POP SONG REVIEW: "7 Years" by Lukas Graham

There is something rotten in the state of Denmark.

[@mtdnml]

Just realized the irony of Lukas Graham actually being a band, while Five for Fighting is actually just one guy.

[@jonnymcjonjon8714]

Maybe they should combine their bands. Call it: Five for Lucas Graham

[@DavidRiceInfinityNova]

Really shows his ego huh

[@zokontech]

jonnymcjonjon 107 years.

[@theinvinciblecow2602]

Jannik Schuster honestly Lukas Graham (the band) seems to have a decent amount of talent that's unfortunately ruined by the frontman's ego/personality

[@michaelsurname8668]

Or Nine Inch Nails having only one of the promised Inch Nails

[@wesleyem3]

I literally had no idea Lukas Graham was a band until today. I thought he was a one-man-show.

[@bt3743]

WesT You're not the only one

[@Karmy.]

wait this whiny punk is part of a band?

[@ginamolina820]

Y4123 Apparently. He’s the frontman, you know the lead singer. He’s also egotistical and an annoying idiot.

[@bt3743]

Y4calling him punk is an insult to actual punks. This guy isn't rebelling against anything except decent music.

[@mutate9248]

C Tambling did you just get offended by someone calling *someone else* whats generally considered as an insult? ???

[@youcanthandlethetruth8873]

Just for info: this singer was born in a Danish hippy/anarchist commune notorious for its drug use, so maybe his claims about drinking at age eleven are accurate.

[@AnkfordPlays]

@growlingbehemoth Where?? where can you buy booze at 15?? You'll get Id'd

[@hejmine]

@@AnkfordPlays It's not unlikely. In Denmark drinking is a deeply rooted cultural stable, for better and for worse. If you're under normal circumstances you'll begin light drinking by age 15, and can buy anything under 16& freely at age 16. I have friends who started drinking at age 13-14, and I'm from a suburb as basic as it gets. It doesn't seem strange to me that a guy from a commune with bendy social rules and loose supervision could be getting into beers at age 11. Besides, Graham was a child star featured in a hyper-popular set of family films (krummerne) as a character that somewhat transcended the show (grunk), and thus became even more popular. This very well may have affected his situation and may have bent the rules even further. I don't exactly condone it, but just saying that it's nothing near unlikely.

[@hejmine]

@@AnkfordPlays All that being said, the song truly does fucking suck tho lol

[@bastiaan4129]

I just found out he is from Christiana, and that really explains the lyrics a lot. Still doesn't make it a good song though.

[@nooneknows78]

Really? From the lyrics and discography I assumed he was born in a Lukas Graham notorious for it’s Lukas Graham use and that he was drinking Lukas Graham by age Lukas Graham

[@caitlinroseblaney226]

And I was like WOOHOO She made me go WEEHEE How are they singing that with a straight face

[@timmy841212]

I know!!! 🤨

[@galleryofrogues]

She made me go PEEPEE

[@allisonelizabeth6596]

@@galleryofrogues and it was WHIIIIITE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHYYYYYYY

[@brifox]

Honestly, when hearing that after 7 years, it sounds like the stripper in question didn’t actually strip for him, but was really good at spinning the merry-go-round at the local park when he was a kid.

[@PIZZAdayisback]

Hahahahahaaahhahaahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahah! (More accuratly: hhehgh) ​@@allisonelizabeth6596

[@_Devil]

Once I was Lukas Graham my Lukas Graham told me: "Go make yourself some Lukas Graham or you'll be Lukas Graham".

[@santiagobauza4257]

Lukas Graham reads like John Malkovich now

[@ROZWBRAZEL]

@@santiagobauza4257 Malkovich... Malkovich, Malkovich?

[@claraclonk]

i laughed out loud at this . . . this song is proto-brainrot

[@jesseclarke8478]

This comment made me happy, thank you

[@aanikapfister]

Lukas Graham by Lukas Graham, written and produced by Lukas Graham, special guest Lukas Graham

[@dethbreth8]

3 & Lukas Graham featuring Lukas Graham from the Lukas May Graham series.

[@bensapatka7755]

Truly the Tommy Wiseau of music.

[@HummonTF2]

from the album Lukas Graham which includes such classics like Lukas Graham,Lukas Graham and of course the biggest hit Lukas Graham!

[@murciadoxial8056]

tommy is not an egotistical maniac... he is insane, but is not egotistical

[@murciadoxial8056]

***** what happened?

[@robjgolde3221]

“Really, deep down, aren’t we all white guys? That’s stupid! Forget I said that.” A truly underrated Todd quote.

[@leaffinite2001]

One of my favorites. But i am deep down and on the surface a white guy so

[@MikeImprixis]

True story. . . I was in the hospital a couple of weeks ago with a foot injury. It was Friday night, and they had just discharged the guy who shared the room with me. It was also slow on the floor so the nurses were all in the station across the hall talking. Since I had the room to myself, I watched this review without my headphones on. When you got to the part when you complained about them yelling "LUKAS GRAHAM!" one of the nurses came in and yelled it as well. She'd been listening. I thought she was a fan of yours but no, she was a fan of Lukas Graham and thought I was too; she'd told me she saw them in concert and everything. I didn't have the heart to tell her I was watching you tear this song a new one (and rightfully so). I'm still recovering, but at home now, and I wanted to say thank you for making me laugh during this time in my life. You're not just smart, but funny as all hell!

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Hope your foot healed up alright ^_^

[@paintitpeachydontforgetthe539]

Oh god that-that’s s c a r y

[@shawnfields2369]

@@erikmerriwether5195 That is more relatable than an actual hashtag, actually.

[@shawnfields2369]

@@erikmerriwether5195 Don't thank me, thank relatable comments. And Lukas Graham, not to be confused with lukas graham, but lukas Graham, the best selling movie, based on the best selling Lukas Graham, not the album, but the song from the album lukas graham, based off of lukas Graham and the Lukas Grahams, the raging egomaniac. Who won "Best Lukas Graham Of 2016", at the 2017 Lukas Graham Awards. Which was released on Lukas Graham Day, of course. So, remember to Lukas Graham YOUR lukas graham collection today!

[@ladyhm.6748]

@@erikmerriwether5195 Interesting. Thanks for the info info info info info.

