POP SONG REVIEW: "Toosie Slide" by Drake

The dance sensation for the quarantine generation sweeping the stressed-out nation. (Support Todd on Patreon! / toddintheshadows )

[@munkyzzb7504]

Man Drake making millions off the hokie pokie

[@peffiSC2source]

With autotune.

[@BenCol]

Ah, so _that’s_ what it’s all about.

[@Pr0jectFM]

@@BenCol Damn, you're reminding me of a different Todd.

[@amityislandchum]

Seriously... he had to hire a choreographer just to get THAT??

[@emcee9899]

@@amityislandchum his choreographer is shittier than he is. That's an accomplishment.

[@alwayshome2610]

"Tootsie Slide" sounds like track No. 23 out of a 40 track drake album

[@ronstoppable5659]

You know what they say, Nobody likes you when you’re 23

[@ubitchesaremysons6897]

Genius

[@doormantdarner7815]

Bring Back KP, Animated Obviously /CrisisOnFire1977 unless you’re Michael Jordan or smn

[@vzm4663]

That sounds so specifically accurate 😂

[@davincent98]

That once came out in 1994

[@gabingston3430]

Man, this Drake song sure does exist, doesn't it?

[@AlbertSirup]

I've defended drake for a long time but this is just a new low in terms of effort.

[@Reecer77]

I don't believe it does.

[@Brogers789]

I didn't even know it existed until I saw this video.

[@smoov22_sonic]

this is the way the meme ends, this is the way the meme ends, not with a bang but with drake

[@manboy4720]

it definitely does a lot of existing. unfortunately.

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

The weirdest thing about Drake is that he somehow is the biggest musician ever and also like really easy to forget about. Like I legitimately forgot that Drake was a thing until this video

[@DBEO23]

He’s basically if Mayo was an Artist but everyone somehow actually liked it

[@vinnyfromvenus8188]

@@DBEO23 hey don't insult mayo like that! I much prefer mayo to Drake's songs

[@DBEO23]

MultibilliToaster sorry. He’s like if Cotton balls had access to drunken White Girls, Shitty Trap beats and corniness on par with Kanye

[@CMBlue]

thats precisely why hes huge. hes forgettable enough to seem new when he puts out whatever mediocre single he "takes inspiration" from someone else to write. and he sticks around like a dude who has been living on your couch for long enough that no one questions it anymore

[@DBEO23]

CMBlue he’s like that chronic illness that’s not deadly that you get under control every now and then but then pops up and is horribly painful and annoying and you wish the world would just burn down to the ground Cause society is now useless

[@celtytompkins5294]

Drake has always impressed me with his ability to be unfailingly bland.

[@efancording6363]

Take Care, NWTS and IFYTITL were good, but he's been mediocre at best since then.

[@hungryrefrigerator5784]

Just as bland as maroon 5, I dislike most pop music now because it feels like some of the artists want to make money and not make a quality song.

[@gxtmfa]

Scott Heigl-Yates Damn I was gonna make that comparison.

[@daishoryujin95]

He's the Kenny g of our time.

[@theinternetisconfusing5438]

@@hungryrefrigerator5784 I dont blame them. At some point, their passion for music starts to fade. It happens when all you do is record and perform music. It gets repetitive. But its also their career now, so its either retire or let your ghost writers/producers make you millions. Of course, they can move on and do other stuff, but why? Theyre making millions coasting on easily-reproducible, formulaic music

[@LindsayEllisVids]

I got a goddamn google alert about the beach boys record

[@bijtmntongaf]

hi

[@dysmissme7343]

Oh! Hey Lindsay! Fancy meeting you here!

[@bernardoaraujo1049]

UwU

[@technounionrepresentative4274]

When i eat broiled pickles my brain becomes blue

[@countof3everybodyOD]

The w h a t

[@CarelessFoolFallsFlat]

Todd didn't want to stir up too much controversy, so I'll just point out it was bold of Drake to compare himself to MJ as a dancer when there's a way more obvious lane of comparison to be made.

[@antonioagoncillo4788]

Drake do be hitting on young girls like MJ

[@djspuddzz8116]

@@antonioagoncillo4788 It wasn't little girls that MJ hit on.

[@gabingston3430]

No, that's ignorant, people are just ignorant. HEE HEE!

[@KariIzumi1]

👀🤷‍♀️😏😉

[@nejdalej]

Yeah grooming a 13 year old is totally not hitting on little girls.

[@samt3412]

I'm watching this in Drake's house, I've been lost in here since COVID started and haven't seen a single person since. I've persisted off of snacks I find lying around the labyrinth, and have cooked a couple of times on the off chance I stumble into the kitchen. I see a shadow approaching. I'm hearing "left foot up, right foot slide." Oh no it's Dra-

[@DBEO23]

If you see him, RUN! He’ll ask you if you want him. If he does, ignore him and do not answer

[@tswizzle2020]

rip sam t 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@IceDragon289]

I'm tempted to write a full creepypasta like this.

