The Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2021

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2021: a giant disappointment! Let us shut the door on the year by counting down the lamest hits of the year.
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[@JoshuaFagan]

Todd's hatred of Maroon 5 is somehow comforting. No matter what happens in the world, they will keep showing up on the year end worst list.

[@boohooter23]

And Justin Bieber!

[@garrettscroggs]

It’s just not a T.I.T.S. worst list without them.

[@JillLulamoon]

Adam Levine is the eternal.

[@schris3]

And now I feel like I can't live without keep on hating Maroon 5 and kinda being nostalgic about its old hits.

[@Rasafrag]

@@schris3 I guess This Love Has Taken Control, Of You.

[@aztektheultimatewoman]

“What I’m saying is, Kid LAROI is a less charming Lewis Capaldi.” Christ Todd, at least warn the guy before you give him third degree burns.

[@FrenchToastedSouls]

best comment right here lol

[@boheyo]

I had to pause the damn video lol

[@sophiebirch1672]

More to the point: did Bieber clone himself because I honestly would not be able to tell a Kid LAROI song from a Bieber song.

[@animesoul167]

I was hoping he would mention the version with Miley Cyrus and if that improved the song or made it worse?

[@andrewkuhl8273]

@@animesoul167 personally I think it’s an improvement because Cryus’ voice helps bring out the better parts of kids and covers up the weaker parts of his voice

[@gunnergunter9425]

"I'm so sick of vibes" What a fucking mood that is, I want instruments to make a major comeback so bad

[@SahloFolina2161]

I kinda like the vibe, but I do really agree with you guys. Actual instruments should really come back.

[@CronoXpono]

@@SahloFolina2161After drowning in this overproduced and somehow UNDERproduced BS, I listened to “Badlands” and BOY, the energy from the musicianship is shocking against a wall of audible mush.

[@tegantalks9612]

I want the big, stupid, happy songs from the late 2000s/early 2010s to come back. I miss happy music!

[@n.e.r.d.2213]

Who asked

[@SahloFolina2161]

@@n.e.r.d.2213 It was part of the video. The person was just agreeing.

[@jojonoa3590]

"If [abcdefu] sticks around maybe next year I'll hate it enough to put it on the list proper." Guess what, it did! BOY DID IT FUCKING EVER

[@NEEDbacon]

He kept his word too.

[@jojonoa3590]

@@NEEDbacon The prophecy has been fulfilled

[@tegantalks9612]

And it’s the bumper music for the worst list

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yeah

[@bt3743]

I saw Gayle live. Its actually sad because her other songs weren't terrible. Alex was very obviously written by someone way too young to make songs about breakups. But otherwise it wasn't offensive. But that fucking abc song sounds like she wrote it when she was 5

[@LeakyBellows]

There's no criticism you could make that's as devastating as "These songs were worse than 'Fancy Like'".

[@Jackrabbit7]

I honestly didn’t think they were

[@doubleh333lix]

fancy like is so catchy…. i kinda like it

[@RRAAII17]

@@doubleh333lix I kinda like Peaches

[@johnpaulcross424]

@@RRAAII17 it is pretty catchy, and far from the most offensive song Bieber has put out in recent years.

[@Holygiant]

@@RRAAII17 I like Peaches as far as Bieber songs go but I also understand Todd's logic. He makes a really good point.

[@jeanne6961]

Fun fact: only time I ever heard Peaches was on a shitty radio, and I could've sworn he was singing "I got my bitches I can torture" and believed he'd just gone a bit nuts for a few months. Then I realised it was "peaches" and thought "who wants to torture peaches?" And both of those misinterpretations make more sense than the actual meaning.

[@ianbyrne465]

Justin enters his bdsm phase

[@foxwithoutahat]

@@ianbyrne465 I should NOT have found this as funny as I did

[@foxwithoutahat]

Now I’m not gonna unhear that, and tbh it just makes the song much better

[@wadespencer3623]

@@ianbyrne465 It's gonna be so much worse than Rihanna's. Hell it's gonna be worse than Madonna's.

[@cyanideinmycereal1077]

Honestly bro I think I’d prefer that Evil Justin Bieber arc

[@brokengirrafe]

The “I just have to forget about everything Kanye has done in the past 5 years, up to and including THIS WEEK” line is perfectly written. Regardless of when you’re watching the video, it’s probably going to be evergreen.

[@vanillainfusion]

Lol so accurate especially from today with the Hitler stuff

[@irqed6390]

.......... yup.

[@twistedgambit9084]

14:25

[@annnee6818]

Lol yeah

[@annnee6818]

@@vanillainfusion And next week won't be better either

[@FrenkTheJoy]

"If you don't like it, then just frickin go" is a weird thing to say from someone who wrote an entire song whining about how much the country he lives in sucks.

[@ariandynas]

Behold the true patriot, who claims to love his country while hating 98% of the people in it. It's because he doesn't love his country, or America. He loves his idea of what his country should be in his mind - a fascist state where there is one religion and gay people are not permitted to exist. Because it makes him uncomfortable.

[@jooree7696]

He says "There's the fricking door", which is arguably even weirder

[@RectPropagation]

Right? The whole time he's insisting that he's the only one who thinks and feels the way he does but still has the never to tell everyone who doesn't agree with him to leave.

[@ursidae97]

@@RectPropagation there was an episode of Kino's Journey about that

[@evilemuempire9550]

It’s literally just a bunch of conservative one liners stitched together

[@halkitchen1838]

It’s really cool the way that Save Your Tears just keeps sounding better and better each time you cut back to it after discussing each of these awful songs

[@CineHAMic]

I was so scared he was going to rank Save Your Tears when he kept on using it as an interlude 😭

[@halkitchen1838]

@@CineHAMic he’s used absolute bangers for his worst list bumper music (Thank u next, Blow Me One Last Kiss, You Should Be Sad) and it always worries me that it means he thinks these are bad, but it’s always just a random lyric to denote being done with something

[@kjmusic99]

@@CineHAMic the only time I know of Todd doing something like this was giving I Knew You Were Trouble a dishonourable mention

[@nanamoon2538]

Fr I just realized that

[@shahanajabeen3028]

Also, in his 2015 worst songs list, he used Big Sean's "I don't fuck with you" as the interlude, and he referred back to it when he put that same song on his 2015 best list.

[@bolt3materia248]

Just a note on Arcade: in the UK (and presumably also the Netherlands, given the context) arcades are not just little fun places to play Dave n Buster like games, but usually filled with gambling machines. In fact, arcades filled with only gambling machines are prrrrrrretty common, so yeah...some people do go to arcades and lose all their money to a game...

[@kreggo5469]

Was gonna leave a similar comment, but yeah, arcades over here are literally only casinos. It's extremely rare to find one that's not a Casino. 8-year-old me ran into one when I was a kid thinking it'd be like the Arcades I saw on cartoons made in America and was wholly disappointed the big bouncer guy wouldn't let me into the trashy gambling den.

[@devlinburgess2463]

Would that still apply here when he specifically references using pennies? Even if he was gambling, unless he's one of those assholes who pays his bills in pennies, how much could he possibly be losing? It's like that Maroon Five song about wasting change calling his ex on a payphone. What a sacrifice.

[@hanli5416]

Yh arcades in the Netherlands were a real let down for me cause my first arcade experiences were in Hong Kong where back in the day it was way more like what we envision of arcades. I think arcades were more of a lifestyle thing in Asia and the States then they ever were in Europe. On the song itself. At the start i enjoyed it but as i heard it more and more is also has started to irritate me more and more. I think it is best taken in moderate amounts

[@tomsakmens5571]

Even more so that this isn't about gambling at all. It was about Duncan losing a childhood friend with whom he used to go play games.