[@willlozinak5182]

when i heard the title "strip no more" i was expecting to be some corny song about a guy who wants some girl to quit stripping, but when it came on i laughed at it like some sort of anti joke.

[@soulflaya2271]

Will Lozinak DUUUDE ME TOO 😂😂

[@multijxde1855]

Same😂😂😂

[@themilanguy1]

i even read your comment and still burst out laughing at the "how come you dont strip no more?"

[@caitlinroseblaney226]

Baby how come you don’t strip no more (no more?) We was livin it up but now we poor (so poor!) I need your ass to walk out that door (yuh!) And make some money $$$ Ooh na na na ... pop music is so terrible now that I think I just wrote a hit song. Thanks! 🙏🏻

[@sgttomas]

@@caitlinroseblaney226 I honestly thought those were the lyrics.

[@Serithe]

"My woman brought children for me" has driven me nuts every time I've heard this song. It's practically biblical in how weird and dated it sounds.

[@pinkgregory4365]

Would half expect him to refer to his woman as his 'female'

[@dr.pepperbiggestfan]

i know he likely means she brought them to life and all that but he makes it sound like she stole them. not to mention the very gross implication that having a wife and children were just milestones and he doesn’t actually love them. just a bad bad lyric

[@lindaeasley5606]

Only a narcissistic male chauvinist would say something like that. Reminds me of an old interview I saw of a 1970s actor Chad Everett. He said his wife " gave me two beautiful children"

[@MYNAMACHEF]

​@lindaeasley5606 you know it's bad when even that quote sounds more loving and sincere than the Lukas Graham one

[@PeanutbutterBebii]

Ad 1

[@StormyKopaAMVs]

"Man, I am never giving Ed Sheeran shit again." [six months later] "I'm going to have to retract that statement."

[@gp-mo9lb]

Lol

[@EngineerLume]

This year will mark 7 Years since 7 Years by Lukas Graham was released by Lukas Graham. In honour of this occasion, I am glad to report to past Todd that he will eventually have a pop scene full of actually distinguishable songs to listen to and critique

[@staidenofanarchy]

2016-2019 was just the doldrums for popular music

[@thatoneguy9582]

And it has been 7 months since this comment

[@dahazelgen]

and it's been 2 weeks since this comment

[@Nopedropperperson]

@@dahazelgen It has been one day since this comment

[@xrrgr]

@@Nopedropperperson and it has been one month since this comment

[@gomennasai989]

We need a better name for the White Guy With an Acoustic Guitar. I suggest Unplugged Dipshit.

[@stewieismyhomeboy]

Hm...maybe MTV's Dipshit UNPLUGGED

[@luv4hutch]

That sounds fitting. After all, White Guy With An Acoustic Guitar also encapsulates incredible talent like Bob Dylan, Jim Croce, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Neil Young and so on.

[@coloneljak42_]

Todd once shortened it to WGWAG (pronounced: wig•wag).

[@jackmceleny5372]

ColonelJak42 That sounds like a racial slur.

[@pseudofox]

It does. Which is really weird.

[@minefilms1122]

once I was 19 years old then I was 21 dont ask how that's possible it's a waste of time

[@theweirdfireflower3879]

Aaron I’d like to be able to drink earlier.

[@TheSatanicGamerFromHell]

XD

[@lordred9122]

Aaron you skipped a year.

[@TheRealFobican]

Lukas Graham met Lukas Graham on social media and instantly became the fillament for the time overlap because they are one person times two.

[@throwback74]

Well, considering your Windows logo icon, it somehow makes sense, though I would have expected you to go from 8 to 10 instead

[@Lily-gr1ct]

so I heard an interview with Lukas Graham (including Lukas Graham) on BBC Radio 1 (national UK radio for anyone that doesn't know). It was the worst trainwreck I think I'd ever heard. The host was asking about this hit, how does it feel to be UK number 1/etc and he literally wouldn't shut up about how he was already a massive star in Denmark. He even described his own hit as a surprise because it was so simplistic, basically belittled the English people for liking it, and the way he talked about his own music was so clinical (this chord structure with that intonation/etc) that it truly felt like he had no passion for the music he was making. The host said something along the lines of "yeah you're a star in Denmark, you're in the UK right now and we're talking about the UK hit", and in the typical English way was laughing and sorta prodding him lightly. The rest of his band literally had to tell him to calm down because he was so offended his genius wasn't more obvious

[@jonathankent1517]

Lukas Graham seems like the kind of douchebag who is in a band for sole purpose of being able to tell people he's in a band.

[@timmy841212]

Wow, so he's more douchey than I thought. He should know that old saying: you're only as good as your last hit.

[@runningcommentary2125]

Guy sounds like a douche, but it's not his fault the song was a UK hit. I live there and the British public has no taste in music.

[@tarotsushima3332]

With how overplayed this was back in the radio where I'm from with that sort of lullaby like, 'Remember where you came from and what you are and who was with you along the way' type of message, it's jarring hearing how much of a self absorbed dickbag this guy seems to be.

[@karthithiru]

i cant seem to find that interview

[@redcitadel9123]

The way Lukas says 'my woman' makes me really uncomfortable

[@EmilysAdventuresInHorrorland]

Red Citadel Someone else in the comments claims he is married to the woman whom he wrote “Strip No More” about

[@syvall]

@@collegerebel ?

[@Andor.]

​@@syvall vikings

[@saffiyasmith4113]

I thought I was the only one

[@possum1093]

Hes not gonna get a woman

[@meanmistermason6308]

Once I was six months old And I could slam dunk I had a dozen girlfriends Got elected president Best lyrics

[@darthr0xas363]

Hey, that's my life story

[@yujiyujiyuji_]

Once I was five minutes old I was stealing a mattress Better than he can

[@Saintnick90]

Donald Trump's life story.

[@annabelle7487]

@@yujiyujiyuji_ you mean "bet on danny cam" or "bedder den he can" I'm being such a "gentle man" correcting you (please don't take that last bit seriously)

[@yujiyujiyuji_]

@@annabelle7487 alberta in a can

[@rndoftx62]

This guy name checks himself more than Tommy Wiseau

[@Jygerthe2nd]

OUCH. lol

[@doof.got.internet.access]

RND of TX YOU ARE TARING ME APART, CORN POPS!!!!