[@sweetpeabee4983]

@@IceDragon289 you should!! 😱

[@BLINDrOBOTFILMS]

"Basically, I'm saying either way you gonna die"

[@mlovecraftr]

The Glee cast had the previous record for most charting singles. That should be a sign of what kind of cultural legacy such record can give you.

[@KariIzumi1]

mlovecraftr the evil is defeated

[@wadespencer3623]

@@KariIzumi1 By an even more sinister evil

[@PersephoneDarling28]

I mean Ryan Murphy is one of the most prolific tv show creators right now.

[@RockdaNike]

mariokarter13 Drake covers are inevitable. The songs are so bland and vague they’re begging to be recontextualized. I can totally see some douche with an aucoustic un ironically singing “Kikiii...do you LOVE meeeeee... Are you riDINGGGG...”

[@stephenemmett9753]

See... at the time, to quote Todd from his "We Are Young/Somebody That I Used to Know" review, "Glee is (was) OUR NEW MTV. Let me repeat that: GLEE... is our new MTV."

[@Nagoragama]

lol at the picture of Mao in Drake's opulent mansion

[@Exarian]

Mao's been a mood lately for a TANGENTIALLY related reason though tbf. landlords about to learn real quick what tenancy laws were made to be an alternative to if they start evicting people during a pandemic because of the lockdown.

[@lovelyheiferdev]

@@Exarian let's build them a slaughterhou- er, let them have a Covid-19 convention.

[@BlakeGeometrio]

@@Exarian BASED

[@roguishpaladin]

It's an Andy Warhol piece (specially Mao 94, as it was one of a series where Mao was depicted in a variety of garish colors). It can be interpreted as comparing Mao's cult of personality to the sort of glam pop that existed in the early 1970s. It's not just an art piece that praises Mao.

[@gadguard]

@@Exarian Mao has never been a mood man. If you go carrying picture of chairman Mao, you won't make it with anyone any how - the Beatles. Their song revolution still holds true all these years later with the world we live in.

[@CEWThree]

I wanna dwell in that moment of Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins, bored at home, listening to the new Drake album and deciding to dance.

[@bwminich]

“Life in quarantine as a ladies man.” - Mike Love, probably.

[@hatuletoh]

"Guilty as charged". - also Mike Love, almost certainly. Can you imagine what Mike Love's jacuzzi must look like after weeks and weeks of him not being able to leave it? Assuming the water hasn't gained so much viscosity that it no longer cycle through the jets, by this point Mike Love must look like a man enjoying a soak in the world's largest pot of simmering egg-drop soup.

[@mikkicarr5717]

Haha, where do you live that boomers actually obey quarantine laws?

[@TheLowBrassDude]

No, I don't like Mike Love at all. - Still Brian Wilson

[@miticaBEP07]

Hatuletoh Have you seen the third Pirates Of The Caribbean movie? There’s a scene where the main characters go to Singapore and they see some guys in a hot tub. Apparently they’ve been in there for so long fungi started growing from their bodies. Couldn’t they get a Mike Love cameo?

[@nicoleshan6410]

"Life in quarantine as a Tootsie Slide dancer". Mike Love

[@danstiver9135]

This song only deserves the top half of the Hotline Bling meme.

[@MjauNightcore]

I feel like I haven't kept up on any popular music lately, it's something I don't purposefully seek, but will listen to while out. Todd is my lifeline to what is happening

[@kennethcarter7160]

Cool

[@UnorthodoxIndividual]

Cool

[@gabe_s_videos]

I usually check iTunes sales for the most popular songs at the moment, and it was like reading another language looking at it this morning. Just looking at all these names and going "Where did THAT come from??"

[@carsonc8954]

Cool

[@crazyluigi6664]

@@mariokarter13 Lady Gaga? Explain that one to me. Also, kind of wished it was Megan Thee Stallion with Beyonce. Maybe next week or so?

[@seanadultperson4337]

Can’t let this one slide

[@charlisebar-shai2613]

Stop this

[@henrg]

aye

[@olddog476]

Well played... well played.

[@RocketboyX]

Basically

[@Dinotomon]

Darn, had 420 likes but I ruined it. You can only blame yourself for being funny

[@jaso4455]

He paid a choreographer for that?

[@DBEO23]

Easiest money ever made

[@cityboy2092]

Did you watch the video for Hotline Bling? I'm shocked he was able to do these steps correctly

[@Pr0jectFM]

@Generic Username "that's the point"

[@brankin421]

It's harder to create a simple dance that anyone can do than it is to create a more complex one.

[@kieranstark7213]

Way to waste your money, Drake!

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

That "House?" looks so damn uncomfortable to live in. It's so... stark... and it looks more like a store, or jewelry store, rather than someplace to live. I would never feel comfortable living there, because I would be almost expecting customers walking in to buy a piano, or some decoration, or jewelry, or something.

[@KhayJayArt]

It's lifeless like Drake himself.

[@BlakeGeometrio]

Agreed but it looks better than Kanye's "house". That's not saying much though.

[@Zvwry]

Yea way too much space for one person, someone could be living there with you the whole time without you knowing, super scary. Probably why celebs always have flings and stuff so they don’t feel lonely

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

Is this really Drakes house? Resembles more of a fancy hotel.