[@MonzennCarloMallari]

@@devlinburgess2463 spending pennies are the fastest way to disassociate the game from the speed of losing money. Specifically when the game says "add more pennies to increase your chances of winning," plus making the game turnover be faster, and you have the tried and tested slots formula.

[@JayTea345]

"Screaming what the fuck at my TV" is the funniest lyric ever. I cannot believe that that's a serious song.

[@mmsiphonevinyls1027]

Ive said to so many people that if Id been told it was from a South Park episode, id 100% believe it. It sounds like a parody of political songs.

[@toddjones1480]

My senior relatives do it a lot, and it's just sad. Still not as disturbing as when they clap at the TV.

[@courtneyevie]

fun fact: drake has been on todd's worst list the most times out of any artist with 7 times. oddly enough, he is also tied with katy perry for being on todd's best list the second most at 6 times. he is also the only artist not including honourable mentions to be included on both lists in the same year more than once, being on both lists in 2016 and 2018.

[@aeddiefarmer]

Now we can add 2 for Drake from the worst list for 2023. He's probably not going to lose that top spot for a long time. (Who is the most on the best list? I feel like I should be able to guess but can't.)

[@courtneyevie]

@@aeddiefarmer yeah, drake's not getting touched, second place is a four way tie between chris brown, justin bieber, maroon 5, and taylor swift with 6. the most on the best list is bruno mars, but it's much closer, only one ahead of drake.

[@aeddiefarmer]

@@courtneyevie I love this, do you compile these yourself? And does it count if someone is a collaborator/feature credit? I was gonna take a guess at it being Bruno Mars for the most but I didn't say it so I have no proof. 😂

[@courtneyevie]

@@aeddiefarmer yeah, i started a document after the 2022 lists came out and started noticing a ton of patterns, notably how many times people ended up on both lists in the same year, so i just started writing down a ton of stats. one of my favourites is that there are three people who have been at number one on both lists (rihanna, taylor swift, and now morgan wallen), with rihanna being number one on both lists in the same year, 2012. i count featured artists but only if they're listed by todd, so drake isn't credited for sicko mode even though that would have him tie with bruno. that rule also affects groups like bad meets evil, one direction, and silk sonic, so bruno doesn't get any credit for that honourable mention even though he is in silk sonic.

[@PineappleLiar]

I wouldn’t have guessed Bruno as being one of the highest artists on the best list! Then again it’s been a while since I’ve seen some of the early episodes, when he would’ve been on the hit train. Him and Katy Perry topping the best lists feels interesting, though, like pop was way more centralized at the start of the 2010s.

[@danielmoran1891]

Hearing Todd hit me with the "WE'RE COUNTING DOWN" makes me feel alive again.

[@TwoMarshmallows1]

Same, I love it when he says that!

[@TheUglyAnswers]

When he said, "we're counting down" I felt that

[@aisha-3857]

Save your tears with arianna was a great song

[@kokangel7093]

UGH I KNOW RIGHT!!! His videos make me so happy 😡😡😡🎸

[@rissacee1771]

SAME

[@AmellsGrace]

"Can't make a wife out of a Ho-Oh" IS clearly referencing the pokemon Ho-Oh from generation 2. And hes right, while he could marry Ho-Oh he can't make a wife out of them because like most legendaries Ho-Oh is nongendered. Or maybe hes trying to say he likes Lugia the best? In which case hes sad and wrong. A lethal combo if I ever saw one.

[@daishoryujin95]

I love the idea that Without you is about being dumped by a legendary Pokémon. For some reason I find this so funny.

[@MarillSweatshirt]

Not gonna lie...... they had us at the first half.

[@foxwithoutahat]

As someone who knows nothing about Pokémon and also didn’t know that song existed before I watched this vid, this is extremely plausible

[@roippi3985]

Ohhhh *now* I get that verse where he goes “and I stumble / and I fall / just couldn’t ever / catch them all / without you”

[@beanson2323]

As a Pokemon stan, your comment had me rolling 😂

[@highstepnightowl]

"You're not even southern, you clam chowder-eating (M)asshole. You don't even go here." Ahh. That makes me smile every time. Thank you for pointing out the conservative everyman cosplay that seems to work its way into all the country songs.

[@profaneangel2556]

Plenty of that. Walker Hayes is southern but went to a fancy private school growing up. He wasn't driving any tractor. His daddy was a rich realtor. Pop crap was popular then. I roll my eyes at his country boy schtick. What the country club didn't have a table?

[@AstroAri212]

It will always kill me that glass animals is now known for this. Unless people take the time to listen to other music they just think of that one annoying synth pop song from 2021. Their prior work was a staple in my life from 2014 to 2018 and then i hear them again and it’s this.

[@themeechelle]

Their earlier music is so good and deserves more love.

[@KrisRN23935]

I kinda feel that way Panic now since High Hopes is now their biggest hit. I hate it so much.

[@kamilareeder1493]

Right 👀☝️👏👏 I was shocked by the change

[@kamilareeder1493]

@@KrisRN23935 girl. This. ☝️👀 even on that album it wasn't the best song 😡🥲

[@IcyOshawott]

Ima be genuine if ANY song should’ve blown up from tiktok it should’ve been Take a Slice… their How to Be a Human Being album is great but Dreamland? Im sorry the only really good standout parts of the album were the verses of Denzel Curry on Tokyo Drifting and Arlo Parks on Tangerine and thats depressingly sad when the features outshine the band…

[@TheKeeperofChaos]

"I'm so sick of vibes. Give me a RIFF, a HOOK." Todd. I hereby swear fealty, because you speak the truth, and have encapsulated the sentiment I have felt towards music the last 5 years but been unable to put into words. Thank you, Todd. Thank you. EDIT: Guys, get off your high horse. I know there's tons of riffs and hooks in indie and non-mainstream music. I listen to a LOT of indie rock. My point was that I wish there was more of this in the mainstream as well as regular pop.

[@badgasaurus4211]

No power. No tension

[@oddacity5883]

At this point if some band just copy pasted a song by The Pillows and it rose to the top 100 i'd honestly be happy

[@miche8868]

+

[@bogus7678]

Yeah I felt this. It all sounds the same to me. Is this the future of Rock music! That sucks.

[@MrSensical]

Agreed completely! This is why i'm so happy Good 4 U blew up just as much if not more than Driver's Licence. Fingers crossed we get hooks back 😭

[@colliwer]

I’m so disconnected from the current music scene that I rely on these lists to know what the popular songs even are.

[@santoriomaker69]

I recommend Diamond Axe Studios videos, especially his seasonal Billboards Top 40 videos. His style is like Todd in the Shadows but with wayy more ambition in reviewing a shit ton of songs.

[@dr.science_0177]

Agreed. Now all I listen to are classic songs and none mainstream songs

[@linfoxof2013]

i didn't know about the drake "too sexy" song before the music youtubers i follow started to talk about it. would have liked to remain in the dark.......

[@Denny-sq3he]

Wow good for you want a cookie??

[@wendyleeconnelly2939]

@@Denny-sq3he did you bring enough cookies for everybody?

[@captaingibbs3916]

Please put ABCDEFU on the list. Not only is it a weak summer ear worm song, she tried to pass it off that her social media followers gave her the idea for the song when it was a worker for her record company that commented the idea for it. Quite literally the most insulting thing to her own fans

[@followerofeir]

I hate that song

[@SynGirl32]

Kept Take my Breath from #1, so I have reason to hate it.

[@AlasKenn1]

I am not surprised at all that that song had to be astroturfed its way up to the charts.

[@josjoererg]

maude latour's music sounds like gayle's done right, just for some reason gayle was the one who got big

[@rabidhog4912]

She has a decent song called "Z" but that's it, she's tramp stamps minus the racism

[@SomeGuy-tr2hi]

I love how no matter how much these awful songs drain Todd’s will to live, his “were counting down” still sounds just as passionate as ever. Keep up the great work man.

