POP SONG REVIEW: "Treat You Better" by Shawn Mendes

[@Number9Robotic]

"Some guys wear their fedoras on the inside" is possibly the greatest line Todd has written in a long time.

[@peterhanna3206]

Number Nine it's basically midnight and I actually laughed out loud when he said that

[@browncoat697]

It's not about the fedora on your head. It's about the fedora on your _soul._

[@oof-rr5nf]

@@browncoat697 I'm gonna scream 😂😂😂

[@happymilk7433]

*Time for some merch*

[@yvette4948]

Some of Todd’s quotes should be on merchandise

[@413jmee]

"hey hey you you i dont like your boyfriend"

[@joshisonwheels]

"NO WAY NO WAY I think you need a new one"

[@jamilabrownie]

Lil mama and avril lavigne

[@TokuBoyStudios]

Ugh, don't even get me started. There was this annoying girl that used to sing that song and she wouldn't stop, I wanted to choke her to death everytime she sung that

[@kelseygriggs5807]

I actually thought he was gonna bring up Girlfriend when he brought up You Belong With Me

[@413jmee]

Kelsey Griggs tbh i expected it to be the song he ended the video with.

[@EmysOnlyPattern]

The, "better than he can," line sounds like one of those alternate pronunciations of Benedict Cumberbatch

[@bargainbinboy]

Emy Noelle Exactly

[@alissacarter2191]

No it doesn't lol 😔

[@mazzystars]

@@alissacarter2191 if you say it fast, it really does

[@BayOfWulf]

BENIDICT CUMBURBEN

[@ethanmueller8218]

Emy Noelle I honestly thought he said “Baka oniichan”.

[@KayleighNime]

*tips fedora* M'endes

[@drowsy7921]

Thanks i needed this.

[@crisk75]

I actually laughed out loud

[@jeevithrai7994]

@Stellvia Hoenheim Go back to England

[@nerkdurgen5574]

Take my like and fuck off!

[@ffjreviews9029]

Shawn needs to endes

[@MegaFriendlyCreeper]

The song wouldn't even be THAT bad if Shawn just removed himself from the equation. Like, instead of saying, "He treats you badly, so be with me," say, "he treats you badly, so just leave him." Instead of a "Nice Guy" song, we'd have an... umm... "Get yourself out of your toxic relationship," song.

[@ashen_roses]

Yeah like. Remove yourself from that fucking equation you know? Like Shawn not everything is about you

[@shawnfields2757]

MessengerOfDreams Exactly.

[@IsiahTomas]

And he wonders why people criticize him as a writer.

[@CobaltCruiser]

Even Red Jumpsuit Apparatus managed to figure that out for themselves

[@gilbert.stilinski9550]

yh but it's the story behind the song uk, i'm saying this as a person not his fan. He wrote this song based on a story where he is in love with this girl but she is in a relationship, an abusive one which is hard to get out of and in a way Shawn is telling her that he loves her and can treat her better than him.

[@FishTitan64]

"BEDDAH DAN HE KHAAAAN." He heard white singers doing fake Jamaican accents and said, "I want to do that, but *even worse.*"

[@mistahkrabs5544]

Oh hey, didnt expect to see you here!

[@faolan1686]

"KHAAAAAAN!" I can't be the only one who read that in Kirk's voice from Star Trek 2.

[@namesurname8904]

Sounds like a Hebrew chant

[@crimsonwizahd2358]

All I hear is BANANA KNEE CAAAAN

[@wppb50]

@@crimsonwizahd2358 That was EXACTLY what I was gonna go with!

[@MinecraftPELord]

Mendes has a Fed"aura"

[@annnee6818]

Good one😃

[@mixwidman5458]

Why bro.

[@Flowtail]

**wipes tear out of eye** _beautiful_

[@kimifw58]

I hate songs like these. "You chose a terrible boyfriend, but I can save you from him by... telling you I'm a nice guy. I won't talk to your friends and family about your potentially abusive relationship. Nope. I'm just letting you know that I'm available." Yeah. I know you mean well, but *that's not how it works!*

[@HarunoMaxwell6115]

Kimi FW Your channel photo fits your comment TOO well.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

If they were truly a nice person, they wouldn't care about getting in their pants. They would care more about helping them become more confident, helping them with their problems, and helping them with life in general. But, nope. People like this either act like they're nice, or are under the delusion that they are nice, when all they care about in reality is getting laid.

[@Arthurmorganx50]

Bruh

[@Saintnick90]

"Tell me why are we wasting time on all your wasted crying." I like how he thinks him consoling her after an abusive relationship with another guy is "wasting time."

[@jhoughjr1]

one of those things betas will never get.

[@user-jn1wm3tb8v]

@@jhoughjr1 Please tell me you're joking

[@warlockboy3864]

@@jhoughjr1 get what exactly?

[@xrrgr]

@@jhoughjr1 *doesn’t elaborate*

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

​@@jhoughjr1consoling your friends is what real men do, you scum

[@Gator_Queen8188]

In this song, Mendes sounds like the guy who searches " is it narcissism when you're actually better than everybody else" un-ironicly

[@letternclnovi7116]

Thats oddly specific

[@xo.adoratio]

@@letternclnovi7116 but it’s true

[@TitaniaBird]

As a former "nice guys", I can say this with all authority: Guys, you have no idea how actually liberating it is to treat your female friends like people and not like potential sex partners. Trying to find a relationship is stressful, and trying to go after someone who's not into you romantically is only going to hurt you both. Respect costs nothing. "Nice guy" entitlement can cost you everything.

[@annnee6818]

@Ryan rogerson Huh? Your question has literally nothing to do with anything he said... nowhere did he say anything about anyone "being right". But you sound very frustrated. I guess you are finding it hard to get laid. Trust me, nice guy entitlement is going to win you no panties.

[@annnee6818]

As a former recipient of "nice guy attentions" I can say with authority that it's a massive turnoff. How dare I not fall in love with them even though they were nice to me? News Flash, dude, all my friends are nice to me, I can't be in love with all of you at your convenience.

[@CnctCnpire]

@@annnee6818 are you misinterpreting what he said, or was there another guy here before who deleted their comments?

[@dysmissme7343]

C0n3ct C0n5pire there was indeed

[@xercespriest]

Roger Gibson When I was nice guy I used to crush head between thighs like sparrows egg. I’d like all the pictures posted on the Facebook and I’ll open doors for m’ladies. With thighs. Like sparrows egg.

[@yulecov545]

the music video ends with the National Domestic Violence Hotline number, so I guess the whole thing is supposed to be some kind of stance against domestic violence, which is quite disturbing

[@glossygloss472]

The majority of his fanbase are 15 year old girls so there was no need to even include the national domestic violence hotline. They just threw that in to solidify the "Supreme GentleMAN" vibe.

