The Matt Walsh Show - Matt Walsh Reviews Addison Rae & Lil Nas X

Episode Date: December 27, 2021

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So in the last video, we were going back and enjoying again some of the masterpieces by some of the great lyrical geniuses of our time, Takashi 6-9 and NBA young boy. But now I think we've got to get away from that and go to some music that really cannot be defended. It can't even really be called music at all. And this is something that I do for you, not for me. So first, I want to share with you Addison Ray. She's the TikTok influencer term pop star with dance moves that are. are so bad, I feel like I could emulate. I never would try to, but I could even do it myself.

Let's watch that again. Now, if you follow this channel, you know that I am nothing, if not completely plugged into pop culture. In fact, that's what the kids always say. They're always saying, gee whiz, that Matt Walsh guy, he knows a lot about pop culture. I've heard him say it down at the skateboard park. So that's why today I'm going to review a new joint. This is hot off the press.

is this a new song from a woman named Addison Ray, who's a TikTok star turned pop singer. So she made the jump from posting 15-second mindless vapid content to posting mindless vapid content that's two and a half minutes long. So it's a risky move. It's a risky play. We'll see if it pays off her. Addison Ray's new single that all the kids are talking about again is called Obsessed. That's the name of the song. She posted a couple days ago.

He's got millions of views. And it's making waves. People are excited about it. People are obsessed, you might say. Let's give it a watch. Here it is. Okay, now let's, we'll pause it there for just a minute. We've got Addison on a motorcycle there, first of all.

Now, this in spite of the fact that nobody named Addison has ever actually written on a motorcycle in real life. That's a scientific fact. But what I really want to focus on are the lyrics. She says, you turned our song down, baby. What for? You had lit candles on the dashboard. Red roses growing out the door. Want to say something you never said before.

So, candles on the dashboard, lit candles on the dashboard, on the dashboard of your vehicle. How is that even possible, first of all? And why? Who brings candles into their car? I can't imagine what would happen if we were driving along and I pulled out some candles and said to my wife, hey, baby, let's light these up and set the mood a little bit.

She would probably call the cops is what would happen. So I do not recommend this. This is not good. This is not fire safety. This is not driving safety. So don't take this song that way. I'm a little bit confused already,

but let's keep watching. We were driving down songs. It took a second. And I said me too. It's not just you. That you're obsessed with me, me too. Okay, so a few things to review here. Where to begin. First thing that springs to mind for me watching that is the dancing.

I'm not an expert. Do we call it good dancing? Is that what good dancing looks like? That dancing to me seems mildly terrible. And it makes you appreciate maybe other pop stars who can't really sing, can't do anything, but they can at least dance. When you see a pop star or wannabe pop star who can't dance, you sort of realize what you're missing. This is like the bridesmaid three, hours into the reception after nine glasses of wine. That's like that level of dancing is what 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 praying mantis having a seizure. So I guess I can't really judge too much. Still, you'd expect more from someone who wants to make a pop song. Was there no director for this video? Was there nobody to stop the

camera and stop shooting and say, okay, hang on, Addison. Listen, you look stupid. Let's try this again. So they didn't have anyone to do that. But second point is the lyrics, okay? Lyrics, she says, we were driving down sunset. You know I love fast cars. Passed by where we first met. Damn, we made it so far.

Red eyes from the red light, and that just set the mood. You say you're obsessed with me, so I took a second and said, me too. I'm obsessed with me as much as you. Say you'd die for me, I'd die for me too. And if I lost you, I'd still have me.

I can't lose. When you say that you're obsessed with me? Me too. Now, I just made that sound better through my performance, I think, that it really deserves. You're obsessed with yourself. That's the message of the song. How is that something you want to announce to the world that you're obsessed with yourself? You might as well make a song bragging about your toe fungus.

This is like, this is a repulsive trait that you should not be proud of. Can you imagine someone saying this? to you in person, maybe like on a date or something, and someone actually said that to you, you ask them, you know, what they're into, what their hobbies are, all those dumb questions you have to ask on a first date, and they say, well, I like hiking. I'm a big music fan. Mainly I like myself. I'm obsessed with myself. I got to tell you, I am obsessed with myself. That's called being a narcissist, Addison. That is not, it's, and it's not attractive. It doesn't make you an interesting person. It doesn't make you confident.