[@synthiandrakon]

The concept of overplay to me in 2021 is so alien because I can't remember the last time I listened to the radio consistently enough to get sick of anything. The only time I experience overplay is when I inflict it on myself and even then it's off my playlist long before it truly infuriates me

[@NJGuy1973]

As Todd said in his Old Town Road review, songs don't get overplayed anymore. They get overtalked. Music today exists mainly as something for journalists to analyze.

[@Chuysgamer]

Idk contrary to other years overplay was pretty present for me this summer while working at an ice cream place lmao Good god words cannot describe my hatred for Olivia rodrigo and bad habits by Ed sheeran after that job lol

[@BlackSheepNara]

Same. I stopped listening to the radio in 2007.

[@synthiandrakon]

@@Chuysgamer I've just gotten luck in that sense. I work at a factory job before and the only retail job I've worked was a burger king that was too cheap to pay for a music license thingy so we had to play royalty free music.

[@alyssafry3275]

I’m not sure if this counts, but if you’re a “Spotify top hits” playlist user, it simulates the radio frighteningly well!

[@moongem4489]

There's something comforting to me about not knowing any of these songs. It's like when I hear about influencer drama between people I previously wasn't aware of. I have no stakes in this list and it's so calming.

[@moongem4489]

@@ranivacar Schadenfreude. That's what it is for me anyway.

[@cancionini]

There's something comforting to me about not knowing any of these songs. It's like when I hear about influencer drama between people I previously wasn't aware of. I have no stakes in this list and it's so calming.

[@thuankhiet_]

you sound like one of those people who hate on popular songs because theyre popular.

[@moongem4489]

@@thuankhiet_ I'm not. Idk where you got that from. I like and dislike songs based on how good or interesting they are. I don't care if they're popular. Like I said, I have no stakes in this list. How can I hate music I haven't heard?

[@Mariajose-qt5ey]

@@moongem4489 That's definitely why I also watch them lol.

[@Jaceblue04]

"Can't make a wife out of a Ho-Oh." Well I'd certainly hope he's not seriously trying to marry a pokemon.

[@nomobobby]

I'd be way more willing to hear a joke song about marrying your favorite Pokémon than a teen fumble his way through serious breakup song... mostly because we have plently of the latter.

[@christopherb501]

...stay away from certain sites...you're not going to like what you find...

[@heather2503]

​@@christopherb501 especially ones with 4 in them

[@runnersdialzero1244]

I couldn't even fucking understand the line, it sounded like something about "chemical wifi". I had to Google it. Am I getting that old or is the guy just that incomprehensible? Ugh.

[@rabidhog4912]

There is literally no reason for maroon 5 to still be a thing. They should've faded out into oblivion like flo rida.

[@MelMelodyWerner]

well, Flo Rida never had a good album, M5 did have Songs About Jane at least. but yes, they should be banished to the shadow realm with Pitbull and Flo Rida, never to make new music again.

[@TuesdaysArt]

@@MelMelodyWerner People sleep on It Won't Be Soon Before Long-Wake Up Call AND Makes Me Wonder? Honestly, the only bad song is "Kiwi" and that's mainly because I don't want to hear Adam Levine sing about my juices dripping down his chin.

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

Hey at least Flo Rida's one good song made it into Just Dance. Actually... wait no Moves Like Jagger was Maroon 5 wasn't it... fuck.

[@Valhalla05]

@@magicrainbowkitties1023 At least we have another Flo Rida song! Wait...Maps was...as was Sugar... *sigh*

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

@@Valhalla05 Tbh I was originally going for 1 good song by Maroon 5 XD

[@xliquidflames]

He nailed the Walker Hayes thing. It's a song written by someone who's extremely rich and hasn't been to an Applebee's in so long he has no idea what it's really like. Hayes is a rich guy trying to write a song as if he's not rich and it comes off as tasteless. If rich people had a "live like the poors" night, this song would be the theme for it. "Am I doing it right? Is this what poor people do? They put on clean clothes and go to Applebee's and Chili's and drink cheap beer? Oh, how quaint. Can I try it just for one song?" Also, I had never heard of Dan & Shay until this video. It looks to me like the label was desperate. It's like they had these two potentials but neither was that good. Dan can't play guitar but he can sorta sing and Shay is the opposite. So. Put em together and make em a duet. It worked for Simon & Garfunkel, right? Mostly, though, screw Aaron Lewis.

[@Uhohlisa]

Go watch Pat Finnerty’s video on this song and thank me later! :)

[@xliquidflames]

@@Uhohlisa Which one? There's 10 in the video and I commented about 3.

[@FreeTempest]

The music aside, Dan is actually an incredible vocalist. I say this as a singer, songwriter, and performer.

[@kzh3850]

It's like a perfect recreation of the Bo Burnham skit

[@thegayghost872]

It’s like Bo Burnham’s Country Song but unironic

[@167logan]

"You Broke Me First" hit a certain market. Other teenagers who are thinking about heartbreak but haven't experienced the real thing yet.

[@jaygandra]

I liked her song but mostly because it made me do one of those "pay attention to the lyrics and my personal emotions" thing that led to me crying during a road trip bc i was thinking about it in terms of my bad relationship with my parents. I also just like her other music in general.

[@chrisclermont456]

@@jaygandra Fair enough. Your 'parent' angle has made the song instantly better for some reason. Thank you and all the best to you with your mom and dad!!

[@morganqorishchi8181]

Even when I was a teenager who hadn't experienced heartbreak yet, I listened to music where the singer didn't sound bored with her own song.

[@anotheryoutbechannel]

its just really catchy

[@JohnDarksoul69]

@@morganqorishchi8181 white girls "bored with their own song" has become its own genre at this point. quite funny to watch this unfold if I'm being honest because my semi-boomer brain is unable to get the appeal so all i can really do is giggle

[@zx8194]

ABCDEFU is Number 1 in Germany for seven (six consecutive) weeks now. I'm beggin', beggin' you to put it on 2022's Worst List.

[@JayKayEllEmm]

It’ll be top 3, just for the main line (genuinely the worst line in anything ever. Not even fucking kidding).

[@asrera1078]

I don't mind that song that much but the censored version.... holy shit they censored the u in abcdefu and replaced it with forget

[@sunettas9738]

Ikr! I also heard a version where it's replaces the chorus with "abcedfghi love you so"

[@321gofast7]

@@JayKayEllEmm It sounds like a randomly generated hook. I know it came from a """""""fan's""""""" Tik Tok comment, but it almost feels like these generic pop writers are running out of already-lazy ideas

[@urania3652]

Idk its okay

[@AnnaKin]

Oh my gosh... I always thought the lyrics to "Without You" were "So where did you go/Oh, chemical wife?/I'll never know, oh" and that the song was actually about addiction with drugs being personified as a spouse. The actual lyrics are so much less poetic haha

[@lizabethhampton4537]

Reminds me of a comment I read somewhere about an addict who refers to heroin as "The Lady" and talks about how she is not to be disrespected

[@rhubarbdude3347]

That's so much better than the actual lyrics

[@absentcoder4552]

Did you mean, Something I Can Never Have by Nine Inch Nails?

[@entertainmentoptimist8895]

What's comforting about Todd's videos isn't that I agree necessarily, I don't and probably never will 100% agree with any single critic, but the best reviewers make me understand their point of view about why they picked what they did. I go away feeling entertained rather than bad about my own tastes. Todd is fantastic about that, and it's why I love watching his reviews especially the end of the year lists. His deep dives into specific songs and bands are really cool too, I learn so much history I didn't know before. Thanks for the hard work Todd, here's to another year of fantastic content.