[@carikittygeek]

i gotta mention that 15 year old girls can definitely be in abusive relationships, but yes, the song is so insincere, selfish, and out of its depth that it's downright insulting to abuse survivors to treat it as any kind of response to domestic violence

[@AlbinoTuxedo]

Sounds like the record label realized that the song's lyrics are kind of irksome and tried to correct course by making the abuse undertones more prominent in the video. That way you can justify the whole thing by saying it's anti-abuse, when the original lyrics don't mention abuse at all and just focuses on how better Mendes is compared with the other guy.

[@solesurvivor327]

Yeah, I think it’s like the Suicide Hotline Song by Logic. Means well, but incompetently written

[@BiscuitsInSeptember]

I hate the argument about the video being about domestic violence. Nothing in the lyrics of the song, or even the tone of the song, reference domestic violence. There are LOTS of music videos that take a song a different route entirely, or have nothing to do with it, and this is no exception. That video is a weak cover for this "I know better than you, I'm a nice guy so ride my dick" song.

[@IcewhipRoxx]

Girl: "So I gave it some thought and I broke up with my abusive boyfriend." Mendes: "That's great! So how about we go out on a date this Friday?" Girl: "Oh... actually... I spent two years being physically and mentally abused by someone I loved... so I'm not really looking to date right now. I was thinking of reconnecting with some friends he kept me from, or pick up the old hobbies he made fun of me for. Maybe I'll even join a support group so I can--" Mended: "FUCKING BITCH! I only told you to break up with him so you could date ME instead! What the fuck is wrong with you? Why would you want to spend time alone? So you can "heal", or "find yourself"? What a waste of my time!"

[@billtenth5805]

Yup, that's about the size of it. -_-

[@gilbert.stilinski9550]

.....

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Fuck, I've never even been in a relationship, much less an abusive one, and I felt that O_o

[@dreamlandbuds7710]

Actually, Mendes would be moreso: "That's fine...totally not a stupid decision at all. Hey, I'm gonna write a song about this. No hard feelings."

[@EthanJ1005]

Wow.. How accurate this comment is 😂 god Mendes sucks.

[@lovetoeatallthefood]

To me, the "beddah dan 'e can" line sounds like he's trying to do some sort of badly-affected faux-Jamaican/Caribbean/reggae accent. Incidentally, I recently saw the same song performed by a kid who was maybe 10 or 11 - and he enunciated the line much more clearly than Mendes does.

[@larissabrglum3856]

The only cringier fake Caribbean accent I've heard was that time Steven Seagall tried to have a music career and recorded a couple of truly bizarre reggae-ish songs

[@3liony]

"WET DA BED AGAIIIIAIAIAIN......."

[@triccele]

BEAT A PELICAN

[@heather2503]

T​@@triccele That's not very nice 3:

[@laggy3099]

When he was showing off Stiches at the beginning, I legit thought it was Treat You Better. That's how interchangeable they are.

[@renoutlaw8371]

same

[@ZainR]

Stitches (or Bitches as I'd like to believe he'd rather say) might as well be the sequel to Treat You Better

[@redgreen2453]

I never don't die laughing at 3:36 the build-up is just too perfect

[@skyheartstar6510]

That actually inspired me to mash them up on RaveDJ, since they’re so similar.

[@TheMurrmursonbottle]

Stitches and one of his other hits Mercy are the exact same song. I had to listen to both VERY often at my job. They’re both whiny minor key songs about rough relationships. They both follow the basic Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus, Bridge, Chorus song structure. The bridges are the exact same: 4 lines about how he’s gonna be torn apart!!! Except when he repeats them, he goes an octave higher. He completely lacks creativity as a songwriter and artist only has one song.

[@indiestripper5374]

I like to picture todd as a cute little troll sitting hunched over a piano all day. he is just so grumpy it's cute

[@oof-rr5nf]

ikr same

[@cianelt9963]

Emphasis on the cute

[@kieranstark7213]

We can all picture A Dose of Buckley the same fuckin’ way! XD

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

I don't wanna agree as it sounds condescending... But youre right

[@forestman0136]

Billboard doesn't decide if your song is good or not, Todd does.

[@tl7304]

"Some guys wear their fedoras on the inside." ~Todd, 2016

[@Phantom_of_Black]

That line has aged unfortunately well.

[@kylpyvene]

@@Phantom_of_Black ?

[@Phantom_of_Black]

@@kylpyvene It has aged well, unfortunately. I saw that I had missed the "-d" at the end of aged.

[@newperve]

"You belong with me." Mentions specific reason why she would be a better girlfriend like sharing a sense of humour, taste in music and actually being friends. She mentions that he hasn't seen his smile much since the girlfriend came along. So there is a reason why she thinks that she would be a better girlfriend. So yeah it's miles ahead of "Treat You Better".

[@TuesdaysArt]

Honestly...yeah. "You Belong With Me" might be cheesy and out of date, but at least Taylor seems to be more concerned about the guy's needs. Menendez acts like he's a nice guy, but those nice things are in terms of what would make HIM happy.

[@vysharra]

This. Misery Business is a pure Pick Me song from the other side if we’re forced to choose a comparison.

[@alex_flamer]

Lol I thought he was going to pick Girlfriend by Avril Levine.

[@desmondcoppin591]

Mendez does the same thing with the smile, because he's saying her boyfriend treats her badly. But other than that, yeah.

[@amitthehuman]

9:12 Nope, it's worse! He's saying "wasted crying". As in, "Stop crying over this guy and have sex with me instead! Can you tell I'm a nice guy?!"

[@kieranstark7213]

Someone should let us know if Shaun Mendes has been like this in real life around them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RyanStorey1231]

I'm surprised Todd didn't mention Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" when talking about female versions of this type of song. I know "Girlfriend" paints its protagonist as the pettiest, most vindictive, most immature of punks, but at least the song is upbeat and playful, and showcases enough self-awareness to know that it's nothing more than a stupid, petty party anthem about a vindictive brat. Side-note: Has anyone ever noticed how similar Avril Lavigne and Taylor Swift's careers are? They both started as promising singer-songwriters in genres that were probably way too out of their depth, thereby making them look like posers in said genres. Built a strong teen girl fan-base as the antithesis of other contemporary pop stars by writing lyrics that better relate to their core base. Then when they reached adulthood, they had no idea how to age artistically, made a drastic change in their sound and image, and now arguably have become the very things they spoke out against as teenagers. I'm digressing. This video is about Shawn Mendes, but I don't care enough about him to warrant even mentioning his name more than once.

[@sudevsen]

RyanX1231 avril who?

[@sr7701]

RyanX1231 You just made me want to listen to that song for the first time in YEARS!

