The Matt Walsh Show

00:00:00.000 Okay, so there are, you know, hosts, other hosts here on this platform who claim to be

00:00:05.100 pop culture experts, but I think everyone knows that I stand alone at The Daily Wire as the,

00:00:10.640 and in society, generally speaking, as the foremost expert in pop culture, which is why

00:00:15.920 today I'll be reviewing some popular songs. These are, in fact, the top five most popular songs

00:00:22.740 in the country in the month of May, and this is popular as measured by Spotify Plays.

00:00:28.820 So we'll go down the list. We'll take a listen. I'll probably hate all of them,

00:00:33.180 and then I'll say that they suck, and that'll be the video. That's going to be the video for today. 0.99

00:00:37.660 That's the video. That's what you're getting.

00:00:39.000 Well, this is going to hurt like a mother... 0.67

00:00:40.440 And just so you know how much of an expert I am, I've heard of one of them, but have not heard any

00:00:44.820 of them. And this, by the way, will be news to maybe anyone that's watching this over the age of 45,

00:00:51.760 that this is a diss track, and this is a song that Kendrick Lamar made dissing,

00:00:57.520 and that's what the kids are making fun of, is what that means, the rapper Drake.

00:01:01.420 I need to mock swing. 0.50

00:01:02.580 So they don't like each other. They're going back and forth with the disses.

00:01:06.240 I don't know anything about the background of this. I have no idea about any of it.

00:01:10.900 Our producer, Holly, sent me a whole explainer about what this beef is about,

00:01:16.420 and I still don't really know. And it would require me to go deeper into exploring it and

00:01:22.960 figuring out what's happening, and I just don't care that much. So instead, we'll just listen to

00:01:26.260 the song and judge it by its own artistic merits. Here it is.

00:01:29.940 Hey, monster on the beat, ho, deep, bo, any rat, he a freak, throw, man, damn, call her 1.00

00:01:35.700 ember lamps, tell him free, bro, nail a n*** to the cross, he walk around like T-Zo. What's 1.00

00:01:39.600 up with these jabroni a*****s trying to see Compton? The industry can hate me, f*** them all, ain't 1.00

00:01:43.780 they mama? How many ops she really got? I mean, there's too many options. I'm finna pass on 1.00

00:01:47.760 this body, I'm John Stockton. Beat your a** out the Bible if God watch you. Sometimes you 0.98

00:01:54.740 gotta pop out and show this. Certified boogeyman, I'm the one that up the score with him. Walk him down

00:01:59.100 the whole time, I know he got some ho in him, pole on him, extort s***, bully that throw on him. Say, 1.00

00:02:03.560 Drake, I hear you like I'm young. You better not have her go to cell block one. To any b***h that 1.00

00:02:08.960 talk to him and they in love, just make sure you hide your little sister from him. They tell me 0.98

00:02:13.400 Chubb's the only one that get your hand-me-downs and party at the party playing with his nose now.

00:02:17.800 And Baka got a weird case, why is he around? Certified lover boy, certified pedophiles. 0.95

00:02:22.240 Okay, probably heard enough of that. Stylistically, not bad. The problem 0.99

00:02:29.020 is I have no idea what he's saying. I heard pedophile, I heard that. So someone's a certified

00:02:35.440 pedophile. Embarrassing. Allegedly. I don't know who is, I can't even speculate because I don't want 0.98

00:02:41.400 to get sued myself by getting in the middle of this beef. It seems to me that for a diss track,

00:02:47.540 in order for it to work, we have to know what you're saying. And I also don't understand how a

00:02:53.400 diss track in the first place is not considered really nerdy. Like it's funny that this is even

00:03:00.560 a thing. I'm so mad at you, I'm going to make a song about it. I'm going to sing. I'm going to sing

00:03:05.280 about how mad I am at you. What is this, like West Side Story, you know? Not only do I have to be able

00:03:10.420 to understand the words coming out of your mouth, but I, as someone who has no background knowledge,

00:03:15.820 should still be able to listen to this and come away with it understanding, oh, this is why you don't

00:03:22.160 like Drake. It's not effective. So I give that a zero out of 10. Let's go to the next one. This

00:03:26.800 one is someone named Tommy Richman, and it's called Million Dollar Baby, which happens to be one of the

00:03:32.960 most overrated Oscar winners of all time. I don't know if this song is about the film Million Dollar

00:03:37.700 Baby, but let's listen.