[@bengrant3288]

Well put, I agree

[@nokostunes]

same! even as a taylor swift fan, i still enjoy todd's negative reviews of her music bc 1) he's funny, and 2) he explains himself eloquently, noting his own biases as much as possible

[@rmyers99]

Yeah I honestly disagree with a few of his takes on this list but god damn if he doesn't have a point about every single song on this list, including ones that I like.

[@Toucan93]

I always have 1 or 2 songs I always disagree with but that’s the great part about opinions, they’re subjective. And Todd explains his opinions thoroughly enough

[@pinkrose8272]

I agree. I started watching his videos when I was younger and getting more into music. I feel like the first time I really disagreed with one of his opinions and could fully understand why I didn't agree, was when I felt like I can really understand my own subjective taste. I find his videos as a great way to just see what someone else thinks but I never feel forced to agree with his opinion. Instead I just understand the point of view and in a way, it helps me understand mine better both in the times where I completely agree and when I don't. I also have been introduced to so many great songs and artists through his recommendations. Todd in the Shadows is easily one of my favorite youtubers.

[@zachstutzman4059]

I'm so glad that Fancy Like made it on this list. I work at an Applebee's and I'm so tired of hearing it. It was a literal corporate deal between Applebee's and Hayes to promote certain dishes in exchange for money. Oh and also middle management offered bonuses if employees preformed the Fancy Like Tik Tok challenge, so screw that song.

[@ambern6069]

Fucking seriously? Man, I’m sorry, that sounds like a nightmare.

[@MissAlmostFine]

I’m so sorry you’ve been subjected to that, that’s awful.

[@Lovefortea448]

Its maybe even worse for the frosty with fries lovers, Im not but i completely understand why they do. He literally compare frosty with fries to him and own wife genitalia, bleugh

[@dragon202920]

I shed a tear for the fallen and salute our troops Goddamn I’m so fucking sorry you had to deal with that…

[@MortMe0430]

Ew. I'm so sorry dude.

[@ethanbarnes7163]

Aaron Lewis: “If you don’t like it there’s a fricken door!” Also Aaron Lewis: Shows his affection for statues of people who tried to secede from the United States

[@TheAndrewj96]

Also also Aaron Lewis: Whines about Bruce Springsteen being liberal. Seriously, fuck these "iF yOu DoN't LiKe iT, jUsT LeAvE!!!!11!1" dipshits. They'll call people protesting against police brutality "snowflakes," then absolutely shit themselves in rage when someone utters the phrase "Happy Holidays" within a fifty-mile radius. They are always, _without fucking fail,_ more easily offended than the people they're constantly complaining about, and I have absolutely zero respect for them. Fuck them all. Sorry. Rant over.

[@grafphal5103]

So they tried to do exactlly what he is saying? I bet that sounded better in your head, huh?

[@codynoth4183]

@@grafphal5103 Liberals tend to be pretty fucking stupid when it comes to History and will buy any Jewish story they are told.

[@JasonBoreu]

@@grafphal5103 more like if you want to show affection those statues from traitors there’s a fricken door. I bet that sounded better in your head, huh?

[@psyc8407]

@@grafphal5103 No. He obviously hates these people. Because he called them brainwashed. But it’s apparently different with the confederates

[@ashen_roses]

24:00 I mean he's right. You can't make a wife out of a Ho-oh, I think marrying a Pokemon is illegal. Besides they'd probably incinerate you

[@Ghxstizz]

Its actually (unfortunately) canon that pokemon and humans used to.. have some fun- sometimes-

[@princesspebble_]

@@Ghxstizz…I…never thought about that

[@Dumb_Killjoy]

Mr. Mime and Ash's mom would probably beg to differ lmao

[@deparinge]

Don't tell that to JustinRPG

[@georgeprice4212]

I heard Ho-Ho… who’d want to make a wife out of snack food? 😆

[@cancerboy153]

The surest sign of "things getting back to 'normal'" is having a Maroon 5 song somewhere on Todd in the Shadows top 10 worst list

[@boheyo]

That one thankfully missed Europe entirely.

[@cancerboy153]

@@boheyo That's good to hear. Europe is dealing with enough, you guys didn't need that crap added to the pile

[@esthermcafee5293]

Nature is healing.

[@patricklauer4452]

It barely charted in the top 50 here in Australia despite hearing that song a lot back in winter. Eh I’m not complaining maybe Maroon 5 will finally die

[@cancerboy153]

@@patricklauer4452 we can only pray

[@katie.hin.1318]

For me most of these songs fall into "bland but harmless" or "don't like the singing but would listen to the instrumentals". Fancy-like however, had me physically recoiling.

[@tomchillen3039]

This is true. It's the first song in a while that's solicited a physical reaction from me. Walter Hayes makes me embarrassed to exist.

[@onsonsweemy]

"Movie trailer cover version of itself" is atomic weapon-level scorch

[@MechaRossMan]

"Am I the only one willing to bleed?" -guy who never served in the military

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

- Also not willing to get a lil prick

[@nomobobby]

Hey buddy, would you take a paper cut for your moderate republican neighbor? Nope, this is all about how *somebody else* needs to change their beliefs to align themselves to *you* because your the right one. This is totally not an extremist position that feeds on conflict even if they have to make it.

[@jonathansykes4986]

@@nomobobby there is no such thing as a "moderate republican". they are all trash. neo-nazis in my eyes.

[@aflhabalafhabab]

Wait, I thought he shouted plead?

[@runnersdialzero1244]

"SCREAMIN 'WHAT THE FUCK' AT MY TV" **video shows Black Lives Matter sign** 😐

[@kellanlevi5663]

"Am I the only one" being number one is only shocking because I can't believe Todd remembered that it exists

[@jinxed7915]

I mean, he did do a review on it and everything...

[@-aquamarine-324]

THANK YOU for spoiling it

[@zeinner237]

@Daniel P the rules that todd follows is either on the year end chart or ranked in the top 20 at any time and am i the the only one peaked at number 14 so is following his rules

[@Omnicrom]

Yeah, my response was "Oh! That garbage"

[@JV4LONGONG]

@@-aquamarine-324 it didn’t really spoil anything, it was basically guaranteed

[@YouCanCallMeXoe]

"Like, let's be clear. If Aaron Lewis expressed the exact opposite sentiments that he does on this song, this would still probably be the worst song I heard all year" This. Just... all of this.

[@TheInsaniacGuy]

"Probably" being the key word here 😅

[@FinleyBrownfox]

I heard Arcade while out shopping today, and it was really difficult to not belt out “I DIDN’T GET THE HIGH SCORE IN SKEEEEBALL!” during the chorus

[@daydreaminboy7671]

I thought “I got my peaches out in Georgia” meant like….”I moon people in Georgia” and I was terrified but not sure its intended meaning is any better

[@the_sky_is_blue_and_so_am_I]

Same

[@linainverse9369]

That sounds like something Justin Bieber would do, he's a complete douchebag

[@heartache5742]

that's hilarious

[@owenkinder1076]

If I ever become a musical artist or song writer, this is gonna be on my song bucket list for sure.

[@LouRyderr]

I think peaches may be some weird slang word for some drug. Anyway what ,,I moon people" even means??

[@megaascension2748]

Todd: You don’t see kids crying in an arcade! Me, who works in an arcade: Oh Todd, if you only knew...

[@stevethepocket]

People under 30 still go to those things?

[@SuperWoodgod]

@@stevethepocket Yes, people over 30 take their kids.

[@keenobrown919]

@@SuperWoodgod Me, a childless 22-year old who likes arcades: :(

[@megaascension2748]

@@stevethepocket Yes, very much so. We're down by the beach, we have thousands of people every day in the summer.

