TikTok influencer turned pop singer Addison Rae Rae has a new song that has millions of views on TikTok and millions of people are obsessed with it. The problem is, it s a song about burning candles in a car.
00:00:00.000So in the last video, we were going back and enjoying again some of the masterpieces by
00:00:05.460some of the great lyrical geniuses of our time, Tekashi69 and NBA Youngboy. But now I think
00:00:11.520we've got to get away from that and go to some music that really cannot be defended. It can't
00:00:17.040even really be called music at all. And this is something that I do for you, not for me.
00:00:22.760So first, I want to share with you Addison Rae. She's the TikTok influencer turned pop star
00:00:27.320with dance moves that are so bad. I feel like I could emulate. I never would try to,
00:00:33.040but I could even do it myself. Let's watch that again. Now, if you follow this channel,
00:00:37.960you know that I am nothing if not completely plugged in to pop culture. In fact, that's what
00:00:43.980the kids always say. They're always saying, gee whiz, that Matt Walsh guy, he knows a lot about
00:00:48.700pop culture. I've heard him say it down at the skateboard park. So that's why today I'm going
00:00:55.960to review a new joint. This is hot off the presses. It's a new song from a woman named Addison Rae,
00:01:01.420who's a TikTok star turned pop singer. So she made the jump from posting 15 second
00:01:08.060mindless vapid content to posting mindless vapid content that's two and a half minutes long.
00:01:13.780So it's a risky move. It's a risky play. We'll see if it pays off for her. Addison Rae's new single
00:01:18.040that all the kids are talking about again is called Obsessed. That's the name of the song.
00:01:22.700She posted a couple of days ago. It's got millions of views and it's making waves. People are excited
00:01:28.200about it. People are obsessed. You might say, let's, uh, let's give it a watch. Here it is.
00:01:33.200Okay. Now let's, um, we're going to pause it there for just a minute. We've got Addison on a
00:02:02.960motorcycle there. First of all, now this, in spite of the fact that nobody named Addison has ever
00:02:09.720actually ridden on a motorcycle in real life, that's, that's a scientific fact. But what I really
00:02:15.140want to focus on are the lyrics. She says, you turned our song down, baby. What for? You had lit
00:02:21.580candles on the dashboard, red roses growing out the door. Want to say something you never said before.
00:02:28.100So candles on the dashboard, lit candles on the dashboard of your vehicle. How is that even
00:02:38.460possible? First of all, and why? Who brings candles into their car? I can't imagine what would
00:02:44.680happen if we were driving along and I pulled out some candles and said to my wife, Hey baby, let's,
00:02:50.600uh, let's light these up and set the mood a little bit. She would probably call the cops is what would
00:02:55.380happen. So I do not recommend this. This is not good. This is not, this is not fire safety. This
00:03:00.880is not driving safety. I don't, so don't, don't, don't take this song that way. I'm a little bit
00:03:05.080confused already, but let's, uh, let's keep watching.
00:03:07.280We were driving down sunset. No, I love us cars. Passed by when we first met. Damn, we made it so far.
00:03:16.600Red eyes from the red light. And I just set the mood. You say you're obsessed with me. So I took a second
00:03:24.840and I said, me too. I'm obsessed with me as much as you say. You die for me. I die for me too.
00:03:36.300And if I lost you, I'd still have me. I can't lose. When you say that you're obsessed with me,
00:03:43.560me too. Okay. So a few things to review here or to begin. Uh, first thing that springs to mind
00:03:49.480for me watching that is the dancing. It is, is that, I'm not an expert. Is that, do we call it
00:03:56.500good dancing? Is that what good dancing looks like? That dancing to me seems mildly terrible
00:04:01.920and it makes you appreciate maybe other pop stars who can't really sing, can't do anything,
00:04:07.860but they can at least dance. So the first, when you see a pop star or want to be a pop star who
00:04:11.520can't dance, you sort of, you realize what you're missing. This is like the bridesmaid three hours
00:04:17.100into the reception after nine glasses of wine. That's that's like that level of dancing is what
00:04:21.940you're getting. Who am I to judge? I don't know. I don't dance, but if I did, I would look like a
00:04:26.440praying mantis having a seizure. So I guess I can't really judge too much. Still, you'd expect more
00:04:32.840from someone who wants to make a pop song. Uh, was there no director for this video? Was there nobody
00:04:37.180to stop the camera and, uh, stop shooting and say, okay, hang on, Addison. You listen, um, you look
00:04:43.380stupid. Let's try this again. So they didn't have anyone to do that. But second point is the lyrics.
00:04:49.680Okay. Lyrics. She says, we were driving down sunset. You know, I love fast cars pass by where
00:04:57.680we first met and we made it so far red eyes from the red light. And that just set the mood. You say
00:05:04.620you're obsessed with me. So I took a second and said, me too. I'm obsessed with me as much as you
00:05:11.040say you die for me. I die for me too. And if I lost you, I'd still have me. I can't lose.
00:05:18.080When you say that you're obsessed with me, me too. Now I just made that sound better through my
00:05:23.840performance. I think that it really deserves. You're obsessed with yourself. That's the message
00:05:29.740of the song. How is that something you want to announce to the world that you're obsessed with
00:05:35.040yourself? You might as well make a song bragging about your toe fungus. This is like, this is a
00:05:40.360repulsive trait that you should not be proud of. Can you imagine someone saying this to you in
00:05:47.400person, maybe like on a date or something, and someone actually said that to you? You ask them,
00:05:53.480you know, what they're into, what their hobbies are, all those dumb questions you have to ask on a
00:05:56.640first date. And they say, well, you know, I like hiking. I'm a big music fan. Mainly I like myself.