[@Schmoobin13]

You just tore Lukas's heart apart, Lisa

[@timmy841212]

"Let's go home Lukas". It's funny how Lukas kinda looks like Denny lol

[@withalittlehelpfrom3]

Ahhahahahahaha. What a story, Mark!

[@FinleyBrownfox]

The best part of the album Lukas Graham by Lukas Graham is when Lukas Graham sings “It’s Lukas Grahamin’ Time” and Lukas Grahams all over the place, before shouting “LUKAS GRAAAAAAAAAAAHAM!!!” as everyone cheers. Truly one of the bands of all time

[@barryschalkwijk9388]

I Lukassed all over my Graham when that happened!

[@Mangoshine]

I couldn’t even lukas to this 😂😂😂 I just grahamed EVERYWHERE 😂😂😂 clean up aisle MY LUKAS GRAHAM 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@StardustLegend]

was not expecting a morbius meme here of all places but damn

[@ackee39]

Egomaniac celebrities piss me off, but egomaniac celebrities that pretend that they're just like the rest of us piss me off more. Seriously, i get the impression that lukas graham is the type of guy that lives in a mansion and says "We're all in the same boat dealing with this coronavirus"

[@KJlegend18]

I actually wouldn't be surprised if Lucas had been smoking weed and drinking since 11. He grew up in Christiania, which is like a ghetto in copenhagen where you can buy weed and other fun stuff.

[@thebronywiking]

Cristiania is more of a hippie collective, like slab city. I believe hìm when he says he smoked at 11, I have been to Christiania and walking through pusher street (yes that is the actual name) is like going through a smoke screen.

[@lepidoptery]

Do Danish strip clubs actually work as described in the other song, too?

[@karl-erlendmikalsen5159]

Some times yes.

[@stewieismyhomeboy]

Just curious, Lukas also alleges he has been tear gassed. Yes, or no?

[@PanoramaRolePlay]

@@stewieismyhomeboy Police raid Christiania every now and then, so yes, it is indeed possible.

[@clawz161]

The guy kinda reminds me of Gibby from Icarly

[@bernardo4157]

GIBBY

[@straightuptrash4307]

Whhhhhhats Gibby thinkin about

[@jaxoncarter5075]

He looks likes da mumky jones

[@glittersweatpants4492]

Except Gibby is actually likeable.

[@gimmefeedback]

Don’t do Gibby like that

[@KyleRayner12]

If "Strip No More" were meant as a joke, it would've been incredible. Seriously, imagine The Lonely Island doing a better cover of that song.

[@shawnfields2369]

I agree, dude. Why are they so serious on this song? It should've been played as a joke. Nobody's going to take a song called "strip no more" seriously, if you're not going to play it off as a joke. The Lonely Island could make this premise work. They made a song about just being on a boat sound hilarious. They made a song where a guy goes through his life of being a boss, where he constantly gets rejected, and turns into a jet and crashes into the sun, they could make this work. I'd buy a song about a stripper quitting, if it were a joke, and from The Lonely Island. Their version would be the good one. It's already miles better than this bullshit, and that version doesn't even exist, and never will. I still miss The Lonely Island. It's a shame I only got into their music AFTER they stopped making music. I also miss Macklemore... he could probably make a concept like this work. Probably...

[@thejake1453]

Why do you think it is supposed to be taken 100% seriously? On the album Lukas before playing the song mentions its about a friend who fell in love with a stripper. He talks about it in a very light hearted and goofy way. It's not really the same thing as Lonely Island. Lonely Island make joke songs, Strip No More is a goofy light hearted song about a dumb friend.

[@DavidRiceInfinityNova]

Oh my god please

[@joaogomes9405]

I kinda feel like it is a joke. I dunno, something about how cheery the melody in that song is and the "yooooooo wheeeeeeee" bit, I just don't see how you could play that seriously.

[@williamdemey2540]

Alternatively far from born again by Alex Cameron the which is the exact opposite and pulls it off flawlessly.

[@acecat2798]

7 years have passed, and I heard this song on the radio. My boss plays it in the office. The same station played "Hey Soul Sister" like 15 minutes before that. I had to come back to help me process my feelings. Hearing "my woman brought children for me" right after "my heart is bound to beat right out my untrimmed chest" gave me whiplash.

[@xSmythosx]

Green Day did it better too. This was kind of the premise of Wake Me Up When September Ends.

[@TheSpicyFalafel]

True. Wake me up when September ends is such an epic song

[@zanezeik]

It was the only one I skipped playing american idiot on my walkman 😬😅

[@tommyjohnson4855]

And the video was impactful

[@ariestheram5693]

Also that song actually bangs

[@eliasmg9144]

@@zanezeik wait, American Idiot was on cassette?

[@mixmastermind]

He used a Spielberg clip on a channel that already sees constant copyright strikes. Bold move, let's see how it pays off.

[@RhythmGameAddict]

He used it before on the "Holy Grail" review. That review only ever had trouble thanks to Jay Z trying to make his music Tidal-only and purging from the rest of the internet; the Indiana Jones clip was fine afaik.

[@sugarfrosted2005]

He might all be using Jim Sterling's method to prevent anyone from monetizing it by getting a bunch of companies to content ID it.

[@IFZEX09]

He part of a Disney affiliated MNC, he'll be fine

[@jmckenzie962]

To this day this is one of Todd's best reviews. It leads you in by Todd complaining about feeling old and the state of pop in 2016, only to fantastically pull the rug from under you at 3:01. It's one of the best demonstrations that bad pop music comes in many, many forms, regardless of style, genre, or era, and ultimately that not "getting" something is quite a different feeling that actively hating something. It's also kinda a rebuttal against the "le wrong generation" crowd too.

[@xrrgr]

absolutely, there’s an annoying brand of people that seem to believe sad song = automatically good and that a feel-good or sexy song couldn’t possibly be good because it’s not “deep and confessional” those are the kind of people that would make songs like “7 years” bland and takes themselves way too seriously

[@SamFerro]

That literally had me crying laughing I couldn’t agree more

[@krusher181]

It's okay, Denmark. I'm Canadian and we're musically known as the reason for Drake and Beiber. Could always be worse.