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

@@Thomasmemoryscentral You hit the nail on the head with this one. All that video needed was Drake going past the pool, and you see the family dressed in Hawaiian flower shirts walk past him as he's "sliding", pulling rolling luggage, heading to the reception desk.

[@acecola8295]

Todd reviewing a song while it's relevant!? The world really has gons mad

[@knightwing5169]

Wait.... this song is still relevant? God fucking damn it.

[@Jmonkeh]

Calling this song "relevant" is probably a bit much.

[@MechaKluh]

@@Jmonkeh Calling this a "song" is a bit much.

[@Benlovescheese]

Yeah it has

[@Benlovescheese]

David Williams even calling this “it.” Or “a thing.” Is way too much

[@9124Nove]

He literally hired a choreographer to come up with a dance that he himself could have cobbled together. Also, would it have killed him to come up with a more energetic beat?

[@DBEO23]

Even all those cheesy dance songs from the 80s and 90s were more fun and enjoyable and got you on the dance floor ie. “Cotton Eye Joe”

[@kk8490]

Yes, it would have killed him.

[@sovietcanuckistanian]

"hey man I need you to make this dance that's fun for the kids on tiktok but simple enough I can still do after downing a fistful of Valium"

[@DBEO23]

Isaac “okay. Let me just AAH! Holy shit, I almost slipped while also OD’ing on OxyContin and having a stroke.” Drake:” All I saw was a meal ticket. Great job, man.”

[@knightwing5169]

I for one am looking forward to having someone, ANYONE, making a remix of this song to make it interesting. Heck, if the song stays popular much longer, I might just try my hand at remixing it myself.

[@wstine79]

Todd: "Enemy of the show, Mike Love." Adam Levine: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@gracecarpinter8623]

See also: Peter Cetera. (Although I am always up for dunking on Mike Love).

[@BradyPostma]

He didn't say he was THE enemy of the show. He's just one of many.

[@mentalillness1574]

Grace Carpinter see also: Lil Dicky

[@santiagobauza4257]

See also: Lewis Capaldi

[@helloill672]

Chris Brown, don't forget him

[@wolanin9255]

Todd's piano rift at the beginning has more depth than this song.

[@diabeticmonkey]

Brody Haas It’s riff, not a gaping hole in the ground

[@wolanin9255]

@@diabeticmonkey oops thats what i meant yeah.

[@tropezando]

Fighting the urge to roll out pastry dough on every surface of Drake's house

[@flmbyz]

Fighting the urge to have a paint dust war in Drake’s house.

[@rimmijohnson3361]

I feel this comment is going to be overlooked; but I appreciate you

[@kkeennddaall]

GOD why is this so relatable

[@haruko1501]

Yes, all that marble wasted. I mean, Drake very well be doing something productive like bake pies, instead of making this shitty video that no one asked for

[@halkitchen1838]

Drake’s only 33?! I would have sworn he was in his 40s

[@annnee6818]

He's whiny enough to be a boomer😂😂

[@junecarter2455]

His first album came out 2009 so he would have been 22. That's sorta young but it's not weirdly young to start in the music world at all

[@kelvinnguyen7883]

@@junecarter2455 I assume he also had connections up the wazoo given that he is a former child actor and all.

[@junecarter2455]

@@kelvinnguyen7883 wait he was?

[@cyanmanta]

His music ages much faster than he does.

[@globalmovement5141]

Yup, and during a crisis where tens of millions of people lost their jobs, struggled to pay rent, utilities and buy food, here he is flexing his large mansion and "dancing like MJ"🤣🤣🤣

[@1Sopel6]

This is a song for TikTok, it's meant for kids who don't even know who MJ was, teenagers who are enamoured in this lifestyle and young adult attentions seekers who are probably not that interested to put it lightly and probably looking up to the Drakes of the world as inspiration. If you're critical of anything in this song, then you're not in the demographic it is aimed at.

[@nejdalej]

The 'let them eat cake' of 2020

[@MrGEORGETHOMPS]

So

[@kozykhi]

1Sopel6 literally everyone knows who MJ was bro stop over exaggerating

[@sinicalypse]

Dude that's all Drake does. When does he ever have anything to say other than he's great, he's rich, and he's still great?

[@justvibin1447]

Since he brought it up, I really want an in-depth opinion on Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia album tbh. It's what I've been listening to during this quarantine because, like he said, it feels like science fiction when you can't go outside and party. Science fiction is what we need. It's what I need at least. Those awesome disco and electronica beats are keeping me in a good mood despite all this shit. Why would I want music that reminds me the world is in a depressive, anxious lull? Sorry for the rant, I just really like the album. I hope at least one of those songs makes the best list for 2020 ❤

[@theycallmeroach1911]

Yeah! At least when this pandemic is over, all of us are gonna be singing " I SHOULDA STAYED AT HOME"

[@djspuddzz8116]

I loved the album because it's actually something on the charts that has energy. Pretty much everything that's popular is either acoustic and downbeat or generic trap. Songs that you can jam out to with or without a dance floor and actually enjoy listening to, which seems too much to ask for these days.