[@cabin_quilt]

what games make kids cry the most? I bet it's the crane games/claw machines. Those are riiiigged.

[@royalninja2823]

Heat Waves is going to go down in history as one of the WEIRDEST reasons a song became a hit, alongside "Margaret Thatcher died" and "Everyone thought they were the Beatles reunited"

[@twistedwizard9100]

don't forget Kiling In The Name hitting #1 in the UK to protest Simon Cowell

[@TheZutter]

‘Margaret thatcher died’ is very valid and expected imo

[@orilliavail1380]

I remember when Thatcher died, “ding dong the witch is dead” going to number two in the charts was the least weird thing about that time. The weirdest thing was the tonal dissonance between the people spontaneously lighting bonfires in the street in celebration and the grown men in charge of the country at the time openly crying at the state funeral. That was weird

[@peruserprecurer1446]

Can you explain why Heat Waves got popular? Because I don't get it.

[@neminem233]

What do you mean “everyone thought the were the Beatles reunited?”

[@arturolaresperez2906]

Todd vs Adam Levine is a top tier rivalry.

[@ray1509]

I am begging you to put ABCDEFU on the worst list for 2022. I don’t get annoyed with pop songs often- quite the opposite actually but this was the first mainstream song in a long time that I find physically hard to listen to. Please Todd, we all want it to ABCDESTFU anyways

[@thegreatandpowerfuldc5977]

Oh my god YESSSS I would love to see him tear that song a new ass.

[@ryanu8519]

You got your wish.

[@peanut4668]

Ok I know this isn’t apart of your comment but nice pfp! it’s so rare seeing someone with a pocket mirror character on anything

[@ray1509]

@@peanut4668 YOOOOOOOOOO I'm so glad somebody noticed. I've gotten myself into a really deep horror rpg maker phase recently and Pocket Mirror really solidified itself as a fave of mine, that's so cool

[@peanut4668]

@@ray1509 same I love horror rpg maker games like ib, mad father, witches house, and pocket mirror of course. I think their remaking pocket mirror too so that’s something to look forward to

[@thecinemagenius]

It’s always a blessed Christmas when Todd drops his worst songs list

[@prometheustv6558]

Fo sho

[@atreyuflames]

Amen

[@metaldude4563]

On time too!

[@chrisnemec5644]

True dat.

[@benjirivoh]

fr fr marry crisis

[@DiamondAxeStudiosMusic]

"If you don't like it, there's the frickin door" instantly turns that song from one of the most miserable slogs of the year to one of the most hysterical... that was glorious, holy shit

[@oumondragon]

Im more partial to the "screaming what the fuck at my tv" line Never fails to get a chuckle out of me

[@the_exegete]

"If you don't like it, git out!" says dude who constantly whines about how bad America is.

[@bigredradish]

i'm glad he apparently only drops REAL f-bombs in private and is kind enough to watch his language when telling you to get out of his safe space

[@sethbrolsma516]

I'm sure it did. 🙄

[@googyta]

It's such a bad edit and a weak word to replace it. They would've been better off replacing it with that missing 'bucket' from the WAP edit somehow.

[@kezzstar24]

"Beautiful Mistakes" now has a lot of context. Yikes.

[@Sam-gq3sw]

Explain

[@imonyoutuberightnow2668]

@@Sam-gq3sw Adam Levine cheated on his wife

[@TANGIKAA]

@@Sam-gq3sw Levine cheated on his wife lol

[@RenaldyCalixte]

​@@TANGIKAAWow...that's interesting.

[@emilypeduto981]

"breaking: local right-wing nut job only just realized bruce springsteen champions liberal politics despite having supposedly heard his music at least once in the last forty years"

[@Snake4985]

What makes "Fancy Like" even worse is that Weird Al did an actual good version of this song years ago

[@summerwoodsmusic]

“Whatever You Like” for those who don’t know. “Hottest shorty I know, if you had some lipo, you could be second-runner-up Miss Ohio…”

[@amberhernandez]

"My wallet's fat Full of ones Cause it's all About the Washingtons."

[@pickles224]

And that’s basically the main issue that people have with the song. It’s the Weird Al parody of itself.

[@jameshill2385]

Young Jeffrey did a version of the song for Halloween called Scary Like. It was good too

[@coraqualls5705]

Hearing "there's the FRICKEN door" in overwrought vocals is one of the funniest things to me.

[@Torthrodhel]

It's kinda perfect isn't it? The lyrical equivalent of sticking your chin out at someone whilst backing off out of striking distance.

[@ideitbawxproductions1880]

if he really wanted to stay angry, he should've never left Staind. I'm not even a big Staind fan, but they're more suited to Aaron's grouch factor. Granted, I don't think the rest of the band can tolerate Aaron, either

[@MelMelodyWerner]

imagine thinking you're the real tough guy... and then censoring yourself saying the f-word in your music video. what a corporate coward. it's very funny that he thinks that's being assertive, when it comes across as more pathetic.

[@Torthrodhel]

If you wanna disagree with me, there's the frickin' door. I'm so darned hard-poop, I almost kinda swore.

[@thehumancrayon3264]

Had a good laugh at that one too. Sounds exactly like South Park's take on that kind of music. And I do mean exactly, damn.

[@lokiskywalker]

16:00 Being smug about one's own mediocrity is the single worst trend in country music. The MAGA/Let's Go Brandon stuff is the overspill of that septic tank.

[@nickklavdianos5136]

The tragic thing about the whole Let's go Brandon situation is that the person most harmed by it was Brandon Brown himself. He didn't do anything, didn't say anything, and has tried to distance himself from the movement. But it still ruined a promising young talented driver's career.

[@patrycjalachacz4620]

I came back to this video cause I actually saw ,, You broke me first" in some teenage, love story, movie trailer and started laughing 🤣🤣 The one time Tostradamus guessed correctly.

[@SodlidDesu]

Chaotic Evil Todd: "There's only one part that get stuck in your head" Proceeds to replay it like... Fifteen times in a row.

[@onijester56]

No, see, he cut the actual part of the song where Bieber replays the line thirty times in a row. :P

[@ddjsoyenby]

*save your tears for another day!*

[@MrLoonyLenny]

I love the fact that Aaron Lewis' petty diss on Bruce Springsteen infuriated Todd so much that he brings it up again and even makes a video conclusion out of it

[@teddyhaines6613]

It shows that Aaron Lewis takes his politics so far as to ruin his own ability to enjoy music. Really, what could be more pathetic for a musician?

[@SeanStrife]

@@teddyhaines6613 Part of me has to wonder if Aaron Lewis EVER enjoyed making music at one point or if this is just a job to him at this point. Like... have the Staind royalties dried up THAT MUCH that you can't just fuck off out of the public eye for good and you have to keep making music?

[@widnawz]

@@SeanStrife considering radio still plays It’s Been Awhile and So Far Away on repeat and he’s the main songwriter of both, I doubt it’s financial obligation

[@jay7568]

I like to think that Lewis just sits in front of his tv sulking while watching fox at full volume because his kids are playing Springsteen

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

@@jay7568 this is so credible it hurts

[@Leonemian]

The Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter bit cracks me up EVERY. TIME.

[@TiaKatt]

Your #1 is also mine. At work we play music over the office as another step for client privacy (makes quiet convos at other stations harder to overhear). The main speaker is right above my desk. Everyone else in the office likes country. I like some country songs, but it's nowhere near my favorite thing. But this damned song. A few songs annoy me, mostly by being a little gross. But Am I the Only One is easily the worst thing on the air. It absolutely destroys my ability to concentrate on my work with the constant whiny tone and the sheer stupidity of every self-important word out of Aaron Lewis' ass.

