice

[@isetmfriendsofire]

I sure as hell can’t stomach it

[@mullaoslo]

Yeah becaude lady marmelade was a total flop, its not like the quality of the song and the music itself has anything to do with it.. Fair enough destinys child was already a group but they had a good beat and a good hook, what the absolute fuck does this new song have?? It's just shit

[@captainH023]

@@mullaoslo well, to be fair lady marmalade is an entirely different thing than what all the singers involved usually put out. this, on the other hand, is basically miley and lana getting roped in to sing on a thank u next reject

[@tylerhackner9731]

Yeah lanas more of a Indy-sounding artist anyway

[@NemFX]

Also Arianna's lines make her sound like she's losing her grip on the English language.

[@pathetic2399]

Does she not sound like that in every song she sings?

[@saphirawinters7028]

It sounds like she is saying hangel instead of Angel.

[@shatondrayauch8606]

She also did "Break Free" with Zedd and I always hear "Bweak Fwee" when she sings it.

[@aidam7822]

I think the drunken slur is her thing

[@nimat-lahbalogun9809]

She’s doing breathy notes but go off..

[@BethNote]

I'm reminded back in the 00's of that pepsi (i think it was pepsi) commercial with P!nk, Britney and Beyonce as female gladiators except that team up made sense because they were all about equally famous at the time and their music, while different complimented each other.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

link?

[@ZMacGregor]

Weird remembering that pink was that famous once

[@BethNote]

@@kittykittybangbang9367 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWjNnKydf8SEhNE here you go. Also Enrique Iglesias is here!

[@MelMelodyWerner]

@@ZMacGregor ikr. it's also weird that she is still pretty huge, when I haven't heard a single word from her since 2013-except for (iirc) some interview a few years ago about how she hates "cancel culture" or some shit.

[@ViolenceMilk]

When I saw the title I thought "oh, maybe it means 'don't call me angel' as in don't put me on a pedestal and expect me to be perfect, only to get angry when I fail to live up to this perfect dream girl ideal you have of me"... but the lyrics don't match that at all, so I was wrong!

[@ConnorLockhartYGO]

I swear you're deliberately trying to dodge Bad Guy.

[@luiscarlosarenas9370]

Spoiler: He's waiting to talk about it in the Best of 2019 list. Hate that song with a passion, but remember when he dodged Chainsmokers' Paris?

[@Hola-tq4pg]

@Algirdas Kaupelis well considering that this year so far only had like... 6 hits songs... i'm pretty sure it's gonna end in both lists Sweet christ i wouldn't be surprised if Todd's best song from 2019 ends being either Tool or Slipknot

[@TheMadwomen]

@@luiscarlosarenas9370 You were right. It ended up as number one!

[@kolonarulez5222]

Wow I used to love the Cameron Diaz movie as a pretty young girl. All the shameless sex appeal and general cheesiness of it went right over my head. It was the era when every kid was obsessed with being a spy or secret agent.

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

I liked it. It knew it was ridiculous and cartoony. I was an adult woman when it came out but it was vapid AND funny, and that's not the worst combination for Pizza Night.

[@morganqorishchi8181]

To be fair, we all liked things as kids that we look back upon and cringe. I used to unironically love the Spy Kids movies.

[@drifter_d]

I was I kid when I saw it and I knew it was objectively terrible, but I've always been a sucker for campy movies.

[@im_learning_bicth]

Kalevi Urpilainen */s

[@devdude98]

"I haven't posed in the nude since I was six years old." Not something I want to hear from a Hollywood actor these days.

[@thefuzzylegend8674]

*months

[@cartooncritic7045]

@@thefuzzylegend8674 Does that honestly make the quote any better?

[@MixMasterLar]

@@cartooncritic7045 kinda, yeah

[@pheonexia]

Cartoon Critic it implies that she was referring to baby pictures, like when your parents take a picture of you in the bath or something.

[@avosmash2121]

@@pheonexia /whoosh. /whooshes upon all of thee! FEEL THE WHOOSHITY-WHOOSH!

[@throwawayaccount6130]

I’m glad you mentioned that Lorde, Halsey & Billie have been biting Lana’s style

[@tatehildyard5332]

I mean I'd argue Lana bit off a lot of Fiona Apple herself.

