Top 10 Worst Songs of 2023

Stinky stuff.
Jason Aldean - Try That in a Small Town
• Jason Aldean - Try Tha...
TX2 - I Would Hate Me Too
• TX2 - "I Would Hate Me...
Falling in Reverse - Watch the World Burn
• Falling In Reverse - "...
Oliver Anthony - Rich Men North of Richmond
• Oliver Anthony - Rich ...
Forgiato Blow - Boycott Target
• Boycott Target - Forgi...
Meghan Trainor - Mother
• Meghan Trainor - Mothe...
Grimes & Illangelo - I Wanna Be Software
• I Wanna Be Software
Kodak Black - No Love for a Thug
• Kodak Black - No Love ...
Fall Out Boy - We Didn’t Start the Fire
• Fall Out Boy - We Didn...
Donald J. Trump & J6 Prison Choir - Justice for All
• Justice for All
Honorable Mentions
Colleen Ballinger - Toxic Gossip Train
• Reviewing Colleen Ball...
Anna Indiana - Betrayed by This Town
• This AI Song Is Terrible
BoyWithUke's Optimally Bad Song
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Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?

[@myleskinney7431]

all of these artists should be very proud that they achieved the amazing feat of pushing Corey Feldman off the worst songs list.

[@ProducedByRIFT]

‘of 2023’

[@meganigga3000]

​@@ProducedByRIFT Corey had a song released recently

[@axeavier]

corey feldman never had a a bad hit ever

[@myleskinney7431]

@@axeavier lovin lies is on my sex playlist

[@ricochetsixtyten]

I bet hes working hard to create a song that will get him on next years list

[@varg1231]

Fun fact: Jason Aldean had four writers on that song that weren’t him, and he lives in a literal mansion while talking about working blue collar jobs in his songs. The man himself is a lie.

[@skoop651]

As if he was always rich

[@pickles224]

To his credit, you can technically have a mansion and live in a small town at the same time. But also, he’s an idiot and the song is absolutely awful.

[@silvaskiproductions3937]

4 writers for *that* is baffling

[@kayleeblack4303]

How many rappers make songs about the streets when they come from the suburbs (Drake)? It's cringe regardless.

[@Yggdraseed]

@@kayleeblack4303 Well, Drake doesn't try to politically posture as some working class hero, to my knowledge. I couldn't tell you much about the guy, he's far from any music I listen to, but he at least seems honest about who he is and how he lives, for better or for worse. The problem is that Aldean is some rich asshole trying to pass himself off as the salt of the earth.

[@ApocalypseMoose]

As someone who has lived in a small town most of his life, we've had about 4-5 different meth labs/houses around our area busted over the past 20 years.

[@alienboy1322]

That's good news. But don't tell Jason that.

[@slick3996]

try having 6-7 meth labs in a small town

[@ayyboilmao]

So you’re telling me I SHOULD try that in a small town

[@RoguSpanish]

As long as no american (or confederate) flag catches fire when those meth labs explode, conservatives don't care.

[@greatheightsu]

That's pretty cool.

[@willsmi89]

What I also think is so funny about the Jason Aldean track is that he isn’t even from an actual small town. He grew up Macon Georgia which has a population of around 150,000 and lived most of his life in Nashville. So like… what Fucking small town was he even talking about? LOL

[@V3r0nicle]

What I find even more hilarious is even with that. Most of the people who like the song who usually bitch about "authenticity" in music will go on about how "real" the song is

[@nejdalej]

The small town he made up in his mind?

[@glor1fy975]

People here think anything outside of Metro Atlanta is a small town. (Also he didn't even write the fucking song 4 Nashville songwriters did lmao)

[@jamesboice2763]

it's all performance. he's like a hetero act writing gay love ballads. he doesn't fight or fix things with his hands or ride horses, he sits in his mansion while a team of pop producers write songs that appeal to meth County USA

[@my-spinning-wheel]

I live in a conservative small town with a population under 1,000 and even though people are very conservative (including myself) they would never act in a way that that song reflects lol...there are crazy people out there but most normal people are normal.