[@roxy20231000]

Monk Killedababy you have Celine Dion, we forgive you... 😉

[@lepidoptery]

I liked Alanis Morissette myself

[@prometheustv6558]

Also you guys have Nickelback

[@codyrochester4557]

And you have Vanilla Ices good twin, Snow!

[@tylergianchetta3946]

Default is really good tho. They’re like Nickelback but not shit

[@Crusader1089]

One thing I found fascinating about this song was how despite it was meant to be a snap shot of his entire life, Lucas Graham only ever talks about men. He talks about his father, his boys, and a man who made so happy once by writing a letter. The only mention of anyone female is "my woman" giving him children. Not how they met, not the love they shared, not their marriage, not their growing old together, not the comfort a wife or partner can bring just that at some point he took possession of a woman and got babies out of her. Which says a very sad thing about his outlook on life, I feel. I wouldn't mind if this was like Cat's in the Cradle which is specifically about fatherhood, but this song is just about life and ageing and there is nothing to suggest that Lucas Graham will ever find any happiness in his partner.

[@user-yb1jm6us7f]

"Once I was 7 years old my MAMA told me go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely"

[@Crusader1089]

Compared with how many times he bangs on about his dad and his boys? He only ever describes women as mothers, his mother or his children's mother, it's not healthy. But I did omit that lyric in my haste, it is true.

[@hinasakukimi]

maybe the song should've been more focused on the male figures in his life as they clearly influenced him the most

[@pineapplepie52]

Its not surprising coming from the guy who wrote Strip No More. Also I've seen a live performance of theirs where he invites a "female volunteer" onto the stage for their next song which is this slow jam and then proceeds to touch and caress and basically seduce her, its really fucking creepy. He probably does that at every show and then sleeps with them afterward

[@hinasakukimi]

pineapplepie52 really?? where did you hear this from? holy fuck

[@BenKuyt64]

This generation is going to produce as many one hit wonders as the 80s.

[@BadgerCheese94]

But without the legacies like Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper or The Police.

[@5196Tpffan]

The only "legacies" we might have in this generation might be Maroon 5, Adele, and Taylor Swift. Though I like many of the artists today, they're just knock off versions of better artists from the past...

[@surprisinglyblank2392]

The only person one your list who is a one hit wonder is Nena, and that was only in the U.S. 80's one hit wonders are groups like Talk Talk and One 2 Many.

[@dfm6868]

Especially this year

[@Morbos1000]

But the 80s One Hit Wonder songs are so much more memorable!

[@ridleyroid9060]

Holy SHIT does that drummer know how to get the most out of snare rolls. Seriously, the song sucks, but that mans drumming is seriously awesome.

[@thelastjerkbender2505]

Even the bassist man, dude killed it in Strip No More.

[@timmy841212]

They were actually pretty funky lol

[@ArizonanSummer]

That was my exact thought too. Shitty song, but it was still cool to hear some seriously tasteful drumming on modern pop radio.

[@chesspiece4257]

all the not-piano parts are so good and then you tune in to the lyrics Xᗡ

[@christianfaux736]

You know the thought that luks graham wasn't properly socialized by age 7 kind of helps explain "strip no more"

[@tafua_a]

I think in Denmark strip clubs are a bit more socially acceptable, and I'm fairly certain prostitution is legal.

[@timmy841212]

I’m thinking he was allowed at strip clubs at 16 or something cause Strip No More sounds so juvenile.

[@tessie10studios]

Lucas Graham: my band says I'm an egotistical maniac ... Lucas Graham: I don't even know what that means

[@interfrastically]

Well he probably doesn't know what "rain" and "bird" and "sandwich" mean either...

[@tessie10studios]

awwwhhhh wreeecked You my friend deserve the internet

[@jc_illustrates_]

Angel Jolie Taylor-Wilson did you just reference "sing"? Haha

[@temple5587]

Angel Jolie Taylor-Wilson Omg Sing.

[@Innugamiproductions]

To be fair, I'd take the slam dunking, polyamorous baby over the current candidates...

[@kissfan7]

"polyamorus baby" "Hey guys, I figured out our new band name."

[@Tomwithnonumbers]

"Why are you looking at me like that? " ... "I haven't done anything wrong officer, where are you taking me?"

[@Innugamiproductions]

+kissfan7 Lead guitarist: polyamorous baby, are you just naming the band after yourself? PB: No, who do you think I am, Lukas Graham!?

[@hankcyrus9776]

+Innugamiproductions the guy is just called Lukas forchhammer

[@JenkinsJPEG]

lukas graham forchhammer is his full name

[@porcelainrobot]

"something about that glory, it always seemed to bore me" bold words from a man who named his band after himself

[@heymistercarter.]

17:22-17:25 "This is why Sweden produces all the good music"? Hey, don't discredit Iceland. We have acts like Björk, Sigur Rós, Kaleo, and Of Monsters and Men because of them.

[@whitneymouse]

trc2rockon I started listening to Sigur Rós because of this guy I was into at the time and they are so strange...lol they sing in a made up language and their songs are SUPER long. But relaxing while I’m doing my skin care routine at night :)

[@EricOehler01]

And Gusgus, and Legend, and Kaelan Mikla, and Emiliana Torrini, and Vök, and Olafr Arnalds, and...

[@EricOehler01]

And Hatari, of course.

[@neckpeck2738]

while scandinavia really built a reputation for itself for its high standard indie music, the rest of europe rests on its eurodance legacy

[@koldskalbanden7991]

And Denmark has Mø

[@denmark1142]

Lukas Graham is not something I'm proud of...... I would like to apologize.

[@markuscriticus8278]

Ha!

[@lukemcewan6719]

Thank you for the public apology

[@if3660]

Good, now apologise for Aqua.

[@denmark1142]

JGcool24 NEVER!! BARBIE GIRL IS MY FREAKING JAM!!

[@if3660]

Apologise or I will shove Legos up your arse.

[@knifewithak]

"Deep down we're all white guys" as an Asian I approve a hunnit %

[@Moscato_Moscato]

As a Hispanic I agree Cien percento!

[@cranktherider4302]

As a black guy i concur

[@TheDukeofCheese12]

As a Panda, I agree as well.

