The Most Depressing Song of All Time | 12 Stout Street

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00:00 Intro
01:39 Main Video
08:20 Conclusion
Real RX or "12 Stout Street" is a song by rapper RX Papi featuring lyrics about the rapper's mother kicking him out of the house and turning to the gang life at an early age. The song was released in November 2021 and went viral on TikTok in May through June 2022, often used in videos about being depressed or in ironic meme videos. In June 2022, a sped-up version of the song went viral on the platform.
Sad TikTok Slideshows and Sad Slideshow Audios, also known as Depressing Slideshow Audios, Depressing TikTok Slideshows or Sad TikTok Photo Swipes, refers to a trend on TikTok in which creators make depressing sounds in CapCut using demotivational soundbites, clips and music so that others can use it to make a photo slideshow that romanticizes depression, loneliness, mental illness and suffering. The slideshows became a cliché on the platform as people either found them cringy or relatable and made parodies of them that used more obtuse or aggressive clips and soundbites. Phrases like Slideshows Boutta Go Crazy or Slideshows Gonna Be Crazy started trending in anticipation of the sound's usage by depressed others. Most of the sounds use the song "Inside Out" by Duster, however, many say that the trend started in late 2021 with the song "12 Stout Street" by RX Papi and Gud.
#rxpapi #12stoutstreet #real

[@Volksgeist]

Obviously this video got a ton of hate so I am gonna pin a comment to explain something: a lot of people sent me hate because the thumbnail got posted on social media but in reality this video is extremely personal to me because I think I (like a lot of people) relate to the feelings in this song. This video doesnt objectify or make fun of the song at all, rather I tried to relate its themes to feelings that we've all been thru. Much love

[@zayzay542]

Do you volksgeist fuck emv

[@NAU_CALEB]

First time I heard this song it hurt to hard like sure I didn’t go thru everything that was said in the song but some of the topics just hit to hard that I did relate to absolutely one of my favorite songs ever and will always be

[@Ynot--]

what hate are you referring to nobody is hating the like to dislike ratio is amazing XD

[@TheBeginningOfTime]

Real

[@Whodnl]

This song is literally like when your thoughts start to race

[@generalkenobi6869]

The song “grimace_smoking_weed.jpeg” has a similar effect

[@goosmither]

@@generalkenobi6869 kekkkkdkfkfkfkfkfkfk DIDIR

[@tommyhofer1176]

fr

[@ferinferno4224]

yeah the lyrics and Rxpapi's vocals are amazing, but Gud's production is what really makes the song heartbreaking. it sounds like a child's toy, like a jack-in-the-box's speaker, or a xylophone. but instead of sounding happy, it sounds melancholy and nostalgic, it symbolizes innocence and its own inevitable death.

[@allen.9]

yung gud, yung sherman, and whitearmor are all fucking amazing producers

[@KeWDu]

I think you’re close with the xylophone comment. From what I hear, I think it’s a sample of a Marimba, which is in the same family of instruments as the Xylophone.

[@dailydoseoftuc11]

Gud slept on

[@6mmshoota]

@@allen.9 fr i love whitearmor

[@zynx1691]

They are good but the lyrics hit

[@Humadonkil]

I USED TO WAKE UP IN MY ROOM IN THE MORNING PUT ON MY DIRTY SHOES IN THE MORNING

[@brytip2462]

HEARD MAMA CRYING LAST NIGHT I THINK THE LIGHT FINNA GO OUT

[@hyraqq]

@@brytip2462 ONLY THING IN MY MIND IS HITTING A LICK

[@prynceorecious64713]

@@hyraqq HER NIGGA IN PRISON FOR DOIN SUM SHIT

[@krypto_7155]

HER N IN PRISON FOR DOIN SOME SHIT

[@invaba5026]

SAY IMA GO TO PRISON FOR DOING SOME SHIT

[@zeebj.7610]

Gud is maybe the most underrated producer ever.

