One cool visual thing in Poison that gets lost in all the other visual impact of what Angel is going through is that he has this red eyeshadow on whenever he's pretending to be okay. It's gone whenever he's being honest in the song. You can actually see it disappear in the final dance scene when Val approaches and Angel gets scared, then the video cuts to Angel performing with the red. It's a really unique play on a "theater mask" given how Angel is always putting on a facade, as well as him being an actor/performer.
12:29 a bit of a correction, but that's meant to be a Fiddle. It's a Devil Went Down to Georgia reference, one of my favorite Easter eggs in this show.
Yes and no. See a Fiddle is both a object and a way to play the violin. While 'technncally' there isn't a structure difference in fiddle vs violin, some companies do make 'fiddles'. At the same time, to 'fiddle' is a way to play the object.@@Amanda-zn7ox
Poison is my favorite. It lives rent free in my brain, this primal scream of rage that puts me directly into fight mode. But my favorite musical moment is "I'm grateful you're my father/daughter" in More Than Anything. It makes me cry every time.
Am I the only one who actually loves the Mimzy part? And I'm someone who didn't know who she was before that episode. Hell's Greatest Dad is my favorite song btw
It's downright *criminal* that Welcome to Heaven WASN'T _Emily_ doing an almost exact mirror of Charlie's Happy Day in Hell. I'm not crazy right? Emily is basically as enthusiastic about Heaven and its citizens as Charlie is in Hell and its own, and her part of the song is easily the best part. If anything, her couple lines kill me because I'm only getting a tiny glimpse of the song it _could_ have been.
The only reason Happy Day in Hell works is because it's through the perspective of someone who doesn't understand sin.Its positive mixed with an opposite background. The only way it would work isifEmily started dropping curse words like a sailor which would ruin her image and parallel with charlie.
You Didn't Know is, I feel, a Peak Musical Song. It's such a great musical number that does such an amazing job tying in the reprises and furthering the plot and character development... urgghhhh it's so GOOD.
I don't love Mimzy's part of Hell's Greatest Dad (at least on repeat listens, in the show it serves the purpose of ending the song without either side winning), but I don't understand you needing to wiki dive to know who she is. The episode tells you she is an old friend of Alastor's which was all you need to understand her role in the show. At the very least I haven't felt any need to do research on her despite being a new fan.
Yeah I understood from the get go that she was meant to be that trope of a person who thinks they're famous and everyone's like who tf is that. The problem I have with that song is that Alastor out of nowhere trying to act like Charlie's dad was creepy as fuck and yet this was never addressed lol
@@justahugenerd1278Alastor trying to be Charlie’s dad has actually nothing to do with Charlie, he’s trying to intimidate Lucifer. Lucifer is more powerful than Alastor and Alastor HATES that. He hates not being the center of attention and not being the most powerful in the room, but he can’t take Lucifer out with his power so he is attacking him through his relationship, making Lucifer feel like Alastor’s replaced him as a father figure. Does it work? No, but that was still his goal. Had nothing to do with Charlie, everything to do with Lucifer
@@calicomarkerWell I figured that out after the fact but the fact that Charlie just goes along with it feels a little too infantilizing of her character. She's not stupid, and I feel like if she had a moment of being like "wait what" that would've added a lot more to her character, and Alastor's too. Throughout the show they can't seem to decide just how evil he really is and if they're gonna make him that complicated I wish the main characters would see some of that too! Because like, that's very obviously Alastor not being genuine and I can't imagine that Charlie would be that dumb to not notice it. But maybe that's just me, idk.
I totally agree with your comments on You Didn't Know about the plot progression in songs in a musical. I feel like not only have we, the audience, forgotten that that's how musicals work but also lots of 'musicals' - aka Disney and all Disney-like movies. Disney used to be huge on muscials but nowadays, if there's songs with lyrics in a movie at all, it's not usually the characters singing them and instead it will just be a marketable popsong that roughly fits the movie's themes. Meanwhile Hazbin Hotel goes back to the roots of musical. Every song in the show tells part of the story. The show's plot would be lacking massive pieces if we just left out the songs and that is exactly what it's supposed to be like! If your song doesn't tell the story for you, then it's not a musical, simple as that. And not just that: If all the plot that was covered brief, to the point, yet with so much emotion within 3 minutes of song were to be just dialogue, it would drag on and on and lose all its impact. I wouldn't want to listen to the same characters just dialoguing for 15+ minutes over the topics that they just fed me within 3 minutes of a cool song number. I think it's good people see Hazbin Hotel now and get a taste of what musicals have to offer when they have kind of disappeared from mainstream media in the past decade.