[@jdlee4358]

@@tatehildyard5332 Fiona seems more like Rock/Alternative

[@emillytrindade2108]

@@takemyhand1988 but their music style is pretty much the same... that's why I necame a lord stan, because she made me think of Lana. You can see Lana's influence which is no bad.

[@Andrea-dm4gd]

It sounds like it was a song writen for Ariana but Ariana wanted Lana and Miley in it

[@johnsonjohnson3261]

That might be the best explanation I've heard for this song's existence.

[@ariesmoonstone]

DAPHNE because it was, originally it was just her on the track but then she wanted miley and lana to sing a verse

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

DAPHNE she pretty much did

[@Andrea-dm4gd]

@@ariesmoonstone really? gurrrl i feel smart for once, i am a psychic now

[@Stubagful]

Sequel's gonna have a theme by Cardi B, Dolly Parton and Chelsea Wolfe

[@faeriegraver]

I actually want to hear it. It couldn't be worse than this either.

[@musiclover_kb4913]

HAHAHAHHA that's funny as hell

[@Kittyhalk]

Ok I know I'm falling into their trap but whenever I see Kristin Stewart in these trailers my gay little brain short circuits.

[@KC-vg7pe]

Honestly I’ve heard some remasters of this song that distribute the vocals more evenly and they elevate the song tenfold. Honestly, with some production tweaks, this song kicks ass. Shame these producers just couldn’t be bothered to try.

[@kamilareeder1493]

They could've had them all together hitting some unearthly harmonies but no 🤷‍♂️☝️

[@icystorm9968]

Where did you hear that?

[@JJ-fg2wd]

Nah sorry, this song would've been cheeks no matter what. Movie name is Charlie's Angels - song name/theme is Don't Call Me Angel. It's absolutely brain-dead.

[@91Vault]

even though we are slowly (slowly) moving away from it, it seems whenever there is a female led movie we all have to sit around and go through our notes in a discourse to figure out weather or not its feminist enough (or too much) it's like as a culture we can't let the work speak for itself .Its because we often see so little female representation that any female lead character has to be everything to everyone, has to carry the "feminist/empowerment" torch (whatever the hell that even means) the solution is having female characters allowed to just as exist as characters and inhabit the wide range of archetypes that men are allowed to (which would be helped partly by having more women working behind the camera). I remember a scene in Thor Ragnorak where the valkyre falls off a ramp or something cause she's drunk....it stuck out to me because that kind of silly physical humor is rarely given to otherwise "action badass" female charachters

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

Hear hear. I'd rather a well-written, nuanced and even somewhat sympathetic female villain than an ass-kicking 2D boy fantasy any day.

[@ariesmoonstone]

i’ve waited so long for you to talk about lana del rey it’s not even funny

[@thekingofcomedy4608]

xʎuo ɐuǝlx SAME

[@DokkaChapman]

I was surprised to find people call her an indie artist... has that term become uber diluted now?

[@adrenalinevan]

@@DokkaChapman my thoughts exactly. It's short for independent, but I'm sure she's signed to a record label!

[@zxp3ct3r41]

These 2 have a history

[@zxp3ct3r41]

@@DokkaChapman INDIE LMAOOOOOOOOOO

[@degau558]

“If you want to know who the real vampire is, look in the mirror Charlie” “I can’t! I’m a vampire!”

[@Monique.Marceline]

Lana’s on the chorus on “angel” and “heaven” but they completely lowered her levels lol

[@grantca8204]

Todd missed an easy Twilight joke with “Charlie’s Vampires” considering who’s staring in the film

[@Artista_Frustrado]

some times the fruit is so low trying to pick it is just as much effort

[@ZMacGregor]

@@Artista_Frustrado fruit hanging so low you would have to bend down to reach it

[@christianpeterson1832]

Yeah but who's thought about Twilight since 2013? The general public and the fans forgot it and the actors have been distancing themselves from it.

[@Ebalosus]

Christian Peter yeah those movies fell of a cliff after they were done, along with the genre they brought about. Apart from Jennifer Lawrence, do you remember the young adult movies that made her famous? Hell, as-of-writing, I cant even remember the names of those movies. Funnily enough, our boy Todd got his start at the height of the Twilight movies.