[@rouge939]

*Insert unfunny played out joke about To Pimp a Butterfly here*

[@peepnox7747]

my pet rock died :(

[@whaleblubber7380]

Could’ve just posted the first half of that sentence & it would sum up his entire comment section

[@kingkai2000]

Fantano I'm very confused why all the songs on this list are TPAB songs considering you gave that album a 10/10

[@elstovon]

Finally the tides are turning

[@shenanigansforsure]

Thank you for saying this

[@SpareMango]

Hot take: conservative grifters shouldn't even be included in this. We all know tom macdonald and his sidekicks make terrible music, including them in this feels cheap and wastes spots for honest and interesting terrible attempts at music. It's also tiring to have to hear about tom macdonald clones 50 times a day when end of year lists come out

[@slightexag]

tom isn't relevant enough to be on a list. it legitimizes it as actual music, which it isn't

[@guitarmaniac004]

@@slightexag but that's the point. Tom has been excluded from anthony's lists for this very thing. I am not in Jason Aldean's fanbase at all, but I never would've heard of him if it wasn't for this video.

[@yurifairy2969]

jason aldean isn't just a grifter, he's also massively popular. he's worth calling out.

[@beigegecko]

forgiatto blow does simply because it’s fucking catchy and i hate it for it

[@xmattx315]

It sucks, half of these tracks are fascist nonsense. Melon should stop giving them sunlight even if it’s dunking on them

[@andromedarainlight]

"Donald Trump and the Jan. 6 Prison Choir's Justice for All" was a sentence that felt like being hit point blank in the face by a fire hose.

[@bigsoulja73]

I don’t particularly care for the Rich men north of Richmond song, but I think it being higher then the Boycott Target song is crazy.

[@xenon5493]

Fr. Boycott target is HORRIBLE. At least the dude singing rich men can at least "sing" (I put that in quotes because he oversings like a mf)

[@grantm2303]

he claims the songs about slavery. he is quite literally the only person who thinks that.

[@futileexistence6913]

​@@grantm2303he wrote the song so he chooses the meaning of the song

[@stormblade2895]

​@@futileexistence6913art is up to the interpreter

[@futileexistence6913]

@@stormblade2895 you definitely thought American psycho was about a big Chad alpha sigma doing big Chad alpha sigma things and not a mentality deranged individual

[@deshaunwatsonsmasseuse2371]

You just hate Falling in Reverse because your life isn’t a video game.

[@V3r0nicle]

He ain't trying hard enough to beat the stage

[@RohanAgrawalpeepeepoopoo]

But he can’t do that while still collecting coins

[@gnasheroffthewall]

bro is NOT growing up to be a big boy

[@Hi-fd4cw]

He does have an uncanny resemblance to his Smash main, Pacman

[@s4ltenj0y3r]

he’s not even trying hard to save the girl

[@tungochuy]

Grimes is on her way to be everything ArtAngels doesn't have 😭

[@wetlikewash8055]

Elon ruins everything he touches😔

[@gracemoseley6710]

Art Angels was so good. Ugh I miss old Grimes.

[@pyker1]

@@wetlikewash8055?

[@angel_of_rust]

Grimes didn't bathe whether or not Elon existed though@@wetlikewash8055

[@floweryhue1214]

us grimes fans moved to yeule since.....

[@RockedNet]

I had to work a show as a photographer with Falling In Reverse supporting A7X this year. During FIR's set, they did a cover of Smash Mouth's "All Star" filled with f bombs and him yelling at girls in the crowd. It still sounded better than "Watch The World Burn".

[@GoTE_DocShock]

It was the heaviest song he ever played that night! And the lights were all green!

[@rudeboyspodcast]

Yo, Rocked! I love your vids, dude.

[@masterseal0418]

At least it wasn't as bad as FIR's Gangster's Paradise cover, lol.

[@gavinmahoney5402]

there are not 5 songs this year worse than Meghan Trainor's Mother and you know it

[@default0467]

for me, at least rich men north of richmond is kind of a banger compared to other country tracks in this day and age. Regardless of the true political meaning, it doesn't enrage me like mother does

[@deviantmoore9744]

'I Would Hate Me Too' is worse.