I’d listen to “More than Anything” more often if I didn’t cry like a little baby every time it came on. Lucifer and Charlie’s dynamic reminds me of the dynamic between my dad and I on multiple levels and I’m always a sucker for dads singing to (or with) their kids because my dad and I used to sing together all the time when I was a kid. I just like seeing extremely flawed parents recognizing that they’re extremely flawed and actively trying to do better.
Ok, mainly because for whatever reason, Hell's Greatest Dad is the catchiest damn song.. I'll be doing something completely random then I'll be like "looks like you could use some help..." and then the violin... I know that Mimzy brings it down but it's so damn catchy
"You Didn't Know" is actually what got me into Hazbin Hotel. I've never cared about spoilers so I just randomly watched a reaction to the then most recently released episode at the time, episode 6, and when the reactor got to "You Didn't Know," I was immediately enamored. And then I listened to that song on repeat for a while before finally deciding to actually watch the show. It's such a good song! And I don't understand the complaints about there being "too much plot" in that song--that's what a song in a musical is *supposed* to do. It's supposed to advance the plot! I like that Hazbin's songs advance the plot. I'm sure it's partially because there's so little time to cover what needs to be covered but yeah, songs are a great avenue for getting through plot points quickly.
My favourite is more than anything but that's mostly due to my love of Jeremy Jordan's voice. Seriously how has he been cast in a disney musical yet? (not counting the time he voiced Varian in the tangled series).
Hey Thomas! I just wanted to say I’m a big fan, have been since high school when I would listen to your RWBY videos in math class and try not to bust a rib from laughing. Keep up your good work, friend!
I love all of your takes on these songs. I don't agree with every point, but I do respect where you're coming from for all of them! Honestly, Out For Love and More Than Anything are two of my absolute favorites. Hell is Forever and Hell's Greatest Dad are up there too, but are beat out by the first two mentioned by just a smidge. Others in the top echelons: Respectless, Stayed Gone, You Didn't Know, and Ready For This (honestly only Rosie and Alastor's section)
Okay, I see a lot of people complain about needing to do research to know who Mimzy is, but you really don't. It's made pretty clear, she's Alastor's friend from when he was alive and she used to perform. They make it very clear who she is in-episode, you don't need to do any research. In fact, doing research is actually pointless, since she was originally Alastor's girlfriend and they changed that to just his friend when she was actually put in the show, so it's outdated information. You don't need research to learn who Rosie is, you don't need it to learn who Mimzy is. All the information you needed about her is stated in the show.
The entire soundtrack felt like a love letter to musicals and musical theatre! Different tracks reminded me of previously existing properties including (but not limited to) Wicked, The Greatest Showman, Steven Universe The Movie, etc and none of it felt like it was ripping off of those properties. More so, acknowledging them as inspirations for the music presented in this series! They seriously did such an amazing job! The show itself may have issues between the pacing, the tonal whiplash, and the over reliance on shock humor, but the music has been giving 110% since the pilot!
Genuinely I don't think any of the songs in this show are bad, like, Welcome to Heaven is also my least favorite and I still think it's at least a C tier song, there is no F tiers here...well yet, here's to hoping future seasons keep up the music quality of season one
Honestly, Ready for This is a personnel favorite of mine mainly due to the fun verse while still getting pump up to beat up angels....by eating them. Wonder what they taste like. Steak? Duck? fish eggs? Whatever it takes is my least favorite and the only one I think it's bad. And the reason is simple: Camilla. Vaggie's part is actually really good and is even petty in hindsight when you learn about how she met Charlie, but Camilla's doesn't tell or explain anything that couldn'tbe said in one line of dialouge and a shocked expresswion of an eggboi. Not help with them barely giving enough time for the A plot to develop and making it feel rushed at the end, which is the only episode I feel has that problem. Now if Whatever it takes was a Vaggie Solo song and had flashbacks of her and Charlie's deloping realtionship, then it would be as good as More than Anything. also, I think Mimzy is a good character and is the only one who humanize Alastor. More Mimzy in season 2
The fact that some people who have done covers of Hell's Greatest Dad have removed Mimzy's part all together will never not be funny to me. Guess Mimzy will have to interrupt someone else's duet!