[@alexandercross9081]

Ironically the Chalies Vampires thing actually has a connection through the Brides of Dracula, there are 3 of them, and Dracula kind of uses them as a hit squad, in some more recent fiction

[@chuckbatman5]

Charlie's Vampies also sounds way cooler than any version of Charlie's Angels, so there's that

[@alexandercross9081]

@@chuckbatman5 True

[@viraltang]

@@chuckbatman5 I mean I'd watch the hell out of that.

[@ursidae97]

The goofy Charlie's angels movie was my fav. Not for the writing or acting or even the action, but for Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore. They're tons of fun, have great chemistry and are very self aware with the material they're giving. They're just genuinely enjoying playing up the tropes while making fun of them. All four of my sister's adored it's raunchy free spirit tone pointed their direction and I'm just nostalgic for it sometimes

[@hennessydrew735]

"Song dosnt work, becouse it's a shitty song." pretty much somes it up in one sentence.

[@ryukisgod2834]

Todd’s repeated use of “girl boss” makes me think he’s watched Lindsey Ellis’ latest video ‘Woke Disney.’

[@Flowtail]

Ha i noticed that too-they’re also friends irl so that’s probably where he picked it up

[@Gel677]

@@Flowtail really??? Are they actually

[@barthvader95]

Nobody's defending Disney, and Ellis' video mentioned above was actually complaining about paper-thin facade of progressiveness that falls apart under scrutiny, so I don't get this comment.

[@BlakeGeometrio]

@@Gel677 Yeah. They both came from Channel Awesome, too.

[@ryukisgod2834]

Red Coin like Todd, Lindsey says “girl boss” sarcastically. Her video doesn’t praise Disney🙄

[@JesusKrispies]

I actually like Miley's and Lana's verses well enough in their own right. It's Arianna that lets down the side. She's the vocal equivalent of one of those Trapper Keepers with rainbow unicorns and hearts on it.

[@TempestCry]

JesusKrispies I have to agree.

[@chloeciolli]

SAME!

[@kamilareeder1493]

If they'd all just done a separate cover in one album it would've landed better huh ? 😂

[@jahipalmer8782]

"catcalled by by 1940's private eyes" had me rollin.

[@jahipalmer8782]

Also, the song basically says "DOn't talk to me."

[@evangelistamono2200]

Seems like Lana would know a thing or two about that, with her old Hollywood femme fatale scthick

[@MrPajamaShark]

Todd has consistently been such a great piano player for a decade and people don't talk about it enough

[@KurosakiYukigo]

Wait, there's a new Charlie's Angels? ...I have heard nothing about this. ...I can see why.

[@galleryofrogues]

blalo'u It’s gonna tank, I can already tell

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

Sam Haas I mean I watch the TV show in like 2010 or 2011. So at least they can’t go lower.

[@newew15]

Like nothing came out about it.

[@LewdConnoisseur]

There's so many reboots and remakes these days I can't tell if one is legit or not.

[@JackOfen]

With all the genderswapped movies like Ghostbuster (2016) or that Ocean's movie nobody watched, you'd think they would be clever and make a Charlie's Angels with guys as the Angels

[@Bluecho4]

"Apologies for referencing it a second time, I'm just _always_ thinking about Space Jam." As you should.

[@StellarNovah]

Lana's verse was the only part of the song i liked

[@RayatoTV]

Who else guffawed when “Calling All Ángels” played during the credits??

[@FatadayKorngor]

Best part of the review lmao.

[@hidbid1]

@@FatadayKorngor no the Wednesday reference is the best

[@Sukuun]

It just made me wish Train wrote the theme song for this movie. Come on Pat Monahan, you’re not that old!

[@JackOfen]

Well then, Charlie's [Redacted]s it is

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

stop making me giggle like this, I'm a middle-aged woman and I MAY genuinely pee myself

[@JoshuaFagan]

Wait... so it's an advertisement for the Charlie's Angels movie, and they're wearing angel wings, but the song is named "Don't Call Me Angel." I'm really confused.

[@MetalSandman999]

Progressivism doesn't have to make sense. It *feels* like it is empowering women so that's what matters.

[@StormyKopaAMVs]

Some women really _are_ that confusing and roundabout, so if their intention was to play into that unflattering and frankly inaccurate stereotype, then I guess they..."succeeded"? But like Todd said, the people throwing money at this keep confusing "strong female characters" with "obnoxious, needlessly abrasive female characters". Then they blame audiences of sexism when no one shows up to watch the mediocre movie with the mediocre song. It's kind of like watching an anaconda swallowing its own tail.