[@butsmash]

Not into her music myself, but I agree with how annoying these lifeless songs are.

[@Tesseract_King]

God damn that album is good. I'm not the kind of person who socializes in clubs anyway, so to me Future Nostalgia is just exactly the shot of pure neon I need right now.

[@theycallmeroach1911]

@Dunebugger same

[@ghostyon3399]

The trap beat over the imagine video is so incredibly cursed, why would you subject us to that?

[@notproblempal8343]

Drake looks like he's going to robb his own house

[@mj-yo7vt]

A potato I legit thought this was the case

[@V4Now]

If he was darker I'm sure the police would have been involved, so don't worry... or be disappointed? 🤨

[@nomobobby]

I might've had a laugh if he "accidentally" showed the cables dangling from the roof. But no, too energetic I guess.

[@isetmfriendsofire]

It was quarantine, not socially distancing to rob someone else's.

[@Brandi-zp8kj]

The best comment ever! LMAO

[@gatzsuds]

no more drake music society has evolved past the need for drake music not that it was ever needed

[@emcee9899]

When cavemen banged two rocks together, society was evolved further than the need.

[@emcee9899]

@@daishoryujin95 it's awful.

[@phoenixrising7777]

emcee 98 I can appreciate trap when I feel like it’s creating a mood and the lyrics have a style, creativity, and flavor, but drake is like soooooo lazy about it.

[@emcee9899]

@@phoenixrising7777 oh yeah? Perhaps I have heard to much of the garbage and jumped to a conclusion. Can you give any decent trap artist recommendations that I could try to give a listen to and see if I don't hate the entire genre?

[@ffjreviews9029]

Bruh Drake is amazing.

[@LolaSebastian]

"what if the cha cha slide had a bad hangover?" poetry.

[@thetonytaye]

And I’m sick of the Cha Cha Slide to begin with. I couldn’t fucking imagine going to a wedding and being forced to listen to this shit.

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

Chocolatezeus Productions it's only fun at wedding but yeah I get cringe whole doing it and harder cringe after it

[@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303]

Lola! Didn't expect to see you here. I hope your channel blows up someday, you deserve it❤️

[@munjee2]

I like how drake has multiple pictures of himself in his own house

[@carolmccrillis6930]

Is it to help search parties if he gets lost in it?

[@anguishingquark]

And Mao Zedong

[@Meme_Lor]

Reminds me of Doug Walker

[@applebonker141]

I'm picturing a Drake version of the Spiderman sitting at a desk with a framed picture of himself hanging on the wall behind him meme 😂

[@vulbvibe]

12:07 No one tell Todd that this song is about the Moonwalk and Drake didn’t know cause he doesn’t write his songs

[@johnblunt6693]

This explains a lot actually

[@kevinrolle3517]

he literally wrot eit about the moonwalk

[@Minam0]

At least it’s named after the choreographer and he isn’t taking credit.

[@RubyDynamite]

Yep! Give the guy credit for a mediocre dance paired with a subpar 'song', because that's better! Somehow.

[@tashaem1]

@@RubyDynamite It is infinitely better. That choreographer will be getting work for years going forward thanks to this.

[@danksenzuweed2]

@@tashaem1 the choreographer was a already pretty well known, which is why drake paid him to make the dance.

[@Genevieve1023]

​@@RubyDynamite I don't know if this is completely true so, grain of salt and all. Apparently it was a proper dance routine but, it kept on getting pared down because Drake didn't want to actually dance.

[@zonyae29047]

Drake’s career is based on numbers. MJ’s career was based on passion for his work. Sir you cant even compare with MJ.

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

I mean...they both DO have some veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery uncomfortable relationships with underage kids.

[@iyeetandskeet_6444]

@@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick he was wrongly accused and loved children but not in a sexual way

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

iyeetandskeet 64 Suuuuuuuuuuuure.

[@Moony1568]

It’s been a decade. No one gives a shit about MJ except for rappers.

[@iyeetandskeet_6444]

@@Moony1568 other people still care about him. not just rappers

[@kats938]

He's basically made the same song for the past 4 years. Lol

[@MarillSweatshirt]

He'll always be that nerd that got shot in Degrassi.

[@EmmaLiza]

He was the basketball star who got shot by the nerd. Pfft, fake Degrassi fans.

[@daishoryujin95]

Mmmm watcha saaaaaay

[@jojoversus1100]

@@EmmaLiza "Star" is a serious stretch lmao. I laugh a lot harder at the episode near the beginning where he gets addicted to adderall & starts getting way too hyped for everyone. THAT shit is hilarious.

[@opjm8664]

Small children with faces partially hidden by shadow: Dad, tell us about the quarantine. Old man Todd, with a somehow clear through the shadow thousand yard stare: ... Right foot up... Left foot slide...

[@harmlesscreationsofthegree1248]

That poor old guy singing fun fun fun in the sun is he aware it’s not 1963??

