The Matt Walsh Show - December 27, 2021


Matt Walsh Reviews Addison Rae & Lil Nas X


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Length

13 minutes

Words per minute

179.7427

Word count

2,501

Sentence count

209

Harmful content

Misogyny

5

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Summary

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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.

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00:00:00.000 So in the last video, we were going back and enjoying again some of the masterpieces by
00:00:05.460 some of the great lyrical geniuses of our time, Tekashi69 and NBA Youngboy. But now I think
00:00:11.520 we've got to get away from that and go to some music that really cannot be defended. It can't
00:00:17.040 even really be called music at all. And this is something that I do for you, not for me.
00:00:22.760 So first, I want to share with you Addison Rae. She's the TikTok influencer turned pop star 0.80
00:00:27.320 with dance moves that are so bad. I feel like I could emulate. I never would try to,
00:00:33.040 but I could even do it myself. Let's watch that again. Now, if you follow this channel,
00:00:37.960 you know that I am nothing if not completely plugged in to pop culture. In fact, that's what
00:00:43.980 the kids always say. They're always saying, gee whiz, that Matt Walsh guy, he knows a lot about
00:00:48.700 pop culture. I've heard him say it down at the skateboard park. So that's why today I'm going
00:00:55.960 to review a new joint. This is hot off the presses. It's a new song from a woman named Addison Rae,
00:01:01.420 who's a TikTok star turned pop singer. So she made the jump from posting 15 second
00:01:08.060 mindless vapid content to posting mindless vapid content that's two and a half minutes long.
00:01:13.780 So it's a risky move. It's a risky play. We'll see if it pays off for her. Addison Rae's new single
00:01:18.040 that all the kids are talking about again is called Obsessed. That's the name of the song.
00:01:22.700 She posted a couple of days ago. It's got millions of views and it's making waves. People are excited
00:01:28.200 about it. People are obsessed. You might say, let's, uh, let's give it a watch. Here it is.
00:01:33.200 Okay. Now let's, um, we're going to pause it there for just a minute. We've got Addison on a
00:02:02.960 motorcycle there. First of all, now this, in spite of the fact that nobody named Addison has ever
00:02:09.720 actually ridden on a motorcycle in real life, that's, that's a scientific fact. But what I really
00:02:15.140 want to focus on are the lyrics. She says, you turned our song down, baby. What for? You had lit
00:02:21.580 candles on the dashboard, red roses growing out the door. Want to say something you never said before.
00:02:28.100 So candles on the dashboard, lit candles on the dashboard of your vehicle. How is that even
00:02:38.460 possible? First of all, and why? Who brings candles into their car? I can't imagine what would
00:02:44.680 happen if we were driving along and I pulled out some candles and said to my wife, Hey baby, let's, 1.00
00:02:50.600 uh, let's light these up and set the mood a little bit. She would probably call the cops is what would 1.00
00:02:55.380 happen. So I do not recommend this. This is not good. This is not, this is not fire safety. This
00:03:00.880 is not driving safety. I don't, so don't, don't, don't take this song that way. I'm a little bit
00:03:05.080 confused already, but let's, uh, let's keep watching.
00:03:07.280 We were driving down sunset. No, I love us cars. Passed by when we first met. Damn, we made it so far.
00:03:16.600 Red eyes from the red light. And I just set the mood. You say you're obsessed with me. So I took a second
00:03:24.840 and I said, me too. I'm obsessed with me as much as you say. You die for me. I die for me too.
00:03:36.300 And if I lost you, I'd still have me. I can't lose. When you say that you're obsessed with me,
00:03:43.560 me too. Okay. So a few things to review here or to begin. Uh, first thing that springs to mind
00:03:49.480 for me watching that is the dancing. It is, is that, I'm not an expert. Is that, do we call it
00:03:56.500 good dancing? Is that what good dancing looks like? That dancing to me seems mildly terrible
00:04:01.920 and it makes you appreciate maybe other pop stars who can't really sing, can't do anything,
00:04:07.860 but they can at least dance. So the first, when you see a pop star or want to be a pop star who