[@ryanahrens7416]

@@MetalSandman999 as a progressive, this shit does NOT represent all of progressivism. Most of us have brains. The people who wrote this shit do not.

[@MetalSandman999]

@@ryanahrens7416 progressives with brains usually become conservative, if for no other reason than the fact that for the better part of a century, western societies have moved further and further left. As a result, those who at one point were considered progressive are not willing to go all the way. And so just by not changing their opinions to be more progressive than they already were, they become conservative. Progressive and conservative are relative terms, after all. What is considered conservative today in the past was either progressive or, in the case of some conservative positions, so mainstream that all sides agreed on it. For example, 20 years ago most people who would consider themselves progressive never would have even considered that someone born with male genitals would actually be a woman. Now, to say that Caitlyn Jenner is really a man is at the very least considered unacceptable in polite society (and a crime in some European countries). How many people became right wing "bigots" over the ladt few years simply because they didn't change with the times?

[@ryanahrens7416]

@@MetalSandman999 you have a great point, I'm only 17, so I have no idea how many beliefs will be when I'm, say, 70. The world and myself will be completely different. My beliefs right now are probably considered progressive, in a fee decades they might be considered moderate, and when I'm old they might be considered conservative. You hit the nail on the head. All I was saying is that this song is trash and that not all progressives love this song or think that this kind of feminism is good. Evidence: me.

[@elleyshark6180]

Only part of this song i really like is Miley's. Her flow is good, and i can believe she wouldn't sit there blushing at being called an angel like the other two and would openly object to it.

[@alexhorbacz1547]

Well, at least Lana Del Ray has Doin' Time to make up for this.

[@berry-qs7uj]

Her entire new album makes up for this mess.

[@SRLovesPandas1]

Just when I thought this song was bad, we get hit with the Train at the end

[@andrebrynkus2055]

I read that as the band Train. I'd much rather be hit by a train than listen to Train.

[@stranget92]

Right? I mean he could have used Juice Newton or Shaggy instead. But oh boy!

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

Maybe the next video by Todd will be another Trainwreckords?

[@JohnLouisBishop84]

@@stranget92 I was anticipating Gregg Allman, myself.

[@samanteater]

I hate Hey Soul Sister and Drive By as much as the next guy, but Calling All Angels is actually okay.

[@srdjan455]

It's easy to forget that angels are also agents of God's wrath. So calling someone angel can mean a lot of things

[@claystripe6514]

That's all I've thought since I first heard the song. If Miley wants to be seen as strong, what better comp than a multi-winged giant with a flaming sword that leads God's armies?

[@armorfrogentertainment]

@@claystripe6514 pop culture angels are way less cool than Biblical angels

[@kimifw58]

They could also be fallen angels.

[@LicoriceLain]

In Evangelion, it means you are vicious a monster.

[@simongunkel7457]

@@armorfrogentertainment Which pop culture though? Battle Angel Alita? 40ks Blood Angels (I guess that reference would make the line about biting work though)? Morbid Angel? Dogma? Good Omens? Evangelion has already been mentioned. Hells Angels? Rammsteins Engel? Plenty of different concepts.

[@Yoarashi]

"1996. Great year for movies. And feminism!" - And gays. And furries. Damn, Lola.

[@giannamalrose2437]

Lana Del Rey did great with Young and Beautiful on the Great Gatsby soundtrack. That worked really well and is the best song from the movie. This? No way outta her league.

[@eamonndeane587]

@@Lily-dn6cj Angelina Jolie actually handpicked Lana to to sing that version.

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

This shit isn't even near the top 10. Holy shit no wonder I never heard of this song yet. Not even in the "Pop" playlists Spotify tries to shove in my face all the time. I finally knows what's like to be Todd in the Shadows and trying to keep up with the latest "Pop" tracks.

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

@Hi Bitch Still nowhere in the Billboard charts. It collapsed pretty quick from the Top 20.

[@125loopy]

@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 yep. I've never heard this song. I haven't even seen any trailers for the movie!

