Remy: You Need to Calm Down (Taylor Swift Parody)

City Hall doesn't want Remy to build on that blank space.
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Parody written and performed by Remy; video produced by Meredith and Austin Bragg; music tracks, background vocals, and mastering by Ben Karlstrom.
LYRICS:
Tried to rent a place in The Mission
So I opened up the page to the listings
And I'm just like "Damn."
"It's 17 grand."
So I go to City Hall, ask a question
Any chance that we can have new construction?
And they're like "no way."
"That's not okay.
"See we've made the deduction that we need a big reduction
Of any brand new construction. You kidding?
That really suctions. Ok.
Now let's open up for public debate. What?Uh oh! Uh oh! Uh oh! Uh oh! Uh oh!
This would leave me scarred
Not in my back yard!
And they're just like
Uh oh! Uh oh! Uh oh! Uh oh! Uh oh!
A community marred!
Not in my back yard!
I work in this town
You need to calm down
Our community is great if you don't know
To change it's character would be loco
Our neighborhood's neat
That guy just crapped on the street
Homes of luxury are an outrage!
Low income housing's what we want made!
With new construction killed
That kind of housing's being built
This region's added jobs by the gobs
That's led to mobs of folks driving here in their Saabs
And they're pausing because there's nowhere to go (GENTRIFIERS!)
And sticks and stones never built new homes
So Uh oh! Uh oh! Uh oh! Uh oh! Uh oh!
This isn't that hard
Not in my back yard!
And they're just like
Uh oh! Uh oh! Uh oh! Uh oh! Uh oh!
You need to just stop
This is a crosswalk
I work in this town
You need to calm down…

[@SonOfLiberty82]

For those of you who do not understand the reference, he's talking about California residents in up-scale neighborhoods who say they are for low cost housing for "the less fortunate" but go to meetings to oppose the new affordable housing construction. They want it for others,just not near them or where they live...

[@chriholt]

Thank you Captain Obvious.

[@romulodecastrodasilva5863]

How can anybody understand reference! 🤦

[@Theviewerdude]

@@chriholt I don't pay attention to what happens in shithole LA so the extra context was nice

[@readysetnogo]

everyone watching: *immediately understands reference

[@lloydgush]

They don't only oppose low cost housing, they oppose even more.

[@johnbolen5807]

The Reason video about the man trying to turn his laundromat into apartments was so frustrating to watch.

[@davidanalyst671]

i remember that too. Can we get an update since we all remember what a crap show that was?

[@justinle998]

The part about hiring the two historians to see if there was historical significance to the building was the craziest part haha

[@davidanalyst671]

@@TimGautier thats depressing!! he didn't get to reap the rewards of his work

[@humbughumbughumbug]

@@justinle998 Yikes... a historical laundromat? As in his own laundromat? Sounds like the Strand bookstore in NYC... they didn't ask to be historical, but when they tried to do some renovations to attract newer, more modern crowd, they were denied... in their own building.... due to a historical thing that was supposed... to... protect... their legacy?

[@Lostcontroller]

The amount of red tape one has to go through in San Francisco is just criminal.

[@republicoftexas3261]

Trying to find a place to live right now. I've got 3 choices: 1. Commute for an hour (each way) 2. Live in the ghetto 3. Spend my entire paycheck on rent Thanks government asshats.

[@mvmlego1212]

The housing situation is definitely bad right now, but the trend seems to have turned. In 2021, for the first time since before 2010, the growth in the supply of housing has exceeded the growth in demand for housing. (Also, that housing is disproportionately multi-unit, which is great for renters.) In addition, the number of residential construction projects that have been approved but not been started yet is at at least a 20-year high.

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

Just pitch a tent in the rich neighborhoods.

[@Lostcontroller]

I live in cheap housing and still spend my most paycheck on rent. And to top it off, I might lose my job due to the company I work for implementing vaccine and test mandates.