[@erinschneider3212]

It's funny because his lyrics describe moonwalking, the dance he made for it makes less sense. Seriously, do the moonwalk following the songs directions.

[@LaFemmeFictionale]

The comparisons to MJ feel *reeeeeeal* cringe when you consider how Drake's been texting Millie Bobby Brown and Billie Eilish, and you're like, ummmmmmmmm....

[@Zaslanetz]

Billie Eilish is 18, Drake is 33. Nothing criminal.

[@ludwigii9329]

Maker Zaslanetz Still pretty weird

[@ennuibarbie]

Maker Zaslanetz if you are 33 and you can only connect with women 15 years YOUNGER than you it’s because women you’re own age won’t buy the bullshit you are trying to sell.

[@ienzio7795]

@@Zaslanetz He was talking to her when she was 16, 17 at the latest so yes, it's creepy.

[@pathfinderproductions]

Difference is, and i might be a bit biased here: Michael Jackson wasn't a pedophile. Drake, while we don't know for certain, seems to act very much like a legitimate one from the allegations levied against him.

[@katekursive1370]

That kitchen is the ugliest expensive kitchen I've seen in a while.

[@aditya_raina_]

As Bland As His Recent Music 🤠

[@chrismcmeekin9943]

"Can't let this one slide" could also mean can't let this one get away, or pass you by... But I prefer to think it's a subliminal cry for help.

[@xander1052]

Even Drake is getting bored of Drake

[@shani2839]

im so early and new to this drake tried to groom me

[@taylorfrench6722]

"I can dance like Michael Jackson"

[@rosabscura]

💀

[@Terjay]

I just don't understand why Drake is so huge. Every song is the same autotuned mumbling over trap beats.

[@dramatictrauma331]

I’d say sheer momentum from past success, also he’s always been really good for catching on trends. Drake is a good rapper (or he’s at least capable of being good). He’s just at that point in his career where he doesn’t have to try very hard.

[@kevinrolle3517]

@Kal Reynolds Drake has never mumbled in his life

[@PapayaStyle]

never got the Drake hype. but I'm also in germany and only hear his stuff when listening to radio. and everytime I hear the moderators say 'his number one hit' ...'his big hit'...etc I can't for the life of my recognize why. I get some other mumble rap shit, with catchy beats, that will speak to teens, but Drake always sounds like a wet droopy towel to me. big mystery

[@razhmazh]

@Kal Reynolds Truer words have never been written!

[@bradywashere1673]

Drake doesn’t really use Auto-tune that much. You can’t really comment on his music unless you’ve listen to a lot of it

[@throwaway1743]

I remember the first time I heard this song and thought it was like somebody on Drake's team was really trying to sabotage him this time. I mean seriously, Drake, who is infamous for dancing horribly, makes a song explicitly about dancing (where he COMPARES HIMSELF TO MICHAEL JACKSON) in which he talks about gang shit AND luxury porn AND feels, accompanied by a beat that COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM CAPTURING DANCING, GANG SHIT, LUXURY PORN, OR FEELS. But...you're right. Within the context of a global pandemic where fun social activities that were happening just this year seem like a distant memory, and everything in our lives is now completely colored by crippling anxiety and soul-crushing loneliness - this is fucking perfect. Now I hate the song even more.

[@JoshuaJesterRichards]

"right foot up, left foot slide, left foot up, right foot slide..." that's just the Moon Walk simplified

[@Andrea-dm4gd]

Yeah that's why he is making so many references to Michael Jackson bc he was thinking about the moonwalk when he wrote it

[@amityislandchum]

@@Andrea-dm4gd Drake's ghostwriter* was thinking about the Moonwalk when he wrote it.

[@phoenixrising7777]

The key to the moonwalk is pushing off your feet not sliding them back

[@ayylmao8562]

Is it just me or is his little dance unintentionally hilarious? This is basically the modern version of do the hokey pokey. Drake and most of the people that follow him give me mayor douche vibes, he’s the human embodiment of that fake emoji with the SnapBack and lip bite.

[@Hammerhead547]

It sorta looks like he just stole those "moves" from an old jazzercise tape that his mom had.

[@kswannie]

The Toosie Slide is the modern version of the Hokey Pokey? Well that's what it's all about!

[@TheAlps36]

The Hokey Pokey is technically harder as it involves your arms as well as your legs

[@nwahnerevar9398]

That Tootsie Slide/Celebrity Imagine mashup sounded like the worst Massive Attack ever written

[@jamesmason7979]

Drake basically realized they he doesn't have to try anymore, so he stopped trying.

[@harparp7205]

For the first time in a long time I haven’t heard the pop song you reviewed

[@sosickandtiredofalltheneed568]

Maybe because you dont use tiktok like me lol

[@yanstein8464]

the last time i've heard a song from a todd review is probably old town road, because i heard it on the radio in a taxi a few times before putting on earphones

[@EpicB]

I've never been on TikTok and I don't consciously keep up with modern pop music. So I missed this one till Todd talked about it.

[@Inhalepens]

Off topic but I LOVE YOUR PFP

[@thel-iteralone4592]

This song may have went to number 1, but I'm glad The Weeknd quickly took the spotlight back from Drake afterwards.