More than anything, and its reprise are my personal favourites because of the stuff I’ve had going on in my life. Buuuut for pure entertainment, Respectless, Out For Love and Poison get me every time💅🏾
1. You Didn't Know 2. Poison 3. Respectless 4. Hell's Greatest Dad (minus the end) 5. Stayed Gone 6. Loser Baby 7. Happy Day in Hell 8. The Show Must Go On 9. More than Anything 10. Hell is Forever 11. Welcome to Heaven 12. Ready for this Song 13. Out for love 14. Whatever it takes (this song just grates my ears idk why).
This is gonna get me killed, but I'm already dead inside so who cares. I don't think neither Vaggie or Carmilla earned to sing "Whatever It Takes". On Vaggie's side, we don't really see why she feels the way she does about her purpose until much later. The song shows us that she cares so much about Charlie that, in her words, she will act as her armor, but Vaggie's disregard for herself comes out of nowhere and doesn't feel natural, at least for me. And on Carmilla's side, we just got introduced to her. I don't know enough about her or her kids, who I can't even remember if they have names, to even care that she will do anything to protect them, damned be the consequences. I understand that any parent would do the same, but it kinda feels like they're telling me to care about her, without giving me a reason.
Got to agree with the placement of the More Than Anything Reprise, as much as I love the sentiment, the song will forever be in my heart as a familial love song, so the shift to romantic was a little unsettling. (Also sidenote- the second I heard the chords for More Than Anything, I had to pause and collect myself so I didn't get angry at a fictional character for singing, I remember verbally telling Vaggie off..) No clue why I have such a passion for More Than Anything in particular, but again it felt a little uncomfortable how the premise of the song was changed. Still a super sweet moment and kiss tho!!
Love yo video, my top 5 fav song is out of love, more than everything (also with vaggie and charlie, love them), You didn't know, poison, and loser baby
okay so here's my ranking, which i need to get out of my system and since none of my friends have watched the show yet i'm just gonna leave it here: *1. stayed gone* (i will not accept any slander, and also this song is so much fun to play on bass and i'm not even a bassist) *2. poison* (initially i could almost not listen to this song because of how heavy the story around it is, but with time this song has really climbed the ranks) *3. hell's greatest dad* (this would be #1 if not for mimzy, love me some electro swing and the vpices of alastor and lucifer are just perfect) *4. loser, baby* (what more is there to say about this song that hasn't already been said 1000 times, it's a banger) *5. out for love* (essentially what you said, it's just a pop bop) *6. hell is forever* (it's horrible, i love it lmao, this super cliché dad rock song is the perfect genre choice for adam) *7. respectless* (this one really is carried by the voices of carmilla and velvette, it's just otherwise not that remarkable compared to some other songs imo, i still like it tho) *8. you didn't know* (i agree that this is the best musical scene in the show, but divorced from that context the song itself doesn't do that much for me, lute's part and the part where emily and charlie harmonize are amazing tho) *9. finale* (similarly to 'you didn't know', this being a story-driven ensemble number necessarily makes the structure a bit messy and busy, but i like how it reprises 'happy day in hell' and the chord on "fulfill your destiny" hits so hard) *10. whatever it takes* (i really like the later parts of this song, but the beginning is not really for me) *11. more than anything - reprise* (for me the long version is a bit much with the cheesy broadway pop ballad vibe, so i actually prefer this more understated short version (also this one gets the sapphic bonus)) *12. more than anything* (i still like this more than the other 4 songs tho) *13. ready for this* (kinda messy structure as you said, i'm meh on this one) *14. happy day in hell* (this is a great "i want" song and a good introduction to the show, but while the "subversive disney princess song" style is perfect for charlie, it's just not my cup of tea. love the slightly unhinged last line tho) *15. it starts with sorry* (with the visuals and the context from the show, this would place a lot higher for me, but just the song itself is kinda goofy and cheese and not that remarkable) *16. welcome to heaven* (yeah this one is just forgettable, but it does sound like an ad jingle so it fits)
Always respect a list, and You Didn’t Know is fire. But Alastor has four songs he gets lines in, and only one of them barely squeaks into the top half?! Mindblowing. Also not a fan of mimzy's intro though, i listen to a version that cuts that last bit out.