[@MelMelodyWerner]

I take it that actually good country music like that by Orville Peck, Yola, Kacey Musgraves, or The Highwomen are not in constant rotation at your office? man, those musicians, made me do a 180 on country, it's a shame that the most ass country music is also the most popular. "If She Ever Leaves Me" and "Ride Out in the Country" are two of my favorite songs right now, period.

[@TetraDax]

I love how he sings that line about Springsteen with such conviction despite the fact that it means literally nothing. Springsteen was always a liberal, he always had subtle Anti-American lyrics in his songs, hell, he was one of THE first big artists speaking out for LGBTQ-rights, not to mention that his biggest hit is a passionate Anti-War song critisizing the treatment of Veterans and the military complex that breakes them in the first place. If you just now stopped singing along to Springsteen because he is suddenly "too liberal" for you, that simply means you have not been paying attention until now.

[@TwoMarshmallows1]

Not to mention that Bruce Springsteen could not give a damn if someone stops listening to him. He lost a lot of fans who were police officers because of American Skin (41 Shots). Didn't make him change his position on anything.

[@SeanStrife]

Given how a lot of conservatives are reacting to Rage Against The Machine "suddenly getting too political"... it's VERY likely they aren't paying attention until now. Like... even dipshit pre-teen and teenage me understood Rage Against The Machine was ALWAYS a political band.

[@kateb6699]

Nice, love Springsteen even more now

[@brifox]

@@jadedheartsz Then again, we have Trump playing fucking Fortunate Son at his rallies, which makes me think they’re doing it on purpose.

[@poeticvogon]

@@SeanStrife Yeah, even the name of the band itself should tell people that it is probably a political band.

[@riverAmazonNZ]

What the Billie Eilish copycats don’t understand is her soft singing works because underneath it is a simmering rage. Billie is angry, she’s just not loud about it. It’s the kind of anger where you’ve been angry so long you don’t have the energy to shout, it just doesn’t feel like anyone is listening anyway.

[@BambiTrout]

Exactly! You can't just copy the most superficial parts of her aesthetic and expect the same results, because there is far more to her music than just singing in a quiet moody voice. Your unique selling point can't be "I sound exactly like that really unique girl that you like for being different and edgy, except I'm singing a song written by someone else, and I'm wearing a cardigan."

[@billhicks8]

@@BambiTrout Music industry will not accept this though, as whatever made her profitable _must_ be easily repeatable and mass marketable in the most low effort way. Capitalism = Low Energy Clones

[@TwoMarshmallows1]

Thank you for this description because it made her music click for me. I'm going to give her songs another try.

[@katmd03]

I’d find that more believable if her music wasn’t dull as dishwater. She lacks passion and conviction. She comes off as kind of a shitty person too

[@majikhu5171]

thanks for reminding me why i like her music

[@sadiemcc9363]

When you played “Peaches” I paused the video and staring at the paused image of Bieber I just said “That…was…you?!?” with the utmost fury. I did not know he had made that monstrosity and now I’m even angrier.

[@kartik.gautam22]

Yeah same bruv😭

[@j.d.t.5761]

I am happy that Daniel Caesar and Giveon have their first #1 hit. But MAN, I hope it's not their ONLY #1 hit.

[@itss.mfkntori]

I don't know, I feel like heat waves perfectly captured the emotionless and hopeless haze that was the summer of 2021. Most people I know spent this summer trying (and failing) to drag themselves out of various unhealthy coping mechanisms. Heatwaves feels just like that, a song that is so mixed up that it comes off as a forgettable blur of nothingness. I think it fits the pandemic perfectly :)

[@abigailc8829]

The only problem is that it doesn't make it enjoyable to listen to. It might resemble the pandemic haze, but that haze isn't fun to remember, and this song isn't fun to hear.

[@LitithsClaptrap]

There's a metal version of "You Broke Me First" that hits way harder than the original song. I would definitely recommend it.

[@Firegen1]

Which artist? I need to find the right one

[@LitithsClaptrap]

@@Firegen1 It's a cover from a band called Our Last Night.

[@cayhle]

Our Last Night has some pretty amazing covers across the board.

[@qtoelke6208]

That actually sounds listenable nice

[@pingukid726]

yoo I didn't know it was a cover! That song's fire.

[@michaelroy6630]

"Kid Laroi is a less charming Lewis Capaldi" That... is probably the most accurate phrase I've heard all year

[@fammithommproductions]

He's more of a less charming Juice WRLD. Really wish he didn't try to be Juice.

[@j.d.t.5761]

Juice WRLD was his music mentor

[@RenaldyCalixte]

​@@j.d.t.5761Well that makes Juice WRLD a bad mentor.

[@maxcooper6763]

​@@RenaldyCalixtehe didnt have much time to mentor him, he died the same year they met

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@maxcooper6763 That was a joke my dude.

[@SylentVoidkeeper]

Y'know, I thought that Todd was being a little harsh to that Glass Animals song, though I never really listen to the radio much. And then I got a small handheld radio that we found in our storage space at our cabin, and on one station I heard it. And I was like "huh, I know that song!" By the 20th time I managed to catch it on that exact station, I now see I was wrong. They're *still playing it*

[@FSEThompson]

"Maybe if [ABCDEFU] sticks around long enough I'll hate it enough to put it on the list proper" MONKEYS PAW CURLS

[@enriquekahn9405]

Every time I hear it I'm more convinced "Fancy Like" is actually a classist screed making fun of (what Walker Hayes imagines is) rural working peoples' lifestyle

[@mrboerger1620]

Pretty much

[@elizabethashley42]

As someone raised in a blue collar rural family, I completely agree. This song makes me NOT WANT to go to Applebee's if he's gonna be so cringe about it whereas previously Applebee's was just a perfectly normal place to go for a date night.

[@SeanStrife]

@@elizabethashley42 I'll take it a step further; that song makes me want to fucking burn an Applebee's down.

[@evi6629]

I'm Dutch, and I actually really like eurovision. Not even national pride could get me to care about Arcade. Though, Todd, I should tell you, arcades in the Netherlands actually ARE pretty much casinos.

[@koboldparty4708]

Arcades in America can also be casinos. Sometimes we call those "adult arcades," but they're far more common than the other type nowadays.

[@jimhjortsberg2990]

And no'one actually wanted it to win ofcourse. The Jurys wanted North Macedonia and the people wanted Norway. It only won thanks to the whole stupid 50-50 voting.

[@manwhatdoiputhere]

Hi Dutch

[@00KiryuZero00]

Arcade is still better than almost every other entree song we've ever had if you ask me

[@r4vendusk]

@@00KiryuZero00 not hard when we keep sending in the same boring shit year after year. So many great other bands from other genres to send, but we keep doing these boring ass singer songwriters. Or if we don't want to do bands, send someone with a strong voice for once.

[@HarperNell]

So my mom is a wedding videographer and I help her shoot and edit her reels sometimes and I am so so so so tired of boyfriend country, if I have to hear one more disgustingly sappy love song as someone's first dance I think I'll snap

[@allyli1718]

20:49 Georgia isn’t even particularly good at peaches. The only reason we’re the peach state is because they were better for marketing reasons (Georgia peach = sweet southern Belle). We should be the blueberry state or something.

[@insightworld422]

Peanuts brother

[@hithedragon7842]

That's already taken lol

[@liv0072]

Seeing Todd’s thoughts on heat waves is so funny to me because the first time I heard it I literally thought “oh this sounds nice, I better not overplay it though since it’s so repetitive.” and then I didn’t… and I still like it. Funny how that works.

[@jonnybuijze1770]

Same, I've heard it like three or four times since it came out, and I think it sounds pretty cool. It's 'one of the good ones' on the playlist my work always has on.

