Houselights from The State News

Co-hosts Liz Nass and Claire Donohoe go head-to-head with their worst song lineups and duke it out with a bracket in this special one-hour long episode. It's all up to special guest PJ Pfeiffer to decide who has the worst music taste. 

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Liz:

Welcome back to House Lights, your one stop shop for everything you need to hear about this week in the world of entertainment. As always, I'm your host, Liz Nas, joined by my beautiful, wonderful cohost, Claire Donahoe. And this week, we have a very special guest, one of House Light's favorites.

PJ:

Oh, my god. Thank you.

Liz:

My

PJ:

name is PJ.

Liz:

And PJ's here as well. I I feel sorry, guys. I'm feeling so silly. We were having some silly moments off mic, and we're really, like, really I think we're chuckling today. And I think that is the that is the perfect mood that we need to bring to our very special bracket episode of worst songs of all time.

Liz:

Now back in the day, me and Jaden Beard, the old code hub co host used to what are you guys laughing about over there? Sorry. Nothing. I just think we need to have order in here. And, you know, I just try and make it professional and these people come in and they just ruin it.

Liz:

These people. These people. Anyways I think it'd be Hayden Beard and I did a bracket a while ago of, celebrity fights and who would win. So and that one did really well. We had mean comments on our Instagram though when we post the bracket because someone commented, not nice.

Liz:

Well, this one's not gonna be nice either. We're going to be talking a lot of crap and, listening to a lot of music. So first, you know, we wanted to go on a not a tangent because we have a lot to talk about today. Yeah. But sort of an intro to it, and then we'll give the rules of the bracket, and then we'll get into it.

Liz:

Yeah. So first, I wanna talk about what really constitutes a bad song. Clare, I know you have some.

Claire:

Yeah. I just thank you. Yes. I just wanted to open the floor to both of you here today if we could regain some control for a moment. What do you guys listen to for?

Claire:

Like, are you listening for lyrics? Do you listen just for the beat? Are you both? Are you like, I've had this conversation with a couple people in my life, and we've disagreed on, oh, well, when I listen to a song, I really never listen to lyrics. I just pay attention to kind of, you know, the general vibe of the song, whereas I have other friends that say I always listen to lyrics first.

Liz:

Are you talking about just, like, listening to any song or, like, a worse song? Okay.

Claire:

Like Just just in general. Yeah. And, like, how does that inform if it informs whether or not you think it's a bad song? Because there are lots of songs where I used to say I was a lyrics person first, and I think I still am. But also then, which we'll get into later, I like some songs where the words are so silly, but yet it's like Yeah.

Claire:

I still, you know, do dance a little to it, and I like it. Yeah. So where do you guys stand on that?

Liz:

I think I'm on the same wavelength as you, Claire, where I always say that I'm a lyrics person. Mhmm. Because most of my music that I listen to is very lyric heavy kind of po poety, if you would. You know Poetic. Poet?

Liz:

Yeah. Poetic, everyone. Poetic. Poetic. You know, just kind of like prose rather than, you know, whatever, which is, I'm sorry.

Liz:

That was

Claire:

super Sad. That was

Liz:

super pretentious. And also another way to say sad. So but then I have, like, some of my favorite songs in the world, like, Rush by Troye Sivan. And, like, differently, dancing music is, like, very much just beat. So I think I am a little bit in the middle.

Liz:

It depends on what kind of song I'm listening to. Because I don't listen to, like, Taylor Swift for, like, the beat. Right. I'm listening to that for later. So I think it it kinda depends on genre for me.

Liz:

Yeah. And I kind of have I would like to say that I have a very eclectic music taste, and so I think that I there's some songs that I listen to that are, like, just beat, some songs that are very lyric based beat.

PJ:

I yeah. I agree. And I yeah. I'm very much the same way. I think there are a lot of songs I listen to for the lyrics.

PJ:

What like, the first time I listen to a song, I'm listening to lyrics, and then I'll listen to it maybe a second time, and I'll kinda listen to, the beat and the melodies, the rhythm, everything that goes into a song. Right? But but for, you know yeah. Like, let's just take, let's take Folklore by Taylor Swift. Right?

PJ:

Yeah. For the most part, I'm listening, for the lyrics. You know? A lot of the songs are pretty sad, I would say. So I'm listening.

PJ:

You know? Yeah. I'm just gonna put that end it there. Yeah. Like, I'm listening for the lyrics.

PJ:

But, you know, sometimes I just wanna listen to a song, and it's fun to listen to. I just, like, recently, sticky

Liz:

by Oh, that

PJ:

is a new one.

Liz:

Oh, yeah.

Claire:

I thought you're gonna say sticky by Drake, which is one of my examples of, like, the song objectively is, like, not great, but the beat just

Liz:

I have a listen.

Claire:

I have heard I have heard that sticky by Tayo the creator is really

Liz:

good. It is on and

PJ:

honestly, the lyric the lyrics aren't bad, but the beat just really brings it to a honestly, the lyric the

PJ:

lyrics aren't bad, but the beat

Liz:

just really brings

PJ:

it to it. Driving beat. Yes. I could literally talk about this song for a few minutes, but I won't. I won't.

PJ:

I just really like it. But also, like, yeah, there's songs where I just want, like I was just talking to some of my friends recently about this, and they were like, oh, what do you listen to in a song? And I was trying to tell them to listen to the song. And they're like, oh, but is are they, like, really, like, deep lyrics? And I was like, no.

PJ:

But does it matter? Do you need to always be listening?

Liz:

You

Claire:

can't always be.

PJ:

Right. Do you do do you still need to always have to listen to really deep lyrics?

Liz:

Right. Or can you just, like,

PJ:

have some fun for 3 minutes?

Liz:

Like, you know? Yeah. So Can you just, like, jump around? Bro. Yeah.

Liz:

You can't dance

Claire:

to Lizzie McAlpine. I mean, you can or Taylor Swift, I guess. You can.

PJ:

You can.

Claire:

But it's it's not quite the same.

Liz:

Yeah. It's not it's not quite the same. So, yeah, maybe it's like the purpose of the song

PJ:

Yeah.

Liz:

You know, matters of, like, you

Claire:

know, do you

Liz:

think this part that's a great answer. I'm gonna write that down. But, like, do you think that the artist made it to dance, or do you think they made it while they were, like, crying in their bedroom? Like, maybe that's

PJ:

Right. Yeah.

Claire:

I guess, like, what avenue of expression are they going for? Are they trying to get something off their chest, or are they, like, creatively expressing theirsel themselves with,

PJ:

like Mhmm.

Claire:

A really insane beat

Liz:

Yeah. Or something. I do have one more thing to add to, like, I feel like I'm a pretty like, when it comes to, like, media, I'm a pretty judgmental person. Well, yes. We have a bracket

Claire:

for today's episode.

Liz:

There's a bracket for to rate songs. But I also feel like I'm a generally, like like, enjoyer of music. Mhmm. But that also might just be an excuse for having a bad music taste. So I kind of dislike anything that's sort of fun in front of me most of the time.