[@MelMelodyWerner]

I mean, if you want songs in general, the entirety of both the Blødúlvur and Kapnas albums are far worse. Blødúlvur may very well contain the worst music of all time; it is physically painful to listen to. even as a diehard metalhead who's loved her fair share of bricked records, that shit is SO badly mixed and devoid of any interesting riffage that it is the textbook definition of unlistenable.

[@moose891]

Take the 2 hits Miley Cyrus had and that Last Night song and you're already over halfway there.

[@argon7624]

Idk i feel like the song inspiring people to lynch "them city folk *wink*" is a lot worse than an out of touch woman without original ideas or musical talent to back that lack up.

[@kelleyreeves965]

honorable mentions 0:30 BoyWithUke's Optimally Bad Song 1:02 Anna Indiana - Betrayed by This Town 1:57 Colleen Ballinger - Toxic Gossip Train actual list 2:33 Donald J. Trump & J6 Prison Choir - Justice for All 3:33 Fall Out Boy - We Didn’t Start the Fire 4:57 Kodak Black - No Love for a Thug 5:43 Grimes & Illangelo - I Wanna Be Software 7:05 Meghan Trainor - Mother 8:06 Forgiato Blow - Boycott Target 9:27 Oliver Anthony - Rich Men North of Richmond 11:26 Falling in Reverse - Watch the World Burn 13:04 TX2 - I Would Hate Me Too 14:08 Jason Aldean - Try That in a Small Town

[@tylerchatham7093]

Congratulations to Tom MacDonald for missing the cut

[@daniellavaladez7820]

@@tylerchatham7093I’m honestly surprised him and Adam Calhoun didn’t make the list

[@joaquin5929]

@@daniellavaladez7820Fantano was just making him bigger when mentioning him 😂

[@leftisbest7173]

​@@tylerchatham7093 how did this horrible omission happen????

[@mram7571]

where is its getting hot by nle choppa

[@bradleymartynsoldmedrugs1980]

The lil uzi vert chop suey cover not being on this little should be a crime

[@samt3412]

I think the Fallout Boy cover should be replaced by CS. CS is so genuinely awful that it blows a mediocre We Didn't Start The Fire cover out of the water

[@invrited8014]

@@samt3412L take

[@kellybrincks]

I love the bit where you refer to Radke as a singer songwriter. Classic

[@fucnkooked]

that Miranda sings song was actually for sale on iTunes for a little while, she only took it down after everyone called her out for it so its defs 'a single' in a way.

[@ParsnipPizza]

Huge shoutout to the small town of Macon, GA. Just the beloved one horse stopover of 120,000+ people, about an hour from Atlanta

[@eddiedingle767]

Macon Bacon, baby

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

And a blue town at that.

[@The_Gake]

What happened there?

[@RoguSpanish]

@@The_Gake That's where Jason Aldean is from. But hey, at least NOW he lives in a small town, in a huge mansion on an island off the coast of Florida. Just a small town country boy, he is!

[@The_Gake]

lmao@@RoguSpanish

[@illiseanise]

A whole AJR album and not even a single song? Wow you must really love them.

[@zacharywoloszynski4258]

Its not even that bad tbh

[@AndroJonny95]

i unironically do not understand the ajr hate, they're really not that bad. nothing special sure, but perfectly fine and seem nice and genuine, and I've got a soft spot for a few tracks. i heard of them late so idk if their really early stuff is completely awful, but the last couple albums are decent enough

[@benliss1591]

@@AndroJonny95listen to the song thirsty and you'll understand the hate

[@emyyyxx]

⁠@@benliss1591within the first 15 seconds i started cracking up 😂😂😂😂 wow that’s something

[@AndroJonny95]

@benliss1591 okay that is a bad song, and had i heard that first i probably wouldn't have bothered looking into them further, although that really doesn't seem representative of their more recent stuff, so my overall opinion hasn't changed. A lot of bands had some absolute trash in 2013, so i can't hold that against them too much 😂😂 but i do understand the hate a lil bit now, although still think it's overblown, their last couple albums are mediocre at worst, and pretty decent a lot of time time

[@smashingairguitars]

Pat Finnerty's video on "Try That In A Small Town" was amazing. He ripped that song to pieces and it was well deserved.