[@ph89787]

RyanX1231One thing you notice in the music video is that Avril isn't taking herself seriously.

[@robinisomaa]

1) Fuck you, now I'll have "Girlfriend" in my head for at least a week. 2) I remember 13 years ago, when I was 12, I really loved all that skate punk, you know Avril Lavigne, Good Charlotte and such. While I occassionally still listen to Good Charlotte, I don't think I'll ever listen to Avril again. Her music only worked at one specific time and never again. Seriously, she (and her music) has less personality than Taylor Swift. Oh fuck, now "Sk8er Boi" got in there too...

[@DendyJungle]

RyanX1231 except taylors career has already outlasted avril's

[@aaronthebox]

BEEN A DADDY CAN

[@Altair718]

Aaron Carnes BUTTER IN A BAND

[@t3ras74]

BET A DADDY CAN

[@t3ras74]

FinFin BOUGHT A PELICAN

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

BED DOMINICAN

[@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks]

BUTTER DANNY KEN

[@Tama-Hero]

I think this song bugs me more because he's making promises he can't keep. "I'll stop time for you." So if I'm needy and lonely you'll literally drop anything you're doing for me? All the time? You'll quit your job just to be with me at every waking moment? But that opens up another set of problems. If you're unemployed then I'll have to support you and that just doesn't sound like a better deal than being lonely sometimes.

[@cartooncritic7045]

Well this is an unexpected appearance.

[@mythbuster43]

A big KZbinr appears!

[@Sleepingknight77]

To me it just he came off as a douchebag who's saying I'll treat you better, cause I want you more. I've heard this song WAY too much at work, yet, that thought never crossed my mind. I think that's cause I hate Mendes to actually analyze more than "I can treat you better than he can." Either way, in either context he just sounds plain whiny.

[@DiagonOfLawlz]

the lyrical content is certainly terrible, though i personally am most bothered by how awful it sounds and how goddamn similar it is to stitches, which was, as noted by todd, already a trite, trashy, and boring piece of music. i can't stand listening to either, and it's one of the few songs for which i'll request a change of station from my friends

[@onijester56]

Tamashii, I'll do anything for love. I would run right into Hell and back. Yes, I would do anything for love. I'll never lie to you, and that's a fact.

[@ImJustSayin2014]

Another way Taylor's song works better than this one is the fact that she actually lists some specific reasons the girl isn't right for him and why she is a better fit. Like I'm not a fan of the petty, smugly superior "she wears high heels and I wear sneakers" nonsense but in the verses she does go little beyond that and explains some specifics like how the girl is mean to him and how Taylor's character understands him better. Shawn gives absolutely no reason why this guy is supposedly not good for her other than "he's not me".

[@ChrisTopher-id4mz]

still doesn't make her sound any less like an entitled menstrual stain of a person. I don't care if she knows this guy's, favorite number 2 pencil, most memorable bowel movements, or has known him since they were sperms wondering if the next boner meant creating a child or being blotted up on a tissue. She should just accept the fact that he doesn't love her and move on already.

[@donkeykong3628]

Chris Topher lol did someone bite you 😂

[@herbaguskawiryan8081]

@@donkeykong3628 he's a mendes fangirl lmao

[@ChrisTopher-id4mz]

@@herbaguskawiryan8081 no. This song aside, I just have no use for him.

[@newperve]

Ok so I didn't need to write my comment that was basically the same as yours.

[@Jason_Altea]

You know, for as cringy as You Belong With Me is lyrically (and oh God it is), it does have one thing that puts it leagues above Treat You Better. The music video. That's because unlike Treat You Better, You Belong With Me's video actually shows that the main character (band nerd Taylor) actually genuinely cares about this guy, showing concern and asking if he's alright before jumping to conclusions about how "I know you MUCH better than them, I'd treat you SO much better than they do" immediately.

[@ombrenightcores]

Also because she doesn’t seem like she wants to be with him for her own self gain. She wants him to be happy and if she’s the one he’s with, she can help first hand.

[@taylordraughton5990]

not to mention, she wrote and released when she was around 16/17 back in 2008/2009. songs like that (kind of misogynistic, leaning heavily on the idea of cheerleader = bad, nerd = good) weren't criticized back then, especially considering that's what the "norm" was for "underdog" teenage girls in the late 2000s. the context behind the song is everything, as Todd explains in this video - Mendes has no excuse, as by 2016, people had shut down the idea of "nice guys".

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

@@taylordraughton5990 the 2000s was the decade of not like those other girls (and guys)

[@stefanpredoi4564]

Also that song is WAY better written

[@trtx84]

This whole song is supposed to be an argument for why he's "better" than this girl's current boyfriend, right? Yet, when I look through the lyrics...he doesn't once reference anything about their relationship. The entire song is just "I know we'd be better together than your current relationship...because I just KNOW we would!" Hell, "why are you wasting time with your wasted crying"? What the hell kind of attitude is that? "Hey girl stop crying because I'm here to be a real nice guy for you!" ----- Side note, does Mendes remind anybody else of Luke from Modern Family. When I first heard him on the radio I thought that was who it was.

[@icedtea2247]

Andrew Welter ii

[@kristenyarbrough4287]

I love when people want to make others happy and a guy cares about ur feelings. But I hate when guys feel responsible for your emotions. Like your not allowed to be upset about anything like ur job or family while hes around. Ur supposed to be happy cause he's trying so hard

[@shawnfields2757]

Bryan Smith I agree. The line is, in fact "wasted crying". Which makes mendes look like even MORE like a douchebag, because he's just mad that she's not with him, and with someone else, and is just thinking with his dick, NOT his brain or heart, and trying to be there for her emotionally, but just saying "hey, baby, what are you doing with this douche, and crying about it, when you COULD be with ME!" Although that's the whole song. I agree, if he REALLY cared about her, he'd be there for her when she needed him, NOT just there when It's most convenient, or only as an object. Having seen people be abused like this myself, and having female friends, I try and treat every single one of them like people, and not as objects, something we should do for all of our friends, male or female. Something Shawn Mendes needs to learn, because he's a very, VERY poor man's Nick Jonas.

[@Arthurmorganx50]

Tá bom chatonildo

[@alex_flamer]

Yes it doesn't say anything bad about their relationship in the lyrics. It assumes you basically watched the video which still makes it a bad song. In the words of Mark from Spectrum Pulse, "If you are using the video to explain the premise of your song, YOU HAVE FAILED AS A SONGWRITER!!!"

[@dylant6522]

4:15 Todd proves himself to be ahead of the time, using the phrase “simp” three years before it would be regularly used and four years before it would become lame.

[@ToasterBrain51702]

its been a word since like the 80s. maybe todd really *is* black.......