[@birdloaf2117]

It went from number 13 to number 52 in a week

[@EpicB]

@@125loopy I didn't even know there was a new Charlie's Angels reboot. I didn't even know this song was a thing and when I first saw the title I had no idea what it was.

[@mikecraig2062]

The Plastic Metalhead Shitposter oh it’s definitely in those playlists

[@jaimedanielhernandezrios5398]

This song already sounds outdated. It sounds like something from the early 2000's in a bad way

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

Jaime Daniel Hernandez Ríos it sounds like a 2010s song

[@MyspaceEmo]

Have you ever heard early 2000s music? This is about as 2010s as it gets. It's downbeat and hollow.

[@whywyatt376]

Are you sure it sounds like an early 2000s song? Like what song?

[@PhantomKing88]

I don't think you know what the early 00s sounds like at all. List early 00s songs that sound like this song. This song sounds dated yes, but more like 2013 dated.

[@LittlePinkMew]

PhantomKing88 it reminds me of “Must Not Chase the Boys” from Play, that’s early 00s. Also, very 00s Christina.

[@ECL28E]

"Don't call me babe" "I said bae" "Yuck, that too"

[@TheDreamerExtreme]

"girlbossing it up" This is very fun to watch right after Lindsay Ellis's latest video

[@kieranstark7213]

Lindsay Ellis, ToddInTheShadows and A Dose of Buckley would get along well! XD

[@SliderGamer55]

Maybe this song would work better with a comma. "Don't Call Me, Angel". Not sure how that would work but its a start.

[@wasneeplus]

I know a guy called Angel. He never calls me, though.

[@HayabusaRyuu]

Or "Don't, call me Angel" sounds sexual so it will sell

[@catmerchant8699]

SliderGamer55 'don't, call me, angel'

[@hudde814]

@@catmerchant8699 "Don't, Call, Me, Angel"

[@dracofirex]

Hey, it's a movie and this is crazy but here's an actress don't call her baby!

[@justme0910]

This song has the same energy as extremely vanilla folks claiming that femdom is inherently empowering to women (or femsub is inherently degrading). It's an extremely superficial reading of the situation that starts and stops at aesthetics, with no deeper reflection at all.

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

preach it (seriously)

[@KrisRN23935]

What’s Femdom and femsub?

[@caoisekamay1175]

Krystal Rossi I’m guessing Femdom is female dominant while femsub is female submissive. I’m not sure what they mean specifically but I think it refers to people who say dominant, aggressive, assertive behaviors are empowering for women, while passive or quiet women are anti-feminist somehow. I’ve seen this a lot too and it’s super annoying. Yknow those people who shame housewives (even though it’s literally fine) or Muslim women because covering up means they’re “oppressed”? (Sidenote: those people are the same ones who say wearing revealing clothes is also being oppressed. They haven’t made up their minds). It’s a line of thinking that shames other women for not being “strong”. Ironically, by saying women have to be aggressive and assertive (masculine traits) while putting down traditionally-feminine traits, they’re kinda practicing internalized misogyny. That’s just what I think though, not sure if that’s what they meant.

[@ChefSalad]

@@KrisRN23935 Femdom and femsub are types of BDSM, a type of kinky sexual practice. Femdom is where a woman dominates their partner (usually a man). Femsub is where a female partner is submissive to a dominant partner. Domination involves things like ordering a partner around, humiliation, insults, being "forced" to do things, sometimes physically, sometimes non-physically, simulated sexual slavery, etc. Note that some forms of domination are more or less mental or physical than others. Also note that the extent people are willing to take things varies significantly as well. For example, domination could be as simple as ordering your partner to perform particular sex acts with a bossy tone of voice. An example without much physicality would be findom, or financial domination, where (usually male) partners pay significant amounts of money to the other partner, often without any overt sex acts at all. A final example would be TPE, or Total Power Exchange, where one partner assumes complete control of the other partner for some period of time. All of these types of domination could be part of a femdom or femsub situation, as long as the female partner is taking the indicated role. They're all part of the Dominance part of BDSM, which stands for Bondage, Domination, Sadism, and Masochism.