[@davidcauley9400]

Yeah it was genius!

[@Nic33rd]

It's an incredible takedown

[@joshuafoster2262]

Pat needs more love glad to see him mentioned here!

[@jeremymccabe9208]

was just about to comment this

[@TomSmithluthier]

Yes

[@mayitakeyourhatsir8632]

Huge Mark Wahlberg "I would have stopped 9/11" energy from that Jason Aldean track

[@YourLocalNobody420]

Didn’t expect fantano to sing every song on the list, let alone hitting every note perfectly.

[@BigOwl51]

The fact that Jason Aldean is one of the best selling country singers OF ALL TIME is a crime against humanity. That man is the Maroon 5 of country, and Try That In A Small Town is only a small taste of how boring and generic his music can get. If anything, the fact that the song is political automatically makes it more interesting than 99% of his music, even if the politics are awful. Big Green Tractor is a banger though, I’ll give him that.

[@J08Beats]

He’s best-selling of all time mainly from “Dirt Road Anthem” I feel like.

[@marxman6896]

In fairness to Jason Aldean, he almost certainly doesn't write his own songs, or decide how to market himself. He's just a product for mouthbreathers to consume.

[@undergroundkingz7969]

idk, as much as i dislike him and that song, he DOES have some bangers…

[@undercookedtoast1479]

@@marxman68964 different people helped write Try That In A Small Town loooooooooooooooooool

[@marxman6896]

@@undercookedtoast1479 Well yeah, you didn't think a modern country artist had any, like, creativity or talent, did you?

[@northseapirate2313]

I work at a concert venue and before Jason sang “Try that in a Small Town” he went on some massive rant about cancel culture and how the “govment tryin’ to censure me”

[@kennethgordon7900]

They are - wake the f*** up. The Dept of Justice is working with big tech companies to censure content they don't like. The FBI told Facebook that Hunter Biden's laptop wasn't real when they knew it was -- just to protect Joe Biden from criticism before the election. This is not opinion. It's a matter of public record.

[@cassandracole4589]

From a paid staged concert event, Jason was silenced.

[@GlitchStatix-oy8fn]

It's not because of cancel culture, it's the governments and mainstream medias of the world that censors people.

[@GlitchStatix-oy8fn]

I'm getting censored right now trying to post this comment. Before he even made that song, the people who are aware of censorship knows that what you said in that comment is true. He never coined it.

[@topthog]

Billie Joel's version of we didn't start the fire was year by year, it was a masterpiece because every line lead into and rhymed with the next, actually bringing you through history... Fall out boy just listed a load of shit that happened in a 30 year timespan... Absolute hogs trollop

[@jeremywelker2642]

Meh

[@bamboozeled1227]

I thought it was good…

[@PyroFish2612]

@@bamboozeled1227 Agreed, but maybe just because I’m a FOB fan, I thought it was one of the best covers ever.

[@FLUFFYCAT_PNW]

Man, you've been such a busy music nerd this year. Congrats to you on another year of music, KZbin, Drake, and all the rest. Hope you and yours are well. Thank you for listening to all the music so i don't have to. It really makes life easier.

[@lilo5437]

Anthony saying “boots the house down” is something I never knew I needed

[@lexcbaybee]

He really ate when he said that lol

[@LifesNeverHumDrum]

@@lexcbaybeeand that’s on periodt

[@rouge939]

Wtf does that even mean

[@corncake4677]

DC is north of richmond. So the “Rich Men north of richmond” are the politicians. Although that dosen’t do much to make the song better it just shows that he isn’t really writin about like, rich corporations just congressmen

[@SpawnRevenge92]

Still amazing to think Toxic Gossip Train really happened.