[@m8meat891]

As a jewish guy I think this might be true

[@Telecasta108]

As a white guy I'm actually a jelly doughnut.

[@SirEriol]

I like how Todd still plays the _As far as you know_ joke everytime he mentions his appearance. The only thing we know about Todd beside his preference of gray swearshirts is that he has a pronounced cupid's bow and that he is, as TV Tropes puts it, "Ambiguously Brown".

[@DestinyKiller]

But! You can see a rare wrist sighting in a video! lol Can't remember which one though, lol

[@Davedsmith9585]

I mean...Todd's real face has been known for half a decade...

[@WFM]

@@Davedsmith9585 that’s not Todd canon

[@browncoat697]

@@WFM Not sure if it's considered Todd Canon but Lindsay Ellis mentioned in a video that he's half-Vietnamese, IIRC.

[@LemmmonJuice]

Happy 7th anniversary Todd, it's been 7 years since you hated 7 years

[@cee3901]

I never thought that Lucas Graham was a band until now

[@daniellevanvliet164]

I'm doing a school counseling internship, and although it's rare, yeah, some 11 year olds smoke pot.

[@djspuddzz8116]

@JigglyBitz • 15 years ago They probably have older friends or siblings. Honestly, I barely blinked twice during Lukas' line about smoking pot because the weed dealer at my primary school (foundation to grade 6) was literally ten years old.

[@dreamlandbuds7710]

Imagine being a preteen and already being told you need to find a lover, I can't handle that kind of responsibility man

[@shawnfields2369]

Same here. And once I was 26 years old, my mom told me, some stuff about relationships, and this one girl told me maybe there's a girl out there for me; despite me being as nerdy and as ugly as I am.

[@an0nym0us_slash35]

Welp, welcome to an Asian family, i grew up with the notion if you don't have family, kids, you're a failure

[@timmy841212]

Apparently it’s normal where he lives. Weird.

[@legendswarble2845]

That's how I grew up. We were encouraged from a young age to find one person and get married as soon as it was legally possible from a very young age. We weren't even allowed to touch members of the opposite sex once we turned 10 until we would eventually get married. I realize now that it was pretty fucked up, but I did legitimately grow up like that

[@Beateau]

I know a lot of people who smoked weed and drank at 11. Met them all as heroin addicts in rehab, but still.

[@gizmoduck4292]

I say Wake Me Up when September Ends is the right way to do this kind of song

[@Keopro]

Especially when it's played live. The Bullet In a Bible version is so powerful!

[@peterloya7168]

Yeah I remember a comedian said something like when you write comedy about your life it doesn't have to be true you just have to tell it in a way that convinces people to believe that it is. I think a similar thing can be done with music where an artist doesn't necessarily need to have tragedy strike them in order to write a sad song, it needs to be delivered correctly.

[@gizmoduck4292]

+Peter Loya Or like how some of these "ladies man" RnB singers are fuckin virgins singing about lady parts

[@erikdaniels0n]

Because that song is actually ABOUT something, not the writer giving himself a blowjob for 4 minutes

[@tylergianchetta3946]

LUKASSSS GRAHHHAAAAAMMMMMM JASON DERUUULLOOOOO Edit: HOLY SHIT 1200 LIKES?!!

[@JudaiEldritch]

No, it's actually "Jay-SUN d'rUuUuUlo"!

[@sugarfrosted2005]

GAGA!

[@JoshuaJesterRichards]

I SWEAR I thought it was a car honking at first. Scared me when I was driving to work one day.

[@Zinervawyrm]

Mr. World-wide!

[@SomeRandomJackAss]

Muzzahonuhbea.

[@GoblinsAreAGirlsBestFriend]

I swear I have never met a single person who actually loves this song. Even at the time I was convinced it was bought radio time.

[@lizc6393]

I love it, but I acknowledge that it's kinda garbage, lol. I mean, Wendy's baconators are garbage and bad for me, but man they're amazing.

[@lobaetoile8440]

I still like this song, and I am not ashamed.

[@hithedragon7842]

@@lizc6393 same. I have a lot of songs like that and this is near the top of that list.

[@legendswarble2845]

I mean, I do genuinely like this song. It's got it flaws, certainly, but it does speak to some real stuff I went through growing up.

[@insertcleverjoke8383]

How fitting that i would find this video again 7 years later

[@TheMightyPika]

As an American living in Europe, I 100% believe 11-year-old Danish kid had access to pot and booze.

[@chuckbatman5]

Yah, they don't care nearly as much over there

[@Rebby2000]

Hell, some parts of the US don't actually care that much either. Where I live underage drinking is common enough that some people did start at 11-12. It's still a little unusual, but not that out there.

[@maltherossel9348]

Lukas Graham was born and raised in a hippie collective and smoking weed and drinkng and doing every drug in the book was as far as i figure the norm inside Christiania.

[@maltherossel9348]

Also, i don't know when you guys started srinking, i however was 14. And i was "late", just saying.

[@TheMightyPika]

+malthe Rossel My Dad gave me my first beer at around ten. It was to show that alcohol isn't this scary shit we've been hearing about in D.A.R.E. programs as long as it's used responsibly. He said there was always a six-pack in the fridge if I wanted one because he trusted me to make good decisions. I've never had any drug or alcohol problems as a result.

[@Zice033]

"I Was Never 20 Years Old, That's Literally Impossible, What The Living Hell, How Does That Work?" -Todd In The Shadows I want that to be my Epitaph. Even if I die at 80 or 90 or whatever. And I want my Pallbearers to sing Rio by Duran Duran as they carry me to my final resting place.

[@shutuptravis5609]

Can we just appreciate Todd’s skills with the piano in all his intros

[@shawnfields2369]

Sure.

[@MsAngrybutterfly]

For a while I thought Todd and that guy who stares at you while he plays piano but doesn't talk were the same person, I was a little disappointed when I realized they weren't..

[@GNVS300]

@@MsAngrybutterfly LMAOOOOOOOOOO

[@paintitpeachydontforgetthe539]

I missed the “white guy with an acoustic guitar” stereotype

[@selina5598]

My friends love this song and I never understand why. You've pinpointed why. That line about kids was exactly what I thought when I first heard it. Such pompous self importance. And people doing cover versions sing it exactly the same way. BLAAAAAAH

[@morten051]

so because he likes it and you dont, makes is opinion invalid?