[@noahmalmstedt9735]

Fr

[@hristo-zhelezarov]

Whitearmor too

[@1parker23]

Sherm prob more underrated but whitearmor still clears both

[@hristo-zhelezarov]

@@1parker23 You damn right

[@qombie]

Gud,whitearmor and sherman are all good in they own rights without dem we wouldn’t have wat we got :p

[@swilliams0507]

when your cry for help gets gentrified

[@7ntlston]

Y’all use the word gentrified so loosely😂

[@MuddafukhingdisKUST]

@@7ntlston nah it still sort of fits especially if you realize what is meant by the word 'gentry'

[@gangatron7]

real

[@dl-2]

yall dont know what gentrify means

[@prod.sodapoor6969]

u have no idea what gentrified actually means

[@chuckliddell6492]

RX Papi has a crowded but an amazing discography. Also in contrast some of his songs are filled with funny bars and sound like a stand up comedy. Really goated rapper imo

[@soulmoney119]

Rx Nephew>>>

[@yungkaan]

neph n pap like shaq n kope fr

[@ttbsoulja]

@@soulmoney119 i used to think neph was better than pap due to nephs discography being so much bigger but relistening to alot of paps music pap is really the spitter between them and neph is more of the flow fr they both goated

[@CordesvilleTV]

BACK 2 BACK 2 BACK !! REAL RX

[@floating_mario_head]

Neph and Papi are the best duo out there currently even when they don't collab they both shine

[@Activatedv]

Dawg, Rx laid this out in the most specific way possible. This song did not need a break down. 😂

[@DELETETHISPLEASE]

Fact but I'm glad Pap is getting shine, I need a Rxk Nephew vid next 😂😂

[@nightcr_wler]

It’s still unique enough to explain tho 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@s-lye]

@@DELETETHISPLEASE i hate when slitherman take over my thoughts

[@doomstan]

​@@s-lye LOOK AT THIS MACHETE JUST BOUGHT

[@waffle9207]

never forgiving tiktok for turning this song into a fucking meme

[@PiLLO360]

Ban TikTok

[@935gamer]

I wouldnt say its a meme. And if it is, the premise of the meme only amplifies the message of the song. Being sad

[@slurples149]

How is it a meme, its a trend. 2 completely different diff things

[@elusha3926]

Not a meme, it’s been turned into a song in which people can put their bottled up feelings and sadness through a jokingly matter

[@40nights40daystv]

imo it’s not a meme

[@kodipeters246]

This song reminds me that everyone else has traumatic experiences too

[@twizzyparrot]

I still think the album that that song is from deserves a lot more love. because of 12 stout street i listened to the album and it’s amazing and def deserves more recognition for songs like still in da hood and others. it’s unfortunate that that’s the only song that blew up from the album

[@bigttheory]

nlmb just as sad and heartbreaking as 12 stout street n nobody talks ab it 👎

[@twizzyparrot]

@@bigttheory fr

[@bugglemagnum6213]

Still in da hood

[@product_of_august]

Half his disco ain’t even on platforms

[@jayden.08]

albino steve is hella underrated 2

[@jourdanbrasil9890]

im glad rx papi is getting this recognition. He's seriously one of the most unique artist i've heard in a while.

[@lgeagle8225]

Never thought I'd see real rx on here

[@lmaoyz]

they gentrified rx papi

[@product_of_august]

Ong

[@reaizy]

Fr

[@fatherlessflavid]

😭😭😭

[@Effy00000]

Fr this was so cringe

[@tobi1503]

😭😭

[@jackswagman420]

i remember when the slideshows with 12 stout street started showing up early-early last year before slideshows existed yet when it was still frames or video slideshows. It was different, an emotional side of tik tok that was born for all the depressed people to gather and dwell together. Probably a good thing the original slideshows were deleted, they were something else man

[@math1410]

real

[@emitrex]

I remember when center of solace and stratosphere was used too for the depression slideshow/videos

[@eddythecoolguy]

I was apart of the "schizo-posting" side of tiktok, not anymore but I contributed a lot to it back in late 2021 and early 2022.