[@devonmarr9872]

I live 20 mins to the closest gas station. Work from home. Only way we could survive

[@farmerboy916]

@@mvmlego1212 Yeah, but the difference between the supply and demand is still massive because of disparities in growth in previous years. Also, much of that reduction in demand is because people are just moving to places where it isn't a problem or are homeless, not exactly great. A 20 year high also says nothing when new construction in the problem areas basically hasn't happened since the 80's

[@bass779]

Remy for President

[@MaxTheCat-eh5ts]

Based

[@Schultz2322]

I concur

[@michaelboyles714]

“In my first and only act as president I’m signing an executive order to abolish the federal government. Have a nice day.”

[@artyomsherwin648]

He would be JFK'd

[@HighCastle0824]

Spike/Remy 2024

[@watchdealer11]

Remy is legitimately one of the most talented lyricists of our generation. Building in SF is harder than Biden speaking a coherent sentence.

[@Taverens_Pull]

Come on man

[@averagejoeschmoe9186]

You know.........the thing..

[@Nightscream72]

Or Trump, for that matter. They could probably both use elocution lessons. :)

[@12vscience]

I met a man on vacation who said he was a land developer in San Francisco. I took his word for it. But I had my doubts.

[@smoochypoohrabson3880]

Biden shouldn't allowed to terminate his sentence before its natural conclusion.

[@davidkinghorn5315]

Love this song after having lived in the Mission for a couple years. The song should really end with “I’m moving to Texas”.

[@davidanalyst671]

no, it shouldn't because texas already has enough stupids in Austin

[@davidkinghorn5315]

@@davidanalyst671 There are more Republicans in California than any other state even though they outnumbered 2 to 1. It is mostly them who are moving to places like Texas, Florida, and Tennessee. Although granted a SF Republican may be more libertarian than one in rural Texas on some issues.

[@dsop]

@@davidanalyst671 likewise, I've seen many dumb dumbs from Texas move elsewhere. Idiocracy is a 2 way street

[@TheFeintOfHearts]

Quite the debate of different Davids we've got here!

[@Jesusprayerwarriorbw]

@@davidkinghorn5315 I'm bound for TN baby! Bye bye Gruesome Newsom

[@Fr33manTV]

Lived in San Francisco. This is accurate. I talked with everyone I could about the issue of housing while there. They just don't get it. They want more 'affordable housing' but not any new nice buildings, which are the only ones that are profitable for developers to build. Never mind that the poor people then get to inhabit nice old buildings instead of tents. I lived in a house in SF with twenty people!! Then I moved to New Hampshire. SF not worth it. Zombies and literal human crap on every sidewalk. Not just a meme. It's real.

[@finddeniro]

Patton and Macarthur a needed..with Bayonets ?

[@AshGreen359]

Last few times I was there I never saw a single turd. Definitely not on every sidewalk. It sucks there and I try to avoid it. But you're exaggerating

[@novacorponline]

I'm pretty sure they get it. It's just that what they want and what they say they want are two different things. What they want is to keep the value of their own houses high; and keeping the rest of the city under-developed and preventing new nicer homes from being made makes their own houses much more valuable as safe havens from the rest of the city's crap. They can't just outright say that though, so they couch their true objective behind platitudes about helping the less fortunate.

[@NoFlu]

Remy is a (inter)national treasure

[@Uniquenameosaurus]

Oh god yes, a Remy video on NIMBY was exactly what I needed to start my morning. I mean its 6am and I was about to go to bed, but yknow whatever.

[@grantflippin7808]

What is this, a crossover episode?

[@fakeorchestra4260]

When are you getting on ReasonTV to talk about how government involvement is destroying anime? They should invite you, seeing your libertarian lean and all.

[@Uniquenameosaurus]

@@fakeorchestra4260 I'd be down honestly.

[@fakeorchestra4260]

@@Uniquenameosaurus Absolutely based.

[@uspittbullbreaders]

Hahaha that was good. Never heard the original and probably wouldn’t like it. His is always better!

[@DracoOmnia]

I've not seen the original but I looked up the lyrics to see if they added any context to remys version. Answer? Not really, and her song sucks. She somehow mixed a song asking haters to chill with a pro feminism and LGBT song into one confusing mixture of wtf... Maybe there's some context that would make it make sense but she lost me at "why are you mad when you could be GLAAD"...