Maybe hot take: out of love is a really good song and i love it BUT, when you see the lyrics, it... Don't really has something that has directed to Vaggie, besides the fact it is about Protecting the things you love, but Vaggie from i remember, always acted for Charlie and never has maked something because she hates something. (And yes, when Camilla says "Out for Blood" i understand it that she shouldn't fight for Hate) Again, i love this Song and is good. The only... Not even problem, but more a ick from everything is that
I can forgive Hell's Greatest Dad's placement (I love the whole thing...YES ESPECIALLY MIMSY) because we share a Number 1. I'll put the pitchfork down for now. ...but only for now.
I'd personally put Poison and Hell is Forever above Respectless because Adam and Angel are much more important characters this season than Carmilla and Velvet. Respectless is a banger but it does not hit as hard when I don't care about this characters. You could say that this song serves as a characterization for Velvet the same way Hell is Forever does for Adam, but the difference is Adam is developed beyond that song while Velvet is not. PS :Zestial has the best design in the show and I don't care what anybody says!
I get that Hell's Greatest dad needed to end as a draw and neither of them were going to stop on their own but I'd much rather the song ended with Charlie asking them to stop in a way that felt less intrusive to the song than have a whole new character become known primarily for ruining a really good song. I fail to understand what people find appealing about Mimzy outside of people who like that she's annoying.
Aw, man, snake guy dies? I still haven't watched the show. I guess if you die in Hell, then it's just oblivion after? That almost seems like the more desirable outcome in choosing death (again?) over residing in Hell. Wonder if there's a suicide problem. Idk, I'm so confused. Also, I admit to finding a character attractive, and my natural response is avoidance, and that's why I haven't watched it yet.
I don’t wanna say I have exactly the opposite list, but respect less is notably my least favorite and welcome to heaven is one of my most favorite XD Actual ranking is hard, but, in tiers: C: Respectless Stayed gone Whatever it takes Out for love B: It starts with sorry More than anything A: Hell is forever Poison Hell’s greatest dad Ready for this Finale S: Loser baby Welcome to heaven You didn’t know
Yes! More respect for "You didn't know"! It's my top song too, not just narratively, but the musical dynamics that the song has. The song starts of with a positive sounding key with a somber tone of regret with Emily's and Charlies lyrics. Then Lute comes in with a bombastic change to a minor key for "Hell is forever" reprise. Then it bounces back to the prior key when Emily is in shock about the extermination. Then when sera comes down and sings "Do what was required" in a sharper up pitch, it makes her sound sinister. Then Emily finishes the change in "To think that I admired you" And again to a higher octave when she sings "Was talk of virtue just pretention...." all the while she is also flying above Sera with the rising key changes. Then the key changes again to a much more challenging tone as Emily flies down next to Charlie. They roll with that key as they sing their version of Hell's reprise, and this higher octave key is a complete slap in the face to Lute and Adam's. To top it off, it's a kind of irony that Charlie, a demon, takes the higher melody, and Emily, and angel, takes the supporting Alto role. All the other songs in this show just aren't as dynamic as "You didn't Know", it is so underrated.
A nitpick I got Vaggie and Carmilla in the show is like, I never really felt what the show was going for in saying that they have their similarities, cause like Idk, protecting your daughters is not equivalent to protecting a girl you've known for three years of your presumably immortal life. Like I like them but I never understood why they specifically were contrasted together.
i cannot explain how validating this video was. this is the sixth hazbin song ranking video i've watched and this one is far and away the closest to my personal rankings. no one else has taste like us
I love your Winx content and im really excited for that transformation tier list but you've been cooking with these last couple videos too. Your korra videos are my brains current favorites
Showing up to the party late. I like what you have to say on Ready For This. I had such a hard time putting my finder on what is wrong with. The verses. Thank you for saying it. As a musical number it is really important to the story. Showing Charlie’s character grown but how far she still has to go. And the singer does a great job of portraying her anxiety and hope. I also really like the alow build up of the military marching drums and big royal brass for the final chorus. The instrumentation is not often talked about in the shows songs so i will mention it. Thats my input on one song. Thanks for the video!
You picked one of the most forgettable songs for number 1 and had "Stayed Gone" all the way down at number 10? I agree with most other parts but seriously? Figure it out
I'm the nice nuanced person who was mad at you in your other video for not being a big fan of Stayed Gone. Because I'm like that. Also, I like your videos and this was a cool ranking.