[@cheer7635]

I was apart of the "schizo-posting" side of tiktok, not anymore but I contributed a lot to it back in late 2021 and early 2022.

[@joeswansonthesimphunter2612]

@@eddythecoolguyyeah i remember that whole time frame. i only made a few slideshows using the song, but shit they were bad man

[@gayboiCartier]

Im so glad you made a video on this track. I always wanted more information and people to know about this song

[@Houjebitchuitmnbuurt]

Rx papi is a genius, this ain’t his only song that gives up these vibes. He makes deep music fr

[@syf4974]

This songs like the bottling it up pops an ur telling it how it is but your words fall on deaf ears to who you want to hear it

[@kiroshow]

I can't believe Volksgeist became real

[@riccodacci]

Dead ass I heard the first 8 bars before the beat drop and almost cried nigga was speaking my history dawg 🤦🏽‍♂️🤧

[@coffeespillproductions1830]

you know alot of people hate this song because of the depressing slideshow era but i actually love it. its like back when it was trending the first time i heard it on tiktok it blew me the fuck away and im never gonna feel the same way i did when i first heard it, like i don’t know how someone can possibly capture so much emotion and then put it in a song, this song also got me through fucking hell and back so yea.

[@Highrxsk]

the instrumental really adds to the lyrics. it just sounds broken the piano sounds detuned the bass feels somewhat distorted etc

[@dud324]

Summed up perfectly

[@ryandenis7667]

him and RXK Nephew are great artists

[@kiwizza1660]

I think this song put me at my lowest, I watched so many slideshows whit that song it just wouldn't stop. I couldn't sleep on some nights because of how much it just made me depressed. I had to delete the app because of how much negativity was all around me I started gaining more stress by the day. I believe this song changed a lot of lives on how sad it is it's such a good song that you hate it when it comes on because of all memories that come back to you in a flash.

[@Sorta_Kinda]

Real, I had irl friends worry about me because of what i would like on tik tok

[@tylermelvin6956]

Might be your best video, not gonna lie

[@Volksgeist]

straight from my heart bro

[@bmarley]

@@Volksgeist much love to you my brudda

[@jl35_rocket63]

When I first listened to this, the line “I cried in the cold til my tears were froze” killed me

[@user-kx4ji7bf8g]

This is not a song. This is suicide letter with a beat

[@sdfsdfshgf]

in my opinion "I wouldve been cool playing games and shit but instead i was running with the gang and shit" is the hardest bar ever

[@austinsouda5717]

It’s just a variation of a bar that has been said 1000 times

[@yerry5606]

Said thousand times like every other word in the dictionary, whats your point lol

[@sdfsdfshgf]

@@austinsouda5717 then i like that bar

[@SSK0SB2]

everytime i listen to this song i feel something deep inside

[@twentyhours8829]

I found this song on tiktok. I wish i didn’t. It just makes me sad. It honestly just makes me feel like crying, and the fact is this is one of the saddest songs of all time. I deleted tiktok to try and escape the memory of this song, and that didn’t work. Embrace it.

[@viceed292]

yea bruh i get flashbacks from my childhood the days i was outside alone because my mom kicked me out the house and how she choose step dad’s before me and the stuff she said and did to me and tells me the exact same stuff “that was years ago”

[@OrbitScribblez]

THIS WAS NEEDED

[@Lenndoer77]

im convinced you cant make a bad video. great shit

[@cyberleone00]

Love this song but it hurts to listen to closely

[@FUDGEWILLI]

The lyrics to this song are all I could think about last week when my mom had me committed to the mental hospital. REAL RX 🐶 💩 💿

[@firefightszz]

I’m fortunate that I’ve never been anywhere near as low as rx papi has. But at the same time because my life is so fortunate I’m apparently supposed to achieve all these great things and go to college and get some nice job when I don’t even know who I am or what I want to be. The pressure is overwhelming sometimes and I just don’t know what to do. I try to just relax and go my own way but then someone tells me I’m not trying hard enough. Idk man I know I should be thankful for the life I have but with these expectations it makes failure feel like the end if that makes sense. Like I know nothing wrong will happen if I fail in life but it still feels like if I fail at this I’m never going to get back.