[@calyx5678]

It's been in aave for quite a while

[@icky46111]

When my wife and I first heard this song on the car radio, we laughed and she said "Oh my god, honey, it's the Neckbeard Anthem!" Seems that's a shared opinion with you, Todd. XD

[@vwestlife]

Shawn Mendes is best enjoyed shirtless, and on mute.

[@znuffyztruggles5744]

"Wasted crying" is the most tasteless way he could have phrased that, "wasting time" and wasting tears alludes to "wasted emotions" which borders on blaming the victim of the situation. As a survivor myself, I can't help but shudder when this wretch of a blatantly unknowing and uncaring of an extremely dangerous situation whine squeal comes on.

[@kieranstark7213]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH-kgWaugL2mp9k I knew that was all Shawn Mendes in real life.

[@haltjagged7783]

Hope you’re doing better, good luck

[@znuffyztruggles5744]

@@haltjagged7783 everything but my love life is good/great, once i start studying and living on my own i hope that will change, thanks for the well wishes.

[@dumbumbumbum8649]

When he was doing the gender-swap thing, I thought he was going to play "girlfriend" by avril lavigne

[@NoahWeisbrod]

Nah. "Girlfriend" is perfectly aware of its own cattiness. Instead of "You should ditch that jerk and get with me, your best friend," it's "You should ditch that loser and get with me, a fucking rockstar." If anything, Avril is the bad girl in that scenario. "Girlfriend" has no moral pretensions trying to justify its motives.

[@LukeZwarteVacht]

lol, I was thinking, "Okay, is he going to do Avril Lavigne or Taylor Swift? Ok, we're going with Taylor."

[@miticaBEP07]

Noah Weisbrod Which is why also her video works, unlike Taylor Swift's shitty junk. Also, she's not in the bleachers. She's not playing anything, she's just jumping on her place.

[@ECL28E]

The difference is both this and "Belong With Me" are peppy and upbeat. This is just dour, joyless, and whiny.

[@oof-rr5nf]

Belong With Me is such a fantasy tho. I never took it seriously even though Taylor Swift happened when I was a teen, I was the target demographic. And Girlfriend is def. satirical. It was just funny. And still sounds good.

[@nicholasgallagher3406]

As for all the Mendes fanboys/fangirls who will say that this song is an empowerment anthem for girls being abused, I'm calling you out - point out the specific lyric(s) where Mendes says this girl is in any sort of specific trouble, immediate harm, or is being abused. Go ahead, I'll wait... though I do suppose I'd be waiting a really long time, as there isn't a single lyric where that happens. So instead of pushing your bullcrap belief that this is an anti-abuse song, how about checking out some REAL anti-abuse songs: - "Face Down" by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - "When the Thunder Rolls" by Garth Brooks - "Mansion" or "Therapy Session" by NF - "Luka" by Suzanne Vega And finally, for a role reversal on the subject (a man being abused by a woman), try "Pulling Teeth" by Green Day.

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

Another song about female on male abuse is Cherry Tree by Hozier.

[@vee1193]

Nicholas Gallagher it's just a chance for him to get in her pants

[@wombatkidd]

"Facade" by Disturbed is a good one

[@joshisonwheels]

Dude, none of those songs compare to Old Dominion's Magnum Opus, "Break Up With Him."

[@crystalmazerful]

A Tree: The official music video ends with them putting up the domestic violence hotline, so they really are marketing this as a real, sincere anti-abuse song.

[@jackyvstheworld]

The worst part about this song is that lyrics are just nice guy douchiness. Then the video drops, trying to paint that it is about an abusive relationship, so everyone jumps to defend it. If the original lyrics reflected that, it might have turned out decent. But it doesn't. It is one of the worst songs I've heard in a while, mostly because of this mentality and the attempt at hiding the bullshit in the video that doesn't really represent the lyrics.

[@Flowtail]

Jackson Hoye To be fair to the people who made the video, i can’t imagine that making it genuinely reflect the song would let them keep their jobs Like the people who made the video for Asian Girlz, y’know?

[@littleblueclovers]

Mendez reminds me of the "I'm-singing-sincerely" pose. (the one where you sing with your eyes closed and clenched fists like you're doing a pull-up)

[@burnstjamp]

4:16 Todd acts like he's out of touch but he's been using slang terms since before they were even popular

[@K4RN4GE911]

I can sum up You Belong With Me in three words: Notice me, senpai.

[@sudevsen]

K4RN4GE911 I see you desu

[@idnyftw]

didn't help that Taylor Swift kind of reminds me of Saber from FSN

[@theherohartmut]

Hey, hey, you, you, I don't like your girlfriend.

[@Azmodeus87]

Well, at least that one is honest and to the point. "I wanna hook up with you, and i don't like you new gf." is a pretty easy to understand sentiment.

[@thasneakyninja1453]

Yup I'd say that pretty much sums it up. Who knows maybe Taylor Swift is just a closeted Yandere

[@manyrainbows]

Yesterday this song came on the radio, and my 13 year old started mocking it. "Oh my god! Shut u! Quit your whining! SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE WITH YOU!" So if a 13 year old can get that, WHY doesn't someone older and (theoretically) more mature like Shawn Mendes get it?

[@discordicgamer7465]

Some of my faith in humanity has been restored, thank you.

[@disneydork100]

Katie Ford that's amazing

[@ChrisTopher-id4mz]

Because he's Sean Mendez. Even if your daughter mocks this song, he still has a fan base of other teenage girls eating up his act up and asking for seconds.

[@gdragon42069]

It's the people working behind him. They don't respect the target audience, Mendes's dignity (if he has any left at all), or the fact well...nobody likes "nice guys/girls".

[@Xehanort10]

Smart kid you got there. Every Shawn Mendes song is him bitching and moaning while sounding like he's about to burst into tears.

[@abbychavarria6205]

I think that the main issue is that "nice guys" ( the kind that Todd mentions in the video) is that they don't seem to understand that being nice doesn't automatically give you access to the twins and their little sister. Being nice should be a common courtesy that you extend to most people, not jut people you want to bang. You need to put in more work if you want to win the heart of someone. Okay, I'm stepping off my soapbox now. XD

[@sigh824]

abby chavarria "twins and their little sister" lol 😂 that's great I'm gonna use that from now on

[@abbychavarria6205]

sigh824 Hehe, why thank ya. :)

[@mushroomshrub]

There's also the fact that very often your stereotypical "nice guy" doesn't seem to understand what constitutes actually behaving nicely towards a woman. Or anyone actually, though woman in particular. A general lack of social skills coupled with too much red pill will do that to a person. The whole "nice guy" rhetoric is a way of blaming anyone but themselves for their own absence of social graces.