Claire:

I You could call that being open minded.

Liz:

Yeah. Thank you for spinning that for me, Claire. You're welcome. Yeah. That's actually Or

Claire:

it's bad. I don't know. We'll see.

PJ:

I'm very much the same way I because I like to listen to, like, at like, an album a day or, like, many albums in a week or whatever. And then I realized I liked most of the song. Like, I added most of them to my, like, songs on Spotify. I'm like, do I actually like this, or am I just very, like, yeah, open minded? Or I don't know.

PJ:

I tried to

Liz:

go off you for a bit, but No. I I know. I know.

Claire:

That makes that makes you the perfect judge for our bracket. I don't know if we explained. Liz and I submitted 8 songs each that we think are just the worst songs, and I overthought it. And I texted Liz saying it's just songs that you personally just think are really bad, songs objectively that are just bad. I really struggled with this, and I'm gonna repeat that probably multiple times, throughout this episode.

Claire:

And, of course, also, I will be shouting out other terrible songs during the episode that I Of course. Think of because I'm not too happy with my list. That's neither here nor there.

Liz:

I have honorable mentions afterwards. Yeah.

Claire:

And we'll do some honorable mentions, so many songs will be covered and played today. Liz and I are gonna go back and forth on this beautiful bracket that you can't see on the podcast, but you will

Liz:

see I can't see on my computer screen now as the lines have disappeared.

Claire:

Okay. So we're gonna go off of it, kind of. You'll see it later on the state news Instagram, maybe. And then

Liz:

I just went to ring and loading, and it's blank. There's no lines anymore. I'm sorry.

Claire:

It's okay. Continue. Liz is gonna figure out the bracket.

Liz:

Something wrong.

Claire:

And then once we get that going, PJ is going to judge.

Liz:

Yeah. PJ will be our tie breaker. Yes. And I feel like me me and you can probably weigh out why we think it's a bad song. And, PJ, I think you should just make the final The final call.

Claire:

Yep.

Liz:

Which is really what yeah. Yeah.

PJ:

So and may sorry. Can we clarify? Maybe I just didn't realize this. Is this an objectively bad song? It's objectively, like, if the general population,

Liz:

if

PJ:

they were listening to it, they would be like, wow. I don't think this is a good song.

Claire:

That's why you're here. You decide. Okay. Well, this is what I

Liz:

this is what I put on my sorry. As I try and figure this out, what I put on my thing is that it's not just, like, cringe songs because I think that there's, there's a lot of, like, cringesque songs that you could put on there, but these are really songs that I think are bad in both lyric and in tune and everything. I these are songs that, like, really just, like, grind my gears and, like, are actually unlistenable for

PJ:

me. Okay.

Liz:

So that's, like, how I sort of picked it because, like, there's, like, songs on that, like, are in my honorable mentions. I'm, like, oh, they're just, like, kinda cringe. Like, I don't know. Like, people would say, like, oh, because, like, I got some suggestions for my Snapchat story. One of them being, like, the gummy bear song.

Liz:

And I was like, but that's not, like that's kind of a cop out answer. Right. Because it's like it's just, like, cringe, like, it's for children, like, whatever. No. These are songs that were made with malintent.

Liz:

Okay. These are songs that were made with malice. Okay. Real

PJ:

quick. The gummy bear song was a total throwback. That's a total throwback. Like, I have not thought of that in years.

Liz:

You're welcome. You. Yeah.

Claire:

Only on House Lights. Yeah. Any thoughts? Sorry. I kinda just I was just so eager.

Claire:

I jumped right in here. Any final thoughts on what we think constitutes a bad song before we discuss all of them at length?

Liz:

No. I'm just so pissed that this isn't working, but it's fine. It we don't need lines. I'll just

Claire:

I know what I'm doing. The listeners and viewers can see the completed bracket

Liz:

on our social media.

Claire:

Yes. Definitely. On social media.

Liz:

And we will compare answers with their our wonderful viewers who certainly must comment if we were right or wrong.

Claire:

So, yeah, all that to say, we added songs that I my take on it was I just kind of blended songs that I personally have a stronger version to and then songs that objectively, I feel like most people would agree are bad. It was very hard to pick 8. I'm not confident in it, but it is what it is.

Liz:

I'm very confident in mine. I brought absolute heat. I think that I'm going to clean this first round, and that's all I have to say.

Claire:

Let's begin.

Liz:

Let's begin. So, also, another rule, if PJ has not heard it, we will play 4 ish seconds of this song. Just 4. Just 4. I don't wanna get copyright.

Liz:

Good.

Claire:

Well, yes.

Liz:

Well, yes. So the first matchup is from Claire, Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding and my song, Netflix Trip by AJR.

Claire:

Oh. AJ see, there's so many that Liz is gonna say that I No. Wouldn't even consider tapping into. Can I can

Liz:

I give my, like, argument? And I because I really wanna hear Claire's, but I mine's just really quick. Please go. Because I'm confused by yours. But a Netflix strip by AJR is a is a narrative song by the best band in the world, AJR, you know, loved by all, about a man who watches The Office and grows along with The Office characters, throughout, his throughout, the time of him watching the show.

Liz:

And it is the most soulless, consumeristic, like, song that I've ever heard that seems like it should be an advertisement, but it's so bad that I don't think The Office would even ever use it as an advertisement. But, no, I'm just this is from me and my soul.

Claire:

Thank you. That's a really

Liz:

but, anyways, worst song ever. I'm gonna pull up 4 seconds just anyways, I I don't PJ, have you heard the song? Yeah.

Claire:

Okay. So I have not.

Liz:

Sadly. I will pull up 4 seconds while you give your love me like you do argument.

Claire:

So my reasoning is nowhere near as expansive as Liz is. I just really hated that song growing up, and it's the only song I really struggle to think of songs that I, like, hated. Okay? This song, like, if it would play in a store, I would step out. I don't know what it was.

Claire:

I just think it made me, like, super uncomfortable when it came out, and I was we were, like, what, 12, 13, maybe younger. Younger. I don't quite know. I just had a horrible, like, something about her voice, the lyrics. I just was, like, this is

Liz:

I think Ally Golding's, like, a pop princess, which

Claire:

is, like, cray now listen. Hey. No bias here.

PJ:

No bias. No bias.

Liz:

Judge. This is not her best.

Claire:

Now I think she's a pop princess, let's say. But I just think at the time I just put it on there because it's the only song that has actually ever made me leave a space or, like, immediate skip when it comes down. Wow. And the reasoning is blurry, which I am quickly recognizing is not good for this activity. I need to have more concrete reasoning, and I expect to probably lose to the office here.

Claire:

But I just wanna say, only song I've ever left a store to. I just think the lyrics like, she's just complete. Like, that kind of whispery weird

Liz:

Well and, also, it is with one of the worst movies of all time. Like, such as Grey. Yeah. So yeah. That kind of answer it.

Liz:

Can I play just really quick? Maybe it'll grate your, like, your brain immediately. Okay. Like, you only need a couple sec. Okay.