[@middaymeds]

Its a shame Back To Me by ¥$ hasnt dropped yet, because that songs either going in Anthony's worst songs list or best songs list, nowhere in between. Depends if he thinks the Kanye verse is absurdly hilarious and catchy or just lazy. Songs unique as that don't just fall out the sky, y'know.

[@shashankdas4111]

I don't see anything about it to make his best songs list

[@TrebleStarcrush]

That’s implying Kanye is going to release that album.

[@CuttingGrass___]

​@@shashankdas4111 he litreally raps a line from jay and silent bob it's not meant to be taken seriously

[@icantusetwitch]

@@shashankdas4111because he thought kanye’s verse on 4th dimension was funny and he liked it. could be the same for back to me.

[@elijahmoon5057]

Don’t think it would be. A lot more terrible songs dropped this year at least Back 2 Me has some redeeming quality. I personally enjoy the song!

[@madizzle90]

The irony with Jason Aldean is that he’s spent much of his life in Nashville. Not exactly a small town.

[@berrybluebird3842]

In other words, a fraud.

[@professorofsneakology3964]

He grew up in Macon, Georgia, which is also not a small town, and, conincidentally, the hometown of R.E.M.

[@prettybueno1255]

@@professorofsneakology3964Hilarious when you consider that Macon is not only a large town but also is predominantly Black, which seems to be the demographic of “city folk” that he’s hinting to. R.E.M. is actually not from Macon, though. They’re from Athens.

[@professorofsneakology3964]

@prettybueno1255 you are absolutely right. I a. Not sure why I was thinking R.E.M. was from Macon. I should have done my research.

[@trobinson9342]

In many years past the falling in reverse track would easily be the worst of the year but this year we got a truly special one.

[@dazman1972]

Honestly I love the Grimes tune. I'm a sucker for old school synth pop and this has shades of Pet Shop Boys for me

[@frankwest7995]

It’s one of my favorite songs of 2023

[@OlYables]

A title like “Betrayed By This Town” hints that it could be a dark alt-country story song, but AI ain’t there yet.

[@Hexmail787]

Somebody get Jeff Tweedy on this

[@BobDerGute84]

"Beep beep boop boop." - Antony Fantano, 2023

[@vasvas8914]

Racist

[@seth131]

What a pitiful rebuttal.

[@dertodesking.]

I think I had only heard the Grimes track out of these, and as terrible as that is, after checking out the other ones; the Grimes track sounds pretty good. Thank you Falling In Reverse!

[@alexanderliu9376]

Totally, it’s probably the most palatable of all the shit songs here. Not really saying much though, it’s still not good. Surprised the horrendous Fall Out Boy wasn’t way higher on the list

[@lesam5015]

Pat Finnertys “why this song stinks” about try that in a small town is 100% worth a watch, really sheds light on how derivative the song (not genre generecism, it’s kind of plagiarism in some places) is and why jason Aldean just isn’t a great musician/performer beyond the lyrics to that dumpster fire

[@Bitbatgaming]

He’s an awesome KZbinr

[@AnonymousuomynonA]

but why does that warrant it being the worst song of the year? There are tons of rap music that is derivative as fuck, and talks about a lot more violent horrible shit than Aldean does.

[@Bitbatgaming]

It warrants it being the worst song of the year because of its overall messaging, and honestly you should a bit prejudiced@@AnonymousuomynonA

[@AnonymousuomynonA]

@@Bitbatgaming Yeah? What's the overall message of the hundreds of gangsterrap songs that talk about killing people, stealing, and dealing drugs?

[@Bitbatgaming]

@@AnonymousuomynonA you have a white hood in your closet. Not all raps songs are that and it’s very racist to assume.

[@christopherlowery3797]

The blessed worst-of lists, one of my favorite Christmas gifts 🎁

[@daniellavaladez7820]

Same

[@Teebs1996]

Hot take: Anthony is at his most entertaining to me when talking about the "worst" stuff.