[@ursidae97]

Well the point is that they care about the person but are inept at expressing that.

[@abbychavarria6205]

Wow, thanks for the insightful input everybody! (not being sarcastic, I swear). I would love to keep this conversation going, just remember to be nice and that everyone has a right to voice their opinion. Not saying that anyone was being disrespectful in any way. Just a friendly reminder from some random a**hole in the youtube comment section. :) Have a great day everybody!

[@bransonstevens5914]

ALL RISE FOR THE /r/niceguys NATIONAL ANTHEM!

[@Draber2b]

M'Lady, I would treat you like a princess. 🎩 😚

[@xercespriest]

m’pony Yes that’s a thing Yes it’s as bad as it is

[@Draber2b]

@@xercespriest m'pony? Does it mean "my pony"?(a small horse)? Never heard of m'pony or anything similar.

[@gz5405]

D. Draber like m’lady but for the my little pony lovers out there hence m’pony

[@shawnfields2369]

@@Draber2b Madam, I would've treated thou, as if you were a princess, or a queen. If only you were with me, and had seen that he is just wrong for you, and is the worst guy ever, with a fedora, and a neckbeard that he doth not shave, if thou wouldst realize how truly, truly awful thy current man is, and realize how much better I personally am for thine ladyship.

[@erinidum]

When he asked if there was a girl version of this song, my first thought was Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend". But yes, "You Belong With Me" is a much closer comparison.

[@hteekay]

over at Sabah, Malaysia the line "Better than he can" at the end of the chorus sounds like a white guy trying to pronounce "Badak dan Ikan" which means Rhino and fish in Malay.. Hahaha

[@ZannyAisling]

it actually sounds like "badder than 'e can", thus indicating that he is, in fact, worse

[@juckoosaurus]

lmao betul lah :D cant unhear it now

[@69shadyfan]

hteekay xleh nak unheard dah haha

[@swivelkeyring3512]

hahahahh u made it even better, now I cant unheard it

[@ECL28E]

No, the line was "This song really sucks" but he keeps getting the lyrics confused

[@McBanditHope]

That whole "better than he can" bit sounds like he's trying to ape an accent that doesn't exist.

[@uszlikion]

I thought it sounded vaguely like an offensive and unsuccessful Sean Paul imitation.

[@nejilljuna1536]

So THAT'S what it was ! I was legit trying to understand and I had no clue what he was saying.

[@alex-bj3lh]

BUTTER IN A CAN!

[@Fyrmer]

I kinda got the same impression. Ended up sounding more like Snow than Sean Paul, though.

[@jordy4263]

McBandit Hope It sounds like a man child throwing a tantrum

[@twobakedpotatos]

Can we just point out that Todd has been using the word simp since 2016? How old is this word? Have people been using it since then and I just didn't notice?

[@stikdude4169]

Before 2020 simp meant SIMPleton

[@IQUnder30]

Toddstradamus strikes again!!!

[@JeddtheJedi]

"Did a cockatoo just die?" "This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot."

[@kylpyvene]

What

[@SektionEi8ht]

...I love you. Thank you for making my day.

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Well, I better replace it then.

[@Robert_B_445]

POOOOOOOLLLLY!! POLLY PARROT! IT'S A DEAD PARROT! THIS PARROT IS DEAD!

[@galleryofrogues]

He’s pinin’ for the fjords!

[@Diana-mu7pc]

"Exactly the level of creativity I expect from this simp." o____O Had to remind myself that "simp" was short for "simpleton" in the long-left-behind days of 2016.

[@katiek2615]

I know some genuinely nice guys, and you know...they don't seem to feel the need to whine about how nice they are constantly.

[@kieranstark7213]

That’s genuine nice men as opposed to teenage men that act like when people say that even IF they had a crush on the women, it can help if they had them as friends in different ways, they’re just being assholes to people as flawlessly fine as them by telling them “they deserve to be friendzoned”. Like, Quasi in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) as opposed to himself in the much less artistic, much more mean-spirited sequel!

[@GivenFailure]

I think a large part of the difference between a song like "You belong with me" or even something like "Girlfreind"(which is super aggressive "nice girl" syndrome) is that judging by the video and tone it seems like the girl Shawn Mendes is talking about might be emotionally or physically abused... and then he's like "you need help getting out of this relationship... how 'bout you get on my dick"

[@8bitdiedie]

That's a fair point and all but why do people assume that he just wants sex with her? I don't get it, he never mentioned wanting her body.

[@GivenFailure]

8bitdiedie I assume he wants to both have sex and have a relationship, but "get on my dick" has more punch than "have repeated dinners with you and get on my dick whenever you feel is the appropriate number of dinners and then in a couple of months/years we can move in together if you want and then we can have kids(probably by accident) and then we can grow old and move into a depressing old folks home together."

[@8bitdiedie]

P3dotme So it's basically twisting someone's words to get your narrative across?

[@GivenFailure]

8bitdiedie No, it's basically assuming a certain competency from the reader to imply that "get on my dick" refers to a full relationship.

[@8bitdiedie]

P3dotme Seems a bit insulting to say that I should equate dick riding with a relationship but whatever.

[@MMCLLC7]

I'm tipping my fedora so hard I've dislocated my shoulder

[@evanfb5465]

SMHAnimations oh no

[@iamfiefo]

I'm with Todd. I just despise songs like this. I can feel myself the chunks climbing out my throat with all the pretentious lyrics like "I will never lie to you" and "I'll treat you better." And that "you should be with me" logic is just so much crap, I can smell it from inside my brain. No one is that freaking _nice_ and _good_ that they will never "lie" especially if it'll hurt someone's feelings. "Honey, do these pants make me look fat." "Yes, sweetie. Extraordinarily fat."

[@letternclnovi7116]

Wait..you're saying you shouldn't tell people like it is? Is that..not emotional intelligence?

[@hellogoditsmesara3569]

I hate whininess. I hate Treat You Better and I hate Belong With Me. Actually I abhor Treat You Better. At least Taylor gives legit reasons that she is better. "You're on the phone with your girlfriend She's upset She's going off about something that you said 'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do" "And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down" "Oh, I remember you drivin' to my house in the middle of the night I'm the one who makes you laugh When you know you're about to cry And I know your favorite songs And you tell me about your dreams". She's established that she actually has quite a relationship with this dude, a very close and intimate relationship. The worst part of the song is the whiney 'you'd be better with me' (not just 'you belong with me', that would be fine if he's single. It's 'she's not good enough for you') and the whole mean girl cheerleader thing. And of course it’s internal monologue, she’s not actually telling this guy to his face, at the end of the video he figures it out for himself. Mendez is a whiney 'nice guy'. ‘He’s a jerk and you belong with me. You should be sleeping with me.’ At least Taylor was sweet and innocent. Mendez isn’t sweet or innocent. He’s not like ‘he treats you wrong but I’ll treat you better, I’ll listen to your feelings and tell you you’re not emotional. I’ll hold your hand through rough times because we’re friends first.’ No, it’s ‘I’m such a nice guy, why won’t you sleep with me?’ And I hate it so much.