00:03:52.160 Don't Pass He Z derecho. 0.63

00:03:56.800 I got rates.

00:03:58.800 That life is a lost, but I don't know if this song belongs to me.

00:04:07.500 I get a rights greetings.

00:04:12.800 Yeah, I got to say, I don't hate it.

00:04:31.060 I actually like it.

00:04:32.400 I like that song.

00:04:37.240 I don't know what he's...

00:04:38.100 I have no idea what he's saying.

00:04:39.220 I have no clue.

00:04:40.100 Probably saying horrible things.

00:04:41.100 But, again, stylistically, melodically, rhythmically, I like it.

00:04:47.360 It's actually my type of music.

00:04:49.340 I'll really blow your mind here for a second.

00:04:51.100 If my kids heard that song, which they probably never would,

00:04:54.380 they would say, oh, that sounds like the kind of music dad plays in the car.

00:04:59.300 You didn't see that coming.

00:05:00.320 But that's my type of jam right there.

00:05:01.640 It is.

00:05:03.560 It's got a retro, kind of old-school vibe to it.

00:05:06.020 I think it's great.

00:05:06.780 I like that.

00:05:07.880 Well, not great, but it's good.

00:05:09.820 It's a good song.

00:05:11.100 I'm going to find that on Spotify.

00:05:12.680 I will.

00:05:13.060 And I'm going to put that in my own playlist.

00:05:15.880 I'm feeling the vibe, as the kids would say.

00:05:17.780 I don't know if they say that, but I did.

00:05:20.020 I'm going to give that a solid 7.2 out of 10.

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00:06:47.360 Next is Morgan Wallen and Post Malone.

00:06:51.920 Over 100 million plays on Spotify in one month, so very popular.

00:06:55.280 Song's called I Had Some Help.

00:06:58.020 Let's take a listen.

00:06:58.740 You got a lot of nerve, don't you, baby?

00:07:02.860 I only hit the curb

00:07:05.540 Cause you made me

00:07:06.580 You're telling all your friends

00:07:09.360 That I'm crazy

00:07:10.260 Like I'm the only one

00:07:13.080 Why'd you throw them stones at you?

00:07:18.100 Had a wild heaven on it too

00:07:21.240 Living in your big glass house with a view

00:07:24.980 I thought you knew

00:07:26.980 I had some help

00:07:29.020 It ain't like I can make this kind of mess all by myself

00:07:32.720 Don't act like you ain't helped me pull that bottle off the shelf

00:07:36.540 Be deep in every weekend

00:07:38.600 If you couldn't tell

00:07:40.240 They say teamwork makes you dream work

00:07:42.460 Hell, I had some help

00:07:44.040 You thought I'd take the blame 0.97

00:07:54.100 For us to crumble and go around like you 1.00

00:07:57.160 And you did something

00:07:58.880 I might have been able to appreciate this more

00:08:00.320 If I wasn't watching the video

00:08:01.580 Cause I just can't take this guy seriously

00:08:03.360 Post Malone

00:08:04.100 You just look

00:08:05.080 Why do you look like that?