[@emrylmusic]

Loved the carl wheezer impression at 13:24

[@deztruct0823]

"If you were nice that would make you special and interesting" so many people need to hear this

[@chaeluvrr]

I still can’t fathom how Try That In A Small Town went number one, at least Seven blocked it from a debut at the top but it’s still crazy to me😭

[@orange_penis]

What’s crazy bout it? U haven’t seen a song that softly promotes violence reach the top of the chart before?

[@Boosker]

I encourage everyone to listen to that "Justice For All" song. It is seriously uncanny..

[@ObamaTheHedgehog]

When they say White People have no culture I point to this song. Checkmate

[@JerzeyJimmy]

I'm not doing that but from the description melon gave I'm imagining something similar to an intro of something off one of ministry's bush-era albums

[@OliviaCLTFC]

@@JerzeyJimmyeveryone wants to be tom waits nowadays but nobody’s willing to replicate his drinking habit.

[@kangy3213]

WTF... was the choir recorded over a jail phone?

[@manuling977]

I’ll admit I actually did like it

[@ericgeneric135]

What's even worse about the Aldean song is that he isn't even from a small town and he didn't even write the lyrics (Jason Isbell mocked him for that).

[@kennethgordon7900]

I 'did not know that country songs were directly from the artist's diary. So Johnny Cash really did kill a bunch of guys and Willie Nelson's a badass cowboy? Does that mean that Ice Cube really smoked a bunch of gangstas with his ak-47? Cause if Jason has to live in a small town to write about a small town, then everyone has to live their art.

[@Livfree33]

That Grimes track sounds like a Devry University commercial.

[@t.r.elliott1684]

I am so glad TX2 is on here. Industry plant just sucking up streams from braindead aesthetic chasing teenagers on the same label as so many talented artists. It upsets me so much and I'm glad you took a minute to acknowledge that horse piss.

[@azurethecat]

worst songs list drops while twitter is down, immaculate timing.

[@beigegecko]

is it? so on brand nowadays

[@globetrekker86]

“Try that in a small town.” Oh, they are trying, Jason. Meth addiction is rife in quite a few of them

[@Grace-tg4oy]

Grimes comes off as someone who wants to create cyberpunk art but doesn't understand what cyberpunk is. It's like she saw a still frame of Bladerunner and thought "That looks cool. :)" and has been trying to capture that essence ever since.

[@maxmedina5403]

Glad to see major music content creators, like Fantano and Pat Finnerty, dunking on that Jason Aldean track in the best way possible.

[@zaneridgley1054]

I wonder if Anthony would have preferred rich men north of Richmond if it was about frivolous lawsuits against Sony?

[@Toopavix]

W fr on how he kept his word when he said he would put "watch the world burn" in one of the worst songs 😭😭😭😭

[@SuperDrawBot]

You know what I think a good version of "We Didn't Start the Fire of our generation"...? Funny Feeling by Bo Burnham. Dude can be a bit tacky but I do feel that song fits the description.

[@smurfette_blues7922]

All I took from this video is a clip of Anthony saying "boots the house down"

[@catmanjones8789]

I remember when I used to think Fantano and I had similar tastes those days are long gone

[@Alejandro-yy5kn]

why is everyone in the comments so offended that he doesn't like conservative songs? He's allowed to have his own opinion, why do y`'all care

[@turboshazed7370]

Cause they think they are owning liberals by going against it. Lmao

[@CinemaKnight]

4:30 Just went and read the Fall Out Boy lyrics, and on one hand some of the word choices just feel clunky in comparison to the original, but on the other hand (the history nerd part of me), part of the appeal of the Billy Joel version is that the events/people/things that he names are generally in chronological order from about 1949-1989 (Billy's entire life up to that point and a huge chunk of the Cold War), so even though they could be just a collection of disparate names, there is a clear progression that you can follow (each verse section can generally be separated into decades, ie. Harry Truman, Doris Day, to Little Rock, Pasternak, and so on). Fall Out Boy jumps from the 1990s to the 2020s back to the 2000s every half a bar, and so it is just a disparate collection of names with no sense of forward progression. Thank you for coming to my impromptu lecture on why I don't like a particular aspect of a Fall Out Boy song.

