Unexplainable - BONUS: The 2021 song

Episode Date: December 31, 2021

Noam wrote an end-of-year song with Today, Explained host Sean Rameswaram, so we thought to drop it here as a little end-of-year surprise. Lyrics: 2021, it was gonna be fun Get a couple shots and then you’re done Then the second the year’d begun We had an insurrection 2021, it was gonna be fun Get a couple shots and then you’re done Then the second the year’d begun We had an insurrection Yeah it wasn’t just what we hoped to see We might have started too optimistically So if we keep our expectations low Maybe the world won’t seem so terrible Yeah it wasn’t just what we hoped to see We might have started too optimistically So if we keep our expectations low Maybe the world won’t seem so terrible Dial back to when the year had begun We were looking forward to the end of hibernation  But it didn’t even last a week No it didn’t even last a week, mm-hmm On the sixth day of 2021 Vanilla Isis tried to flip the election But looking back we can’t agree  On the facts, no, we can’t agree, mm-mm Pretty soon we were signing up for shots (shots!) Talking about shots (shots!) Shots shots shots (shots!) Everyone was a pharma fan With the Pfizer fam, the Moderna clan (J&J) But we should have known Delta would happen  Most of humanity not getting vaxxed and Fourth wave — fifth wave, in rhythm That’s one more wave than feminism! 2021, it was gonna be fun Get a couple shots and then you’re done But according to Joe Ro-gun You should take Ivermectin Yeah it wasn’t just what we hoped to see We might have started too optimistically But if we keep our expectations low Maybe the world won’t seem so terrible A booster, I’m not sure I need it.  Dune on the IMAX, I seen it. Back to the good life, I dreamed it. (Arrakis) Wake up, reality, don’t fit. Hope you don’t need a house or a condo (a condo) Hope you don’t need a trip to Toronto (Toronto) Hope you don’t need some gas for your Durango (Durango)  Hope you don’t need a can of dried mangos (dried mangos) Everyone is feeling frustration Quitting jobs — the Great Resignation Blaming Biden for rising inflation While billionaires shoot off to space, racing Did we fix the grid in Texas? (yes) Figure out how wide the Suez is? (yes) Don’t ask me All I see on TV  It's just fights on Critical Race Theory 2021, it was gonna be fun Get a couple shots and then you’re done Moving onto issue number one: Whether to allow abortions! Yeah it wasn’t just what we hoped to see We might have started too optimistically But if we keep our expectations low Maybe the world won’t seem so terrible I just want to be free Of thinking about Covid-19 I just want to see Something done about global warming And I still don’t get NFT’s Can’t understand crypto currency and And we can’t agree on anything But at least we got together to free Britney (Oh baby baby) 2021, it was gonna be fun Get a couple shots and then you’re done Then the second as the year’d begun We had an insurrection And people lied about the last election And made it harder to vote in elections At least we don’t have another election Wait, I think there’s another election... 2021, it was gonna be fun Get a couple shots and then you’re done Then the second we thought we’d won We’re learning how to say "Omicron" Guess you never know what’s gonna come through Making plans for things you’ll never do  But take it from a brown guy (and a Jew) There’s always 2022. This song was written and performed by Sean Rameswaram and Noam Hassenfeld, produced by Noam, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and features additional vocals from Christina Animashaun. For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable It’s a great place to view show transcripts and read more about the topics on our show. Also, email us! [e-mail] We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it's Noam. Got a little bonus episode here for you before the end of the year. Last year, I got together with Sean Ramos for him, the host of Today Explained, and we wrote a song to try to cover the news of the whole year. We sang it with our friend Christina Anamashan, we put it out as a standalone Today Explained episode and as a song on Spotify. We decided to do it again this year, and I thought we'd drop it here as a little extra episode. Hope you like it. 2021 it was gonna be fun get a couple shots and then you're done then the second the year'd be gone

we had an insurrection 20201 it was gonna be fun get a couple shots and then you're done then the second the year'd be gone we had an insurrection yeah it wasn't just what we hope to see we might have started too optimistically so if we keep our expectations love Maybe the world won't seem so terrible Yeah, it wasn't just what we hoped to see We might have started to optimistically So if we keep our expectations low, Maybe the world won't seem so terrible

Dial back to when the year had begun We were looking forward to the end of hibernation But it didn't even last a week No, it didn't even last a week Mm-hmm On the sixth day of 2021 Vanilla Isis tried to flip the election But looking back, we can't agree on the facts, no, we can't agree.

Mm-mm. Pretty soon we were signing up for shots. Talk about shots. Shots, shots, shots, shots. Everyone was a farmer fan, with the Pfizer fam, the Moderna clan. But we should have known Delta would happen most of humanity, not getting back. Stand fourth wave, fifth wave in rhythm. That's one more rave than feminism.

Oh! 201, it was gonna be fun. Get a couple shots and then you're done. But according to Joe Rogan, you should take Ivermectone. Yeah, it wasn't just what we hoped to see. We might have started to optimistically, so if we keep our expectations of maybe the world won't seem so terrible. A booster, I'm not sure I need it. Tune on the IMAX, I've seen it.

Back to the good life. Good life, I dreamed it. I wreck it. Wake up reality don't fit. Hope you don't need a house or a condo. Hope you don't need a trip to Toronto. Hope you don't need some gas for your Durango. Hope you don't need a can of dried mangoes.

Everyone is feeling frustration. Quitting jobs, the great resignation. Blaming Biden for rising inflation while billionaires shoot off the space racing. Till we fix the grid in Texas. Figure out how wide this is Wes is. Yes.

Don't ask me, all I see on TV. It's just fights on critical race theory. 20-21, it was gonna be fun. Get a couple shots and then you're done. Moving on to issue number one, whether to allow abortions. Yeah, it wasn't just what we hope to see. We might have started too optimistically, so if we keep our expectations love, maybe the world won't seem so terrible.

A couple shots and then you're done. Then the second the year'd begun, we had an insurrection. And people lied about the last election. It made it harder to vote in elections. At least we don't have another election. Wait, I think there's another election. In 2021, it was gonna be fun. Get a couple shots and then you're done.

Then the second we thought we'd won, we're learning how to say, Omicron. Guess you never know what's gonna come through Making plans and things you'll never do But take it from a brown guy and a Jew There's always 20, 22