james charles can pirouette, but can't take no for an answer

[@isabelbimberg1342]

why is james so pissy at the idea that someone can revoke their consent? it's really not doing any good for his "i swear i'm not a predator" act

[@fatsajak]

because I have a feeling (given his aggressive history with all them young boys), he doesn't understand consent even on a conceptual level, to be honest.

[@c.t.651]

@@fatsajak Makes sense and I hope he seeks sister psychological help. I jest, but I'm beyond concerned.

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

And yet he has the unmitigated gall to kick off over people refusing to let him off the hook for a growing list of sexual harassment allegations

[@trurush]

I couldn’t put this into words but it is exactly what made me so mad at the lyrics. It’s so inline with his toxic romance behaviour since he’s been an adult.

[@elizabethsahu7822]

That was sister sinister and simultaneously sister ridiculous

[@fatsajak]

and don't forget sister stupid

[@kayhaven4710]

@@fatsajakperhaps even what one would call “sister silly”

[@XDevi_Jung-Hee]

No, doesn't fit into the category bud ​@@kayhaven4710

[@MOONSUN4Life]

"I'm calling THE POLICE!" * Throws in a clip of The Police's "Don't Stand So Close To Me", a song about a teacher falling for one of his underage students with a direct reference to Vladimir Nabokov's _Lolita_ * That's what I call subtle yet brilliant comedy🚔🚨👍

[@PossiblyKayla]

The audacity to “address” the allegations in this way. I feel bad for the dancers. They’re amazing, the song, choreo, video, are not a bad concept, I wish it was coming from a public figure who isn’t like actually coercing people let alone minors. There is something to be said about being led on, especially in queer relationships the type of confusion both parties can experience, but yeah, wrong spokesperson. Shame on James Charles for giving gay and/or feminine men a bad wrap. Giving into the “pervert” stereotype conservatives like to paint queer people as. Disgusting.

[@dangerxbadger2300]

He would probably have a lot better luck if he would just go to fucking therapy and stop acting like a baby gay in their first year out when all a bunch of them try to do is "turn" straight guys bc they are still super insecure in their queer identities and chase people they KNOW they can't have bc they're afraid of true intimacy and don't believe themselves to be worthy of actual love deep down. It's pathetic and he's way too old to be acting like this when he has a plethora of resources to acquire tools to fuckin fix it.

[@lyra2282]

The dancers did an amazing job, honestly.

[@kc_lee_ann]

I agree! I love the choreography and the video concept then I’m like wait no ugh

[@AntheanCeilliers]

Amen. Great performances for a shit concept.

[@clegs8356]

YES thank you for articulating it so well!! removing JC from the equation, it's really saddening to see some of the uncharitable readings of the concept, choreography, etc., but yeah exactly as you said. it's such a shame it's coming from HIM because it will distort the message in some pretty damaging ways ://

[@gh0stcup]

It feels like he's trying to be another Troye Sivan 'One of Your Girls' moment, but that doesn't work when someone is known for trying to bait heterosexual children

[@skunkskiestink6620]

i also appreciate that ‘one of your girls’ is all about desperate yearning from the perspective of someone who sadly wants to do anything to be the person they want even fantasizing about being their dream girl since they aren’t gay. meanwhile james’ song is quite literally like reading from a diary “you said you never did this before. you said you wanted me and now you don’t. you’re down low and you don’t want to be with me because im a boy”. like the one degree of distance we get in ‘one of your girls’ because the narrator isn’t just telling us how they have an unrequited crush but showing us by telling us they’d literally gender bend to be with them, it really adds a lot to the song.

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

The line between "I have feelings for someone who's not sexually attracted to my gender" and "I try to throw fame and money at people hoping it'll get them to question their own identity for my personal pleasure" is far from a fine one, and James still manages to slide so gracelessly across it

[@user-zo8lt9rx2o]

towards the start of the video i was like wow i didnt know james could dance like that, thats maybe one tiny good thing he has going on. Then a little further in i realised the dancer was just a charlesalike and the world returned back to balance for me

[@WithBailey]

The lookalike's hair doesn't broccoli enough imo

[@rainjayriots]

😂😂😂😂

[@alptraum7644]

i kept listening to this like "what does this remind me of" before realizing it was driver's license by olivia rodrigo. it's giving temu olivia rodrigo with a side of grooming.

[@fatsajak]

yes! I also caught that vibe as well too additionally.