[@CAndrewK]

@@DracoOmnia lol even the older gays don’t like the original because the discrimination they faced is being compared to Taylor having to see mean things written about her on the internet

[@ja8898]

Same. My wife would probably know it though.

[@metaphase-]

​@@DracoOmnia The whole thing started with 4Chan simping over Taylor Swift. For a long time, she abstained from politics and since she's from the South people started accusing her of being the "darling of the alt-right." This resulted in her doing a HARD pivot and releasing a Trump "diss track" which ended up being the original song "You Need to Calm Down." Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[@thelogicaldanger]

@@DracoOmnia Even Taylor Swift fans were talking about how nonsensical the lyrics to that song were.

[@arcraz5226]

I’m a simple man. I see Remy, I click.

[@Ayy_Nanners]

My only complaint of reasontv is not enough Remy! Love your word play and skills man, WE WANT MORE!

[@apm9507]

The Silicon Valley and Bay Area have been dying fast. 😡

[@kalebbruwer]

0:15 I love the "sell a kidney" button! But sadly that would only cover you long enough to recover from the surgery

[@endless3cho]

I love Remy.

[@timtrainage]

This construction subjugation is worming its way into my city as well. It's crazy...you MUST install "renewables" in your home...except the "renewables" aren't so renewable. My business is currently expanding into the green sector and it's depressing to see how much of the "clean" technology is FAR from green. And all it takes is just the slightest research or scrutiny. But politicians and their voters don't do ANY research and have idealized the green movement. They see everything new as green and therefore good, and everything old as bad. (Even though renewing and reusing is/are the BEST things you can do environmentally) If you really want to save the environment, ban private jets and yachts. Their carbon footprint in ONE TRIP is MORE THAN a FULL YEAR of the average 4 person family.

[@cleverwitticismhere6922]

If you're fine with destroying the jobs of the middle-class people who build them, then yeah sure. Or you could do something productive and allow the construction of more nuclear power plants like France. France doesn't do a lot right, but their energy policy is on point.

[@alifkazeryu8228]

agree with @Clever Witticism Here. it's preferable to actually start building new stuff instead of banning already existed stuff, including private jet and yacht. though you don't sound like AOC (radical climate asshat), let's not give those kind of people more idea of what to ban.

[@Weirdomanification]

@@cleverwitticismhere6922 I thought France was currently shutting down nuclear plants and installing more non-reliables.

[@redpilljesus]

@@cleverwitticismhere6922 Way to move the goal posts. Dude didn't say "we need to ban..." Stop arguing with people who don't disagree with you. 'Cause he didn't.

[@s0nnyburnett]

@@cleverwitticismhere6922 We don't build much here anymore

[@reddirtwalker8041]

The thing that I always find odd is that when movies are made about the future (and they have been this way for 30 years) they always show the cities as having dozens and dozens of tall buildings. The people just don't see it though.

[@uppityglivestockian]

Remy, if that's you harmonizing with yourself, dayum you're good. I stopped buying Hollywood entertainment conglomerate formula products long ago, so, Taylor Swift can't hurt me. Please don't be a stranger with your work, you help me stay sane.

[@kutark]

It still fucks with my brain that he is the "Hey there Khalilah" guy. Love this stuff!

[@GMunozS]

Freaking amazing, as always. Thanks Remy. I'm going to listen to this song on repeat.

[@notthefbi7932]

Need more Remy 😁

[@Nigelfarij]

I am outside the US so probably not the target market for Reason Magazine. However, just wanted to say that these Remy parodies are really clever. Shame they do not have more views!

[@CC-kj4yc]

Remy is for everyone 😎

[@FoodNerds]

Who captured this perfectly! If there’s always a shortage of housing available, then the prices of land can stay high!

[@ericmitchell985]

More Remy is always a good thing!

[@shanejones8192]

This guy cracks me up, he is always spot on with is humor, liberals act like they care about the homeless, but do everything in their power to stop any construction especially low income housing, because they are afraid it would hurt the value of their houses and we can't have that.

[@unconnected]

a good serious video about this topic kzbin.info/www/bejne/nn-nmJagi6x7f9k

[@jamesnewcomer4939]

I still haven't heard the Taylor Swift version: so to me THIS is the original!