[@WildSableye]

i'm sorry but the fact that the thought is to immediately codify female empowerment as either Femdom or Femsub just goes to show how over-sexualized the concept of mainstream feminism is lmao it also assumes that this is purely in relation to men, and whether they choose to "dominate" them or choose to "submit" to them - as if our entire frame of reference is a perverse heterosexuality (and even speaking sexually, Femdom AND Femsub pornographic content is very largely skewed to the male gaze)

[@blixer8384]

What I imagine when I imagine a strong individual, male and female, I imagine someone who doesn't have anything to prove to anyone. They don't derive their value from the validation of others, all they need is their own validation. At the same time however they are not passive nor indifferent in the face of injustice. They will stand against injustice, but not because they seek validation or because they want to "win" but because it is the right thing to do.

[@kath269]

The background music in “Don’t call me angel” sounds like “SpOOky SCaRy SkEleTonS” Im not sure if most of y’all know what that is, but I do.

[@blarg2429]

So we shouldn't call them "angel" because they're actually skeletons?

[@kath269]

Blarg2429 I think your right.

[@liv0072]

who the fuck doesn't know what spooky scary skeletons is it's a classic

[@cheeze4brains948]

1999: Don't Call Me Baby 2019: Don't Call Me Angel

[@craigtrautmanjr9393]

1994: Dont call me, daughter

[@fireflocs]

Just before hanging up on the telemarketer: Don't Call Me

[@simongunkel7457]

1969: Don't call me racial slur racial slur 1973: Don't call me brother 1973: Don' call me Mama anymore 1979: Don't call me pain 1994: Don't call me white 1995: Don't call me darling

[@KingXOreo]

1989: *Don't call it a comeback*

[@heelstevenmaggle5615]

1980: Don't call me Shirley

[@alicestocklistockli8394]

I adore Lana but the Wednesday Addams comment is so true! I love it

[@TheDeasy95]

The James Taylor joke got me 😂

[@nobodysXghost]

as a feminist who has studied feminist literature, I completely agree with everything you are saying. some might say claiming that a woman being almost naked is sexual is sexist because it is in fact men that see the female body as sexual, when they should be allowed to wear what they want. this is true, but they are still being sexualized. you cannot deny that both the film and the music video is made from "the male gaze." ariana is also literally wearing angel lingerie so it is ironic.... it is unfortunate that this is what we limit "female empowerment" to. they're doing it because it will sell the best, where films truly challenging sexism make less money but as more come out, they can really change things. this is a modern blockbuster, and like ALL modern blockbusters, it is trash and cant have any merit because its entire purpose is getting as much money as they think they can. the real message this says is: "men will listen to you if you show skin and act sexy." and the lining about how she bites, it is sexualizing female empowerment, which lessens the female empowerment.

[@christopherb501]

I disagree that a blockbuster is necessarily trash just because its inception is fundamentally commercial; that ignores enormous amounts of talent and effort and actual nuance that _do_ show up on-screen in many a movie I could name. It's a problem, to be sure, and the system fundamentally needs to change, perhaps to the point that, by all rights, we SHOULDN'T actually support any of these works, but as long as they still exist, as long as they still come into being, I don't see anything wrong with acknowledging what works, so long as we don't lose sight of what's important, like bringing down corporate hegemony and patriarchy.

[@LilDeuceDeuce]

This is the first Pop Song Review where I never heard a note of the song or even knew it existed before I saw the video. I'm trying to decide if that shows how out of touch I am, or how niche supposedly mainstream pop is becoming. (It's the children who are wrong)

[@kiel183]

-Hey you! I remember you!-

[@UBvtuber]

I like your rap name. :p But more importantly, you're not alone. A lot of times, I feel completely alienated from the pop music zeitgeist.....and i'm 22. For an even younger example, there was a channel called TheDoubleAgent who was like 14-15 and he felt pretty alienated by the 2017 pop scene too. So, I think it might just be a niche thing.

[@SmashHistory]

Not surprising, honestly. This week is only the song's second week on the charts and it dropped haaaaaard, from in the top 20 to down in the 50s range. It's certainly no Bad Guy or Old Town Road-level smash, I'm honestly surprised Todd even picked it for a review, not that I'm complaining since the episode was quite enjoyable, lol.

[@EpicB]

@@UBvtuber I'm not much younger than you are and I feel the same way about the current pop landscape.

[@EpicB]

I didn't know the song existed either. Or of the existence of the movie this song is tied to.