[@kc_lee_ann]

Wait is this song about him being pissed someone revoked consent and didn’t want to fuck … wow

[@nickid7117]

“physically uncomfortable on the inside” is exactly how I feel from him QUITE LITERALLY ‘forcing it’ … in choreograph form

[@fatsajak]

literally. I could feel it in my actual nervous sister system.

[@burymewithabook]

Same

[@KandiBabyy]

⁠​⁠@@fatsajakomgggg….not the “nervous SISTER system” 😂💀😂💀😂💀😂💀😂💀 I am doneeeeee! Lol

[@Cal-c-u-later]

It's giving Blurred Lines levels of ick

[@Jane-sn2mr]

Sister sexual harassment (derogatory)

[@fatsajak]

to be expected with a sister sicko

[@JMSayler]

Biggest smile on my face when you started using "sister" again after pretending you were going to stop

[@omgmo1962]

very disturbed by the visual difference between the two dancers from a man accused of pursuing boys.... and by the fact that one of his first released songs is about pursuing an inexperienced man who still has ties to an ex girlfriend when he's been accused of pursing straight and bicurious guys who have no experience with men......... JAMES. Not a good look!

[@fatsajak]

a complete lack of sister self-awareness, if you ask me

[@Shoob-k5u]

The song is also strange because James has also been open about pursuing straight men and the song is “oh no don’t say I’m an experiment” like what do you expect with straight dudes?

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

And the "you say you'd never done this before," and the "go back to her" I just about made out between Sajak's cuts near the end of the song. The man is all but explicitly confessing to consent violations with these lyrics. He's part of a community that had to fight tooth and nail to stop forced conversion therapy, so he should seriously know better than to knowingly and repeatedly subvert other people's sexuality for his own pleasure. This is disgusting.

[@kc_lee_ann]

Okay hear me out. This would be an amazing dance video concept if the song was from the other guys POV and it was about the James dancer being a clingy villian type

[@bluebird_618]

The dancing is incredible but the story is yucky and tries to paint James as the victim. I would love to see this video with a villain James song lol

[@thatomnivoreteacher6869]

“How can you break my heart by not letting me force you into a relationship with me”

[@foxycinnamon7307]

It just kept getting worse -- the ick factor is soooo high. Don't the young gay men go to clubs anymore? To find like-minded young men to hang with? This is not what he should be putting out into the world...not now, not ever.

[@rainydays9967]

The fact that after all his controversies (at that the politest way to put it), he didn’t see any issue with trying to coerce even a fake partner 🤦‍♀️

[@thesovgc]

Damn, he's just throwing everything at the wall and hoping something sister sticks.

[@lucaleone4331]

Is this song really just about "straight" guys not ready to come out, or arent actually gay? Im not saying that doesnt happen. But bold of him to make a song about it when everyone just makes fun of him for chasing straight guys >_< Like its not THAT hard to find an out person...especially in California. Youre not in a red state.

[@Oobs212]

the pitch correction on that last run made me flinch, I have to say

[@sourgreendolly7685]

I'm late but I brought a pile of clean laundry of my own! I'm not folding it, but it's here!

[@clegs8356]

it's a BYOPOCL event fr 😌💅🎉

[@Trish0978]

Wait ! I have mine too! It's definitely not on the bed anymore, though (I have to sleep, don't I?) 😂

[@stuffroom979]

LMAO me too

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

Even though it's James Charles, I'm still somewhat surprised that someone can be so bold as to make an entire song and video out of a consent violation. The part where they're on the bed and the shorter man is trying to forcibly kiss the other is disturbing. Edit: not to mention the lyrics being completely hypocritical ("why'd you lead me on?" "You said we can just be friends" he either led you on or rejected you James. Sounds like you're the one trying to lead people on). And who does he think he's kidding when he sang about rejecting the person he's pursued to the point of sexual harassment in the closing part of the song? This is giving all the hallmarks of someone who's dangerously obsessive. This music video is such a colossal self-report on James' part.

[@plantedinwv9043]

You’ve thrown out like 4 casual rhymes within the first 4 mins and I need to know how you’re so poetic 💀

[@fatsajak]

what can I say? I'm gifted.

[@rynshipps2981]

Someone taught that young man the meaning of "Bad Touch" that's why it didn't work out James.

[@Trish0978]

"That's nice because we hold each other accountable" - that we do, Sajak, that we do...😂

[@lyra2282]

I work with sexual trauma survivors professionally, and that part where the pretend Jim Chuck keeps trying to force the other guy to touch or kiss him should honestly carry a trigger warning. I know too many people who have experienced this (and usually leading to worse) and it's quite traumatic. For nobody on that set to call this shit out for what it is is mind boggling to me. The level of entitlement and delusion it takes to create and release something like this is sickening.