[@noahbilling4493]

Anthony what the hell. I can't believe you would do this. I just can't believe it. Seriously how could you pull something like this. Unbelievable.

[@nucleus5141]

the fact that Hi-rez's 2+2=5 didn't even make it in as honorable mention makes me think that either Melon didn't listen to it, or refused to bring it up out of sheer human decency. If it's the latter, I don't blame him.

[@FlexForThoughtOrNotAThought]

Anyway,thank you for putting Mother and Watch A World Burn in top 10 worst songs of 2023,such an painfully to listen these song!😂 Anyway,love you Fantano❤

[@michaelceraweed]

as someone who is a HUGE Grimes fan and has been for the past 5 years, her music has become so soulless and unaware its baffling to me. Miss Anthropocene was one thing but songs like I Wanna Be Software and Shinigami Eyes had me genuinely shocked on how bad they were. listening to her older music sounds like a completely different artist. fingers crossed that somehow her next album will be better when it comes out in 80 years

[@gobbling2340]

The worst three minutes of this year for me was when I listened to we didn’t start the fire by fall out boy. My girlfriend at that time who was obsessed with them even agreed that the song was bad

[@fortynights1513]

Didn’t even know that song was followed up this year. The 1989 track was solid in my opinion.

[@goodial]

@@fortynights1513 there is also a 10+ years old Collegehumor parody cover about the internet called "We didn't start the flame war". I really liked it back then :)

[@TaxinGigs]

That song is hot water trash

[@owen429]

Honestly these are more interesting than the best tracks lists. Super eclectic mix of tracks

[@toolatetocolonize]

I’ll say the Plankton ai version of Toxic Gossip Train is veeeeeeeerrry listenable

[@owen429]

Watch the World Burn sounds like an especially bad Epic Rap Battles of History verse.

[@baiwatch1]

You’re torturing me by reminding me of Epic Rap Battles.

[@autisticDementia]

Bro casually forget that Bongos and Pound Town both dropped this year

[@SIris-ny1br]

You know the year is real bad when Pump Rock x Heavy Metal and Cinderella Snapped are not on the list

[@Underjoggle]

maybe an odd thing to notice, but this video seems particularly well-lit, like you’re sitting under a skylight on a sunny day. good production 👍

[@prod.trigod]

Don't let this distract you from the fact that Anthon is pushing 60 💀

[@toxpov3612]

congratulations to tx2 and jason aldeen for managing to make a worse song than falling in reverse

[@SneakySneasel]

I knew a Ronnie Radke song would make the list but I thought it would be "Brother" just for the I LOST MY WAY AGAAAAAAAIN bit

[@theriffwriter2194]

I just discovered Pat Finnerty's channel. He breaks down "what makes this song stink" bar for bar and needless to says "Try That In A Small Town" doesn't have a single original chord progression. It's a great watch. Highly recommended!

[@waywardlaser]

I mean, FOB’s new album was full of references to the pandemic so I get why their cover of We Didn’t Start the Fire doesn’t have any.

[@shenanigansforsure]

I told her the glove don’t fit I’m feelin like OJ

[@jadegecko]

What I can't get over is that Fall Out Boy got the lyrics out of chronological order. That's, like, the conceit of the song. Each verse is a time capsule into a given decade or timespan. Meanwhile they willy-nilly pushed thirty years into the blender and said 'eh, nobody will notice'

[@RhapsodyHC]

Political music is so tiring. I don’t understand how anyone can like music that panders so much.

[@soydave1988]

That's what I wonder...like do they even realize that that they're being extremely pandered to, or do they know and just not care? Lol it's so weird

[@CranberryStrawberry]

Im on the left but this is just.. dunking on conservatives not the actual bad songs that came out this year from genuine artists ..

[@luvkoaofficial]

I loved all these tracks before this upload. Thank you for showing me the light Melon. Also Free🍉

[@queer_dreams_of_soothing_r9641]

Alhumdulillah

[@shquankinket8068]

Hello Mr bald man, fellow nearly bald man here

[@oofery5139]

man, i have to listen to Grimes more cus I Wanna Be Software is my first time listening to her and I quite like the song, albeit very blunt and somewhat obnoxious, the sound design is cool

[@sappyjoy6190]

Listen to artangels it’s genuinely her best album and gets better with each listen!

