Rapper Reacts to The Stupendium The Outer Worlds Song (REACTION) The Fine Print (REUPLOAD)

[@strawhatboys]

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[@alexzanderblough6264]

my friend brought this up to me, but the part with the "you earn the right to work" it says it 5 times becasuse their is 5 days in a work week.

[@strawhatboys]

🤯🤯🤯

[@elroylee]

So the lyrics saying “you earn the right to live another day” in a different way? Awesome

[@Ag3nt-MC]

Dude I can’t wrap my head around all of his wordplay. Even years after this song came out!

[@orctrihar]

Oh man I diden't understoud ! IT IS exactly like this

[@DEXXofficial69]

I also thought he meant we work (working) to earn the right to work (in society) and therefore earn the right to keep working

[@bananarama6156]

"If you're upset, you can rent an apology." When you rent something and the due date has passed, the company has the rights to take back what has been rented. In hindsight, it's their way to say 'sorry, not sorry' while also making money. If this ain't fire, Idk what is man...

[@GrahamChapman]

That line brings to my mind how most court cases against criminal corporatists tend to end up with us being forced to settle for settlements. "If you feel we've wronged you then some money should make us good, provided you're anything like us and money is the only thing you care about that is? You better be like us because us giving you scrap money off of our table is honestly as happy an ending as we're gonna let you have. But in return for giving you money to make you feel better, you have to stop telling people that we're criminals, and how we're criminals, or we'll sue you into the ground." So, in the end, they get away without sentencing and don't even have to confess that they ever did anything wrong, they just apologize for the fact that we feel that they did something wrong, and all we get is a (to them) cheap token of that apology that doesn't really fix anything, that doesn't actually heal anything, and that just reiterates the classist power imbalance between us and them... "If you're upset you can rent an apology" is basically the next step down that line: We don't even get any money out of it any longer, instead we have to pay _them_ for an apology (which still doesn't mean that they admit to any wrongdoing) and once we cannot afford that rent any longer, or the rental period has expired, the apologies are revoked.

[@SublimeWanderers]

So glad you said this. When he said "is that part of the game" I was like noo he's saying the reaponse would be "sorry not sorry go f@$# yourselves" It MIGHT be the best line in the song.

[@devlinmcguire7543]

When you said "This can't be about the game! It can't!" ... Yep. It 100% is. But he described it in such a generalized way that it can also apply in the real world. He specializes in double meanings that apply to multiple things, ESPESIALLY themes of capitalist dystopias, which are his typical favorite kind to do. If you want another song like this, look up a very old song of The Stupendium's that's considered an old classic: "The House Always Wins" about Fall-Out

[@randomdude8202]

The game is literally a satire about corporate capitalism.

[@Rixoli]

@@randomdude8202 Late-stage capitalism to be exact, where the quotas are too extreme and all the possible fat to trim to improve gains are gone and everyone suffers as a result.

[@Kirbyoto2098]

@@Rixoli It's inspired more by the Gilded Age of the early 1900s - company towns in particular. The company owns the house you live in, the store you buy from, the water you drink, the food you eat. Whatever price they set, you have to pay that, because there's no competitors around. Sometimes they even paid in "scrip", which you could not trade for real money. The game includes indentured servitude, which was very common in the early days of America - in exchange for a ticket, you'd basically be a slave for a certain amount of time.

[@RensStoryteller]

He really does feel anticapitalist in his writing with songs like these.

[@devlinmcguire7543]

@@RensStoryteller Unfortunately I feel like his songs aren't as anticapitalistic anymore these days. Idk, it just doesn't feel like it. :(

[@myboicyndaquil2824]

For the chorus. I can't help picturing a bunch of men in an old run down factory banging hammers on anvils just melancholic singing this chorus to the best of those banging hammers. It invokes such a strong image that's its my favorite chorus

[@hayesishere]

thats pretty much what happens in the game if you switch anvils with tuna lmao

[@silentsapienplayz]

reminds me of the factory scene from Robots lol

[@m-sama2140]

Reminds me heavily of We All Lift Together in Warframe

[@RonaldoTheGoat1234]

​@@m-sama2140sameeee

[@monsterrbae]

I imagine nearly the same thing, except mine is a bunch of people in a factory of some kind and every time he sings "work", it zooms out to even more people doing the exact same thing. Working in a place like that is a very repetitive and long time and it feels like this chorus.