Liz:

Wait. One more. Just like What? Anyways

PJ:

That song. Yeah.

Liz:

That's why I Alright. I cross my legs like Jim would do. PJ, I think we might know your answer.

Claire:

Just get it over with.

PJ:

AJ, our song is by far worse.

Claire:

It really, really I

Liz:

agree. I I'm moving on.

PJ:

I'm gonna be honest. I actually really, like, love me like you do. I'll if I if that song plays anywhere, I will sing along.

Claire:

Now I would. I just

PJ:

Oh, even growing up, I would. I mean, like, when it came out.

Claire:

Like, you've always been a fan.

PJ:

Of the song.

Liz:

And of her?

PJ:

I mean, she has some good songs. I'm not an avid fan of her. Like, I'm not, like, I can't wait till she releases her

Liz:

next album. No. No. I'm not a stan, but, like, I was recently listening to anything could happen.

PJ:

Oh. Oh.

Liz:

I like to sing, and that's a great song. Yeah. Oh, look at you. This Ellie Goulding's fan over here. Yeah.

Liz:

Yeah. Whatever, guys.

Claire:

Alright. So that was the first round.

Liz:

Yeah. That was an easy warming up. Easy pick. This next one, I I also feel pretty confident about. I think this is actually kind of a crazy pick by you, and I would also like to know your reasoning.

Liz:

I don't think I have to explain mine very much. But the next one is from Claire. Stupid h word. I'm a say it, ho, by Nicki Minaj, and mine is Dance Monkey by Tones and I. Oh.

Liz:

I don't think anyone needs to listen to Dance Monkey. You know exactly how it goes because everyone hates it. I would like like to hear why you don't like

Claire:

this song, Claire. So it's just unbearable on the ears, which is really hard for me to say as I like a lot of Nicki Minaj songs, but this one, it just builds. Would you mind playing a clip of it just for those? Because I only recently heard it for the first time and had to turn it off immediately because it's just I don't know. It's so overstimulating, and I like songs where you kinda build up to, like, a big, let's say, crash or

Liz:

Mhmm.

Claire:

I don't know.

Liz:

Not I

Claire:

don't wanna listen to quiet music. Right? But something about this song just doesn't

Liz:

Uh-huh.

Claire:

Work. And I think it's the fact that there's clapping. There's, like, a whirring sound in the back, and then she's also rapping the entire time, which is wonderful. But just all of those things layered together. It's I'm sweating trying to explain it.

Claire:

I just

Liz:

need so much time. I was gonna play, you know, the namesake of the song, which is repeated multiple times throughout Or just was

Claire:

just It was Like, it was But that background

Liz:

That's what really gets you. If you keep

Claire:

listening, there's, like, a siren sound. There's, okay, there's clapping. There's the whoop sound, a siren sound, and then there's, like, yelling. Like, it just keeps getting wired on. Yeah.

Claire:

That 4 seconds really and she's just saying stupid ho over and over and over again,

Liz:

which No. That's

Claire:

At some point, it's just kind of like screws going into the side of your head.

Liz:

Honestly forgot what this song like, what this song sounded like. Yeah. Feel like because when you wrote it down, I thought it was did it on him, binding No. Which I am.

Claire:

I love that song.

Liz:

Okay. Good. Thank god.

Claire:

Love that song. I don't like stupid ho.

Liz:

Yeah. That's valid.

PJ:

PJ. Yeah. So Stupid Ho by Nicki Minaj, I will say, is not a good song. Not a good song, but Dance Monkey is way worse.

Liz:

Yep. So I have Yeah. Absolutely. Dance Monkey. Yeah.

Liz:

I Dance Monkey. Dance Monkey. Because I do we don't have to play it.

Claire:

But, like, if that played in Rick's, I would sigh, but I would still stand on the dance floor.

Liz:

If Stupid Ho played stay on the dance floor for Dance Monkey?

Claire:

If Stupid Ho played, I would start crying and, like, sweating. I would be, like, oh my god. I'm I'm gonna explode. I have to leave the building.

Liz:

If Dance Monkey It's like a See, if Dance Monkey play it,

PJ:

I think I would leave Rick's, and go to Dublin.

Liz:

Can I say something? Yeah. Yeah. I wouldn't be at Rick's. Yeah.

Liz:

Yeah. Yeah.

Claire:

Yeah. Sorry. Sorry. Wait. Full stop.

Claire:

I don't know why I said Rick's. Sticky Rick's. Nobody pulled that against me. I didn't mean it. It's because Rick's is the only place that would play

Liz:

Dance Monkey. Dance monkey and I don't know. Dublin kinda seems like the place that's not going. No. No.

Liz:

No. No.

PJ:

Not with

Liz:

Paul Dantes. No. Paul Dantes would never do that. Never do that. That was Uh-oh.

Liz:

Land

PJ:

that. That was Uh-oh. Landshark Landshark behavior to play dance monkey. Yeah.

Claire:

True. So The Riv

Liz:

would never. The Riv would never. No. My god. My god.

PJ:

My god.

Claire:

That's why I said Rick's. Okay? Yeah.

PJ:

Yeah. Yeah. Alright. Valid. Valid.

Liz:

Dance monkey, sweep. Liz, sweep so far. We need to keep it funk. Hey. I'll take a win where I can get it.

Liz:

Yeah. Alright. The next round. I also feel confident about this one. Claire's pick is B Word, I'm a Cow by Doja Cat.

Liz:

Oh. And mine is Peach Scon by Hobo Johnson, which has to be one of the worst do you know this song?

PJ:

No. I don't. It's

Liz:

Okay. Really hard. Understand how much

PJ:

Or maybe

Liz:

it's And it's Eclair even agree, like, you gasped when you saw it on the list. Yeah. Because it's just by the way, there's someone that used to work here at State News that doesn't work here anymore that would listen to Hobo Johnson unironically.

Claire:

Okay. I used to listen

Liz:

to Hobo Johnson unironically, but there's, like, 3 songs

Claire:

that I can No. I can I used to listen to Hobo Johnson unironically, but there's, like, 3 songs that I can No?

Liz:

I can imagine, like, at some point in 20 Early. 6th early stuff. He was formative.

Claire:

His have you it's probably no, but have you ever listened to his most current album?

Liz:

No. Or not most current. His

PJ:

Most recent?

Claire:

Yeah. His most recent album. That could have been all my 8 songs, actually. His music took a crazy decline after peach scone, which we're about

Liz:

to hear. Peach scone. It is, it's like looking into the mind of a twisted incel who thinks that he knows how to write music. And it's just like and it's it's very it's like I don't know how to describe it other than it's, like, whiny. He's just a whiny little baby, and he doesn't know how to sing, and he's just talking.

Liz:

Anyways, let me play this. Hi. What's your name? How are you? How's your life?

Liz:

This is both. Oh, you got a man? Are you in love? So a type. Damn.

Liz:

Is it just platonic, strictly justice friends, or the type that ties the 2 together till tomorrow's end is? Can't even get to the house.