00:04:11.520 can't dance, you sort of, you realize what you're missing. This is like the bridesmaid three hours
00:04:17.100 into the reception after nine glasses of wine. That's that's like that level of dancing is what
00:04:21.940 you're getting. Who am I to judge? I don't know. I don't dance, but if I did, I would look like a
00:04:26.440 praying mantis having a seizure. So I guess I can't really judge too much. Still, you'd expect more
00:04:32.840 from someone who wants to make a pop song. Uh, was there no director for this video? Was there nobody
00:04:37.180 to stop the camera and, uh, stop shooting and say, okay, hang on, Addison. You listen, um, you look
00:04:43.380 stupid. Let's try this again. So they didn't have anyone to do that. But second point is the lyrics.
00:04:49.680 Okay. Lyrics. She says, we were driving down sunset. You know, I love fast cars pass by where
00:04:57.680 we first met and we made it so far red eyes from the red light. And that just set the mood. You say
00:05:04.620 you're obsessed with me. So I took a second and said, me too. I'm obsessed with me as much as you
00:05:11.040 say you die for me. I die for me too. And if I lost you, I'd still have me. I can't lose.
00:05:18.080 When you say that you're obsessed with me, me too. Now I just made that sound better through my
00:05:23.840 performance. I think that it really deserves. You're obsessed with yourself. That's the message
00:05:29.740 of the song. How is that something you want to announce to the world that you're obsessed with
00:05:35.040 yourself? You might as well make a song bragging about your toe fungus. This is like, this is a
00:05:40.360 repulsive trait that you should not be proud of. Can you imagine someone saying this to you in
00:05:47.400 person, maybe like on a date or something, and someone actually said that to you? You ask them,
00:05:53.480 you know, what they're into, what their hobbies are, all those dumb questions you have to ask on a
00:05:56.640 first date. And they say, well, you know, I like hiking. I'm a big music fan. Mainly I like myself.
00:06:02.240 I'm obsessed with myself. I got to tell you, I am obsessed with myself. That's called being a
00:06:09.560 narcissist, Addison. That is not, it's, and it's not attractive. It doesn't make you an interesting
00:06:14.880 person. It doesn't make you confident. It makes you seem totally pathetic and sad. I feel sorry for
00:06:20.980 you, especially with the dancing, especially when you're dancing like a damned tropical bird
00:06:25.880 on top of saying you're obsessed with yourself. It's pathetic. There's nothing attractive about this at
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00:07:44.700 Addison Rae. Yeah, that's, uh, now, now I'm remembering again, we watched that. She looks
00:07:49.400 like she's, uh, the dance moves of everyone's drunken aunt, you know, at a wedding. Uh, that's 0.94
00:07:55.860 basically Addison Rae, but that she's a major star now starting on TikTok. Uh, TikTok continues to be
00:08:02.240 the source of, it's basically like a pipeline straight from hell into our culture. Speaking of
00:08:07.920 which, even worse than that, we have Lil Nas X, uh, who not only consider himself to be a musician,
00:08:13.120 but also, you know, on top of supposedly being a musician is basically a child predator. Uh, so
00:08:18.820 I'm sorry I have to subject you to this, but let's watch this again. Today, we're going to take a look
00:08:22.680 at the song and video that has caused a stir in recent days. This is Montero by Lil Nas X. You may
00:08:29.460 remember Lil Nas X. He's the guy who made Old Town Road, which is a quote unquote country song that
00:08:34.860 sounds a lot like the rough draft of a real country song that somebody wrote in 92 seconds on the back
00:08:40.500 of a paper plate when they were sleep deprived and drunk. What I'm trying to say is that the song
00:08:44.200 sucks and has always sucked. And I tried to warn people about this when it first came out, but
00:08:48.280 you all wouldn't listen to me. So you made Lil Nas X rich and famous as a musician, despite his
00:08:54.240 near total lack of musical talent, despite the fact that he clearly has nothing at all to say or offer
00:08:59.460 whatsoever. Now, here is the consequence. You did this to yourself. Let's, um, we're not,
00:09:05.240 we're not going to watch that. I don't think we can make it through this whole thing,