00:06:02.240I'm obsessed with myself. I got to tell you, I am obsessed with myself. That's called being a
00:06:09.560narcissist, Addison. That is not, it's, and it's not attractive. It doesn't make you an interesting
00:06:14.880person. It doesn't make you confident. It makes you seem totally pathetic and sad. I feel sorry for
00:06:20.980you, especially with the dancing, especially when you're dancing like a damned tropical bird
00:06:25.880on top of saying you're obsessed with yourself. It's pathetic. There's nothing attractive about this at
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00:07:44.700Addison Rae. Yeah, that's, uh, now, now I'm remembering again, we watched that. She looks
00:07:49.400like she's, uh, the dance moves of everyone's drunken aunt, you know, at a wedding. Uh, that's
00:07:55.860basically Addison Rae, but that she's a major star now starting on TikTok. Uh, TikTok continues to be
00:08:02.240the source of, it's basically like a pipeline straight from hell into our culture. Speaking of
00:08:07.920which, even worse than that, we have Lil Nas X, uh, who not only consider himself to be a musician,
00:08:13.120but also, you know, on top of supposedly being a musician is basically a child predator. Uh, so
00:08:18.820I'm sorry I have to subject you to this, but let's watch this again. Today, we're going to take a look
00:08:22.680at the song and video that has caused a stir in recent days. This is Montero by Lil Nas X. You may
00:08:29.460remember Lil Nas X. He's the guy who made Old Town Road, which is a quote unquote country song that
00:08:34.860sounds a lot like the rough draft of a real country song that somebody wrote in 92 seconds on the back
00:08:40.500of a paper plate when they were sleep deprived and drunk. What I'm trying to say is that the song
00:08:44.200sucks and has always sucked. And I tried to warn people about this when it first came out, but
00:08:48.280you all wouldn't listen to me. So you made Lil Nas X rich and famous as a musician, despite his
00:08:54.240near total lack of musical talent, despite the fact that he clearly has nothing at all to say or offer
00:08:59.460whatsoever. Now, here is the consequence. You did this to yourself. Let's, um, we're not,
00:09:05.240we're not going to watch that. I don't think we can make it through this whole thing,
00:09:07.280but we're going to watch as much as we can. This is Lil Nas X, Montero. Let's check it out.
00:09:12.280I caught it bad yesterday. You hear me with a call to your place. Ain't been out in a while
00:09:18.840anyway. Was hoping I could catch you throwing smiles at my face. Romantic talking. You don't even
00:09:24.120have to try. You're cute enough to f*** with me tonight. Looking at the table. All I see is
00:09:29.580bleeding white. Baby, you living a lie, but you ain't living right. Cocaine and drink it with your
00:09:35.880friends. You live in your dark, boy. I cannot pretend. I'm not faced. Don't be here to sin. If even
00:09:42.260in your garden, you know that you can. Call me when you want. Call me when you need. Call me in
00:09:47.860the morning. I'll be on the way. Call me when you want. Call me when you need. Call me about your
00:09:53.600name. I'll be on the way. Okay. A couple of thoughts here. First of all, artistically speaking,
00:10:04.720the song is trash. A lot of very expensive visuals went into this video, but underneath the glossy
00:10:10.120packaging is a song that sounds entirely indistinguishable from about 50,000 other
00:10:14.520songs. If you heard just the melody and some of the lyrics, you would have no idea who made the
00:10:19.420song because it could have been made by any of about 600 different pop artists. This is the musical
00:10:24.280equivalent of canned food. You just pull it off the shelf, pop it open. Here, you know, and here's
00:10:29.040another song. Sounds just like this. Served right up. Ah, but hang on. Hang on, you say. See, this is
00:10:34.420different. This is totally unique because whereas normally these songs are vulgar and sexual, this
00:10:41.440one is more vulgar and more sexual. You see what he did there? He's a true pioneer, this guy. He
00:10:48.260listened to modern pop music and he thought to himself, hmm, what if I did exactly that but made
00:10:56.420it slightly dumber and cruder? A true moment of artistic inspiration. I mean, this kind of moment,
00:11:01.520it's the kind of moment that Michelangelo must have had when he conceived of the Sistine Chapel
00:11:07.040and it was this inspiration that led to lyrics like, and I quote, I want to sell what you're
00:11:13.660buying. I want to feel on your a** in Hawaii. The man is a poet. You can't deny that. And by poet,
00:11:20.520I mean that he has the writing talent of a sixth grader scribbling curse words in the back of his
00:11:25.700math textbook. Okay, now we're going to skip ahead a little bit because I can't watch this whole
00:11:31.140damn thing. I can feel my brain shedding brain cells in protest as we watch this. So we're going
00:11:37.180to skip ahead a little bit until we get to this part right here. Watch.
00:11:41.100Call me when you want. Call me when you need. Call me in the morning. I'll be on the way. Call me when you want. Call me when you need. Call me by your name. I'll be on the way. Oh, call me by your name. Tell me you let me private. Call me by your name. How do you not care if you're lying?