[@karelfinn2343]

We really need to reclaim fedoras. Fedoras are nice hats that just somehow got embraced by a collection of people who don't wear them well and are also whiny, entitled assholes. That's not the hat's fault. Quit badmouthing the hat.

[@SamuraiEchidna]

Yes. Thank you. And we need to REALLY emphasize that most of the time, these people are wearing Trilbies, not genuine Fedoras. Real fedoras are epic and should only be worn a certain way, preferably with a suit. Not with t-shirts, hoodies, shorts, or any extremely casual wear.

[@thellamawormking3101]

Kurt Reinkemeyer #Fedoralifesmatter

[@vulpinedeity3379]

Yeah! It's a nice hat that looks good on anyone who isn't a collossal toolbag. It goes well with my red leather. I only wear it with formal attire, but I always wear my smartest, sharpest red leather coat or jacket. I really need to get a trench. Anyhoo #reclaimthefedora

[@JeddtheJedi]

Yep. Indiana Jones wears a Fedora.

[@stagpie6449]

They were actually originally worn by a woman in a play called Fedora (thats where they got the name) about female empowerment. Talk about fucking irony.

[@ShadowAkatora]

*"Some guys wear their fedoras on the inside"*

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

Mendes doesn't even mention what he likes about this girl. Seriously, he just pathetically grovels about how he'll do anything for her if she just dumps her boyfriend, and that's the entire song. Even One Direction complimented the subject of their douchebag song on her low self-esteem! Mendes? Nothing.

[@Xehanort10]

I'm convinced the girl isn't actually in an abusive relationship and Mendes just deludes himself that she's in one to justify his own jealousy and the fact that he plans to steal her from her boyfriend.

[@albertand2484]

Finally, someone who agrees, I constantly get "Stitches" and "Treat You Better" mixed up!

[@kieranstark7213]

That was my first impression on “Treat You Better”. “Holy fuck. stitches is back... oh fuck...”

[@samueltitone5683]

One of my favorite Todd reviews. “Body Like a Back Road” is up there too.

[@jessenathan9346]

To me, it’s “Hey, Soul Sister”

[@sagecolvard9644]

I gotta go with either "Drive By" or "Cooler than Me" just for the line "Birth Control Damnit! Sing from the diaphraaaaaaaaagm!" because I love that pun.

[@kieranstark7213]

Nobody is gonna ever forget when A Dose of Buckley called Sam Hunt “Sam Cunt”! XD

[@kimslice9993]

Aw mine is 7 years by Lucas Graham he loses his mind 😂😂

[@ThatManinWhite]

On nice guys, I will say this... The whole Girls should be with me because I’m such a nice guy presupposes that one is owed a reward for being nice. The sentiment instantly betrays one’s cry of love And invalidates the claim of being a nice guy. The girl is no longer a person but an award, an object to be won rather than an individual person, just as random, absurd, and caught up of this irrational thing called love. (Insert existentialism monologue here).

[@jetpackcthulhu]

Yeah, you’ve effectively broken it down to its core.

[@lobbynotlob]

Todd out here calling people simps in 2016.

[@vultran8135]

Dude simp has been a term for decades now. Sir Mix-a-lot said it back in 1992

[@Sara-sn5gd]

Oh I've been waiting for this one! Also, I'd say that one way "You Belong With Me" is better than "Treat You Better" is that Swift at least makes a case why they AREN'T right for each other. Like how his girlfriend doesn't get his humor and how she brings him down. That relationship has obvious problems! Mendez just describes this as a "wrong situation", which could be taken as abuse, but could also just be seen as him thinking it's wrong because he's not in on it. Without the video, there's no indicators that she was abused or that the relationship even has concrete troubles.He just focuses on what he'd do different or at least better. Not a good case.

[@ouijacorn]

"Some guys wear their fedoras on the inside" is the greatest thing I've heard all week. (Also, is he singing with a fake patois? Because that's awful.)

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

As a several-time victim of "nice guys," I can concur that this god-forsaken lines up PERFECTLY with how these assholes act. It's especially jarring to me because it's really, REALLY hard for me to have any attraction to anyone who I'm not good friends with (with few exceptions), and when people who I think I've gotten to know suddenly switch gears from "yeah hehe we friends it's cool" to "I'm owed a relationship to you because I've been nice to you." There's a huge frickin reason why I've been single my whole life XD. But seriously, this whole idea is atrocious and deserves nothing but scorn from any and all genders. You are not owed a relationship, it's not a prize to be won. It's earned through MUTUAL RESPECT.

[@kevlikesmovies4442]

Remember, guys: Elliott Rodger was a "gentleman" too.

[@kieranstark7213]

*I FUCKING HATE ELLIOT RODGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Dear Stephenie Meyer* is so unconvincing and moody that it makes me surprised that Lindsay Ellis didn’t make *insert hated person here (I’m Sorry)* into a series.

[@brifox]

@@kieranstark7213 Where the hell did that come from? Stephanie Meyer was the author of a below-average book and movie series that got enormously popular and received one of the biggest pop culture backlashes in recent history. Elliot Rodger was a hateful bigot who murdered innocent people for no reason. The two have absolutely nothing in common.

[@kieranstark7213]

Bailey Fox Well, that could be my point! That while Stephenie Meyer’s bad reputation was far less unjustifiable than Lindsay Ellis (formerly Nostalgia Chick) made anti-Twihards think (www.deviantart.com/snowcone666/art/Stephenie-Meyer-Sucks-Part-1-120283528 www.deviantart.com/snowcone666/art/Stephenie-Meyer-Sucks-Part-2-121062520), Elliot Rodger, like other “incels”, is in his own league of the worst!

[@AguzSuiCaedere]

It's been a while since I've seen Todd this angry.

[@thellamawormking3101]

AguzSuiCaedere and it is glorious

[@ECL28E]

I was imagining that in the tune of, "It's Been A While"

[@IndigoPhoenix21]

"Bet on Danny Gan", though! I can't handle this lmao!

[@Kryos-hf2rc]

he's actually commenting on the Netflix Iron Fist. He's saying we need a BETTER DANNY RAND

[@velvetsparrow]

I’m confused, are people hating the guy who plays Danny and I’m the weird one for liking him or am I just losing brain cells again?

[@notyetrain]

"Shawn M'endes" I see what you did there...

[@JudaiEldritch]

DatUhu I don't get it. Please explain.