It makes you seem totally pathetic and sad. I feel sorry for you, especially with the dancing. Especially when you're dancing like a damned tropical bird, on top of saying you're obsessed with yourself, it's pathetic. There's nothing attractive about this at all. If you feel like you're not getting the respect you deserve in life, well, that might be because you don't have a title in front of your name that causes people, forces people, forces people to respect you.

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She looks like she's the dance moves of everyone's drunken aunt, you know, at a wedding. That's basically at us right. But she's a major star now. Starting on TikTok, TikTok continues to be the source of it's basically like a pipeline straight from hell into our culture. Speaking of which, even worse than that, we have Lil Nas X, who not only consider himself to be a musician, but also, you know, on top of supposedly being a musician is basically a child predator. So I'm sorry I have to subject you to this, but let's watch this again. Today we're going to take a look at the song and video that has caused a stir in recent days.

This is Montero by Lil Nas X. You may remember Lil Nas X. He's the guy who made Old Town Road, which is a quote-unquote country song that sounds a lot like the rough draft of a real country song that somebody wrote in 92 seconds on the back of a paper plate when they were sleep deprived and drunk. What I'm trying to say is that the song sucks and has always sucked. And I tried to warn people about this when it first came out, but you all wouldn't listen to me. So you made Lil Nas X rich and famous as a musician, despite his near total lack of musical talent,

despite the fact that he clearly has nothing at all to say or offer whatsoever. Now, here is the consequence. You did this to yourself. Let's, we're not going to watch. I don't think we can make it through this whole thing, but we're going to watch as much as we can. This is Lil Nas X. Montero. Let's check it out.

with a call to your place ain't been out in a wall anyway was hoping I could catch you throwing smiles in my face romantic talking you're not to fight you're cute enough to fuck with me tonight looking at the table

all I see is bleeding white baby you live in a live in a you ain't living right cocaine and drink you with your friends you live in your dog boy I cannot pretend I'm not faced don't mean you're the sin

if even in your garden you know that you can 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. Why you life?

Okay, a couple of thoughts here. First of all, artistically speaking, the song is trash. A lot of very expensive visuals went into this video, but underneath the glossy packaging is a song that sounds entirely indistinguishable from about 50,000 other songs. If you heard just the melody and some of the lyrics, you would have no idea who made the song because it could have been made by any of about 600 different pop artists.

this is the musical equivalent of canned food. You just pull it off the shelf, pop it open. Here, you know, and here's another song sounds just like this, served right up. Oh, but hang on, hang on, you say. See, this is different. This is totally unique because whereas normally these songs are vulgar and sexual, this one is more vulgar and more sexual. You see what he did there?

He's a true pioneer this guy. He listened to modern pop music, and he thought to himself, hmm what if I did exactly that but made it slightly dumber and cruder a true moment of artistic inspiration i mean this kind of moment it's a kind of moment that michael angelo must have had when he conceived of the the sistine chapel and it was this inspiration that led to lyrics like and i quote i want to sell what you're buying i want to feel on your in hawaii the man is a poet you can't deny that. And by poet, I mean that he has the writing talent of a sixth grader scribbling curse words in the back of his math textbook. Okay, now we're going to skip ahead a little bit because I can't

watch this whole damn thing. I can feel my brain shedding brain cells in protest as we watch this. So we're going to skip ahead a little bit until we get to this part right here. Watch. You know, I just, I was watching that video. I kept thinking about this article that I just saw online as scientists announced that there's that there's not going to be any asteroids to threaten the earth for the next 100 years there's not going to be any we don't have to worry about any earth destroying asteroids for at least the next 100 years and um i watch a video like that and i think well that is such a disappointment you know that that's that's devastating news because that was our way out it's a damn asteroid well there you go you thought we'd get to the new

year without me talking about Lil Nas X again, but I had to squeeze it in at the very end. And so there you go. You're welcome. I hope you can take that into the new year. And I hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane. See you next year.