00:08:06.940 I mean, you look so 1.00

00:08:08.340 It looks so ridiculous 0.99

00:08:09.640 I can't take it seriously 1.00

00:08:10.640 You look like you fell asleep

00:08:12.500 And there was a toddler in the room

00:08:14.440 With a sharpie

00:08:15.260 And the toddler was drawing on you

00:08:17.780 And so you have to look like that your whole life now

00:08:19.700 I'd be crying if I look like that too, bro 0.98

00:08:21.680 That's fucked up what they be doing to y'all 0.98

00:08:23.240 And now you're making 0.87

00:08:23.840 Like I thought this guy was a rapper or something

00:08:25.520 And now he's making a country song

00:08:26.660 And the genre crossover thing

00:08:29.040 You know, I'm cool with that

00:08:30.640 The song itself is

00:08:32.080 You know, it's fine

00:08:33.880 That's why I grade it

00:08:35.080 It's fine

00:08:36.100 If you're in the department store or something

00:08:38.480 Or you go to a restaurant

00:08:39.340 And that song's playing

00:08:40.320 You know, you don't recoil at it

00:08:43.900 It's the kind of song that could just play

00:08:45.900 And you wouldn't even notice that it's playing

00:08:47.780 It's just kind of there

00:08:49.080 And so it sounds like 95% of every other country music

00:08:54.020 Country song that's produced these days

00:08:56.180 But I'm not gonna say it's terrible

00:08:57.820 It's just fine

00:08:59.100 It's like, alright

00:09:00.420 That's a solid 5.3 out of 10 on that one

00:09:04.420 This next one's called A Bar Song

00:09:06.000 By something called Shabuzzi

00:09:07.980 And this one has 186 million plays

00:09:10.680 With a name like that

00:09:11.820 It doesn't sound like the kind of artist

00:09:13.620 That would produce music

00:09:14.720 That I would necessarily like

00:09:16.560 But let's find out

00:09:18.340 My baby born in Berkeley

00:09:20.920 She's been telling me all night long

00:09:24.160 Gasoline and groceries

00:09:27.040 The list goes on and on

00:09:29.840 It's 9 to 5 ain't working

00:09:32.820 Why the hell do I work so hard?

00:09:36.420 I can't worry about my problems

00:09:38.940 I can't take them when I'm gone

00:09:41.560 One, here comes the two

00:09:44.640 To the three, to the four

00:09:46.200 Tell them bring another round

00:09:48.000 We need plenty more

00:09:49.060 Who's stepping on the table

00:09:50.520 She don't need a dance floor 1.00

00:09:52.000 Oh my, good lord

00:09:54.720 Someone call me up a double shot of whiskey

00:09:57.460 They know me and Jay 0.96

00:09:59.060 Damn's got a history

00:10:00.380 There's a party downtown near Fifth Street 0.99

00:10:03.520 Everybody at the bar getting tipsy

00:10:06.440 Everybody at the bar getting tipsy

00:10:12.360 Yeah, it's catchy

00:10:13.180 Who's gonna say it's not a catchy song?

00:10:16.020 Is anyone gonna claim it's not a catchy song?

00:10:18.260 I don't hate that one either

00:10:19.240 I actually don't hate it at all

00:10:21.220 Now, the music video

00:10:23.040 This is the laziest music video I've ever seen

00:10:25.920 He's not even dancing

00:10:28.540 He's not doing anything

00:10:29.220 Is this the whole music video?