PJ:

That's that's really gross. And I I actually know someone who, like, who sounds like that. And, like, yeah, who has the same cadence on a regular basis? So

Liz:

Like, just talking? Yeah. That's crazy.

PJ:

Woah. So

Liz:

Do they need help? Do you

Claire:

know do you know Romeo and Juliet?

Liz:

Yes. By, Peter McPullet?

Claire:

No. Yes. Yeah. And also by Hobo Johnson. Oh, I've I don't know.

Claire:

It just starts with, like, a moan, which I usually

Liz:

hate in songs.

Claire:

Always hate in songs.

Liz:

I still hate those songs.

Claire:

That song, it's kind of funny just because you just almost can't believe that it's

Liz:

Yeah.

Claire:

Actually how he's opening the song.

Liz:

I If

Claire:

you don't laugh, you'll cry.

Liz:

Hi. How are you? Well and then, like, when you get to the chorus, he's like or and he, like, starts off, like, really funny. He goes, or maybe it's a thought of just being so alone. And I'm like, it's actually, I have to play that one.

PJ:

Yeah. Please do.

Liz:

Because I

Claire:

used to it's been a long time since I've heard that song, but I Okay. That's, like, in my saved songs.

PJ:

I've heard something by him.

Liz:

I know it's a thought of being with you. Or maybe it's the thought of not, be so alone. Oh, hey. The second Oh my god. Doesn't even just make you wanna peel off your skin.

Liz:

Yeah.

Claire:

His music has only gotten worse. Oh, well then why

Liz:

are you listening to the newest album?

Claire:

I listened to the newest album when it came out hopeful Oh. And was no longer. That.

Liz:

So do you know the other do you know Clare's

PJ:

Of course.

Liz:

The Dojo song, of course? Yeah.

PJ:

I I'm so sorry, Clare, but I I really I that I'm

Liz:

really off put. Hobo Johnson. Hobo Johnson.

PJ:

Okay. Yeah. Yeah. That's so bad. His It's Everything about him is really bad, and he looks exactly how I thought he would.

Claire:

His Tiny Desk concert is pretty good

Liz:

I can't

Claire:

to me.

Liz:

To me? Okay.

Claire:

3 years ago, 4 years ago when I found

Liz:

it. Be I'm a Cow is not a bad choice that you've made, Claire.

Claire:

Thank you.

Liz:

Is a choice, though, that is inherently overdone. Oh, I was just In my works, in my thoughts, and in my opinions because I just feel like

Claire:

Because it's so bad. You're right. Overdone because people hate it because why are

Liz:

you scared? Get me in this next one, though. So I'm I'm looking and I'm looking ahead, and I'm nervous. Okay. I'm sweating.

Liz:

Because basically, he had So the last matchup of the first, like, side of the first round, we have a lot to do, is Gooba by 69, which is Claire's song, and Fancy Like by Walker Hayes from me, which is the yeah. We fancy like Applebee's on a date night. You know, I

PJ:

I have to go with Claire's. Yeah. Anything by 69 except for Fifi featuring

Claire:

the Yes. Yeah. Exactly. Yes. Yeah.

PJ:

Yeah.

Liz:

Thank you. Okay. The entire crowd says yes. Oh, of course. Fifi, my favorite song in the universe.

Liz:

Yes. Alright. Now, well, that was an easy move on. Wow. Yeah.

Liz:

Yeah. Well, it's just like his voice the the beat is really grating.

Claire:

Everything. Like screaming the whole time.

PJ:

Yeah. Yeah.

Liz:

It's not good. Alright. Next. It's not good. We have I whoo.

Liz:

This this is a really good match up. Claire has brought in my feelings, my drink, and I have mad at Disney by I don't I mean, the artist isn't important. Salem Elise. Do you know this song? Yeah.

Liz:

I don't. I'll be on it. But Also explain your in my feelings when it comes.

PJ:

And also wait. Sorry. Before, could you also play in my feelings Yes. After the Matt Disney. But yeah.

Liz:

I will do both.

Claire:

It's just In My Feelings is unfortunately one of those songs that the moment it released, it was overdone. Like, the second

Liz:

Mhmm. You hear it

Claire:

for the first time, it feels like you've heard it for the a 100th.

PJ:

Yeah. It that's so true. Yeah.

Claire:

Yeah. And I just think it has always been that way, and it has stayed that way, and it has no sign of stopping, which is what's concerning. It's like a cockroach almost.

Liz:

It stays on the couch.

Claire:

Reason I don't love it. Once again, though, like, this is one of those songs where if it plays, I'll sing along. You know what I mean? It's not a bad song. It's not scraping your ears.

PJ:

Right.

Claire:

But my god.

Liz:

Stay on the dance floor

Claire:

and return to music. Couldn't we have picked something else? It's just like, how did you decide that

Liz:

this is This is a song that sticks around. You know what I heard on Halloweencca? One dance by Drake. Oh. Which was crazy because I was like, woah.

PJ:

So good, though. Right?

Claire:

Yeah. So good. Guys. We can agree.

Liz:

So good.

PJ:

So good.

Liz:

Yeah. If

Claire:

if in my feelings plays hard

Liz:

run home.

Claire:

If in my feelings plays when you're out, that's the, oh, it's that time of the night. Like, we've reached that.

Liz:

Yeah. We've reached we've played all the songs. Yeah. And now we're back to 2016 again.

Claire:

And That's why we'll

Liz:

have it. 16 was

Claire:

And you?

Liz:

That's so funny. That's actually so funny. That's so true. Oh, wait. Wait.

Liz:

Again. Yeah. It's so sorry. It's a bit of an intro. Geeky.

Liz:

Like, I mean, look at me. I'm dancing. Yeah.

PJ:

It's it's yeah.

Claire:

Yeah. Once again It's not bad. It's not bad in, like, ears bleeding.

Liz:

It's But, like

Claire:

bad in, like, imagine being

Liz:

stuck in a room for a couple hours being, like, played that.

Claire:

Yes. Like, I think, no. I don't want to go to. No. No.

Claire:

No. But, yes, that's my point. And your song?

Liz:

My song is, like, TikTok core to, like, the realest level. I feel like a lot of songs that I hate are very much like that. I agree. Like

PJ:

Yeah.

Liz:

It's it's something that just, like, digs in your brain. You're like, how did this are you an industry plant? I don't understand. No. Because out of days need days need days need.

Liz:

They tricks me. They tricks me. They had me

Claire:

It's like

Liz:

Oh. I can't. Okay. I'm done. I can't.

Liz:

It's like it's it's giving Disney adult. It's giving cursive singing Halsey. It's giving TikTok lyrics. Mhmm. It's like it the the premise of the song is like, guys, Disney raised my expectations for love.

Liz:

What are you talking about? Yeah. What? Anyways, I just that song just really, like if even one listened to that just, like, gets me, like, fired up, pissed off, ready to punch a 30 year old. Yeah.

Liz:

Like, ready to go.

PJ:

Yeah. I definitely have to say mad at Disney is a worst song. Yes.

Liz:

Let's go. I was worried about that one because In My Feelings is, like, a little, like, pretty crazy.