My ranking: 1. Poison 2. Loser Baby 3. Whatever It Takes 4. More Than Anything 5. You Didn’t Know 6. Out For Love 7. Stayed Gone 8. Hells Greatest Dad 9. Respectless 10. Finale 11. More Than Anything Reprise 12. Hell is Forever 13. Happy Day In Hell 14. It Starts With Sorry 15. Ready For This 16. Welcome To Heaven
A top 5 for me: 1: Poison 2: Loser, baby 3: Stayed Gone 4: Hells greatest dad 5: Final Stuff like "Hell is Forever" Sorry... It's good yeah... But I hate Rock, Emo, Punk, Metal, and Adam {He's perfect as an Antagonist} the reason for that is because he shows Rocker vibes, he's a Misogynistic Rocker, which is why I hate him... And I'm uncomfortable with Rock music...
So I go back and forth with “Loser, Baby” and “You didn’t know” as favorites meaning they’re basically tied for #1 for me. As for “Ready for this” the parts you complained about are actually my favorite parts in it, I also cannot help but dance to both “Ready for this” and “Out for Love”. I agree with Mimsey being annoying but still tend to listen to the regular version of “Hell’s greatest Dad” with her in it and I still kinda get what they were going for putting her in it since this kind of dueling duet usually ends with a “winner” but story wise neither can actually win so she has to interrupt it instead. Finally, I don’t usually listen to the “More than anything reprise” without listening to the main one first so it’s usually both put together for me and they both make me cry 😢
Love your commentary and insight. Obviously my tier list would look slightly different (mostly just Poison is higher up for me, damn it fucks me up and I love that shit), but You Didn't Know was absolutely the climax of the show for me too. So good... I'm gunna watch it again now kbye
First off, I won't hunt you down for tour opinions. That said, I'd like to hunt you down for more Winx season rewrites. Though I won't because one you're still doing the lawds work in all your videos and two I'm lazy. So yea and please take nothing I said seriously
Mimzy is like "the show isnt over until the fat lady sings" as alistor and lucifer were arguing about ending the song in the moment before she arrives.
omg just the first 5 seconds is so true. I was told that my entire top 6 spotify songs of this month are jus tthe 6 hazbin hotel songs I have in my playlist 💀
One cool visual thing in Poison that gets lost in all the other visual impact of what Angel is going through is that he has this red eyeshadow on whenever he's pretending to be okay. It's gone whenever he's being honest in the song. You can actually see it disappear in the final dance scene when Val approaches and Angel gets scared, then the video cuts to Angel performing with the red. It's a really unique play on a "theater mask" given how Angel is always putting on a facade, as well as him being an actor/performer.
Thomas: "So we all agree that our Spotify Wrapped are going to be dominated by the Hazbin Hotel soundtrack, right?
Me: Yes.
Agree
My Spotify Wrapped is absolutely gonna be "huh so you really have religious trauma yeah?" this year.
12:29 a bit of a correction, but that's meant to be a Fiddle. It's a Devil Went Down to Georgia reference, one of my favorite Easter eggs in this show.
A fiddle is a violin. "Fiddling" is a verb, not a noun.
Yes and no. See a Fiddle is both a object and a way to play the violin. While 'technncally' there isn't a structure difference in fiddle vs violin, some companies do make 'fiddles'. At the same time, to 'fiddle' is a way to play the object.@@Amanda-zn7ox
A Fiddle and Violin are the exact same things. It’s like correcting someone who calls pop soda.
While physically the same, they are used for different styles of music and are tuned differently.
@@Amanda-zn7oxIt's similar but has a different sound.
Poison is my favorite. It lives rent free in my brain, this primal scream of rage that puts me directly into fight mode.
But my favorite musical moment is "I'm grateful you're my father/daughter" in More Than Anything. It makes me cry every time.
Am I the only one who actually loves the Mimzy part? And I'm someone who didn't know who she was before that episode. Hell's Greatest Dad is my favorite song btw
Haven't got into the show, but it's inspiring how a youtube pilot from a few years ago could become a successful tv show.
Besides Oddballs.
It's downright *criminal* that Welcome to Heaven WASN'T _Emily_ doing an almost exact mirror of Charlie's Happy Day in Hell.