[@rtr56879]

How does this only have 53k views?!

[@Joe_for_real]

Another gem, Remy.

[@davidanalyst671]

If we all vote for Remy for president, and he fixes this one zoning board problem with real estate bubbles, he could do more than the last 3 presidents.

[@stevenw5013]

I would, in all seriousness, vote Remy for president in a heartbeat. No way he could be any worse than our last two.

[@tamhuynh1905]

Between these and his MTG songs, Remy is now my favorite parody artist

[@KerbalFacile]

The political compass at 1:58 is just perfect, well done !

[@mariusfacktor3597]

Didn't notice that. Good catch! It's so true. NIMBYs can be on any part of the political compass but no matter where they are their NIMBY views are completely contradictory to what they claim to be. Also I just noticed at the end, the homeless guy also says "I work in this town". That's a sad fact. Many homeless people in California work full time.

[@funnybobjr]

Just when I was thinking that I hadn't seen a new Remy song in a while

[@PhilosophicalZombieHunter]

Absolutely killed it. Incredible.

[@scottbartlett4078]

Remy! Have you thought of making a 2020's parody of 'She Blinded Me With Science." Imagine the possibilities. I would attempt it, but music is not my expertise.

[@colin3424]

I remember his dumbass eggs over easy and milk raps from back in the day, always wondered how he did in life. He's a talented dude. Much love from the Wiregrass

[@pipingkid]

It's nice thatTaylor Swift joined in as the NIMBY character - she's looking great!

[@SaniFakhouri]

Remy, you smashed this one outta the park (which I wouldn't mind in my backyard)! Great parody.

[@AshGreen359]

SF is so small and almost entirely paved over already. May as well continue to pack and stack. However I live out in the country, end if someone wanted you make it the city, I would go all NIMBY too.

[@kathleenharrison2011]

You rock Remy! You are such a great talent! Thanks for the laughs. ♥️

[@MickeyMouse-ef4ez]

Great, the first time I watched this was at 2x speed and it's great!

[@brianbagnall3029]

I beg to differ, the correct speed is 1.5. :)

[@ja8898]

Love it! I wish these would be done more often.

[@aussie2uGA]

This has Asheville, NC written all over it!

[@phitsf5475]

I think youtube forgot you were meant to be shadowbanned. Definitely an accident they showed you to me again. Glad you're still around, still dropping bangers 🔥 I've got 5 years to catch up on

[@hobbswade]

Big fan for years Remy. I’m hoping you do a Tom MacDonald parody. Lot’s of great songs.

[@jonathansupple3227]

Remy kills it again. Love the videos. I wish more people knew about him. I always share with all my friends. Simplifys politics into a funny and simple video!

[@artoriastheabysswalker3206]

Yo it's been like, 10+ years since I've heard from Remy Rems. I still bounce to that McDonald's rap you put out in '08. Straight 🔥🔥🔥

[@KendraLock]

Remy singin' about my town. Actually really dig the song. So talented. SF issues are just as the song goes. I remain hopeful.

[@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj]

"You need to calm down!" is a shout I have heard so often by now that I am sickened by it.

[@jt5747]

This problem pales in comparison to them not legalizing drugs. Let's get our priorities straight!

[@Biologist19681]

Why not both?

[@flynnparish9833]

Any chance of flipping S.F this November?

[@mikeacree4838]

No only flipping is where they move too.

[@Foolish188]

It wouldn't matter, it isn't about Liberals or Conservatives, it is all about homeowners controlling the local government. Homeowners don't like apartment dwellers or poor people living next door, or sending their kids to the local school, because it "Lowers My Property Value". The only solution I have heard, that might work, is banning local zoning and only allowing the State to make zoning laws. In the city near me there are two separate school systems. The representatives from the area with the bigger school system restricts building apartments in their area, but approves every apartment project in the other school district. Thus encouraging the poorest residents to move to the now poorer district. Very typical of homeowners who write zoning laws.

[@kathyheavner3585]

Hey It's nice to have spaces between houses. Yards are great if you plant for wildlife. Enough development!