PJ:

I'm punching a 30 year old

Liz:

with our fan. They really got you? Nice. What? Whatever.

Liz:

Nothing. What is happening? Okay. I cannot move this. I'm out of this.

Liz:

Okay. The next lineup from Claire, we have, it's everyday bro by Jake Paul. Wow. And for me, this is a good one. I mean, both of us.

Liz:

That's why I'm saying, like, this is a good match. A, b, c, d, e, f, u, guide by Gail by Gail, who has, I don't think, ever released anything ever again.

PJ:

Nope. Just Good. Just just 7 remixes of that one song.

Liz:

That's so true. She got yeah. She released 7 remixes, got smited off the earth Yeah. Necessary Yeah. And is now gone.

PJ:

Yeah. Do you do

Liz:

we know both songs, PJ?

PJ:

Yes. Of course. Of course.

Liz:

I have a crazy take. I like it every day, bro. It has a good beat. It was a time in history where we needed something to to take our minds off everything. We needed team 10 to give us this.

Liz:

And I remember watching this in my friend's basement in, like, 8th grade and being like, wow. This is the funniest thing ever, and it's ingrained in my history. Thank you.

PJ:

So let me rebuttal, because I think that actually added more stress and more anger into everybody's lives including mine.

Liz:

I I just almost threw off my headphones when you said that. Like, I'm out of here. Yeah.

PJ:

No. Because it's every day, bro, was actually like, it physically angered me, and every day

Liz:

dancing. Right.

PJ:

True. No. I'm not. But I think the only thing that that the only good thing that came out of it's everyday bro is the fall of Jake Paul, the song Oh. By Logan Paul.

PJ:

Great song. Great song. So good in every aspect. That's that.

Liz:

And what about it's every night, sis? Oh, true.

PJ:

The highest divide. True. RiceGum.

Liz:

Yeah. Like, it that it

Claire:

Yeah. It started that. We missed an insane opportunity to not include a Gabbie Hanna song on Fresh.

Liz:

Thought about it. Wow. But, like, I don't have, like it's just, like, Gabby it's, like, it's, like, Gabbie Hanna just in general. Sorry. Yeah.

Liz:

I just Like, I don't even know which one, like, I can't pick out a song. I was like, what is on the monster? Like and then there's so many different, like, parts of that. Yeah.

Claire:

I just Sorry that I just, like, belted.

Liz:

It's just really to the mic.

PJ:

No. But it's everyday bro. I think everything about that was just awful. The lyrics, like, England is my city.

Liz:

Crazy.

Claire:

It's everyday bro do you give up at night. Right. Like

Liz:

Well, that's the fall of Jake Paul. Fall of Jake Paul.

Claire:

Oh, it's not?

PJ:

Yes. It is. Every day

Liz:

bro do you give up at night?

PJ:

We 247, man. Wait.

Liz:

You picked the wrong fight. I'm a savage.

PJ:

Bro with that decision. Thank you.

Claire:

That's worse. And that's why I put it on there.

Liz:

Just Don't tell everyone else. The ABCDE of you, though.

Claire:

That's also My

Liz:

mom loves that song. Oh. Can you believe it? I actually make fun of her for it all the time. She's like,

Claire:

oh, you don't like this? Like, I

Liz:

hear it on TikTok. That's the point, mom.

PJ:

The point. Yeah.

Claire:

But I could listen to that without wanting to, like, retract my

Liz:

I feel that I feel the opposite.

PJ:

Oh, I'm sorry. I couldn't I can't listen to either of those songs without wanting to rip my eyes out in ears

Liz:

Mhmm.

PJ:

And die.

Claire:

But which one is worse? Which

PJ:

one is worse? That is the question. Right, guys?

Liz:

Oh, looking for help from the audience. Interesting tactic when it's the camera. Let me ask Yes, the audience. Does Taylor have to be the tie breaker? I actually don't I forget what the other ones think.

Liz:

A, b, c, d, e, f, you and your mom and your sister and your dog and you broke something car. And that's Go. You just go home. Yeah. I don't know.

Liz:

I just feel like everyday bro is a different genre of song. It's a YouTube song and I in from that time period especially.

PJ:

Yeah. Lower than the actual song.

Liz:

Yeah.

Claire:

So Dylan has spoken. Yes.

Liz:

You've won. Yes.

Claire:

Hey. That's 2. We're tied.

PJ:

No. It's 4 to 2.

Liz:

Shut up. So we're tied. Hey. She doesn't know what to do now.

PJ:

Hey. Leave.

Liz:

Hey. Get out. Alrighty. No. The next one is God's Country by Blake Shelton, from Claire, and Thunder by Imagine Dragons by from thank you.

Liz:

I honestly don't remember God's Country by Blake Shelton. Me neither.

PJ:

I I I don't know.

Liz:

But everybody knows Thunder by Imagine Dragons. Right? Yeah. Yeah.

Claire:

Because I played the first time, and

Liz:

it never left my mind. Lightning and the Thunder. We had to play that in marching band. Thanks, guys. Go, Addies.

Liz:

That was my high school. God's Country. Why did you choose this one, Claire?

Claire:

I just can't stand Blake Shelton's voice. I already don't like country music in general. I'm trying to get better, but it's just when I heard it I think I heard it in high school for the first time, it just made my skin crawl.

PJ:

Mhmm.

Claire:

And I was just it was the most country country song I had ever heard up until that point, and there have been a couple songs where on first listen, I hate it, and then later, I come to like it. And those are some of my honorable mentions now, but this one, I never came to like. It always just made my skin crawl.

Liz:

And I

Claire:

just think Blake Shelton is

Liz:

A freak.

Claire:

Yeah. And the words

Liz:

of this song Gwen Stefani.

Claire:

It just feels like he's

Liz:

He doesn't deserve Gwen Stefani. Yeah. Yeah.

Claire:

He just feels like he's on a porch, like, stomping really heavily, like, with the

Liz:

Like, Rascal Flatts in the Hannah Montana movie.

Claire:

Yes. But worse because it's Blake Shelton.

Liz:

Yes. Of course. Anyways That's how I

Claire:

remember it.

Blake Shelton:

To the land, but it ain't my crown. This is God's country. We pray for rain and thank him when it's

Liz:

Okay. That's enough. And then

Claire:

the beat drops, and it gets louder.

Liz:

And he says God's

Claire:

country louder, if you can even imagine.

Liz:

That was really loud. Yeah. That was yeah. That was scary. Yeah.

Liz:

His voice was scary. And

Claire:

the beat like, it drops, and then that's when I picture him just, like, standing on a porch, like, stomping, swinging a beer. It's horrible.

PJ:

So I'm gonna have to go with, God's Country is Worse.

Liz:

Okay. That's fine.

PJ:

I, you know, I don't love country music. Here's the thing with me. Here's the thing with me.

Liz:

I What's your vibe?

PJ:

I will not actively seek out country songs. But if someone were to give say, hey. You should listen to this song or this album, I'll give it a listen.

Liz:

Will I like it?