I'm not crazy right? Emily is basically as enthusiastic about Heaven and its citizens as Charlie is in Hell and its own, and her part of the song is easily the best part. If anything, her couple lines kill me because I'm only getting a tiny glimpse of the song it _could_ have been.
The only reason Happy Day in Hell works is because it's through the perspective of someone who doesn't understand sin.Its positive mixed with an opposite background. The only way it would work isifEmily started dropping curse words like a sailor which would ruin her image and parallel with charlie.
I still think ready for this is top 5 because of Rosie’s mere presence 🗿
Agreed!
You Didn't Know is, I feel, a Peak Musical Song. It's such a great musical number that does such an amazing job tying in the reprises and furthering the plot and character development... urgghhhh it's so GOOD.
I don't love Mimzy's part of Hell's Greatest Dad (at least on repeat listens, in the show it serves the purpose of ending the song without either side winning), but I don't understand you needing to wiki dive to know who she is. The episode tells you she is an old friend of Alastor's which was all you need to understand her role in the show. At the very least I haven't felt any need to do research on her despite being a new fan.
Yeeeah, there’s a lot of shit you need a wiki for (like regeneration), but she ain’t one.
Yeah I understood from the get go that she was meant to be that trope of a person who thinks they're famous and everyone's like who tf is that. The problem I have with that song is that Alastor out of nowhere trying to act like Charlie's dad was creepy as fuck and yet this was never addressed lol
@@justahugenerd1278Alastor trying to be Charlie’s dad has actually nothing to do with Charlie, he’s trying to intimidate Lucifer. Lucifer is more powerful than Alastor and Alastor HATES that. He hates not being the center of attention and not being the most powerful in the room, but he can’t take Lucifer out with his power so he is attacking him through his relationship, making Lucifer feel like Alastor’s replaced him as a father figure.
Does it work? No, but that was still his goal. Had nothing to do with Charlie, everything to do with Lucifer
the only part of the Mimzy part of the song that makes me laugh is Lucifer saying "who?" at the end
@@calicomarkerWell I figured that out after the fact but the fact that Charlie just goes along with it feels a little too infantilizing of her character. She's not stupid, and I feel like if she had a moment of being like "wait what" that would've added a lot more to her character, and Alastor's too. Throughout the show they can't seem to decide just how evil he really is and if they're gonna make him that complicated I wish the main characters would see some of that too! Because like, that's very obviously Alastor not being genuine and I can't imagine that Charlie would be that dumb to not notice it. But maybe that's just me, idk.
I totally agree with your comments on You Didn't Know about the plot progression in songs in a musical. I feel like not only have we, the audience, forgotten that that's how musicals work but also lots of 'musicals' - aka Disney and all Disney-like movies. Disney used to be huge on muscials but nowadays, if there's songs with lyrics in a movie at all, it's not usually the characters singing them and instead it will just be a marketable popsong that roughly fits the movie's themes.
Meanwhile Hazbin Hotel goes back to the roots of musical. Every song in the show tells part of the story. The show's plot would be lacking massive pieces if we just left out the songs and that is exactly what it's supposed to be like! If your song doesn't tell the story for you, then it's not a musical, simple as that. And not just that: If all the plot that was covered brief, to the point, yet with so much emotion within 3 minutes of song were to be just dialogue, it would drag on and on and lose all its impact. I wouldn't want to listen to the same characters just dialoguing for 15+ minutes over the topics that they just fed me within 3 minutes of a cool song number.
I think it's good people see Hazbin Hotel now and get a taste of what musicals have to offer when they have kind of disappeared from mainstream media in the past decade.
**gasp**
"You didn't know" is my Top 1 too!!!🤩🤩🤩
I’d listen to “More than Anything” more often if I didn’t cry like a little baby every time it came on. Lucifer and Charlie’s dynamic reminds me of the dynamic between my dad and I on multiple levels and I’m always a sucker for dads singing to (or with) their kids because my dad and I used to sing together all the time when I was a kid. I just like seeing extremely flawed parents recognizing that they’re extremely flawed and actively trying to do better.