[@yashchenko999]

relatable

[@smokedoutpositivesquad9463]

Almost every line of the song is relatable to me, always gets me fucked up even when I’m in a good mood

[@dennismoore4977]

i never knew this song blew up on tiktok. i literally found the album this song is on a couple weeks back bc i fw gud

[@vraddictt]

Never cried to it in my life and i used to listen to it for hours

[@Curlyhead14]

I honestly can understand what rx papi has been through, well not in his actually experience but his words. It honestly takes me back to my bad relationship with my father but I won’t disclose so much.. but it really explains how much pain he is going through.

[@VinnySmithMusic]

this video is so good bro good job

[@halohalo3029]

Hotel in Minsk by Jonatan Leandoer 96 is the most deppresing song ever made, pure sound of pain...

[@Aryeh487]

How did you do those fire animations? You're videos are incredible.

[@Volksgeist]

real

[@psssh.8514]

real

[@silver.s516]

real

[@JungGringo]

real

[@illwind]

i'm from Rochester, love this song and never realized this song was about our own Stout Street. awesome surprise

[@dozenblades]

I'm at a lost for words when this song plays

[@ConorOG]

Great video Real Rx

[@illmonohue]

foreign exchange is such an amazing project. it’s the most odd producer, artist, crossover with gud starting off as a producer from sweden with lean and sherman. to pap who has been on the come up over the past couple of years (along with rxknephew) originating from ny. but like it’s so beautifully put together at the same time. i recommend anyone who’s heard this track, to go listen to the entire album.

[@vb2388]

My Top 10 most melancholy songs.. 1. 10,000 Days - TOOL 2. Indifference - Pearl Jam 3. The Eternal - Joy Division 4. True Love Waits - Radiohead 5. Asleep - The Smiths 6. Nutshell - Alice in Chains 7. A World At Large - Modest Mouse 8. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M. 9. Needle In The Hay - Elliott Smith 10. Dumb - Nirvana HMs: Fourth Of July - Sufjan Stevens #3 - Aphex Twin Good News - Mac Miller Hurt - Johnny Cash I’m So Tired - Fugazi Lazarus - David Bowie Mad World - Gary Jules Mother I Sober - Kendrick Lamar Pale Horses - Moby Pennsylvania Furnace - Lingua Ignota Real Death - Mount Eerie Something I Can Never Have - NIN Tomorrow Comes Today - Gorillaz Unravel - Björk Wise Up - Aimee Mann

[@Aryranch]

#3 is sooo good

[@waltcarson]

In no particular order: Are You Alright - Lucinda Williams Debris - Faces Dinks Song - Dave van Ronk Random Rules - Silver Jews I Want to be Alone - Jackson C Frank Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O Sullivan Cure for Pain - Morphine Cocaine - Hoyt Axton California Stars - Billy Bragg, Wilco 5:15 AM - Mark Knopfler Basil - Mark Knopfler Summers End - John Prine

[@Dojima__]

We didn't ask nigga

[@Dojima__]

YB clears allat

[@yaboii2490]

listen to solace by earl sweatshirt its on yt

[@brianrichardson3253]

12 stout street is soul crushingly sad

[@jaxxgotit643]

12 Stout St. hits deeply

[@thetarr2]

i still cant believe rx papi made the most depressing song of all time and also the "sometimes i wake up wanna kill myself" song

[@no-ro6by]

Cousin tito fire asf ion kno whatchu getting at

[@Königdercrista]

I see my life flash and fill my room with tears just the second it starts

[@noahmalmstedt9735]

Finally getting some recognition

[@X-Factor77]

Bro… 18 million AND MORE people listened to this just shows how sad we all are and someone is killing themselves rn

[@nahfrfrfrfrfr]

Starting the video with young dabo gave me quite a hearty chuckle :)

[@hexamortis1410]

Gud always brings the perfect backdrop for emotional lyrics

[@ahmudgm5591]

I had these mf slideshows end of 2021 and still do they be the most relatable shi Ive seen

[@kysRN_]

This song and Root Of All Evil was phenomenal.