[@selina5598]

Who said someone else's opinion on a song is invalid?

[@morten051]

Selina Moses you

[@selina5598]

though's channel no I said I don't see what everyone else sees in it. I was right first time in thinking that you're an idiot. Kthanxbye

[@eartianwerewolf]

It's boring............so boring....................

[@printthelegends]

"When I Grow Up to Be a Man" by the Beach Boys. It's half a century old, but still a more mature take on the same subject.

[@sagecolvard9644]

Honestly, my first reaction to that line about burning liquor at 11 was the Butthole Surfers song Pittsburgh to Lebanon. Specifically the lines "I bought my first shotgun at the age of three, Cheap Whiskey and women, lord/ By the time that I was five. You know, the way I'm livin' now. I'm sure gonna wind up alive" The thing is, that's a song off an album called Locust Abortion Technician by a noise rock band that occasionally had the guitarist play nude. This one was meant to be taken seriously.

[@coileight]

I wouldn't be surprised if gibby actually had a shotgun when he was 3

[@GentlemanJunkie95]

They are from Texas, after all

[@gorbachevspizzahut2809]

Lukas Graham should be a contender for 1 hit wonderland

[@Hrothmeir]

The Dutch! ...I never formed any strong opinions about them.

[@seppoleonvervloet132]

Hrothmeir belgians(flanders) are better

[@nyj2326]

Year too late, but the people in Denmark are the Danes. The Dutch are from The Netherlands

[@Robothuck]

a common misconception, its more of a iceland/greenland situation, the people in denmark called themselves the dutch to deflect all the heat from the germans away

[@OtakuboyT]

"Fuck Dutch Waffles" - Spoony - Massacre At Central High

[@NikhilSharma-ug1rx]

The dutch get a pass for inventing chocolate sprinkle toast

[@superkeegan9100]

I was never twenty years old. That's literally impossible. What the living hell? How does THAT work?

[@scooterwearssocks]

superkeegan9100 how's it impossible?

[@1101Archimedes]

He died before he was twenty and THEN started singing a song about it? What the living hell? How does THAT work? (Even if someone dies before they're twenty, they'll still turn twenty someday. They just won't be alive to celebrate it.)

[@VeinyWombat]

I'm 12

[@ginamolina820]

BlueOceanParadox Uh-huh. And I’m 269.

[@MyoticTesseract]

​@@ginamolina820 And I'm Patrick!

[@asbestliebhaber]

"I was never twenty years old, that's literally impossible" Wait I have never been twenty wtf. 19 btw

[@HaziAgat]

This video is 7 years old. Its mama told it to go make some friends or it'll be lonely. This video is 7 years old.

[@SBMTG]

It's not horseshit Todd, here in the states I knew like 6 people who we're drinking and smoking pot at 11 years old

[@lil_Fed0ra]

same

[@charlotte-hanson]

Didn't expect to see SBMTG here but honestly, idk why

[@ceoofgex7552]

Strictly Better MtG I’ve seen a fucking baby smoking pot.

[@frog7763]

Strictly Better MtG and they were danish if you know danish people they are more let's say lenient with there drugs for their kids

[@psykodactyle]

I know they at least swear a lot and people drink beer in their kids shows, cause we get a lot of Danish Television here in Norway

[@Dreigonix]

Also: "Once I was 6 months old, and I could slam dunk, I had a dozen girlfriends and I got elected President." Saints Row 4 in a nutshell? XD

[@germanvisitor2]

They should have made another scene where the Boss takes a ride with Pierce and they sing that song.

[@Dreigonix]

Holy crap, 106 likes. I did not think we'd get to this point. Thanks a lot, everyone. XD

[@harleymitchelly5542]

(Overheard in the music choice department of the development studio) Dev #1. "OK. We're going to have Pierce and the boss sing a pop song together. What should we pick?" Dev #2. "7 Years by Lukas Graham?" That Guy "OR!" "Or." "We could do Just a Friend by Biz Markee. Eh?" Dev #1. "YOU! YOU GET A PROMOTION!" Dev #2. "But..." That Guy "Sorry, but I've got seniority, and I say we do Just a Friend. M'kay?" Dev #2. "But..." That Guy "This is Saint's Row mothafucka! Butts are for fucking with our joke baseball bat reskin son! LET'S GET SHITFACED ON ME DEV TEAM!" (Everyone cheers as they file out except for Dev #2, who is sitting there contemplating his worth to society.) Dev #2. "What the f*** just happened?"

[@Dreigonix]

+Harley Mitchelly You win the Internet. XD

[@MeepMayCry]

Once I was 6 years old.... I was born without a face.

[@abbreviateddisc]

I still think about that transition from "I get it!" to "I mean, I don't like it, I actually hate it" to this day.

[@gabingston3430]

15:19 the single best moment in the history of Todd In The Shadows.

[@aangeeq]

+ToddInTheShadows Graham did grow up in Christiania, a free state within Copenhagen, where pot and hash is pretty normal and cheap. And it isn't so irregular to experiment with either herbs and alcohol at age 11.

[@sinum1490]

IKR? I am Swedish and normally take any chance I can to mock Danish people, but this is just an unfair criticism.

[@lepidoptery]

What would a not-free state in Denmark be?

[@sinum1490]

lepidoptery the difference is that Christiania had autonomy ( I think)

[@jakobbokaj123]

@@sinum1490 semi-autonomy, but yeah kinda? but the then again not really. its a weird place and no one knows what to do with it really.

[@whitneymouse]

That’s the equivalent of a 5th grader here experimenting with drugs and alcohol. That just doesn’t happen. They don’t have the autonomy to go but drugs or sneak alcohol. Anywhere they’re going, they’re going with an adult.

[@kingnewgameplus3296]

"Hey dude, what's your favorite album of all time?" "Lucas grahm." "Which one?" " *Explodes*. "

[@markrose2565]

They could have at least done like Led Zeppelin and added some Roman numerals

[@EpicB]

@@markrose2565 Or have them color coded like Weezer.