I don’t know why, but to me alastor is like a twisted version of the genie from Aladdin
Ok, mainly because for whatever reason, Hell's Greatest Dad is the catchiest damn song.. I'll be doing something completely random then I'll be like "looks like you could use some help..." and then the violin... I know that Mimzy brings it down but it's so damn catchy
"You Didn't Know" is actually what got me into Hazbin Hotel. I've never cared about spoilers so I just randomly watched a reaction to the then most recently released episode at the time, episode 6, and when the reactor got to "You Didn't Know," I was immediately enamored. And then I listened to that song on repeat for a while before finally deciding to actually watch the show. It's such a good song! And I don't understand the complaints about there being "too much plot" in that song--that's what a song in a musical is *supposed* to do. It's supposed to advance the plot! I like that Hazbin's songs advance the plot. I'm sure it's partially because there's so little time to cover what needs to be covered but yeah, songs are a great avenue for getting through plot points quickly.
My favourite is more than anything but that's mostly due to my love of Jeremy Jordan's voice. Seriously how has he been cast in a disney musical yet? (not counting the time he voiced Varian in the tangled series).
Because Disney musicals suck and have no passion anymore.
Honestly that man would get me to watch any piece of shit Disney releases
The only reason I like Mimsy is that she's literally a visual gag of "the show doesn't end until the Fat Lady sings"
12:32 The way I had to pause the video because I was DYING of laughter 🤣🤣🤣
I will literally die for “You Didn’t Know”. It is musical perfection 🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾
I think you're the only person who loves 'you didn't know ' ad much as I do so kudos for that. Helluva boss reference was on point too.
Hey Thomas! I just wanted to say I’m a big fan, have been since high school when I would listen to your RWBY videos in math class and try not to bust a rib from laughing. Keep up your good work, friend!
I love all of your takes on these songs. I don't agree with every point, but I do respect where you're coming from for all of them!
Honestly, Out For Love and More Than Anything are two of my absolute favorites. Hell is Forever and Hell's Greatest Dad are up there too, but are beat out by the first two mentioned by just a smidge.
Others in the top echelons: Respectless, Stayed Gone, You Didn't Know, and Ready For This (honestly only Rosie and Alastor's section)
I can't believe people are able to rank the songs. I love them all XD
‘You didn’t know’ was my favorite song from the show. I love the fact that you can hear everyone’s reactions and emotions in the song.
The problem with Welcome to Heaven is that it's too short!
Okay, I see a lot of people complain about needing to do research to know who Mimzy is, but you really don't. It's made pretty clear, she's Alastor's friend from when he was alive and she used to perform. They make it very clear who she is in-episode, you don't need to do any research. In fact, doing research is actually pointless, since she was originally Alastor's girlfriend and they changed that to just his friend when she was actually put in the show, so it's outdated information.
You don't need research to learn who Rosie is, you don't need it to learn who Mimzy is. All the information you needed about her is stated in the show.
The entire soundtrack felt like a love letter to musicals and musical theatre! Different tracks reminded me of previously existing properties including (but not limited to) Wicked, The Greatest Showman, Steven Universe The Movie, etc and none of it felt like it was ripping off of those properties. More so, acknowledging them as inspirations for the music presented in this series! They seriously did such an amazing job! The show itself may have issues between the pacing, the tonal whiplash, and the over reliance on shock humor, but the music has been giving 110% since the pilot!
Genuinely I don't think any of the songs in this show are bad, like, Welcome to Heaven is also my least favorite and I still think it's at least a C tier song, there is no F tiers here...well yet, here's to hoping future seasons keep up the music quality of season one
Honestly, Ready for This is a personnel favorite of mine mainly due to the fun verse while still getting pump up to beat up angels....by eating them. Wonder what they taste like. Steak? Duck? fish eggs?
Whatever it takes is my least favorite and the only one I think it's bad. And the reason is simple: Camilla. Vaggie's part is actually really good and is even petty in hindsight when you learn about how she met Charlie, but Camilla's doesn't tell or explain anything that couldn'tbe said in one line of dialouge and a shocked expresswion of an eggboi. Not help with them barely giving enough time for the A plot to develop and making it feel rushed at the end, which is the only episode I feel has that problem. Now if Whatever it takes was a Vaggie Solo song and had flashbacks of her and Charlie's deloping realtionship, then it would be as good as More than Anything.
also, I think Mimzy is a good character and is the only one who humanize Alastor. More Mimzy in season 2
Every time I've gone to work, I've been singing my playlist of like 12 of these songs
The fact that some people who have done covers of Hell's Greatest Dad have removed Mimzy's part all together will never not be funny to me. Guess Mimzy will have to interrupt someone else's duet!