[@UnorthodoxIndividual]

@@mariokarter13 Lmao true that was my first thought when i saw that

[@lydiavalentino]

@@mariokarter13 Isn't that also how "Crew Love", Drake & The Weeknd's big 2011 collab, turned out?

[@chanceanderson9924]

I'm old, just a few years younger than Todd himself, so I really don't mean to be mean when I say this I'm not trying to pick a fight. But your comment is inexplicable to me, well yes blinding light is a better TikTok song... Are we not all in agreement that it's also awful? Am I the odd man out here? Am I missing something? And those are all serious questions like your comment has fascinated me, I wish to be educated.

[@samanteater]

@@chanceanderson9924 Blinding Lights is fucking great and I will hear no words to the contrary.

[@irvinmaddox9247]

mariokarter13 isn’t the meat supposed to be the highlight of the sandwich though?

[@EvilSandwich]

I didn't realize that Mike Love was singing about flouting the quarantine because he's butthurt that he can't go to the beach right now. And the sad thing is I'm not even all that shocked. He's probably the type to threaten to fire his private hairdresser if they try to self isolate, because he just doesn't want to do without a haircut for a couple of weeks. And then he'll wear a hat on top of it anyway.

[@ElizabethAfeworki]

when are we going to get those "Cine-madonna but for beyonce movies" videos? i need to see you review them.

[@thirteenfury]

"Bae-List Acting"?

[@imfamoushero]

i don’t think he wants the beyhive smoke (but i also would like to see it)

[@elviskiarie1068]

My only problem with that would be that in general, Beyonce's movies aren't as gloriously bad as Madonna's (save for Obsessed, of course).

[@jasmineprice7847]

ELVIS GHOULAM I agree I think people want Beyoncé’s movies to be worse than they actually are

[@thekingofcomedy4608]

Beyonces only been in a couple of films madonnas been in like a 20 bad films what we really need is a jlo bad movie series

[@altromonte15]

Imo the best quarantine song is "System Of A Down - Lonely Day"

[@IsaacPrinTheNerd]

Fun fact: Dark Lane Demo Tapes is the first Drake project not to debut at no. 1 because Kenny Chesney got thousands of albums sold as physical copies as part of a concert tour that he then cancelled. That is karma. Drake has been gaming the album chart for years with streaming, but as soon as he tried to game the singles chart, his album failed to debut at number 1 because he forgot about physical copies.

[@AllisonMiller30]

Decade, I think you mean Drakeade. It's okay, I hate myself more than you ever could.

[@redcitadel9123]

Have a refreshing sip of 'drakeade' to wake you up in the mornings

[@user-wo5tc9ux7u]

Cringe

[@azmotov9733]

the new willenium

[@danksenzuweed2]

Hey I thought of that but didn't have the courage to put it in the comments.

[@dvt1393]

@@redcitadel9123 In pretty sure that Drakeade is the spiked drink that Drake gives to whatever minor he's texting before he takes them to "check out his place."

[@lovelyheiferdev]

How to make a TikTok bait: Trap beat Lyrics explaining dance move ??? Profit(‽)

[@digamejh]

White people have always loved songs that explain dance moves.

[@EpicB]

Better yet, let's try and make an old song into a TikTok meme.

[@DBEO23]

Every Trap Rapper and artist who uses trap beats and lifeless delivery:” Malfunctioning, Can’t take criticisms or secrets exposed.”

[@Angel_Investor_Music]

Don't forget to make the dance move easy enough for your grandparents to dance along to.

[@ffjreviews9029]

The only hit songs from TikTok that weren’t bad were Old Town Road, The Box, and that DaBaby song. All the rest are awful.

[@taylorgabbey2371]

No...music was just starting to have a pulse again....We just got the joy back...Drake can't set us back like this!

[@dysonvacuumcleaner451]

“Basically, I’m sayin’ either way, we ‘bout to slide” This is a sex joke. Supposedly.

[@stevethepocket]

Is it in any way related to the expression "slide into the DMs"?

[@si6525]

I think Doja Cat deserves an episode now, she’s got an interesting story AND Say So has just been everywhere (and is an actually good song imo)

[@marlyngasparindovina3034]

Was in the process of writing a similar comment about this! I'm genuinely curious of Todd's thoughts on Doja Cat, given he's referenced Moo in a previous video. Bonus is, unlike other current artists, she's genuinely having fun making music (even if it is silly/stupid) and not taking things too seriously. Come on Todd- your audience deserves a detour from downers sometimes.

[@UBvtuber]

The issue is he'd either have to ignore the production credit or wade into the Dr. Luke controversy.

[@connorross123]

I'm calling it now, "Say So" is "Bad Guy" part 2 for Todd. He absolutely loves it and doesn't want to blatantly show his hand before the best of the year review

[@renaissanceweeb]

The music video for mooo is still surreal to me. Anime boobs becoming mainstream feels like a joke.