[@ndjoker34]

Sad thing is I can tell that "7 years" wants to be deep and meaningful, it wants to be a song that hits you in the feels but Lukas grahams massive ego keeps getting in the way and just keeps holding the song back from reaching that "hits me in the feels" area. The song had potential but sadly it had to be given to us by Lukas graham, so it's been butchered.

[@jeanclaudevanswag]

starting a playlist called “impromptu one hit wonderlands” where its just todd’s pop review episodes on uber irrelevant bands from 5 years ago

[@kittygrimm7301]

Is it just me or does Lukas look like Dusty from Stranger Things?

[@whodatninja439]

I thought this too lol. Except he kept looking the same and never matured

[@TheAsyouwysh]

Once I was eight years old, I saw the upside down

[@batthew2725]

do not insult dusty like that

[@lunabearsong2043]

Get Infamous Exactly!

[@davidmonypeny5734]

To me he looks like a younger, dumber Kevin James circa King of Queens.

[@Madriddler]

Don't worry Todd, I'm 21 and have no idea what the fuck music is doing

[@julialeek8382]

I have no idea about it either and I'm 14

[@hazy5557]

I'm baffled too and I'm 4.

[@matthewensign9683]

no idea. fetus here.

[@desanipagan3630]

I'm a fetus and I can't comprehend this shit

[@twood12301]

I'm a womb and don't understand today's music

[@ATBPRODUCTlONS]

Todd talking about Lukas Graham sampling It's The Hard Knock Life from Annie, while I'm here looking at them performing at 4:08 where they're singing a song interpreted from Moonlight Sontana. Wow. What an amazing idea, I can't believe no one else has thought of that. **thinks back to the Beatles singing Because**

[@haylemoo]

I remember the first time I heard this song I thought the “Lucas Grahaaaaam” shout was a train passing by. I only realized it was a crowd when I watched this a few years ago.

[@tylergianchetta3946]

Saw the worst list and was like WHERE IS IT WHERE IS IT WHERE IS IT AHA!!!! I KNEW IT!

[@SuperCrimsonKing]

OK, now this HAS to be #1 on the worst list because of whatever the fuck happened at the Grammy nominations.

[@seppoleonvervloet132]

Dylan Paterson what happend?

[@yvette4948]

Gansta Kut 7 Years got nominated for best song I believe.

[@seppoleonvervloet132]

Yvette ok thx for educating me

[@MissGreenAgain]

Yah, about that...

[@eartianwerewolf]

So..it's the crash of the grammys? lol Obvious grammy bait.

[@sashizakura9124]

I rewatch your videos a lot, especially when I’ve had a crap day at work - but THIS one is a kind of gold that’s just a cut above! I can’t put my finger on why, but it cracks me up more than anything else, and reaches out to so many other references and comparisons, there’s something truly unique about it! 3 years later - I hope you’re still having fun making these videos, Todd! I’m still a fan and always will be!!

[@maryfreegirl2029]

LUKAS GRAHAAAAAAM

[@randomnerd3402]

Was looking for this comment

[@joaoassumpcao3347]

Sorry sorry but I gotta take yo life

[@the_cosmic_alexolotl2282]

"I was never 20 years old!" *insert Welcome to Night Vale joke here*

[@quiroz923]

Oh, Earl Harlan's constant existential crisis are hilarious.

[@Hana9916]

If you hear this song, say nothing and drink to forget

[@culwin]

And now the weather

[@taikushimura39]

Wait a minute I understood this sentence: Lukas Graham suffers from cystic fibrosis because people who have this disease died at the age of 20.

[@stokesa3122]

I'm in favor of a version of this song where the narrator is immortal for some unknown reason and lamenting his own endless tortured existence "Once I was 90 years old, Back then I was told, That living all those years was quite a blessing, Once I was 90 years old... Once I was centuries old, My memory folds, Way back upon itself, Past vision's blurry, Once I was centuries old... Now I'm a thousand years old, My children are cold, And rotting in the ground just like I should be, Now I'm a thousand years old Soon I'll be 5 Billion years old, The sun will explode, And if our God is good he'll fucking end me, Why can't I be 5 Billion years old..."

[@danielesquivel9326]

Feels fitting to revisit this vid 7 years later and that Lukas Graham are a non-existent presence in pop music. It's also one of the best videos Todd's ever made. Keep at it, shadowman.

[@bonanzajellybean741]

A lot of comments are pointing out that Lukas is probably telling the truth about his underage drinking and drug use…I think it’s a really good example of how something can be factually true, but rendered trite and inauthentic by lazy, incurious art.

[@AnnoyingOrange420]

It wouldn’t even need many changes to be a decent song, but they’re trying so hard to sound important and grandiose. AJR is another example, I appreciate the honesty of some lyrics, the topics of disillusion with the world and lack of self fulfillment could be great. But every other decision in every song is awful

[@fermintenava5911]

Not exactly inauthentic, but in a really overglorified manner. Lukas Graham is the kind of wanna-be alpha male that would shit on casual gamers in an MMO who are "just" playing for fun, not for winning.

[@eagleeyes3872]

Honestly, Lukas Graham would be better if they released a power ballad. That's the kind of voice the singer has.

[@meat2023]

EagleEyes yes this is true

[@davidmonypeny5734]

He sounds like that chucklehead Scott Stapp from Creed to me.

[@Luckyfoxoval78]

Hey, that stripper song may be gross, but at least it sounds decent. You know, if you don't know English.

[@JimothyBriggs2019]

“If you don’t speak English, this probably sounds pretty good” -Toby Turner

[@abalt3019]

She quit woodworking. Mmhmm… all right then.

[@marioricomeza2839]

This video is 7 years old now lol

[@GonzoCiosain]

"Once I was 20 years old, I got kicked out of Del Taco 'cause my girlfriend drew a dick on the window with hot sauce!" A true story that's way more compelling than anything in this song.

[@danbrowner280]

As a person that is actually in with the trends, you're what we call "savage"

[@danbrowner280]

And that's a good thing

[@Metazoa54321]

I feel dirty having been actually emotionally affected by this song on first listen. I'm realizing that EVERYTHING I thought about the music and the person (it's actually a band!) was an out-and-out lie. Absolutely sickening.

[@SenorGnar]

Metazoa54321 I can’t believe Lukas Graham would do that to you. So sad.