[@NosrepModnarRm]

EldritchAldrich M'lady M'endes

[@DEFSeattle]

It has made a strong, STRONG comeback, it's called "The Friendzone" and trust me, guys will not shut the fuck up about it no matter what you try to tell them. It's alive, well, and I'd personally rather deal with measles and smallpox at the same time than those whiny little twats.

[@drpibisback7680]

"Some guys wear their fedora on the inside." I love that line. It's so true.

[@NothingBetterToDo]

At 4:16 Todd Drops the word years before its relevance we stan a forward thinker

[@ashleyneku5432]

"Yo, guys, see that girl being physically and emotionally abused by their significant other?" "Yeah, Shawn." "I think I see...an opportunity." "No, Shawn."

[@matthewhunter1193]

4:15 Todd using the word SIMP 4 years before the word became big. Given the context of the song in question, it kinda fits

[@KariTalks]

Taylor Swift pulled the same shit with "You Belong with Me" by slut shaming the girl and making it seem like her interest in traditionally feminine things makes her awful. I hate these types of songs.

[@KariTalks]

Lol I wrote this comment before I finished the video. Still hate Taylor for girl-hate

[@martinsriber7760]

Isn't other girl her?

[@KariTalks]

Martin Šriber She plays the other girl but is representing a traditionally feminine girl to Actual Taylor Swifts "I'm not like other girls" persona

[@martinsriber7760]

Karina Sanchez Isn't she traditionally feminine? I am not familiar with her, but from what I saw, she doesn't seem to be tomboy.

[@KariTalks]

Martin Šriber it's fine, I see how it would be confusing. The singer herself is, but the version she plays in the music video has her in more plain, "nerdy" girl (by which I mean she wears glasses, wear tshirts, and is shy)

[@fetamean]

7:57 WOW SHAWN MENDEZ. That was the most Jamaican he's ever sounded. Seriously. That was stupid. "BETTAH DAN HE CAN!" just wow.

[@willowwisp6955]

i actually think he is portuguese XD

[@schris3]

In fact, he is of Portuguese descent.

[@Liliputian07]

Laylanie Jamaican music has been in vogue for sixty years. Get hip

[@kyokyoniizukyo7171]

oh god why!? now I can only see shawn Mendez in a Jamaican pub... __

[@yadayada2798]

Snow's got some competition

[@Punkwithshades]

7:57 It sounded like he said "BUTTER THAT KNEECAP!"...

[@ChrisTopher-id4mz]

best. misheard. lyric.

[@lokiskywalker]

11:13 That's...that's like SEVEN Taylor Swifts ago! She's the Ultron of pop music!

[@Jonnythehatguy11]

Lol I hate this kids fake accent. Like I grew up in the same area as him, in the suburbs outside of Toronto, and it's the whitest ever. No one talks like that XD

[@WCWit]

Shawn Mendes sounds like someone trying and failing to sing Bastille songs at karaoke.

[@DragicaOfficial]

some guys wear their fedoras on the inside - LAY DOWN THE TRUTH TODD! HALLELUJAH!

[@doughboydevito4529]

Todd made me realize how douchey "You Belong With Me" by Taylor Swift sounds.

[@peterloya7168]

Admittedly I still like it....

[@Robovski]

Doughboy Devito Yep, both douchey garbage tunes.

[@missnotsocool96]

Yeah, I think it's the double standard of genders and the fact it's an upbeat song that made me look past how douchey it real is.

[@littleblueclovers]

Doughboy Devito I think her song also gets a mild pass because it's older. It was easier to play the "I'm an awkward dorky girl hehe" card when nowadays it would be more cringeworthy.

[@lolarobin]

Also, Taylor admitted that she was young and immature when she wrote the song. I think she put it as "I was at the age where I believed that someone could 'steal' your boyfriend. As I got older, I learned that no one can 'take' anyone from you if they didn't want to leave in the first place."

[@HyenaFox]

Shawn Mendes has convinced me of one thing, and one thing only. That he really fucking loves the key of C#.

[@sinistrality7883]

ain't C the key every pop musicians use since it's the only key with no Sharps and Flats? so if you wanna write a chord progression you don't have to worry about it being flat or sharp, it's just one whole note.

[@HyenaFox]

@@sinistrality7883 Actually no, though that's good thinking, it has a lot more to do with the instrument you play. A lot of guitarists generally write songs in keys that can take advantage of the common open chord shapes on guitar as they ring out the best, so those are the keys of A, G, E, and D major. Also C major, but C major has an F chord which is difficult to play for beginners on guitar. Shawn Mendes uses the key of C# in a ton of songs because it's C, but with a capo on the first fret, so all open shapes are still usable, but you get a different sound. C is the easiest key to conceptualize if you're learning sheet music or piano, because you don't have to deal with sharps and flats, but guitarists don't really have to care too much about that making things more difficult to play, as it kinda doesn't make things any more difficult.

[@GideonGleeful95]

An example of this sort of song with more energy: The Killers: Somebody Told Me

[@alanmooreisrasputinreincar8106]

That song is awesome

[@NSbergthor]

Nope

[@InfectionXIII]

Guys, he's clearly saying "Better than Egon!" This is a song about Ghostbusters.

[@rayelgatubelo]

You know, I swore he was going to mention "Avril Lavigne's" Girlfriend at one point. That was a song about a girl saying a girl belongs with her instead of his present girlfriend, too. I think that's more at Shawn Mendes's level of depth.

[@LostStarzOfTheSky]

At least that song had some energy though,

[@cubedmelons876]

That's the worst kind of energy, though. The forced cheer found in songs like Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off". Makes it even worse. Actually, now that I think about it, both of those songs have almost the same horrible rap breakdown near the end...

[@missnotsocool96]

I was seriously thinking that before he transitioned to Belong to Me. Say whatever you want about "Girlfriend", but I find that song much more tolerable, catchy, and over all memorable than this Mendes song.

[@rorystockley5969]

That song was meta though. Avril Lavigne played both girls in the music video.

[@dolphinwaterprincess]

I mean Taylor also played both girls in her music video

[@Miniike]

This song is dedicated to abuse victims. When he uses the comparative phrase "better then he can," all he's saying is "I won't abuse you." Like wow, cleared that hurdle.

[@teddyhaines6613]

*Looks askance at Chris Brown* Maybe we shouldn't underrate that in our pop stars.

[@mojoforthewin3069]

+Mr. Miniike It reminds me of the time a Fox News reporter said American men were "better than the Taliban".

[@vanguardofthevoid740]

The video is dedicated to abuse victims. Nowhere in the sing does it hint towards domestic violence.