[@clegs8356]

oh wow, this is informative perspective for me tbh. im a trained dancer, and i think it's easy to forget the almost "language barrier" between the dancers/choreographers and an audience of the general public sometimes...? because to me, that part of it wasn't about *literal* touching, but could be a representation of any form of "reaching" out or seeking emotional connection and intimacy from that person, and being iced out. it genuinely wouldn't occur to me to interpret it that sinisterly, so this is kinda enlightening to hear. it feels very much like an oversight when you're gonna use contemporary dance in mainstream media, and mix these two worlds (and their associated "cultures") and not look for stuff that could be wildly mistranslated... ESPECIALLY with the added context of him being creepy etc... that basically guarantees people reading into things uncharitably, which honestly makes sense. it sounds like a perfect storm for a really unfortunate interpretation on such a large scale, and it's disappointing that the rarer times we see artistic dance featured in videos, it's not done so with care & considering for how well things will translate to an audience that doesn't speak that language fluently. anyway, thanks for making me think about this! i hope knowing that it likely wasn't intended literally might make it less uncomfortable for you? but given the surrounding context i totally understand where you're coming from. i truly don't think the choreography is inherently bad or concerning at all in itself, but it could have been done differently with a broader audience in mind and i think thats a really important point, so thank you 🫶

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

​@clegs8356 I think it's more a case of people (myself included) not being willing to separate the art from the artist. James has a history of being a sex pest, so for him to write and (presumably) choreograph a scene in which someone forcibly kisses another is going to completely miss any metaphorical mark it maybe intended to hit. And that's because it's coming from a man who has a reputation for behaving in that exact manner in a more literal sense. In contrast, another commenter brought up Pink, who does use interpretive dance sometimes depicting domestic disputes and interpersonal violence in a bunch of her music videos, and the reason those get well-received is because they don't seek to romanticise the behaviour, nor do they come from a person who's known to be an abuser. Imagine the Try music video, but instead of Pink throwing someone through a table, it's Chris Brown. That scene would instantly have a very different subtext.

[@private755]

As a sexual assault survivor trigger warnings do nothing but infantilize people who have been through more than those “protecting” them can even imagine.

[@sp0Oky2004]

I was thinking about all of this too as a performer and someone with trauma. ​@clegs8356 If it just wasn't James Charles, I felt it could be seen differently. But it's James unfortunately...

[@lyra2282]

@@private755 Your relationship with trigger warnings is absolutely valid. It's also true that trigger warnings are very helpful and important to other survivors. Both experiences can be valid and true. In this instance I used the expression "trigger warning" metaphorically rather than a literal suggestion.

[@RY-nd4jh]

Its interesting how james seems really into prison wear... guess just dressing for the job he wants

[@capitalhillproductions9790]

I know a lot of people say the song is about Gage, but the one dancer reminds me of one of the Dolan twins.

[@blairstuka]

Yessss

[@Diablopetnurse]

Yea I think it’s cast to look similar 🤷🏼‍♀️ jimmy chucks double looks pretty close

[@private755]

Took me a review to realize he says “you fuck around and then go back to her” excuse me James?? You are not the victim for pursuing straight men even in your victim swan song holy shit this guy

[@the.lizardking]

The way that this song and video could have been decent for literally any other queer singer and it's just .. wasted on james

[@fatsajak]

absolutely wasted.

[@dash-x]

I don’t listen to contemporary pop, but is it common these days for it to be over processed and autotuned to dæth?

[@Terminallyposessed]

​@@dash-xhonestly yeah but still not as much as his vocals on this song were

[@florencefirearms1663]

“I don’t wanna be friends” - that was the problem!! Sister sicko admitting his lack of boundaries and consent through *song*, ew

[@rocyrino]

I don’t know which is worse, this or Karma

[@fatsajak]

they're both pretty fuckin bad

[@littleflick]

I farking love contemporary dance, but this is the reason why some people hate it, and I get that.

[@melaniebrehl6632]

I think its supposed to be sad but its just depressing

[@fatsajak]

and embarrassing. don't forget embarrassing.