[@blakewakan7489]

Agree that song slaps

[@LevyNeptune]

What i think is especially damning of the Aldean track is that he put out a statement saying something along the lines of "the small town values of where i grew up." And he's from one of the biggest suburbs of Atlanta

[@TheSkaOreo]

I guess you can say he’s pandering

[@chrisstorms4446]

Great list!

[@joearnold6881]

I only hear new songs if Todd in the Shadows mentions them at the end of the year.

[@Hubagubbasuperbowl]

Jason? The same guy who ran off the Vegas stage when shots were being fired, and didn’t tell anyone else to get down? Too big a town

[@skiboy69]

Imagine if one day, Anthony Fantano for some reason, decides to rank Submarine Man's music, and if he ever does, I will defend Submarine Man🔥🔥🔥

[@prod.natejalo1122]

chronically online vibes w this one edit: i couldn't escape that "try that in a small town" song. live in rural usa and that shit was on the radio 24/7. first time i heard it i was like no way he's saying that on a song. the whole song is unpatriotic as fuck. "try using your first amendment in a small town, see how far you make it"

[@fartexplosion4480]

My guesses before even watching the video: 10: David Guetta ft. Coi Leray and some other chick - What is Love 9: Jason Aldean - Try That in a Small Town 8: Lil Mabu - Mathematical Disrespect 7: Fall Out Boy - We Didn't Start the Fire 6: If Tom McDonald came out with anything, put it here 5: Jax - Cinderella Snapped 4: Meghan Trainor - Mother 3: Lil Pump - His stupid Trap/Heavy Metal awfulness 2: Anna Indiana - Betrayed By This Town 1: Colleen Ballinger - Toxic Gossip Train

[@MannOfMen]

5/10, see me after class

[@thegreatandpowerfuldc5977]

Toxic Gossip Train would definitely be my #1. And Jax definitely should've made the list.

[@Poke1236ok]

you should check out Dead but Dreaming by vivivivivi, its an album about a dead god and the world it created, pretty cool concept.

[@irishdlt8066]

That Rich Men North of Richmond take was insane. Saying it’s worse then 1. The target song 2. Megan’s mother song 3. Every Tom McDonald track 4. National Anthem (Trumps Version) 5. Kodak falling asleep on the track Is crazzzzzzzy

[@thebigman8250]

the precipitation of conservative brainrot in music over the past few years is truly astounding

[@emboldeneddave8134]

Anthony we know you’re bitter about Jpegmafia writing a diss track about you, but was there really any need to put BALD! on the worst list yet again?

[@Ne0nZombie]

I had a feeling Colleen was gonna be here somehow lmao

[@sumacmusac]

anthony saying boots the house down is taking me out 😭😭😭😭

[@JamesEdwards-vs8gn]

I had placed that Jason Aldean song to a dark corner of my mind thanks for bringing it back

[@darkduds38]

Damn, he got the omni flannel on

[@OkaySoShit]

What do you think about Saturn Return from Reve? Amazing pop album

[@joeytonkin3723]

Anthony, I love you(r videos), Merry Christmas

[@gwooseytunes5115]

dumbest part of of jason aldean's beautiful track "try that in a small town" is that he himself has never lived in one 💀 mans really doesn't have a clue what he's talking about

[@genesisosuna]

Even though it was a "joke" I was expecting that horrible sneako Lil pump freestyle song to be on here

[@pedroramos235]

Anthony, these transitions between songs were written like the transitions in my 11th grade English assignments 😂

[@ryanhie2829]

Hilarious! Thankfully, I haven't even heard most of these songs... Billy Joel himself admits that "We Didn't Start the Fire" is a bad song... Can't wait for Jason Aldean to write us a song about the kids pooping in litterboxes at school. What a wonderful time to be alive!!!