[@vandalizsing]

The beat made by gud is perfect for rx papis raw and amazing lyrics, props to both of them!

[@curtmarshall4522]

This video is gold.

[@bruhh8756]

This song, solace, tears of joy and donuts are the saddest albums/song ever. All of them so real

[@fallwrld]

bro made me feel weird for crying in the sound of 12 stout street and depressing tik tok slideshows every single day

[@normal_guy1771]

I live in Rochester that's crazy I could go and visit 12 Stout Street right now

[@thickcloud9642]

The closer track Liar is also a really revealing one, the final line (I walk in this bitch, I don't want to) is devastating

[@user-ce1zb9vb9b]

זה שיר מדהים שבאמת נכנס לנשמה סרטון מצויין בלהעביר את המסר של השיר ואת האומן שיצר אותו אל תוותרו אף פעם!!

[@heisenberg3317]

LITERALLY CRYED

[@princexaba5732]

My number one listened to song for 2022

[@airforcedraincolorway]

done gentrified pap and gud

[@CordesvilleTV]

its just pain that's where the blues & soul music comes from..

[@FORZYSEN]

such a beautiful song

[@rociscool]

rx papi and dabo on volksgeist is crazy

[@WOOSUB]

gud is good, too good. One of the best producers all the time

[@heartthrobvin]

Felt that man pain through the speakers 🥺

[@topped304]

i relate to this song too much

[@professionalarab2502]

"Many percs later, i thought that shit was supposed to make numb."

[@kelpnxtdoor9137]

Beautiful video

[@ros_berth]

Gud did good on the production

[@Anthony-jp5fn]

best rapper out my home town, him and neph gonna be famous.

[@ghostkiller427]

I almost ended it last night and when this song came on from my playlist going on the highway at 11:30PM

[@RejectWeakness7]

Might be the saddest song of the decade

[@ilayga2]

Dude amazing video but what is that synth music in the intro its amazing

[@ilayga2]

In the part where u show the pendant

[@rar3lotus]

Papi next up fr‼️‼️ Dude really the best rapper in the underground rn nigga so slept on

[@RxkYdd]

I cry cold till ma tears was froze

[@NatasSandhu]

man I still don’t understand how this song is so sad

[@JonJon-jw1yp]

Yea I thought about it and I think what everybody likes about the song is melody of the beat And what he is saying Because his flow is terrible and bars are mid But his story is deep so I think that’s what it is that everybody likes

[@shutup8647]

Keepin it real I think

[@DENZELCURRYLOVER]

because U don’t get it

[@DENZELCURRYLOVER]

@@JonJon-jw1ypyou said everybody likes the beat then said everybody likes the story which one is it

[@di9or]

first song i cried to

[@notsoepicgaymer5544]

Nah that daboo intro 🔥🔥🔥

[@hobowithaak-4771]

shout out papi real rx!

[@ForeignManinaForeignLand]

PAPI

[@dyinglight418]

aint no way the goat is here

[@Kexi_tryy]

Damn bro I never heard the full song but it made me vry

[@user-my9hz2fp9w]

so glad you covered this

[@terror871]

This song reminds me of my child hood ngl

[@ICEMAN904x]

Glad he's getting notarized

[@AamirAli-ow5pc]

It’s okay to cry 💯

[@PVRPLEBL4CK]

i saw this song as a joke first but it's way deeper

[@hardoutmedia]

comment section really shows the disconnect between people who were and weren’t sheltered lmao, great song

[@lastnamefirstname1491]

This song is crazy

[@bichchulko5984]

I feel so bad for this man

[@eliaspetaludis8232]

Real rx

[@abhorrence]

Great vid but I only wish you touched on the producer, yung gud. Should def do a full video on him as he’s done other songs similar like Agony by Yung Lean

[@Aditya-bf2em]

Gud is so influential it’s crazy