[@TackyRackyComixNEO]

I'll admit it's been a while since I paid super close attention to the charts and radio, so I didn't even know this song became a Billboard hit. My partner's been playing it a lot all year because they got super into Glass Animals after hearing "Cocoa Hooves" in a cafe they were working at.

[@Punkwithshades]

I heard the remix version of the song in Forza Horizon 5 and thought it sounded nice personally, plus it fitted with the summary vibe of the game. Never heard the original on radio believe it or not 😅

[@isiges532]

i love glass animals but god i play that album _once_ around my mom then she starts playing it almost 24/7 until i’m sick of hearing most the songs off of it - especially heat waves my favorite off of it was deja vu tho, it never got old for me, and i also like helium (just in small doses lol)

[@canonicallykayfabe]

It's crazy, I love Glass Animals, and have for a number of years, but I normally have like one song of theirs per playlist. And I still like them.

[@mhkpt]

"This just sounds like the movie trailer cover version of itself" what a line

[@peccantis]

Hits the nail on the head, too.

[@jessicaw9011]

I just listened to ABCDEFU for the first time and I understand why it didn't make the list. It has at least one good line, a part of the chorus-- "Fuck everybody but your dog."

[@noahbullock6696]

He said on Twitter that it got popular when the list was written and mostly shot.

[@chajy4319]

Naw. Song is still shit.

[@witherblaze]

The line only works if you have a dog. I don't, so therefore, by the logic of the song, the band whom I have never heard of until I first saw the list, hates everything I got.

[@candideggplant1575]

@@witherblaze its supposed to be detailing the singers breakup but it is so fake sad. Being sad is trendy, especially if youre a upper middle class suburban teenage girl

[@witherblaze]

@@candideggplant1575 Gosh I hate this trend. If the music was decent I'd get by the trend, but the songs suck except for "Good 4 u"

[@PaladinLostHour]

"mewls and hisses like a smarmy radiator..." Todd, don't ever change.

[@tomchillen3039]

This is the first year of the Worst list where I just genuinely haven't heard 50% of the songs. I don't know if these mostly got radio play, but Spotify didn't push these and I never heard them from my friends so I missed out. Thanks for making my year that much worse Todd.

[@jeyzeus]

If I hadn't seen Todd's review of Aaron Lewis song, it would be 100% for me.

[@ecoRfan]

2018 was worst for me. Just completely devoid of anything. A year long empty space.

[@Canadianbassist]

TikTok. Most of these songs have a 15 second hook and that’s it. No substance in the song.

[@originalscreenname44]

The only one I’ve heard in the wild is the “Maroon 5” song. I had only heard 2 other songs before and only in the boundaries of a KZbin critique.

[@HeavyMetal-jy4vj]

2021 was just mind numbingly exhausting. I hate to always just default to "I am old now" that just puts yourself down. You're still young, you still have energy, value, you can still add so much to the world. 2021 had endless music, endless things to barely care about or people were trying to get you into which frustrated me personally. It was just easy to miss things when every relevant band had an album this year it seemed like and yet so little actually HIT.

[@hiimemily]

I love "Heat Waves" and even I have to admit that Todd's criticism of it is on point.

[@stuatagovailoa7536]

Heatwaves was 2020 right?

[@hiimemily]

@@stuatagovailoa7536 Technically it was released in June 2020, but it took a year to become a hit in the US.

[@TravJam317]

@@stuatagovailoa7536 It was for anyone listening to Glass Animals. But mainstream radio is about a year behind at this point, especially when it comes to indie and alt-rock.

[@ThriftShopTunes]

It's so frustrating when I love a song and every criticism Todd has of it is accurate so i can't even be mad

[@sentientbookshelf2411]

Yeah the songs but Glass animals has way better songs

[@emmat3691]

*The stans, ready to throw hands about Maneskin* “that was not the worst thing Eurovision did to us this year” *Arcade riff plays* CRISIS AVERTED

[@ItsRoronoaZoro]

21:01 "I get my potatoes out of Idaho" would be a banger 🤣

[@WormyJester8]

I get my cheese out of Wisconsin

[@snk-bp6fe]

I choose to hear it as: “can’t make a wife out of a Ho-oh” and that makes the song WAY more enjoyable. Like indeed, I’d certainly hope you’re not tryna marry a Pokémon

[@camzoman]

And if you were, everyone knows that it's Vaporeon, for...reasons.

[@ironicdivinemandatestan4262]

Except Gardevoir. That's the one even the non-furries are into.

[@TheGyrocop]

I legit thought he said "chemical wife", and I was like 'what the fuck does that even mean'?

[@ravenhatter5395]

@@TheGyrocop "chemical wife" sounds kinda cool lol

[@quantummelody2959]

I'm assuming you've never heard of the married to Reshiram song?

[@Chapuran313]

2021 was the year Todd fully embraced being a country simp and then immediately became snobbish about it. We stan.

[@teddyhaines6613]

Country snobs were the original genre gatekeepers, as evidenced by Barbara Mandrell doing the "before it was cool" joke before it was cool.

[@digamejh]

He's talked multiple times about growing up in the south (North Carolina as I recall?) and listening to country music.

[@AmericanMetalhead100]

"Guess I'm a Kanye Stan again." That aged horrifically bad.

[@DodgeDart]

Not really? It was a joke. In context he says that if he ignores all the terrible stuff Kanye says then he’s a Kanye Stan. And by Kanye Stan he only likes the Kanye music from like a decade ago.

[@NEEDbacon]

Toddstradomus strikes again.

[@TheAdrift]

To be fair, he did say “I guess I have to forget all the bad things he’s done in the past five years, including this week.” That statement aged fantastically, because he couldn’t seem to go even one damn week without running his mouth straight into Controversy Corner.

[@MoonShadowWolfe]

Not if you include the whole joke.

[@whatscookingoodlookin1]

I think the commenter themselves were joking…

[@R2Parmly]

Usually when you hate a song, you can at least take comfort in the knowledge that it'll start to fade into the background in a few months. It's May of the following year and Heat Waves is STILL every fucking where. 100% with Todd: it's a bad song, but the constant and endless overplay just makes it so much worse.

[@robinhoughton1631]

im less mad at the song itself but im WAY more pissed because of all the GA songs they could have overplayed they picked heatwaves. There are other songs I could have beared listening to over and over, but why heatwaves?

[@DToTheB]

@@robinhoughton1631 yeah heatwaves is definitely not the best song they've made

[@Valhalla05]

GUESS WHAT JUST TOPPED THE BILLBOARD YEAR END HOT 100?!

[@RenaldyCalixte]

​@@robinhoughton1631It's 2023 and Heatwaves is still played at my job every single week.

[@BradTasteInMusicOfficial]

Bruh that pop smoke cover took me to heaven

[@crazyluigi6664]

Wait, what was the Pop Smoke he played again?

[@thecoffeeshophey]

What you know bout love

[@tomchillen3039]

What are you referring to?

[@Newyt93]

Woah read the room bro

[@ThePhantom4516]

@@Newyt93 ??

[@EyeOfArgus]

No no, he’s saying “can’t make a wife out of a Ho-Oh.” He’s lamenting about his regret from getting pokemon silver version.

[@MG-mq3zf]

Now you listen here.......that was funny.

[@kirby2190]

Lugia is still my favorite Gen 2 legendary

[@Guillo7ine]

Funny joke but silver is better

[@TuesdaysArt]

It really does sound like that lol

[@roguishpaladin]

@@kirby2190 Why? Have you made a wife out of a Lugia?

[@cassettegirl9928]

I agree with Todd on Heat Waves. If that song was a color, it would be a medium gray.