[@nevik2950]

It is so much worse in the game. You find out about one person who killed himself, but the doctor on the conoly is covering it up. When you press him about it you find out if the company found out he killed himself the colony would be charged the full value of all the money that guy would have earned the company. The parralells to reality are there, but it can be seen as a warning to how bad things can truely get. Hell there is a mascot who wears a giant illuminated moon mask. He is never allowed to take it off, even in private. He can barely eat and cant sleep, depending on drugs to be able to work his shifts.

[@markkarl2488]

Is it the guy from the first town ?

[@nevik2950]

@@markkarl2488 Yep

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

Yeah, it’s no accident that a hyper-capitalist space oligarchy relates to the real world hyper-capitalist dystopia we’re in the early stages of

[@emPtysp4ce]

Early stages?

[@randomdude8202]

The game is a satire about corporate capitalism. But to be fair, he could totally miss the message in the game and do something totally different. But he didn't miss the message. And here we are, one of the best critics about how our system works.

[@chrissant6277]

We need some serious business reform in the west. Corporations have too much power, sole props have nearly impossible barriers to entry.

[@chrissant6277]

I love capitalism but the favor towards corporations instead of private companies is a huge problem.

[@randomdude8202]

@@chrissant6277 Capitalism works, but you need some regulations no matter what. "invisible hand" is bs, you cant expect markets fix themselves in every single situation.

[@chrissant6277]

@@randomdude8202 I didn't say that. Yeah, I agree with regulations, and I never said the invisible hand will fix all issues. I said that the issues are the favor towards corporations (company that is considered it's own legal entity, sells shares and is owned by whoever invests into it) instead of Sole Proprietorships (one person owned company). Sole Proprietorship CEOs don't have the same demand put onto them like Corporate CEOs. And SP CEOs don't have to ensure supplying greed above all else unlike Corporate CEOs

[@randomdude8202]

@@chrissant6277 No, no I wasn't implying you said that, its just the biggest misconception about capitalism I run into. What you say is also true, and its due to corporations rewriting laws to their advantage. It is also a problem, but varying degrees based on which country you live.

[@everymankitchen]

It is about the game, but the game is basically a very thinly veiled critique of capitalism and overthrowing the billionaires basically. The whole idea of the game is it's capitalism taken to the furthest worst possible point.

[@paulshaw3907]

Best trick they pulled was disguising corporate fascism as capitalism

[@orctrihar]

And it's the way it's going apparently, I mean as a European it is

[@Gastrictuba]

I love how there’s this one constant key being played in the background of the entire song. Just this repetitive never stoping single key. A great analogy for the repetitive nature of work

[@pepelefrog3697]

During the section where he says "You think that we'd sink to the brink of rebellion, with markets dependant on peddling weapons- the architecht tells them, 'the secret to heaven, is simply consuming whatever we sell them'" They state that their primary outgoing product is weapons/ammunition, he's most basically telling them to eat a bullet / kill themself

[@TonberryQueen]

Jesus Christ, I didn't even catch that! No rebellion if your unsatisfied workers eat their own lead! Aw man! 😢

[@WarFoxThunder]

WOW

[@elizakarnopp8921]

I feel like the best nerdcore are songs that stand on their own, without any knowledge of the source needed

[@inescarmo4833]

"And you will be grateful for seats at the table though it dips at one end and the bench is unstable"

[@TheJabbate1]

In the game, the earliest missions you get it to collect grave rent dues from the occupants families or the colony will evict the corpse.

[@rkstevenson5448]

"This is not about the game!" True, but it at the same time it kind of is, since the game is *also* an analogy for the rampant capitalism and corporate control we deal with in real life. You should give it a go, it's really well-made. Same guys who made Fallout: New Vegas.