00:09:07.280 but we're going to watch as much as we can. This is Lil Nas X, Montero. Let's check it out.
00:09:12.280 I caught it bad yesterday. You hear me with a call to your place. Ain't been out in a while
00:09:18.840 anyway. Was hoping I could catch you throwing smiles at my face. Romantic talking. You don't even
00:09:24.120 have to try. You're cute enough to f*** with me tonight. Looking at the table. All I see is
00:09:29.580 bleeding white. Baby, you living a lie, but you ain't living right. Cocaine and drink it with your 0.98
00:09:35.880 friends. You live in your dark, boy. I cannot pretend. I'm not faced. Don't be here to sin. If even
00:09:42.260 in your garden, you know that you can. Call me when you want. Call me when you need. Call me in
00:09:47.860 the morning. I'll be on the way. Call me when you want. Call me when you need. Call me about your
00:09:53.600 name. I'll be on the way. Okay. A couple of thoughts here. First of all, artistically speaking,
00:10:04.720 the song is trash. A lot of very expensive visuals went into this video, but underneath the glossy
00:10:10.120 packaging is a song that sounds entirely indistinguishable from about 50,000 other
00:10:14.520 songs. If you heard just the melody and some of the lyrics, you would have no idea who made the
00:10:19.420 song because it could have been made by any of about 600 different pop artists. This is the musical
00:10:24.280 equivalent of canned food. You just pull it off the shelf, pop it open. Here, you know, and here's
00:10:29.040 another song. Sounds just like this. Served right up. Ah, but hang on. Hang on, you say. See, this is
00:10:34.420 different. This is totally unique because whereas normally these songs are vulgar and sexual, this
00:10:41.440 one is more vulgar and more sexual. You see what he did there? He's a true pioneer, this guy. He
00:10:48.260 listened to modern pop music and he thought to himself, hmm, what if I did exactly that but made
00:10:56.420 it slightly dumber and cruder? A true moment of artistic inspiration. I mean, this kind of moment,
00:11:01.520 it's the kind of moment that Michelangelo must have had when he conceived of the Sistine Chapel
00:11:07.040 and it was this inspiration that led to lyrics like, and I quote, I want to sell what you're
00:11:13.660 buying. I want to feel on your a** in Hawaii. The man is a poet. You can't deny that. And by poet,
00:11:20.520 I mean that he has the writing talent of a sixth grader scribbling curse words in the back of his
00:11:25.700 math textbook. Okay, now we're going to skip ahead a little bit because I can't watch this whole
00:11:31.140 damn thing. I can feel my brain shedding brain cells in protest as we watch this. So we're going
00:11:37.180 to skip ahead a little bit until we get to this part right here. Watch.
00:11:41.100 Call 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?
00:12:02.640 Call me when you want me.
00:12:10.520 Do you want me? Call me when you need. Call me when you need. Call me by your name. Tell me you let me private. Call me by your name.
00:12:21.720 Oh, call me by your name
00:12:27.040 Tell me you like me in private
00:12:29.480 Call me by your name
00:12:32.380 How do I care if you're lying?
00:12:48.480 I was watching that video and I kept thinking about
00:12:51.460 this article that I just saw online
00:12:55.760 Scientists announced that
00:12:57.740 there's not going to be any asteroids
00:13:02.520 to threaten the Earth for the next 100 years
00:13:04.680 We don't have to worry about any Earth-destroying asteroids
00:13:08.620 for at least the next 100 years
00:13:09.740 I watch a video like that and I think
00:13:12.380 that is such a disappointment
00:13:13.480 That's devastating news
00:13:15.600 That was our way out
00:13:17.320 It's a damn asteroid
00:13:18.780 Well, there you go
00:13:19.980 You thought we'd get to the new year without me
00:13:21.920 talking about Lil Nas X again
00:13:23.420 but I had to squeeze it in
00:13:24.940 at the very end
00:13:26.100 And so there you go
00:13:27.420 You're welcome
00:13:27.880 I hope you can take that into the new year
00:13:30.160 and I hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane
00:13:32.760 See you next year
00:13:33.600 造機
00:13:45.460 But don't you know what I'd like to ask for
00:13:46.900 What the hell is that?
00:13:47.900 I've had the new year of star
00:13:49.640 and I think we're going too long
00:13:51.040 to see you
00:13:51.720 how much are you
00:13:52.460 that it's not new
00:13:53.840 but I was feeling like you