[@01nmuskier]

This is even my small midwest town. Average income= $32k New construction= $750k

[@khemkaslehrling3840]

$17k/mo divided by 34 illegals = $500/mo, quite reasonable for such a desirable area.

[@LordLewsTheDragon]

Never change. Teaching people basic economics one view at a time. Next best thing to a library card and Thomas Sowell!

[@nziejeremiah4692]

*The crypto market has been favourable in the past weeks, I keep missing out on this opportunity, I'm most certainly very impatient how can I ever make a profit in the crypto market.*

[@bernyjackson9245]

@Ben Grayson There are platform where you can invest and they trade your money. Then pay you profit either weekly or monthly. That's investing.

[@marlenethompson3478]

Wow I know Mr Andrew Jordan. I met him at a conference in california 2019 where he introduced us his business strategy, he helped me cover my student loans

[@cookpatrick.9737]

I’ve been trading crypto with Mr Andrew Jordan for over a year now and I've made about a whooping profit of $86,000 in crypto its not much but I'm ok with the progress since i now make a whole lot from the comfort of my bed.

[@gisannramharack6094]

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[@gisannramharack6094]

@Oliver Jack Thank you for this. I just looked him up on google and impressed with the information I came across. Will definitely reach out to him. Thanks again 😊😊

[@tobias2688]

There are always two sides to a story. I'm in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic right now, where they obviously have lax building regulations. There it happens regularly that one day you have a nice view from your window and the next day you are staring at the wall of a new high rise building that's being built.

[@Weirdomanification]

Other people's basic property rights are more important than your view.

[@aussie2uGA]

Lived on a golf course. It became too valuable and was sold. There are 180 "starter homes" now in it's place which lowered the resale of everyone who used to enjoy the fairway. Progress stinks sometimes.

[@TXGRunner]

Huge improvement over Taylor Swift lyrics.

[@robertmiller6444]

The "housing crisis" is one argument I just don't get. People rightly complain that everything is WAAAAYYYYY OVERCROWDED and stretched to the breaking point and beyond....but let's bring in MORE PEOPLE, why that will just fix everything! WTF???

[@independentfool]

This is kinda something I've been thinking about lately. I live in a small town and like it that way. We know lots of people in our town, we've worked to keep our town clean and built up its parks and schools and roads over the years. We didnt have big stores and very few chain stores or fast food joints until the 90's. Fast forward to today, our population is up 20%, we are dominated by Walmart, the town is dirty, filling up with more vagrants by the day. We made our town so likeable, it brought in many who dont appreciate it. We are slowly losing the small town feel we once had to the continued 'progress' of bigger and more is better.

[@TomDestry]

I don't hear people complaining everything is way overcrowded, but I do hear people complain they can't buy a house on their salary.

[@pokepat460]

This is one of the topics I agree with libertarians on the most. If I own the land, I should be able to build whatever within reason. Zoning laws are cancer

[@bourgeois4494]

I'm subbed for Remy.

[@soffren]

One man still keeping this channel alive.

[@bastienclarke1810]

Love him! He also does Magic the Gathering songs!

[@buyguyphones]

Ah yes, a new national treasure.

[@DRAKKENFIRE22]

Remy makes awesome parodies! I don't know who is better...Remy or Weird Al?

[@krollpeter]

It is the same here in Singapore. Everything build by developers is "luxury resort style living". What is needed are more normal homes for normal people.

[@Jane_Dow]

Oh Remy, you had me rolling with that one. lol Keep up the good ( fun ) work !!

[@JeremyMPearce]

I had to watch this multiple times in a row because it’s just too good! Haha keep up the great work!

[@chardon8871]

I work in this town you need to calm down 😅 I literally died laughing.

[@mvmlego1212]

This parody is well-made, but it's roughly two years out of date. In 2021, for the first time since before 2010, the growth in the supply of housing has exceeded the growth in demand for housing. In addition, the number of residential construction projects that have been approved but not been started yet is at at least a 20-year high.

[@Weirdomanification]

Interesting info.

[@DangRenBo]

In San Francisco?