[@chrissant6277]

Yeah well bethesda isn't the most consistent anymore.

[@2009142]

@@chrissant6277obsidian made FO:NV and outer worlds. Not Bethesda

[@flyingcow8171]

I’ve seen reactions to this guy being like “yeah this is really cool this guy is awesome” but to see an actual musician break down how impressive the song is was a different treat

[@_ManLover_]

Renting an apology prolly refers to how insanely corrupt the world is. Like the whole game is basically about money and big corporations

[@TheNaughtySenpai]

I want that "we work to earn the right to work" poster so goddamned badly

[@noahhamilton5974]

Buy it, it's in his merch shop!

[@cassiehiatt5039]

Outerworlds is a dystopia. Dystopias are not warning about our potential futures they're criticisms of what's happening right now. That's why the song is so relatable to what's going on now.

[@devlinmcguire7543]

Listen to me Austin, I wouldn't let you down here. If you're interested in reacting to a cypher, look up the "Fairytale Rap Cypher". It was made by a lot of extremely talented artist including Shwabadi, Stupendium, Dan Bull and a bunch of others. It is super clever.

[@thomasdahlberg5920]

I second this!

[@spongeintheshoe]

Or the Muppet Show cypher.

[@Sanguinis666]

I adore Stupes, and his lyricisim BURNS in this song

[@h3lblad3]

This is something I consider part of a trio. The Fine Print A Matter of Factories The Data Stream These form a pretty strong trio of anti-capitalist music. A Matter of Factories is a Satisfactory song and The Data Stream is a Cyberpunk 2077 song. And none of them are really about the games they're "about".

[@rustyjones7908]

As opposed to "The House Always Wins", which I feel is a "why capitalism kicks ass" song

[@h3lblad3]

@@rustyjones7908, The House Always Wins is a Disney Villain Song for a Fallout game.

[@chimera385]

It’s not just that it’s a company town on a planetary scale there’s no economy just wealthy men given money for work just to get that money back at the end of the day

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

Yep, the entire planet and colony and all the "employees" are property of the corporation. The IRL term for that is "debt slavery" where indentured workers are technically paid wage but so many "fees" are taken off that paycheck (for housing, food and all sorts of stuff) before they even see it, and often the pay they get comes in the form of corporate currency or coupons they can only use to buy from shops owned by that very corporation (which also controls the prices). So not only does the wage flow right back into the corporation's pockets, but the corp can basically charge whatever they want for neccessities like toilet paper or small comforts like booze/candy bars/whatever. The system of debt slavery is designed so that at the end of each month the "employee" always owes more than the wage check, so the debt increases... and the only way to pay back the debt (with interest!) is... to work it off. So their contract is extended over and over, and the contract says they can't leave... It's a system seen in 18th century British workhouses, 19th century factories... heck, it's still/again around from modern day USA to brick factories in Pakistan (where debt is now generational: children "inherit" the parents' debts when they become adults, so once the parents are too old to work, the Pakistani factory owner basically owns the labour of the next generation as well, and as Pakistani are only allowed to marry if they have enough money to provide for a family, they usually borrow more money at shady moneylenders and he and his wife are forced to work it off somehow, and the cycle continues).

[@Henry-lo8qo]

If you haven't already, his Frost-punk rap is amazing and totally worth a reaction.

[@cursedwither7888]

Just realized that he says work 5 times in total to represent the 5 workdays in a week.

[@eriklobo7622]

Motherf****ers got bars! Everybody's got to up their game! That is what a mata is for. From now on that's how you metafore! He is gonna have to work hard on the next one. I found this track, channel, and reaction on the same night. I am truly impressed. And I want more from him and you. New subscriber for you both. Other than that have a wonderful day.

[@Iceayy]

I don't usually watch reactions, but I really liked your input on this. Checked out some of your other videos and I really liked them! Great work man!

[@DanteSerrano007]

Very much appreciate your takes on Stup's work. A thoughtful review!