PJ:

Who knows?

Claire:

Right.

PJ:

But I don't I don't actively seek out country songs.

Liz:

Yeah.

PJ:

The only, like, country artist I like is Mason Ramsey. Yeah. The Yodeling kid. The Yodeling kid.

Claire:

He came back.

PJ:

I know he did. Oh, I know. He's back. I

Liz:

He's back. Watch out.

Claire:

Why don't you seek out country music? Is it just you just

Liz:

I don't like

PJ:

the genre.

Claire:

Just general or

PJ:

I Just just

Liz:

peachy went to honky tonk with me. So I just wanna make sense.

PJ:

Didn't know I only

Liz:

knew her songs. Know any song.

Claire:

I mean, is there a specific thing about country music in general that turns you off to it or just all around you just don't like it?

PJ:

I just all around.

Claire:

Okay.

PJ:

But I don't wanna be like that guy that never listens to country or whatever. I'm like you. I'm trying to get more into it.

Liz:

I'm tryna

Claire:

I I understand.

Liz:

Yeah. Yeah.

Claire:

But not Blake Shelton.

Liz:

Yeah. I I disagree with you guys. I still think that thunder is worse because you will be hearing that on your deathbed. That's true. Is just one of those songs and worms into your brain and leaves, and leaves a worm brain.

Liz:

And you you just have to you have to know your whole life, the song like, the lyrics to sun

Claire:

and a butterfly. Like, once you learn it, you're never forget

Liz:

it. You'll never forget this, and it's with you forever. That's a curse. Hey. If you guys hate God's country, then I guess you guys can pick that lost their I am there.

Liz:

Woah. Thunder is a terrible song.

Claire:

K. Well

Liz:

Anyways 4 to 3. And we're gonna do we're gonna do, the last of the first round. So we'll know all the songs by then. Claire is brought Closer by the Chainsmokers, and I have brought Unholy by Sam Smith.

PJ:

I have my answer. Can I say it?

Liz:

Yeah. Of course.

PJ:

Unholy is far worse.

Liz:

Closer is so good. Closer is so good. I was thinking the exact

Claire:

same thing. Okay.

Liz:

Yeah. So the baby, for me and not that the Chainsmokers are, like, great. Yeah. Because they're not. Yeah.

Liz:

But Unholy by Sam Smith is just Y'all have never listened to the orchestral version. I have You're right.

Claire:

You would be right.

Liz:

I have

Claire:

I put Closer because the lyrics don't really make any sense to me. I don't actually hate the song. I'm just gonna come clean about that right now. If it comes on, I will sing it. I just think once again

Liz:

You're an enjoyer of music.

Claire:

Yeah. Once again, I really struggled with this, guys. Once again, though, if that song plays, it's almost like the big lights coming on at the function. Everyone gets out. That's a really good

Liz:

We're at

Claire:

that point in the night. Closer's on. Holy shit. What time is it I have to go? That's when you're like, oh my god.

Claire:

I need to

Liz:

I have to go.

Claire:

My ride and get out of here. So that's why. And there's a lyric in there that strangely enough, like, my dad and I always talk about this. Anytime it's on, he's like, this makes no sense. Like, are you listening?

Claire:

You can't afford the tattoo, but not be able to afford the mattress. Like, he really analyzed it. And I guess since then, I've always been like yeah. They are true. Really make a ton of sense, and the song's just kind of okay.

Claire:

Agree. But Yeah. I agree that unholy is well

Liz:

It's just so loud. It's so loud. Love it all now. It's like it's like, the minute it starts playing, you're like, oh my god. What are you yelling about?

Liz:

And, like, the music in the background is like, oh. Or, like, it's just like, it's so overwhelming. You feel like you're in the scariest church you've ever walked into, and you're never going to leave. And Samson's probably wearing something awful. Oh my god.

Claire:

Yeah. It is it is more of, like, a trap of a song.

Liz:

It's a trap. Yeah.

Claire:

The minute you start listening to it, you're, like, sucked in. Like, there's no There's no there's no pausing it. There's no fast forwarding it. You feel helpless.

Liz:

You feel paralyzed. Mad. Yeah. You're like, Jesus, dude.

PJ:

That's so funny.

Liz:

Alright. Let's get into the 2nd round. We got things to do in place for people to see. So the 2nd round starts with classic match up. Netflix trip by AJR and Dance Monkey by the Tones and I.

Liz:

This is a hard one. Wow. This this can be like a last pick, Like, honestly. Like, this can be a number 1, number 2, but it's not. So we have to choose.

Liz:

And I feel like since we're all I'm a change the rules. Since we're all, like, now it's no longer biased, like, the songs are the songs, I think we can all weigh in. Okay. Personally, I this is crazy. But I think that Dance Monkey is slightly better than Netflix Trip.

Liz:

I think Dance Monkey at least has musicality behind it and doesn't sound like an Old Navy commercial made for The Office.

Claire:

Mhmm. Agreed.

PJ:

I I very much agree and hear yeah. I agree with that. And then also, if I were in Trader Joe's well, first of all, Trader Joe's would never play either of those 2 songs. Correct. Never.

Claire:

On record.

Liz:

Or Never. Just say I

PJ:

was in a Kroger. Okay.

Claire:

Okay. Neutral. Yeah.

PJ:

And Dance Mucky played, I would I would continue shopping, and I would be like, it's fine. I can get through this. Let me walk through the aisles. I got this.

Claire:

Five things I can see.

Liz:

Four things I can't tell.

PJ:

But if if Netflix if AJR's Netflix song played, I think I would literally, like, crumble.

Liz:

I couldn't even

PJ:

make it out.

Liz:

That was gonna melt

Claire:

Yeah. In public. Yeah. Yeah. So we agree.

Liz:

Yeah. Alright. Agree. Next. Alright.

Liz:

Next is peach scone by Hobo Johnson versus Gooba by 69. I have a it's peach scone. It has to be peach scone. Like, Gooba at least,

Claire:

like Gooba's so hard to listen to, though. At least, Hobo Johnson, you can listen and laugh. With Goomba, you can't even listen at all.

Liz:

I feel like we need another listen.

PJ:

Yeah. Do it. Yeah. For both songs.

Liz:

Okay. Let me okay. Perfect. I personally think just like Goomba, like, 69 at least has other songs that, like, you can listen to.

Claire:

This isn't about

Liz:

I know it's not about other songs, but it's like it kind of is a

Claire:

little bit. No. Because Hobo Johnson has maybe 1 or 2 other songs you could listen to. Opinion because that's crazy. Okay.

Liz:

Well okay. This is peach It's way sadder than the first one, but I don't know. I love the thought of being Oh, it's Maybe it's the thought and I'll be so loved. Did you just do that before she said that?

Claire:

I know the song. I used to listen to Hobo Johnson.

Liz:

Okay. And then I'm sorry. I I I was so disturbed by that that I That was true. That I actually, like, lost.

Claire:

He's like,

Liz:

that was

Claire:

That's the whole song, though.

Liz:

I know. I know. Out of breath. I know. Yeah.