[@UBvtuber]

@@renaissanceweeb Yeah, about a decade ago it basically WAS a joke. Shit like Soulja Boy rapping about anime was seen as trash (to be fair, it was), Lil B was based, and producers like KillingSpree who mixed trap and anime samples were seen as a novelty. Fast forward to 2020, anime is far more mainstream and people like Lil Uzi Vert and XXXtentacion openly are fans of it.

[@Thedjbj2]

"Slide" by the Goo Goo Dolls would've been a more fitting ending song: "So why don't you slide? Yeah, I'm gonna let it slide..."

[@kodyeldridge5847]

Me before the video: "take a shot every time Todd says the word "zeitgeist" After the video: "aaaaand he only said it one time."

[@theuncannydag]

Take a big ol' gulp on the rewatch

[@stevethepocket]

Gotta make the booze last 'cause we ain't going out for a while! ...I think I just accidentally wrote a song lyric.

[@kodyeldridge5847]

@@theuncannydag I must've missed a couple XD

[@interfrastically]

Instead of a shot of vodka or scotch, make it a shot of Sodium Pentothal. Only one shot needed and it would put you in exactly the right headspace for this song - sound asleep for five to ten minutes.

[@PogieJoe]

Wow there's a ton of people sleeping on this track. As they should.

[@aaronclift]

It’s a good song for nap song.

[@Alex-fv2qs]

Including Drake I mean, are we even sure that he wasn't half asleep when singing it?

[@perciusmandate]

The fact that Drake is now all time king of the pop charts tells me exactly how much attention I need to pay to the pop charts.

[@acearohippo]

Where's the tiktok reply to the moves where the dude just did the moonwalk. This whole song is just a breakdown on how to do it. And drake can't.

[@thatjillgirl]

Omg you're right! Is there a chance that he wrote the lyrics with the intention of actually dancing like Michael Jackson but then realized he couldn't and hired the dancer guy to come up with something that would still fit those words?

[@cdvideodump]

Oh, it's Drake's attempt at a TikTok anthem

[@lucasbell4831]

Which one? There's only about 8,000.

[@cdvideodump]

@@lucasbell4831 The Drake version

[@crazyluigi6664]

@@mariokarter13 Wait, didn't the Toosie Slide debut at #1 also?

[@cdvideodump]

@@crazyluigi6664 Not OP, but yes it did.

[@cityboy2092]

@@mariokarter13 Tik Tok has definitely been more successful at curating hits. After Old Town Road, the entire music industry adopted it as a standard promotional tactic. Almost every hit song out right now (Blinding Lights, Say So, Blueberry Faygo, Savage, Roses, The Box, etc.) has been excessively bolstered on Tik Tok

[@ciara947]

I'm so on board with Mike Love becoming a recurring bit on Todd's channel

[@EvilSandwich]

I didn't realize that Mike Love was singing about flouting the quarantine because he's butthurt that he can't go to the beach right now. And the sad thing is I'm not even all that shocked. He's probably the type to threaten to fire his private hairdresser if they try to self isolate, because he just doesn't want to do without a haircut for a couple of weeks. And then he'll wear a hat on top of it anyway.

[@dyldragon1]

Commenting to report that the song evaporated even before quarantine ended

[@KaisTestKitchen1]

That's the second time he's dragged Micheal Jackson into a horrible song! Can Drake just stop with this?

[@jamescoble8755]

I hope you know how impactful your work is Todd. I recently realized you've been around for 10 years, and I started watching you in 2012, 8 years ago, when I was in the fifth grade. I'm in college now, and I think watching you make critiques I could understand of stuff you can understand has helped me in my english classes ever since. Your use of humor has definitely made an impression on me too, I was watching you when I was watching Disney Channel. Thank you Todd, you arguably changed my life.

[@Kat-qe1vk]

Drake: *does anything* Me: "Okay Groomer"

[@spaceoddity2392]

lmao! good comment

[@lefromage2001]

lmfaoooooo omg

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

Hootie & The Blowfish has more energy in their songs than Drake. Yeah, I said it!

[@raskatraska7233]

that Michael Jackson gets a whole new meaning now

[@gooselvis5351]

💀💀

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

Drake's lyrics are difficult to make out due to the autotune mixed with that "you you do a poo poo" vocal style that seems to have taken over the pop world in recent years.

[@Annafyz]

exactly one year later and NO ONE cares about Toosie Slide anymore

[@davidthepangolin]

Now I have been to one party where they played Toosie Slide, and can confirm that everyone got down with it and those who weren't doing the Macarena actually did the Toosie Slide dance. About an hour later they played Maroon 5's Girls Like You and everyone stopped dancing, the resentment for that song lives on in 2022.

[@brycealthoff8092]

That “Imagine” cover trend made me roll my eyes so hard my eyeballs were in danger of falling out of their sockets. I’ll take the rest of the year in quarantine rather than see that shit again.

[@memyopinionsche6610]

When I hear the words Tootsie slide. I am thinking in my head. Puting Tootsie rolls on a slide and pushing them down that slide. And in this heat..it could happen. Mad experiment.. Putting tootsie rolls on a metal slide and pushing them down that slide and will they make it too the bottom? It's not crazy talk. It's scientific research.