[@mvmlego1212]

@@DangRenBo -- Good question. Those are national statistics. I don't know the data on California or San Francisco, specifically. I do know that the new housing is disproportionately multi-unit, though, which suggests that the construction is concentrated on big cities.

[@duaneaikins4621]

@@mvmlego1212 National stats do not equal SF stats.

[@jimlovesgina]

Your comment would make sense if it had anything to do with San Francisco.

[@ragnarok7976]

Calm down, these people work full time in this town collecting unemployment.

[@Skyler827]

I was confused by the thumbnail but I'm glad i clicked

[@macsnafu]

Hey, I'm not familiar with the original Taylor Swift song, but this is really catchy and swingin'! Plus, I love the irony that restricting new construction and low-cost housing results in more homeless tent communities. Can you say "instant karma"?

[@dblev2019]

Remy has a gift of making songs good!

[@jpwoelfling]

Remy is just amazing! His videos should be required watching. 😅

[@miked6788]

Please release an entire album and then another one after that

[@ConservativeGenX]

Damn he’s good!

[@Sir_TophamHatt]

Great job as usual! Just wish Remy would make songs on more timely topics, such as the tyrannical covid regime for example

[@WowRixter]

Sooo catchy. How do we push to #1

[@withmalicetowardnone450]

"Be patient, oh be patient! Put your ear against the earth, Listen there how noiselessly the germ of the seed has birth; How noiselessly and gently it upheaves its little way, Till it parts the scarcely broken ground, and the blade stands up in day! "Be patient, oh be patient! The germs of mighty thought Must have their silent undergrowth, must underground be wrought. But as sure as there's a power that makes the grass appear, Our land shall be green with liberty, the blade time shall be here. "Be patient, oh be patient! Go and watch the wheat ears grow, So imperceptibly that ye can mark nor change nor throe, Day after day, day after day, till the ear is fully grown. And then again, day after day, till the ripened field is brown. "Be patient, oh be patient! Though yet your hopes are green, The harvest fields of freedom shall be crowned with sunny sheen; Be ripening, be ripening, mature your silent way, Till the whole bread land is tongued with fire on freedom's harvest day." R. C. Trench

[@FritzOettinger]

Some of the best works to date !

[@klolwut]

I tap 6 and cast Alrund’s Epiphany skipping ReasonTV’s next video

[@vidar188]

"Weve made our decision" "Now for public debate" Yep sounds about like the right ordee

[@ShellshockDM187]

Best video song ever.

[@WoncoTheSane]

Welp. Now I gotta go find that Taylor Swift song I guess. Sounds pretty cool.

[@JP-sf5er]

All of Remy's videos should have a million likes.

[@mukst1o]

Yes, please come back to at least the monthly videos

[@ausbare140]

I own a house and do not want low cast housing near me. Low cost housing brings in people I do not want near my home. I live here they are mostly just renters and leave when things go bad. Build low cost housing out in the bush away from me.

[@IAmNotAHorse]

Brilliant job Remy! Bravo again

[@Rational863]

Ayn Rand FTW!

[@tillyboos]

PERFECT description of San Francisco. 👍

[@True_NOON]

Fun fact : there arent large architectual diffrences between upscale and affordable housing , usuallly just 90% rent of the fiscal diffrence 😉

[@magicskyfairy69]

Pretty good video. the "people will die" song is still my favorite

[@KismetRising]

Remy at what he does best.

[@lowellhouser7731]

Hey Remy, how about the next verse where Blackrock buys up all the houses at 20% over market value to artificially drive up prices by decreasing supply and getting Fed loans to do it?

[@Djarms67]

That it I leaving California. Man I no one finds out that I even been to California. Also I need to stop blurring out my thoughts. Also this video needs to calm down.

[@Judesmood118]

Better than the original.

[@Antoniobrady]

I get so excited for new Remy videos. Much like I used to for Andrew Heaton

[@JasonWester]

I demand a new Remy video every week. It's a human right.

[@seraramsbotton781]

I don't know the original song but I'm sure this is way better 😂🤣

[@MrConcord75]

Great video Remy! But you got the quadrant colors wrong 🤣