Liz:

That's crazy.

Claire:

If that came on in Kroger, the walls would crumble.

Liz:

If peach scone came on, everyone would flee. Yeah. If that's I would assume that Kroger employee has been breaking down. I just

Claire:

peach scone, while shopping, I'd be like, this is super, super weird. That song while shopping, I would think that there's an alarm going off. I would think that I should be running. I would just drop my groceries and start sprinting. I don't know what I would do.

Claire:

Nothing nothing activates, like, an overstimulation fight or flight and a grown man just, like, screaming, And the meat is just, like, pounding.

Liz:

Oh my god.

Claire:

Okay. That's my take. So true.

Liz:

Okay. But why is our why is it that we've created this model of you're in the grocery store? I'm like, perfect. It doesn't matter. But Pete Stone, like, is the ramblings of an insane person.

Liz:

And Goob what

Claire:

is it even called?

Liz:

Goobah. Goobah

Claire:

isn't even ramblings at all. Can you make out a single fucking word, he just said? No. No. No.

Claire:

I'm sweating. Okay. Well,

Liz:

okay. PJ? So we obviously know what teams we're on. PJ.

Claire:

Enough with the bias thing. Of course, we'll be biased if it's our songs up against each other.

Liz:

But but but peach scone.

PJ:

I I think oh my god. I think I think peach scone is worse. Yes.

Liz:

I think peach scone is worse. No. And you're so right. Oh my god. No.

Liz:

And, like, Claire, I I have a hand in the you put in the fight and it's it's it's the baddest. Thanks.

PJ:

The alarm thing was actually the

Liz:

funniest things I've

PJ:

ever heard.

Liz:

Thanks. Okay. Let's move on.

Claire:

And you did pick it. And yet. And yet. And yet. Okay.

Claire:

Sorry. Hang on.

Liz:

The next round, it's mad at Disney and it's everyday bro.

Claire:

Think of Kroger.

Liz:

Well, like, it's everyday bro would be, like, out of place in the Kroger. Mad at Disney would be, like In place. It's, like, in place, but, like, I hate this so much. Yeah. So I'm gonna go with, mad at Disney.

Liz:

And I know that that's Same. Oh. So there we go. 2 to 3.

PJ:

Oh, I'm sorry. What were you gonna say?

Liz:

That was so good.

Claire:

The song that I put on the bracket, probably.

Liz:

Okay. So MADA doesn't continue wow. It's just, like, it's a terrible song. Did you think I was gonna vote against myself? Well, I don't know.

Liz:

I thought maybe you changed your mind. No. I'm mad at Disney Disney. Alright. Another one for the second round.

Liz:

This is the last one for this round. It's really warm. It's really warm in here. Guys, if you could see 69. Yeah.

Liz:

69's fault. Yeah. God's Country versus Unholy by Sam Smith. 22 of the most godly songs that I know. I'm against each other.

Liz:

I'm going unholy even though God's country is really bad. I'm going God's country,

PJ:

obviously. I'm gonna go God's

Liz:

country. Wow. Wow. What what made you what made you choose?

Claire:

Doesn't matter who.

Liz:

What made you choose what?

PJ:

God's country in the snippet that I heard was just so bad. I, like, I truly, like, couldn't I didn't want to listen to a single second more.

Liz:

And I Unholy makes you wanna listen to, like, the scariness of Sam's hair yelling at you.

Claire:

You have such

Liz:

choice. You have no choice but to listen to that all of my

Claire:

snip question of, like, will or, like

Liz:

For real.

Claire:

Of Spartan's will is There is no choice. Unholy starts. Alright. You're locked in.

Liz:

But yeah. I'll take it. I think that's what she's really, really bad. Alright. We are now in the 3rd round.

Liz:

It's getting it's getting heated in here, guys.

Claire:

Literally. Literally.

Liz:

Alright. Now this also could be, like, a final match up, but this is this is crazy. And I I'm upset with whichever which either one gets knocked out.

PJ:

Oh, yeah.

Liz:

Netflix trip versus peach sky. This might be 2 of the worst songs just, like, on the planet Earth that exists. And, like, I can't even decide honestly which one because they're both unlistful for different reasons, but it is the same reason because it's a white man making no sense with no musicality whatsoever. So really they're the same song if you think about it. I feel like peach scone might have more emotion.

Liz:

Any hint That's true. I could see that. That is a really

Claire:

That's like actual self expression. And while we can critique, we can't deny that he's exercising self expression. AJR, I feel like almost nothing there. Kinda feels like he wrote that with a gun to his head. Watch The Office and write a he did, like, a random prompt generator and just went with it.

PJ:

Yeah.

Claire:

You know, senselessly, he did not care.

Liz:

Yeah. Like, you know, like, those types

Claire:

of nonsense felt whatever the hell he felt to write that.

Liz:

And it was crazy and never write that again.

Claire:

And I'm never having a scone, but

Liz:

And I will never have a peach scone.

Claire:

I think he meant it, which makes it worse in one way, but for this argument, like Taylor said, it's actually better

Liz:

I for Yeah.

Claire:

For his case.

Liz:

I I think that that's a really good point. So are we moving on Netflix trip Yeah. Into the finals? Yeah.

PJ:

Yeah.

Claire:

Goodbye, hobo. Goodbye, hobo. But you

Liz:

know what? You kept up a good fight, and you'll always be the worst in my heart. Yeah. Anyways. Alright.

Liz:

And then Nice to like other side, we have mad at Disney versus God's country.

Claire:

I'm still going God's country.

Liz:

I'm also gonna go God's country at this point. Okay. Because And Well, I don't I don't know.

Claire:

I don't want mad at Disney.

PJ:

I I was probably gonna say mad at Disney. Really? Yeah.

Liz:

Well, I said I don't know.

Claire:

About Kroger. You're shopping. Magic Nobody makes sense in Kroger.

Liz:

God's country makes sense in Yeah.

Claire:

No. It doesn't. Oh my god. Really? God's, John.

Claire:

Even if

Liz:

it does, I hate it more.

Claire:

God's thank you, Taylor. God's country in Kroger. Guys, you didn't listen to the part where it starts building.

Liz:

Wait. Yeah. Should I wait a little bit more?

Claire:

Like, if that's how I remember it, it's building up. And if once again, if I was shopping and it you know, you already kinda start Is

Liz:

it, like, towards the end, just

Claire:

go and have

Liz:

to play, like, the entire song?

Claire:

Like, shoot for the second half anywhere.

Liz:

You know, I think I need a mash up of all these songs. No. And we're posting the playlist afterwards. First of all.

Claire:

You're welcome.

Liz:

It's the get out of my house playlist. Yeah.

Claire:

Big light on playlist.

Liz:

Is it still the theme?

Claire:

I don't know. But this is bad too.

Blake Shelton:

On sun it and do it all again because we're proud

Liz:

Oh, wait. Wait. Oh, also the lyrics make no sense.

PJ:

Yeah. Yeah.

Liz:

Like, the the lyrics are like a map lamp of any country song you've ever heard, and you're like, moo. Riverside and birds and dirt and

Claire:

What have I been saying?