[@yepmcyeppington]

Same, I never thought to listen to it carefully.

[@demonicangel3191]

I thought it was so boring when I first heard it, I never bothered to fully pay attention to it. I thought it would be immediately forgotten, BOY WAS I WRONG.

[@Mageman17]

I thought I was missing out for not enjoying this song. I had a coworker who would belt out the song like he was emotionally touched by it. I think he just looks at songs on the surface level, since he once preached out "Take me to church" by Hozier.

[@stereodelirium4084]

This is the best video Todd did. He’s extremely on point throughout and his over the top criticisms hit so hard. Also his parody’s he plays throughout the review kick so much ass

[@thewolfthi]

Agreed, i think this is my all time most viewed Todd video.

[@jaydeem1264]

7 years into his career, 7 years is the name of the song, 7 years since the video came out

[@JayLatne]

I really don't like this song, it seems like it's too detached for me to actually feel anything

[@JayLatne]

Actually never mind he sounds totally attached...TO HIMSELF

[@BlakeGeometrio]

+Jose lastname Agreed.

[@swivelkeyring3512]

+Jose lastname lol true

[@spitfireohone]

It sounds like a mopier version of Twenty - one pilots Stressed Out. It's that bad.

[@samfeldstein4498]

I do kind of agree but I rather would have had it hit #1 for maybe a week or 2 a lot more than Work for 9 straight weeks

[@frederikbuttenschn7562]

Dude, I'm danish and I was drinking at 11. Not saying that's a good thing, but danish kids drink a lot. Like, the most in all of the world actually. There's no law against kids getting drunk, you just can't buy alcohol until you're 16. And the guy grew up in Christania, which is famous for its weed and hash-dealers. It's not that far fetched for him to be drinking and smoking at that age.

[@frederikbuttenschn7562]

Fun review though.

[@clayf3522]

Good points

[@AN-ou6qu]

Yeesh. That’s horrible.

[@ambiebaby9001]

i was happy that he rhymed bigger with....quicker lol

[@gp-mo9lb]

Hey it's better than Lil Pump Gucci Gang. He ruined ring with Balmain

[@jheckie14]

At the start, when you said "Finally a song I can relate to" I instinctively frowned and went "oof, buddy..."

[@nicolesaveria2766]

all these knocks against the danish and not a single Hamlet reference

[@CNWhatImSaiyan]

Country matters

[@whodatninja439]

look in the description

[@nicolesaveria2766]

Who Dat Ninja BRILLIANT!

[@KrisRN23935]

I made one, no has liked it , and its been 2 years.

[@s.g.7572]

check out the description boyo

[@WhiteAsylumMind]

How do you make two albums with the _same exact name??_ I mean it makes their Wikipedia page look like a joke: "Discography Main article: Lukas Graham discography Lukas Graham (2012) Lukas Graham (2015)" Let alone have them as their _only two albums so far_. I'm looking forward to their third album, Lukas Graham (2018)!

[@zaneseibert]

Weezer put out their 4th self titled album a year or two ago.

[@gangswagster]

Bowie did it with his first two albums. it led to the second being referred to as "Space Oddity" by fans after the most popular song on the album.

[@WhiteAsylumMind]

***** When I clicked on the album Lukas Graham released last year the wiki page has it as Lukas Graham (Blue Album) so they're probably doing exactly that. Although I'm not sure why it couldn't just say so on the main band page. Wikipedia can always change some details anyway. This kind of thing was new to me so that's why I wrote the comment like I did >_>"

[@KrisRN23935]

And I thought Led Zeppelin was bad with album titles.

[@Nickman826]

+Krystal Rossi they had the decency to number their self titled albums

[@LazerDude]

7 years ago we first heard 7 years

[@starbucksicedteaman1211]

Lukas Graham by Lukas Graham off the album Lukas Graham is a song dedicated to Lukas Graham with an instrumental created by Lukas Graham on the label Lukas Graham

[@Toadcop98]

John Oliver recurring "you care so little about something that you haven't noticed that this image isn't actually...." gag noted.

[@spyharms6168]

"Please don't sue me HBO." Noted by Todd himself.

[@surroundgatari]

Please no

[@buf4wil]

Not sure it's a great idea to be stealing Oliver's riffs now that Oliver himself is tanking (that shameless, fact-free anti-Brexit propaganda piece this week was just cringeworthy), but I guess it worked. However, if Janice from Accounting starts showing up, I'm out of here.

[@Toadcop98]

+Amazin69 well he is an Englishman who's had too much exposure to trump.

[@537monster]

+Amazin69 actually the show is doing great. It didn't tank just because the host has an opinion that's different from yours.

[@otdtyh]

14:42 I, for one, would love to talk more about Blurryface.

[@Jygerthe2nd]

Agreed. It's more interesting than THIS, anyway.

[@jedisalsohere]

This is quite possibly my least favourite song of all time. I've never heard a hit song quite so drenched in ego and delusions of grandeur as this one.

[@JE-nr6xw]

ditto

[@McJaews]

This is really late, but I wanted to stop by and mention that Lukas grew up in Christiania. A "free state" within Copenhagen which was founded by squatters wanting to free themselves from society. It was a big commune of hippies wanting to smoke weed and play music. Today it mostly functions as a tourist attraction and hangout for skaters, bums, old hippies, and drug dealers - the latter closely monitored by several gangs keeping watch over the buying and selling of weed. Lukas smoking weed and drinking hard liquor at age 11 is not at all inconceivable. Many Danish kids have their first binge drinking experiences at a young age, and while 11 is extreme, it's not uncommon when surrounded by gangs and drugs. Lukas was also a child actor, performing the role of a "kids say the darndest things" character in a popular series of movies before he turned 10, which could help explain how he was introduced to adult situations early in life, as well as why he was feeling justified in giving insights about false friends. He had a less than ordinary childhood, and as such many of the japes in your critique are less applicable than they would be for a "normal" kid.

[@jens-christianjensen7409]

You nailed it. Pretty much everyone in Denmark knew he was/is a bit of a joke and so the cringey stuff felt heartfelt

[@IgnorantWeed]

He sucks. I dont know why he has to brag about it in "sentimental" song. The song is horse💩