[@kamilareeder1493]

Yellow tone florescent lighting for sure

[@gabe_s_videos]

I also miss songs with riffs because I miss playing air-instruments along to my favorite songs. You don't really get the urge to do that when a song is more sound design than music. I really hate to sound like an old man here, but never mind "where are the riffs." Where are the INSTRUMENTS?? I honestly think we've finally gone as far as we can go in establishing that the computer/recording studio is an instrument unto itself, can we get some non-synthetic ones back on the radio now, please?

[@kateb6699]

"You don't see kids crying because they lost pacman" Well, you see-

[@schris3]

It's very cute how wrong was on that one. Never change Todd.

[@andysee6996]

Well, I probably cried when my mall's arcade closed when I was ten years old. Does that count?

[@ZepIV]

"No emotion, no beat - just 'vibes'" I, TOO, AM INCREDIBLY SICK OF "VIBES," TODD. Thank you for saying it out loud. There's a lot of bland pop tunes out there lately. Here's to hoping 2022 has a little more musical chutzpah.

[@prettierjesus3119]

As much as I am a fan of Ariana, I can agree that, at least with thank u, next (the album), I feel like there’s a lot of songs that are liked because they’re “vibes”, not because they’re actually good. Aside from the obvious example of 7 rings, there’s also makeup. That song is just so bland. And, you can argue that some songs on sweetener and positions are also like that, but it’s less of a problem with those albums than TUN.

[@adityairawan1843]

When songs from anime-style idol franchise like Takagaki Kaede's _Koi Kaze_ single-handedly outperforms Hollywood pop songs by a mile away in terms of emotion, you'll instantly know something is completely wrong. And we are not yet talking about _Koi Kaze Hanaba._

[@AugAug989]

Yeah good luck. Gen z is gonna bring in the age vibey music. And honestly I like it.

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

@@prettierjesus3119 i haven't liked any Ariana song for a long time (includinf ty, next) because they were too quiet and bland. I think Ariana's voice is better suited for louder and more energetic songs

[@Jaminux]

FINALLY, i thought i was the only one

[@dr.muffinswaggerd.m.s491]

Heat Waves wasn't really played a lot in Canada, so I actually didn't mind it. You Broke Me First, however, was played every other song on every radio station, and it's genuinely ruined the song for me

[@CoingamerFL]

Its not like there was anything to like about it from the start

[@user-ug5uz9zg8z]

I don't listen to the radio or go on tiktok so it wasn't ruined for me. I do think it's got less going on than some of their other songs. I loved their 2016 album and I feel like they usually make weirder stuff. Oftentimes an indie band's "big hit" isn't their best song, though -- just the most palatable thing they've done, or a lucky break. Kind of like how Favorite Worst Nightmare remains my favorite Arctic Monkeys album, but AM hit the charts. Slowed down and simplified for the radio, lmao.

[@sagethegreat4680]

Peaches come from a can , they were put there by a man in a factory downtown.

[@tswizzle2020]

Man, the "You Broke Me" Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter trailer made me laugh so hard

[@valpix7007]

Todd dropping "I love cheap thrills" is probably the best thing to happen to Sia this year. She didn't make it on the list but woof what a horrible year for her

[@Jackrabbit7]

Deservingly so

[@tylarjackson7928]

Why was it a bad year for her? Did I miss something?

[@Jackrabbit7]

@@tylarjackson7928 She made an ableist movie that paints people of autism in a negative light, and also promotes bad techniques at “handling” autistic people, also her soundtrack album for the movie was terrible, if you want to see for yourself it’s called “Music”.

[@tylarjackson7928]

@@Jackrabbit7 Fucking christ. As a human being, that upsets me, but as a human with a Bachelor's in Psychology, that REALLY upsets me.

[@mcnoodles3010]

@@Jackrabbit7 Deadass forgot that happened in 2021

[@guardianeris]

34:28 wildly enough Rick Astley of all people made a cover of it and it sounds pretty good, although he is a really good singer, he could make Twinkle Twinkle Little Star sound deep

[@TuesdaysArt]

Wait...Rick Astley released a cover of abcdefu?

[@radosbarner1734]

My god I was not ready for number 1. What a disgrace to music. Thank god his kids are trying to undo what he is doing, because that means we might get some good music when they grow up.

[@NotoriousLightning]

I remember in 2006, when Lithuania lost out to "Hard Rock Hallelujah" with their jumpin' little record "We Are The Winners of Eurovision." It was truly a magical year for Eurovision which hasn't been matched before or since.

[@bificommander7472]

That one was funny. Iceland's joke song that year sucked IIRC. But yeah, a few songs taking the piss always livens up the show.

[@rocky5000100]

Nothing on Eurovision will ever match the pure epicness of lordi and hard rock hallelujah.

[@Luka-st4uf]

I disagree, I think 2010 was probably the last year Eurovision was good. That year offered tonnes of good songs, even though the actual winner Lena had probably the 4th or 5th song that year. Not that I minded because my then 12 year old self had a huge crush on her.

[@Zasi24]

Damn, Hard Rock Hallelujah was so entertaining

[@saxx9088]

Also everyone was practically on crack in 2007 with the extreme amount of joke songs

[@ToClaimTheirBones]

When Todd turned towards the camera right before cutting to the honorable mentions it was like a jump scare. You can't just make spontaneous eye contact like that after 10 years my man

[@durnsidh6483]

32:50 for anyone wondering.

[@AirQuotes]

Thanks for the warning

[@johnkirby8939]

Yeah, but he's still in the Shadows so it doesn't really count.

[@munjee2]

34:38 "Maybe if this song sticks around I'll hate enough to put it on the list proper "

[@metroidotherm6170]

Finally, Todd got a prediction right.

[@ellencoleman4604]

Yes something has been lost in translation on 'Arcade'. I'm pretty sure he's singing about a pier arcade on the beach. 'Pleasure Piers' will usually have arcades and rollercoasters, and as a Brit I automatically associate arcades with the beach because the classic American arcade isn't a big thing here (or in the Netherlands). When I've gone to those arcades, the centre piece machine is always the penny pusher. And while penny gambling might sound childish , it's also very nostalgic considering going to the pier is more special, either as a childhood memory or as a date.

[@technugget873]

🎶I get my corn from indiana🎶 🎶I get my chicken from Kentucky🎶

[@daishoryujin95]

🎵I get my pork roll from New Jersey🎵 🎵I get my cheese outta Wisconsin🎵

[@Ryucallie]

🎵🎶I get my tangerines from Kyoto🎶🎵 🎵🎶I get my grapes outta Alabama🎶🎵

[@daishoryujin95]

@@Ryucallie i didn’t know grapes were an Alabama thing

[@sirgemini5743]

🎶i get my coffee from washington🎶 🎶i get my chocolate from pennsylvania 🎶 🎶i get my crabs from maryland 🎶

[@Ryucallie]

@@daishoryujin95 idk either. Maybe. Alabama, home of the grapes.

[@morganqorishchi8181]

You know it'll be a good Christmas when the Worst list is on time, uncontroversial and has a perfect number one pick. Thank you, Todd, for the gift of being the voice of reason.

[@Rikku147]

Makes the season all the brighter

[@hiimemily]

Uncontroversial? Not so sure about that; "Heat Waves" is almost universally beloved.

[@morganqorishchi8181]

@@hiimemily Most people I know have never heard of it. I'm sure it's beloved somewhere but around here it's just some song.

[@s3.14dervision]

I hated "Fancy Like" when it was an Applebee's ad, then I started looking at my phone while I listen and discovered it was an actual song...I hate it even more!!! This is what happens when you turn a commercial into a song.

[@darkstarr984]

#1 belongs here because it’s not just stupid and bland to bad sounding like the rest. It’s the kind of thing you sing to yourself and nobody’s laughing and joining you, but leaves the room after yelling at you to stop whining.