Liz:

Yeah.

Claire:

The mad at Disney is bad and annoying, but the lyrics make sense, and you could listen to it while shopping.

Liz:

You know? I that convinced me.

PJ:

Yeah. I'm gonna say God's Country should move on.

Claire:

This could be my comeback, guys.

Liz:

This could be your comeback,

Claire:

unfortunately. But, unfortunately, I know what it's up against next, and it's not

Liz:

going to survive. Alright. And in the finals, we have Netflix Trip by AJR and God's Country by Blake Blake Shelton. A little bit of representation from both me and Claire. Uh-huh.

Claire:

Yeah. I can't believe I made it this far.

Liz:

For the argument

Claire:

On behalf of Blake Shelton.

Liz:

Blake, you really you did good. You did really bad.

Claire:

You did good for this.

Liz:

Netflix Trip by AJR is my pick because it is just unexplainable how terrible. I feel like I should play just a little bit more.

Claire:

Go ahead.

Liz:

Yeah. Because God's Country got 2 plays, and Netflix strip got 1. So I just need to, like 1 I had my first Christmas season 2. I I need I need more office like the oh, here we go.

Claire:

And then it has, like,

Liz:

this weird, like, with a scare zone. We put Taylor in a cardiac arrest In for that.

PJ:

And he's in 8th grade.

Liz:

Like, I'm sorry.

Claire:

Is he reflecting on watching The Office in 8th grade? Yes. So that doesn't really make it better Nope. In any way. It just carries on.

Claire:

It's actually worse cause you're a 20 something. Maybe

Liz:

30 something?

PJ:

30, I think.

Liz:

Okay. Old. Yeah. Okay. Drag him.

PJ:

Yeah.

Claire:

I'm gonna I'm gonna say that Netflix

Liz:

is worst. Netflix Trip by AJR is the worst song in the entire world, and we've just coined it here. Thank you, AJR. It was completely unsurprising that you made it into the finals.

Claire:

Yeah.

Liz:

Just one of the worst artists, really, of all time as well. Just consistent, terrible, like, just terrible songs.

PJ:

Yes.

Liz:

What are you guys kicking on about right now?

Claire:

Just my honorable mentions, which I might speed run right now.

Liz:

Yeah. Do you wanna speed run that, and then we'll be done?

Claire:

Some things that didn't make my list were Shut Up and Dance. I don't mind it, but one of my That's a good song. Bestest friends, that's her I will leave the room song. Like, she hates it. Shake It Off by Taylor Swift, just overplayed.

Claire:

Perfect by Ed Sheeran, personally, is cursed for me, and most of my close friends have had some strange negative experience with it. When I first heard the song WAP, I actually thought I was gonna peel my ears off. But now I kinda like it, and it's on my running playlist. Cardi b is bad. That's just what the next note says.

Claire:

Moving on. Old Town Road, the remix. General. Any variation of Old Town Road. The big lights on.

Claire:

Go home. Yes. And then this just says, fuck you, DJ Khaled. Hate that man's voice. Hate when he gets on a song.

Liz:

We have the best music.

Claire:

Just like that. I also I don't, this is just some other notes really quick. I don't like screams, super loud crashes, or, like, moans in a

Liz:

song. Who does? Exactly.

Claire:

I don't really also like, like, super, like, whispery, the cursive singing songs, like, speak up. Man. Yeah. Okay? Country in all caps, general, but not all.

Liz:

Screamo.

Claire:

This one's crazy. The song that I can only describe it as the sex rhythm song that circulated on TikTok is

Liz:

a beep beep beep beep. Yes. Like, that's crazy. It's called Sebat.

Claire:

Horrible. I heard the song Friday by Evan BDZ. It's just bad. I heard it earlier while preparing for this. Not a I don't have enough personal attachment, though, for it to have made my bracket, but just know that it's bad.

Claire:

There's this song called spooky ghosts that played from my previously saved songs from early high school, and I left my phone upstairs a couple days ago. And my roommate had some friends over, and she heard it. And I heard it from downstairs and was just immediately embarrassed because it's just one of those old, like, I thought I was super quirky for liking this song when I was 16. Uh-huh.

Liz:

And

Claire:

it was playing super loud in my bedroom, and I ran up the stairs. And Eva was like, what is that Yeah. In your room? And it almost made my bracket. It's just bad.

Claire:

And then dead ah by Tana Mongeau and Elijah Daniel.

PJ:

Okay.

Claire:

Tana Mongeau's songs came through. Yep. Not this one, though. This one's bad. Hefner?

Claire:

Hefner's a great song. Yeah. Hefner's great, but not that. And closing note is who the is John Summit? I don't understand EDM as something you reach for necessarily, and I think John Summit is someone people reach for.

Liz:

So I just wanna turn it over. Not me. My honorable mentions include Crybaby by Melanie Martinez. Oh. Really?

Liz:

Yeah.

PJ:

Yeah. Oh, I like Playdate. I like Playdate. Yeah. Same album.

Liz:

Like like, Melanie Martinez, that album, like, was very formative for me in middle school. Right. But then you listen back to her, like, what is she what are you doing? What is she doing?

PJ:

Right.

Liz:

Don't make that song. There's a

Claire:

lot of songs

Liz:

like that. And then Happier by Marshmallow. Yep. Yeah. That one really gets me.

Liz:

That's good. The the suicide number song by Logic. Yeah. Okay. I'm late.

Liz:

Whoo. This is build a b word by Bella Porch.

PJ:

Oh, yeah.

Liz:

That one's really bad. And then e girls are ruining my life.

PJ:

Oh my god. Yeah. Which is the song where

Liz:

it's like I don't even feel comfortable saying it. It's like, choke me while you're. Wow. It was like it's like Get the lights off and my chains on. Yeah.

Liz:

Yeah. It's it's, it's like it's like from this, like I don't even know. I think he's like a streamer. Corpse husband.

PJ:

Corpse. Yeah.

Liz:

And he talks like this. That he made, like, a whole brand out of it, and now he makes music is really bad. But I have one note. Woah. Wow.

Liz:

I love Jacob Sartorius' music, and Clare texted me about it. I don't care. That was also formative for me when we would make fun of it in high school. Now I don't care.

Claire:

Sweatshirt by Jacob Sartorius was one of my honorable mentions. So Sorry. Yeah.

Liz:

Too bad.

Claire:

I didn't realize that you were gonna

Liz:

I I just I just think that,

Claire:

you know, it's strong. With the defense there on

Liz:

It's It goes wrong. Has to,

Claire:

besides him.

Liz:

Yeah. Anyways, I'm really glad with the with the worst song we picked today. I think that Yeah. I truly think, like, this is, like, the definitive worst song.

PJ:

Yeah. A 100%.

Liz:

Yeah. And you know what? Listen next week. Maybe we'll do more. Just kidding.

Liz:

We'll do more. We're talking about brain rot next week.

Claire:

Awesome. Get excited.

Liz:

Alright. Bye, guys. Bye.