[@summerlaverdure]

Like I seriously want to do this not saying for a meme or anything like I legit agree I want to do this, it's something to do

[@mt-zf6xp]

To all the scientists that read OP's comment: put the vaccine on hold. We got bigger fish to fry now.

[@x_VineM_x]

@@mt-zf6xp 😆😆

[@bat4280]

The Michael Jackson reference is appropriate. He wore a mask and gloves whenever he went out.

[@minhlequang3834]

the chorus is also the basic directions on how to do the moonwalk

[@phoenixrising7777]

Minh Le Quang but see for me that makes no sense because the key to the moonwalk is pushing off your feet instead of sliding them. If you slide your feet back, you don’t get the smooth motion and momentum.

[@ruthdiamond6039]

“But at this point that’s a function of quantity, not quality” made me oof out loud

[@phoenixrising7777]

Drake: I could dance like Michael Jackson. Hotline Bling Memes: Am I a joke to you?!

[@OG_McLovin]

Still love the rightful indignation over Drake comparing himself to MJ. No, Drake. You are not him. You are not that phenomenon. You never made Thriller. Credit where it's due for the peculiar phenomenon that is Drake and his accomplishments. But he ain't no Jacko.

[@veepersjeepers]

i have legitimately never heard this song. am i out of touch now?

[@noreski435]

Almost All hype this song has was created artificially

[@luzhou6908]

no it's the the children's fault

[@weegeearmy1391]

it's definitely a legitimate hit, unlike his last pop song review Yummy. It's got great streaming, actual Tik Toks on it, and radio play.

[@phlog_dog7336]

Mainstream media is out of touch. They don't know what the people are listening to.

[@veepersjeepers]

weegee army i am on tiktok constantly and i have never heard it. im also too old for tiktok. that might affect it.

[@phoenixrising7777]

Drake used to be good but I’m so tired of the monotone sound. Look I grew up in the 90s, but I try to always be open-minded to new things and not just write them off. I can understand the appeal of the monotone song that gives off a low-key mood to chill to....I mean there’s been songs in the past that do that. But, regardless of age, can we all agree there’s a difference between monotone songs that establish a mood and those that just come across like you recorded the first shit you thought of right after a night of downing cough syrup? It’s just starting to feel lazy.

[@coyotemixes8207]

That MJ comparison aged in fun way huh?

[@tylerturner7929]

Drake has sounded ready for retirement since he started.

[@rct3isepic]

I was waiting for someone to call out drake for his attempt to say he can MJ dance! Thank you for doing so. This is from someone who spent years learning that dance style so again thank you

[@RenaldyCalixte]

Drake can't even dance at all let alone dance as well as the King of Pop.

[@noahvance6160]

Todd: Enemy of this show, Mike Love. Chris Brown: What am I, chopped liver?!

[@measl]

*This follows the 1950's tradition of introducing new dances with songs of the same name. For example, "The Locomotion".*

[@user-er5mg6zj4v]

or you can just latch onto an existing craze, which is how you wind up with the twist, the twist again, twist and shout, twisting the night away, soul twist, and of course twist by korn.

[@glorsvids]

I was shocked that Todd didn’t use the clip from Degrassi where Drake dressed up as Michael Jack and danced in the Thriller outfit.

[@tristandeniet1758]

Is it just me or should Todd do Say so by Doja cat

[@ghostofabulletproducciones5748]

Three years later, I have to say that Drake has an extremely ugly house

[@future2097]

"No Rain" by Blind Melon on the next One Hit Wonderland episode.

[@thedopdeity]

The angry mini tantrum over basically was my favorite part

[@gabe_s_videos]

As someone who has a bit of an "English teacher" side to him, I'm totally with Todd here. It's the same feeling I get when someone refers to something as just "a thing."

[@jenniferw7928]

The Toosie Slide looks like someone stepping in dog shit, glancing at their shoe, and then trying to wipe their feet off in the grass. It's not a dance, it's an accident that ruins your day.

[@zachariahmola6841]

LMAOOOOOO Coming back from Todd's 2020 Best Hits list, it's so funny to see almost all his favorites were already established by this video in May

[@achair650]

Someone: *new video* Me: ok, cool Todd: *new video* Me: I DUNNO WHYYY BUT TODAY SEEMS LIKE ITS GONNA BE A GREAT daaaaaaYYYYYY

[@cartmann94]

I can’t believe this lockdown has lasted 5 Todd in the Shadow video reviews already. Almost two months.

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

cartmann94 I think it's actually 3 months but yeah you're right

[@zombiedodge1426]

If we get a Trainwreckords video for the 1978 "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" movie soundtrack, it will all be worth it.

[@nathanburnett9529]

You know tik tok kinda just shit on this song, it never caught on as a trend it was really just mocked

[@HomoChomsky]

Good

[@kayleeriley3591]

I am blind and I know Drake can’t dance like Michael Jackson. What does that tell you

[@ArthurCrane92]

1:52 I see Mike Love continues to be blissfully unaware of how lame he's been for the last several decades.