[@Squirreltasticqueen]

"keep my name out your mouth" can mean "don't gossip about me" Tbh I think you almost had it but I think in context this song is about demeaning pet names as a whole and how they don't make sense (I'm no angel im aggressive! I'm no kitten I'm a panther! ) But uuuuhh bad choice for this movie theme lmao

[@8bitdiedie]

squirreltastic Angels were never portrayed as innocent, docile creatures until recently. They are powerful winged agents of God’s wrath, holding flaming swords aloft to command armies to fight demons and decide the fate between heaven and hell. What I’m saying is, there’s a gazillion ways they could’ve made the angel imagery empowering in a way that DIDN’T INSULT THE ACTUAL TITLE OF THE MOVIE THEY WERE TRYING TO PORTRAY AS EMPOWERING

[@gwenc1371]

Exactly. The song itself seems disjointed and confused and shallow, but the killer is that it's an absolutely bizarre choice for the Charlie's *Angels* franchise. Like, yes, women get called demeaning pet names by complete strangers and it can be really grating...but come up with something, anything, more creative than just another "don't call me baby!" song. Like 8bitdiedie said, they could have gone in a pretty cool "damn right I'm an angel, and I'll put the fear of God Himself into you" angle. But instead they went with this half-assed, corporatized white feminism crap that actively works against the marketing of the film. Like, what were they even thinking here?

[@Squirreltasticqueen]

@@8bitdiedie I mean fair but "recently" is still at least since the 1950s which is either most people's grandparents or greatgrandparents that docile angel thing has been around so I doubt even they know it's possible to make them bad ass. Because Miley cyrus with a flame sword would have been too awesome but damn it I want to see it now

[@blarg2429]

@@Squirreltasticqueen Personally, I don't just want badass angels, I wanna bring back _weird_ angels. Like the ophanim, who're many-eyed metal wheels or something like that. Anything less is just settling.

[@th3mdt]

You didn't even mention how on the Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle soundtrack, there was Nickelback featuring Kid Rock covering Elton John's "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting." This is true.

[@JJ-fg2wd]

This is hard to admit, but I actually LIKE that song. It's obviously not in Elton John's league, but considering this is Chad Kroeger and fucking Kid Rock, it's honestly a fun energetic little cover. Granted I may be biased cuz Hockey Night in Canada used to use this in their pre-game video package and it fit perfectly with hockey highlights.

[@XanBcoo]

I really want to say how refreshing it is to have a KZbin personality regularly admit "it's not really my place to comment on this personally, but here are my observations based on my limited lens"

[@Schlagageul]

Could Todd be a modern day Socrates, perhaps?

[@brandievan2678]

" hey james Taylor, yeah, can you pick up your accustic guitar and sit here next to IRON MAIDEN! YEAH, CAN YOU STRUM A LITTLE LOUDER PLEASE!? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" thank you Todd, I needed that laugh today

[@BowserTheSecond]

They say not to call them angel cuz they're not from heaven? They're succubi!

[@JackOfen]

Charlie's Harpies Harpies with herpes

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

@@JackOfen Harpies with Herpes who deserve to be run over by a fleet of Herbies.

[@Bluecho4]

Would explain Lana Del Rey completely sucking the life out of the song.

[@TonyGearSolid]

Todd, you missed out on a good Futurama reference. "Mr Mayor, if you want to see the real vampire, look in the mirror!" "I can't, I'M A VAMPIRE!"

[@alexnabong2009]

I Try by Macy Gray is long overdue for One Hit Wonderland

[@giascle]

I laughed so hard at the credits song one of the best you've ever chosen

[@munjee2]

The song for the dj khaleed episode is pretty fitting too

[@-bdiddi-]

Something about the beat or the lyrics makes me physically ill. I feel sick every time I hear any amount of this song

[@Wills4gottenbday]

Did they invite Lana to be mom? I love her so much (seriously I have every album) but why is she in this???

[@ghartman56]

I only listened to this song once before watching this review but the three women don't agree on what the title of the song means. It's really jarring. Ariana thinks it's a catcall from someone she doesn't know and doesn't want to talk to, Miley seems to be addressing someone she knows but finds it degrading especially in specific instances, and Lana just...doesn't care? In addition to it being a complete musical mess, the lyrics and meanings are maybe even more disjointed. What were they thinking throughout the process of writing this garbage?