[@melaniebrehl6632]

Sister sorry I forgot

[@kayhaven4710]

It’s a race between Jojo Siwa and James Charles to see who can make the cringest dance video and song combo! 😂😂😂

[@quester09]

they should've known better

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

​​@@quester09 If they had a wish, they would have never effed around (with all those underage kids)

[@kayhaven4710]

@@user-mv5zt8qd9l 😂😂😂😂

[@britnicox3929]

I’ll give the writer and dancers credit, I don’t hate the song itself and the choreo is good. Just wish they didn’t do this for someone trying to justify sexting minors, coercing people and refusing to respect the boundaries of the people he likes - including trying to force someone to kiss him

[@kc_lee_ann]

If this was anyone but James Charles I would love this video - I LIVE for dance videos like this … but then I remember it’s sang by a predictor.

[@phambabe]

I think the 90’s tv tuned into the static station gave me a sister seizure.

[@littleflick]

You’re making me want to dye my hair red again.

[@lynrosario6756]

Hospital 5 nights in. I needed this. You’re so real. The laundry the realness I love you 😂😂

[@c1nnamodoll]

i had hiccups this morning for the first time in years, but the second the music video started, they were gone! thanks, james! i didn't know the "get scared to get rid of hiccups" actually worked..!

[@JH-kw8zy]

The song gives Coleen ukulele not taking accountability

[@kaydwessie296]

I hate how he pronounces experiment

[@fatsajak]

I hate how he

[@violettefemme21]

This is SO UNCOMFORTABLE. How does he not have people around him who are willing to be honest with him and how horrible the message is and how inappropriate this video is.

[@shangc2781]

You made pepsi shoot out of my nose with the "sodi-pop" comment and I demand compensation

[@frostykzink]

holy shit this song feels like he's singing about the very situation Tati called out during Dramageddon (and whatever other straight guys that said he was a creep to them like that one Coachella thing? idk if that's the same guy because it's been forever) but it also makes the whole thing feel even more creepy than it already did

[@johanericsson2403]

I feel in my bones that it's a frivolous waste of the precious resource of hatred to focus on James Charles, yet I almost think I've never hated anybody more.

[@pyromaniacalmagpie3198]

I better get that good luck, I'm holding you to it.

[@fatsajak]

dropped it in the mailbox already

[@sbaker3426]

Love your hair, the color really suits you! Fun video, thanks!

[@fatsajak]

thank you!

[@pinkpunther]

We sister Stan🙏 Thank you for blessing us, sister sajak

[@amyrobbins5251]

He really didn’t think this through, huh

[@shibasandshelves]

I really appreciate that I got to look at actually skilled professional dancers and not James Charles for the video, a good production choice. I really like the video if I divorce it from the fact that the audience is meant to feel sympathy for the James character in the song and video rather than seeing him as the antagonist in a story about consent. One that we don’t see told with queer characters enough, especially queer men. Like, in that context it’s a cool piece of media. Unfortunately there is a very clear artist’s intent and it sucks. Also the song is so bland I can barely remember anything about it even while I’m listening.

[@mrssabre2946]

He's not even in his own video

[@Not4Raccoons]

“You said you’ve never done this before” yeah because they’re juniors in high school, jimmy

[@angelalovell5669]

So that didn't look like him grabbing his invisible ageless boyfriends hand in the last shot... the horror, the horror.... I hope he's talking about his latest failed relationship that was with a similarly aged adult. Wouldn't that be cool? I'd find that cool.

[@charliethesquishywitch340]

The song is what it is but. I must admire the dancers. It's a very emotional piece that they were asked to portray and I feel like they brought all the toxic vibes necessary to it. THAT SAID Jamesies ????? Hello ????? Self awareness much ?????

[@andchimeras]

Bottoms can't be predators? James Charles.

[@deusvmachina]

Let's not forget what he did with the Dolan twins. People don't talk about that anymore and how creepy and uncomfortable it must have been for them.

[@shineonsunfish]

I feel like devoid of context it’s not a bad song or video and the dancers are great. With context it’s like “hey, stop pursuing s3xually confused teenagers and maybe reach out to men who aren’t closeted and this will stop happening to you! 🙄

[@rebeccajordan4491]

Can we collectively agree to always and only use the “ugly singing face” with the bad Mimi hair and makeup (remember Mimi from the Drew Carey show? That’s the vibe, 100%!) whenever we need to see Jimmy Chuck?

[@fatsajak]

absolutely

[@Bewilderebeest]

I wonder how music producers feel working with people like James and JoJo, when they could be working with actually talented singers

[@KittyScythe]

I think becoming famous was the worst thing that could have happened to James...he should really just go back to being a normal guy with a normal job.