[@madeleine61509]

even if that were truly the intention and not just a coverup for the annoying nice-guy qualities in the song, it sounds more like hes trying to take advantage of a girl in an abusive relationship. actually supporting an abuse victim should revolve around the victim and getting them out of/supporting them in their situation, not " *i* can treat you better", " *i* would be a perfect boyfriend", "you should go out with *me* ", "dump your abusive guy and choose *me* instead", " *i* am such a great guy"

[@JennaLeigh]

That's an incredibly simplistic, basic, half assed cover up. The entire song is saying "leave him, I'm better". "You should be with ME." There is ZERO indication in the lyrics that this is about abuse. Nevermind that if a woman is being abused, trying to coax/persuade/force her to be with you is better....how? How about being there for her? Maybe stop presuming that she can't handle her self. There are so many holes in your argument that it's sad.

[@Asterluna]

"Some guys wear their fedoras on the inside" hahahaha

[@MealGin]

One of the bigger gripes I have with this song that wasn't bought up in the review was it's overproduction. WGWAG songs, whatever your opinion of them, at least have the impression of intimacy due to their minimal instrumentation and the fact that an acoustic guitar is rather soft-sounding, and some songs, such as "Hey There Delilah", benefit a lot more from it than if they had any more advanced instrumentation. But with the over-polished style and the loud drums, it removes any sense of intimacy, and goes completely against the image Mendes is aiming for. It doesn't feel like a guy serenading you. It feels like a guy making an extremely grandiose statement while pouring his heart out, which goes completely against the message of something like "Stitches" or even this repugnant song.

[@silashellebrand462]

he's saying "bladder Danny can "

[@discordicgamer7465]

I must have super hearing or somthing cause I always heard better than he can. Then again, it could be my brain auto correcting it.

[@silashellebrand462]

+Discordic Gamer I hear that to but it took some rewinding

[@ebsiebabe]

Silas Hellebrand my mum was convinced it was "like a dunny can" when this song was popular in Australia. Certainly made the song more interesting

[@silashellebrand462]

Aria Melody indeed

[@zzcolby27]

Silas Hellebrand "BETTAH BANDICAM"

[@jamvan1000]

I didn't know Elliot Roger had a music career.

[@SomeRPGFan]

jamvan1000 I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this song sounds like the proto-Elliot Rodger

[@mattboyer3385]

jamvan1000 Edgey

[@iamtheonewhoisnumber1951]

iliketurtles

[@MyriadMaestro]

Kek.

[@Xehanort10]

IMO in the song Mendez is just imagining that the girl he likes is in an abusive relationship because he's jealous that she's with the other guy and not him.

[@Imanol897]

4:15 god damn Todd has been saying simp since 2016

[@sakurananami4478]

8:51 if I remember correctly he’s actually said In a interview that she was his first crush or something

[@Crazee73]

Well, four years after this video, watching Todd's entire catalogue of content in Coronavirus quarantine.... Todd said SIMP at 4:16 . TIL what an old meme

[@MusicVersa]

Mendes sounds *exactly* like Phil Collins on "Illegal Alien" with that "betta dan he can" line.

[@s.g.7572]

Also, the music video's narrative is all about an actually abusive relationship, which is meant to make the song seem more reasonable. Compared to, y'know, an actual abusive monster, Shawn Mendes is indeed a 'nicer guy'. But this concept is never once mentioned in the lyrics! We actually know nothing about ANY relationship here except that Mendes has convinced himself this random girl isn't in love with her partner, based on zero evidence other than "I can see it in your face". Which means that whoever directed the music video heard the song, was like "This is utter bullshit", and deliberately changed the narrative of the song in an attempt to make it slightly more palatable. And EVEN WITH THE CONTEXT OF AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP, Mendes is STILL an insufferable little shit. Truly impressive.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

I think it's kind of fucked up how instead of being concerned his friend out of an abusive relationship, he seems more interested in swooping in and taking her for himself. Like, dude get your priorities straight. It's also probably a bit douchey to even try to go after someone in such a vulnerable position like that. If he were actually a "nice guy" he would at least wait a while before trying to start something with a broken woman just coming out of an abusive relationship.

[@ShadowTheSoulless]

nah its got a hook 'BEEHTEH DAN HE CAN' i mean uh yeah thats what he said.

[@crimsonwizahd2358]

i think he meant an actually GOOD hook

[@Roflcrabs]

"I won't lie to you, I know he's jaeyste not raieette for you"

[@kieranstark7213]

*OH MY FUCKING GOD, YOU TEENAGE MAN!!!!!!!! YIUR FRIENDS KICKED YOU OUT OF YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID YOU REFUSE TO PAY THEM BACK, YOU ALSO PURPOSELY MISPRONOUNCE WORDS WHILE BEATING WOMEN YOU THINK THEY’RE HOT YOU CLEARLY OBJECTIFIED SELFISHLY!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@crustaceandroolcube]

Waelcome to my kyetchen we have bananies and aeovacadies

[@tinevodopivec9692]

4:16 did he just use the word simp in 2016?

[@ffjreviews9029]

I DIDNT NOTICE THAT

[@mrmrtorrance]

This song, 7 Years and Pillowtalk are all vying for that #1 spot in this year's worst list. So excited.

[@mrmrtorrance]

The only time I ever truly liked Bieber was when he was doing this interview and the interviewer asked him if he had any advice to Mendes, and the Biebs was like, "who's Shawn Mendes?" HAHAHAHA.

[@joshisonwheels]

You should watch his Comedy Central Roast last year

[@CNWhatImSaiyan]

7 years took the gold

[@TheBlackCloakedMan]

Is it me or a lot of the current breed of teen idols sound very nasal?

[@vulpinedeity3379]

Really? To me it sounds too guttural like he's singing in the back of his throat and it hurts because he doesn't know how to properly access the head voice. Weird thing is, it even sounds like that in the lower notes. In what should be his base register.

[@teddyhaines6613]

They're trying to sound like Ed Sheeran, I think.

[@vulpinedeity3379]

I hate his voice. He always sounds like he's swallowing the words as he's singing them. It just sounds painful.

[@schris3]

The music industry look down more and more their audience (not completely unjustified) and push up more of those kind of singers.

[@sonicjrjr14]

TheBlackCloakedMan you were not around in the 90s for Justin Timberlake and Nick Carter, huh?

[@bostongaystoner]

To everyone who wants to see the best part of this review, go to 7:50 and enjoy!

[@jetseekers]

I just realized that the girl opposite to this isn't 'you belong with me', but in fact 'Want U Back' by Cher Lloyd

[@huniebean]

Bless this review. The fact that people don’t realize that this song is condescending to the girl in this song infuriates me. Mendes sounds like every entitled guy that thinks that if he acts like he knows what’s best for you, you’ll immediately hop on his Johnson in appreciation.