[@strawhatboys]

Much appreciated! Glad you liked 🥹

[@loganeda]

I think your my favorite reaction channel ive found so far your dont pause too much during the video and you actually give your reaction as an artist and as a human instead of just ending the video keep doing you man im def gonna have to check out your music too now

[@kathybiggs2258]

Not gonna lie when I first heard this song I was like no way this is just about the game

[@What-lt3lj]

The "earn the right to work" really sounds like a union song

[@bobanfrombangladesh]

I love how Stupendium drops references to real life in his videogame songs. Especially about people not reading what they sign up for. And the chorus from this particular song is pretty much real life anthem, cause people literally work to earn the right to work

[@PHN3]

I love watching reactions of this song in particular because everyone is eventually like "This sounds a little familiar. Wait a minute."

[@soundsannin1870]

This is so accurate to life it's not even funny. Just relatable.

[@skylineboy99]

I think he lowkey dissed the fuck outta corporate America

[@blazedultimate]

“This is not about the game” How do we tell him Mr squidward?

[@bell7388]

"The architect tells them the secret to heaven is simply consuming whatever we sell them". They sell weapons. He's saying they should unalive themselves.

[@Nitro1000]

"We put the dollar back into idolatry"

[@G59LexTheDeer]

Bro idk why but the "you can rent an apology? WHAT DOES THAT MEEEAN?" Had me ugly crying from laughing 😂

[@kylepeterson4147]

7:41 if you haven't already, check out The West Was One by them. A Briton, singing and at one point rapping as an American, old-west cowboy...and NAILING it! 💯

[@Captain.Kincayd]

Really good song, loved your commentary on it too. Binging all your stupendium stuff and I hope to see you do more EDIT: It's definitely about the game, I'm pretty sure the company sponsored him.. but the point of the game is very much the same sort of political message you got from the song, it was really well delivered here.

[@shadowhunter1934]

It is about the game but the game does Indeed show flaws or criticisms with an open market and how big business control things there’s an option where you literally dethrone the business or you can team up to be part of the high class ect it’s a fire game to just mess around in but not a lot of choices you just see it as you play missions and side quests

[@loganeda]

Yes a song i reccomended in comments got a vid lets goooooooo

[@loganeda]

Also first

[@TrpleOfficial]

He is one of the pillars of youtube

[@Sandthesand]

another commenter in the original pointed out they say ''to earn the right to work" 5 times, as in the 5 day work week.

[@oliversherman2414]

This song is supposed to be making fun of capitalism and it's flaws. It's also pretty fitting as it fits the atmosphere of the game

[@VeVe-gd4ih]

This song always makes me feel so upset for my dad but its so good😭

[@DonaldKraus-v2y]

I agree with you when it comes to the song's hook. It might be repetitive, but it's both great AND fucking depressing as hell. Stupes killed it on this one.

[@commanderfarsight2351]

United States Incorporated for you lol

[@cyl_genderfluid-furry]

I don't know if they were out at the time, but they go by they/them more commonly now, and I think I heard and/or saw somewhere that they might be genderfluid, and looking at how they seemed to describe their unfamiliarity with they/them, I imagine they might either be genderfluid, or agender, which are more or so only really different in effect on the level that people who are genderfluid can sometimes end up circling back to (a) certain gender(s), and/or are more likely to present as one or two genders at a time, and also there are some who are demifluid who usually always go by atleast one unchanging set of pronouns regardless of their fluidity's current expression, although I don't currently know if that's actually a neurological part of the gender, or if it's just genderfluid but with psychological issues regarding certain gender presentation. That may be projecting on my part, as I think people who are demifluid don't often avoid coming off as one way they are occasionally, especially during those occasions. I guess that's kinda like someone denying they're gay the more they're pressured on it, but for gender? Although considering how social that aspect of it is, I think it's safe to say those people are neurologically no different than people who are genderfluid in the more common sense. Unless genderfluidity is separate from neurological gender, in which case that might actually explain how some genderfluid people prefer being gynomorphic over andromorphic and vice versa. TL;DR, I mention that Stupes is enby (atleast in the umbrella sense, and possibly genderfluid), then rant about whether or not a specific version of genderfluidity is neurological or psychological, and end up noting that it's (probably) neurological, specifically in the sense that it may not be the same as neurological gender, but rather a modifier, even if socially it is effectively a different gender to be a genderfluid than neurological gender, assuming genderfluidity isn't its own neurological gender.