[@justingraves8649]

James tried to make a callout song like Taylor Swift did w/ "thanK you aIMie"🤣🤣

[@willowashe]

The lyrics of this song are so tone deaf for someone with James’s history.

[@samthepancake69]

sister subscriber squad!! ❤❤

[@xombecca]

Sad desperation with a healthy side of second-hand embarrassment 🙄

[@alyssaeldredge7508]

I know I’m late to the party, but I just looked up the lyrics this morning, and it seems like the “story” is that James and some guy talked online, the guy flew out, and there was just no chemistry in person. Which… yeah, that happens, but I don’t feel like that scenario warrants the wailing of heartbreak this song portrays, lol

[@mello_apispondue7108]

cool sweat suit, tho

[@mariamalvarez2159]

I always have a blast with you're videos! Thanks so much, and love you're hair!!!!

[@absurdum-the-artist]

He’s literally talking on himself with this

[@quester09]

so he thinks we think he can dance

[@Rain_Reign]

I’m only a minute or so in but…We’ve caught that this was an actor playing James in this video? I could not be paid enough for that role. Ps. Thanks for sister doubling down. Sister sorry, I couldn’t think of a sister synonym for doubling down that starts with sister “s”.

[@Lady13Paranoid]

Enjoy your rants as always but just wanted to add you look just so sweet in this video, love your hair here 💕

[@naley244]

Its called set dressing, and it matters.

[@iamnotaconcept]

not the Khy sweatsuit 😂

[@Greenteabook]

"So like, if that bothers you...🔊✈️... it bothers me too" 🤣🤣🤣 I don't know if you just chose that take, but it was perfectly timed

[@IronMask57]

So James pursued a straight guy that wasn’t into him and he got mad about it. What else is new. 🙄

[@feline_spo0ky]

Slay sister sajak

[@felixthewhat2233]

Girl my clothes live in piles and I don’t have kids for an excuse. Keep up the good work!

[@stereotypea123]

The flashback picture 😂😂

[@fatsajak]

haunting innit?

[@ashleyh.6342]

Liked for 15 years good luck I need it

[@totallylooney8292]

I was sister entertained by your sister commentary. And sister creeped out by James.

[@ivanovskameow999]

Imagine training years to be a professional dancer only to have to play JC sympathetically 😶. I just hope now some dancers film a parody, with a policeman leaping majestically in to wag his finger disapprovingly at JC and haul him out, followed by a fade out on another dancer suspiciously made up to look like Jeffree Starr trying desperately to grab what's left of a waning spotlight with a crappy tap dance in fishnets and humongous coat made out of his gold lounge.

[@MartellaNutella]

That man looks to old for James.

[@jasminekuehn5133]

That was not James dancing

[@Baneberryy]

why do i feel like the long flights in question are across state lines

[@bbmolnar]

I swear your videos are the only thing that gets me through the work day lol. And you look really pretty, love your hair. Sometimes I wonder how James has absolutely no shame in continually putting out content knowing about what he's done. It's bizarre to me how some people give zero fucks about who they are as a person or their reputation.

[@themaddiecommittee]

not Sister Swift

[@elizabethsahu7822]

Sister Swift 😂😂😂😂

[@iamnotaconcept]

shit your hair looks super good in this vid, sajak

[@renee8833]

I kept waiting for that girl to show up in the the ☹️

[@catalina9844]

Wow that was triggering

[@spinelessdevil]

It's like the Brad Pitt coffee ad but Jeffrey Dahmer

[@huwenacaires6443]

I could use 15 years of good luck

[@kilgirlietrout]

P!nk did it better.

[@lcarrera3142]

Your Dahmer comment made me laugh out loud! I can’t help but agree with all of your points in this video too. I think this song is catchy, but nothing’s going to overcome the creepiness and predation 🤷‍♀️

[@fatsajak]

i’d say he needs new sister subject matter

[@oboemoboe]

How is this guy even still relevant? edit: "Howainteid baïï these Ghoysts in soeyed of maïï glaïïs hoïïïsah" Oh so we're sister doing the sister indie-voice accent. Sister no. And your autotune is showing.

[@kayhaven4710]

I hope you know that because I’ve watched your other videos a BUNCH, I know have started using the phrase “Are you sister sh****ing me!” in my vocabulary.

[@ivisitthezoo]

Your hair color is 🤌🤌

[@BuffySummersWannabe]

Yes!! Hair looking extra incredible today, Sajak