00:10:30.460 He just stands there

00:10:31.400 Like casually, lethargically

00:10:33.440 And there's a couple guys in the background

00:10:35.460 And this is what we do with music videos now

00:10:37.460 Some dirt in your eye

00:10:38.660 Back in my day, music videos were a big deal

00:10:40.500 You would sit and watch TV

00:10:43.440 You'd turn on MTV

00:10:44.940 If you're older, you'd put on VH1

00:10:47.440 And you would just watch music videos

00:10:49.260 They had shows where you'd rank music videos

00:10:51.420 Like the most popular music videos

00:10:52.760 TRL, they called it

00:10:53.720 And they put so much effort back in those days

00:10:55.960 Into the music videos

00:10:56.820 Those were the old days

00:10:57.980 I don't know if he generally does country music

00:11:00.580 Or if this was his first

00:11:01.980 Usually he's a rapper

00:11:02.840 And this is his first foray into country

00:11:05.200 I don't know

00:11:05.640 If that comes on

00:11:06.700 And I'm at the saloon

00:11:07.960 I might head to the floor

00:11:09.820 And do some square dancing

00:11:10.600 For that song

00:11:11.140 It might happen

00:11:11.800 So I'm gonna give that one

00:11:13.320 A 7.4 out of 10

00:11:15.060 Let's go to the last song

00:11:16.720 And this is Espresso

00:11:19.000 By somebody named Sabrina Carpenter

00:11:21.420 Thinkin' about me

00:11:23.500 Every night

00:11:24.220 Oh

00:11:24.640 Is it that sweet?

00:11:25.740 I guess so

00:11:26.720 Say you can't sleep

00:11:28.200 Baby, I know

00:11:29.240 That's that me

00:11:30.260 Espresso

00:11:31.160 Move it up down

00:11:32.740 Left, right, oh

00:11:33.860 Switch it up like Nintendo

00:11:35.520 Say you can't sleep

00:11:37.340 Baby, I know

00:11:38.500 That's that me

00:11:39.520 Espresso

00:11:40.360 I can't relate

00:11:42.540 To desperation 0.98

00:11:44.720 Might give a f*** 0.97

00:11:47.700 Or on vacation 0.97

00:11:49.380 And I got this one boy

00:11:52.320 And he won't stop calling

00:11:54.140 When they act this way

00:11:56.800 I know I got him

00:11:58.800 So glad your ex don't do it for ya

00:12:01.140 Walked in and dream came true for ya

00:12:03.420 Okay, good

00:12:03.880 I'm glad

00:12:04.440 I'm glad

00:12:04.920 I'm glad we finally heard that

00:12:06.240 Uh

00:12:06.580 Phew

00:12:07.380 I

00:12:07.900 I

00:12:08.160 Cause I hate that one 0.80

00:12:09.420 That one I hate

00:12:10.180 Finally

00:12:10.620 Finally

00:12:11.120 Finally I found something to hate

00:12:12.740 Your song?

00:12:13.800 It's awful

00:12:14.320 I hate it

00:12:15.340 And uh

00:12:16.060 I was

00:12:16.680 I was starving for

00:12:18.280 Something to hate here in this video

00:12:19.900 And here it is

00:12:20.600 Cause that's

00:12:21.040 I really hated that a lot

00:12:22.440 And not even because it's aggressively bad

00:12:24.440 I mean it is bad

00:12:25.340 But it's just so boring

00:12:26.620 And uninteresting

00:12:27.340 And bland

00:12:27.980 You know

00:12:28.740 It's like Taylor Swift

00:12:29.860 It's just like

00:12:30.680 Why does this exist?

00:12:32.440 Why does it have to exist in the world?

00:12:34.720 It has no soul

00:12:35.400 No heart

00:12:35.880 Hey you might say that about some of the other songs we've heard so far

00:12:38.980 I'm not gonna say that Shibuzzi's bar song has a whole lot of soul and heart 0.57

00:12:42.760 But at least it has a certain exuberance

00:12:44.360 You know

00:12:44.740 There's a certain kind of like exuberance to that song

00:12:47.300 That's just missing here

00:12:48.160 They should be arrested

00:12:49.160 For that song

00:12:50.360 I hated it that much

00:12:51.140 So that's a 0 out of 10

00:12:52.160 I give that one a 0 out of 10 1.00

00:12:53.560 It's the biggest piece of dog shit 1.00

00:12:56.060 And um 1.00

00:12:56.840 That's it

00:12:57.620 So

00:12:58.080 Those are

00:12:58.620 Those are the most popular songs of the

00:13:00.400 Of the month

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Matt Walsh Reacts To The Most POPULAR Spotify Songs For The Month Of May

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