[@tonygaretto9142]

We work, to earn the right to work x 5.. 5 day work week.

[@mr.lotous0758]

Nice shirt

[@torrinturnuroth3555]

When people say that video games aren't political.

[@BitesforNugget]

It's been a while since this video came out, so I'm sure you know now, but just in case you don't, The Stupendium actually uses they/them pronouns. :)

[@devlinmcguire7543]

I think.... Didn't you already do a reaction to this a year or two ago? I have more or less an elephant's memory.

[@strawhatboys]

Yea this was on my old channel, but since that was deleted, I moved this reaction over to here. Sorry for the confusion

[@3090cael]

the other one on the track is dan bull

[@wilsonfisk-c8z]

If you like this song you should watch data stream

[@TheArchersArms]

Yup its about the game, the game is about real life though....

[@MalzraAirwynn]

"This is not about the game. This can't be." Yes and no. Works like Outer Worlds and Cyberpunk and Star Trek etc are often a lot more about today and our world than you might realize at a surface glance, just couched in metaphor and taken to extremes etc. It's a political song because it's about a political game.

[@jimmymdjjdnd7338]

They use they/them

[@strawhatboys]

This was an old reaction on my other channel before I knew of their pronouns. I deleted my other channel so I brought this reaction over to this channel because I really liked the song lol. Sorry for the confusion

[@finger5748]

​@@strawhatboysbruh

[@finger5748]

​@@strawhatboyswhy do u care

[@strawhatboys]

@@finger5748 if someone wants to be called they/them, it costs me NOTHING to accommodate this request

[@finger5748]

@@strawhatboys but why do you accomidate it

[@alphagaming7494]

This definitely sounds like America under Biden right now I mean just look at apartments basic apartments in New York right now like $5000 and that’s without utilities. And they’re basically slums they are garbage they should realistically cost about maybe 1000 I don’t know how pricing works in New York because I live in North Carolina but I also live in a tourist destination and our rent is on the low end $1200 it used to be 600 4 years ago.

[@malachivaughn6448]

Where’s the pinned comment so I can listen to ur music

[@strawhatboys]

Oh wow, I must’ve forgot to post it. Gonna add it now. Thank you so much for checking out my songs 🙏🏿

[@MotherlyMoth]

Stups actually uses they/them pronouns, just as a fyi

[@C0smic_ElIteX2]

Just so you know the Stupendium identifies as nonbinary! 😁

[@devlinmcguire7543]

Why is art valuable? Because it is worthless. Why is a car valuble? Because you can drive it to places, such as work. You go to work to get money. You get money to get the things you want. You get the things you want to be happy. But why do you want to be happy? Why is that the end goal? Maybe it's to stave off pain and experience life with more comfort? Or maybe it's 'just because'. If you give the Mona Lisa to a monkey, it would sniff and bite and lick it to see it it's food, then see if it can be a tool, lose interest, maybe break it or use the Mona Lisa as a bathroom, and leave. Because somewhat like happiness, art doesn't have an intrinsic value that lets you get/obtain something else. It IS the end goal, just because. We want it. And that's about it.

[@lucyinchat]

This is an opposite take to his House Always Wins Version.

[@Zaraa42]

Just so you know they go by they/she!

[@oddbirdMusic]

The game is unsubtle social commentary, so of course the song is too

[@verisimilitone]

This is not about the game.

[@lop90ful1]

Love this stupes song like always but personaly not a fan of Outer Worlds its way to blannd full of "comapnies bad" the only ntresting plot point is the earth and aliens

[@heliodor7679]

Did you….Play the game…? Or even understand what it was talking about?

[@SoullessDCLXVI]

Stupendium's pronouns are They/Them/Theirs. Get it right next time!

[@strawhatboys]

This was recorded 2 years ago I think. In my more recent videos, I made the correction to the best of my abilities