More than anything, and its reprise are my personal favourites because of the stuff I’ve had going on in my life.
Buuuut for pure entertainment, Respectless, Out For Love and Poison get me every time💅🏾
Oooooh im earlyyy, time to get my popcorn and wonder where stayed gone is
1. You Didn't Know
2. Poison
3. Respectless
4. Hell's Greatest Dad (minus the end)
5. Stayed Gone
6. Loser Baby
7. Happy Day in Hell
8. The Show Must Go On
9. More than Anything
10. Hell is Forever
11. Welcome to Heaven
12. Ready for this Song
13. Out for love
14. Whatever it takes (this song just grates my ears idk why).
This is gonna get me killed, but I'm already dead inside so who cares. I don't think neither Vaggie or Carmilla earned to sing "Whatever It Takes". On Vaggie's side, we don't really see why she feels the way she does about her purpose until much later. The song shows us that she cares so much about Charlie that, in her words, she will act as her armor, but Vaggie's disregard for herself comes out of nowhere and doesn't feel natural, at least for me. And on Carmilla's side, we just got introduced to her. I don't know enough about her or her kids, who I can't even remember if they have names, to even care that she will do anything to protect them, damned be the consequences. I understand that any parent would do the same, but it kinda feels like they're telling me to care about her, without giving me a reason.
Got to agree with the placement of the More Than Anything Reprise, as much as I love the sentiment, the song will forever be in my heart as a familial love song, so the shift to romantic was a little unsettling. (Also sidenote- the second I heard the chords for More Than Anything, I had to pause and collect myself so I didn't get angry at a fictional character for singing, I remember verbally telling Vaggie off..) No clue why I have such a passion for More Than Anything in particular, but again it felt a little uncomfortable how the premise of the song was changed. Still a super sweet moment and kiss tho!!
What if we get another More Than Anything reprise in season 2 with Charlie, Lucifer, and Lilith like a family reunion/mending bonds song.
Love yo video, my top 5 fav song is out of love, more than everything (also with vaggie and charlie, love them), You didn't know, poison, and loser baby
Putting « out for love » at seven is bold people are going to attack you for this
okay so here's my ranking, which i need to get out of my system and since none of my friends have watched the show yet i'm just gonna leave it here:
*1. stayed gone* (i will not accept any slander, and also this song is so much fun to play on bass and i'm not even a bassist)
*2. poison* (initially i could almost not listen to this song because of how heavy the story around it is, but with time this song has really climbed the ranks)
*3. hell's greatest dad* (this would be #1 if not for mimzy, love me some electro swing and the vpices of alastor and lucifer are just perfect)
*4. loser, baby* (what more is there to say about this song that hasn't already been said 1000 times, it's a banger)
*5. out for love* (essentially what you said, it's just a pop bop)
*6. hell is forever* (it's horrible, i love it lmao, this super cliché dad rock song is the perfect genre choice for adam)
*7. respectless* (this one really is carried by the voices of carmilla and velvette, it's just otherwise not that remarkable compared to some other songs imo, i still like it tho)
*8. you didn't know* (i agree that this is the best musical scene in the show, but divorced from that context the song itself doesn't do that much for me, lute's part and the part where emily and charlie harmonize are amazing tho)
*9. finale* (similarly to 'you didn't know', this being a story-driven ensemble number necessarily makes the structure a bit messy and busy, but i like how it reprises 'happy day in hell' and the chord on "fulfill your destiny" hits so hard)
*10. whatever it takes* (i really like the later parts of this song, but the beginning is not really for me)
*11. more than anything - reprise* (for me the long version is a bit much with the cheesy broadway pop ballad vibe, so i actually prefer this more understated short version (also this one gets the sapphic bonus))
*12. more than anything* (i still like this more than the other 4 songs tho)
*13. ready for this* (kinda messy structure as you said, i'm meh on this one)
*14. happy day in hell* (this is a great "i want" song and a good introduction to the show, but while the "subversive disney princess song" style is perfect for charlie, it's just not my cup of tea. love the slightly unhinged last line tho)
*15. it starts with sorry* (with the visuals and the context from the show, this would place a lot higher for me, but just the song itself is kinda goofy and cheese and not that remarkable)
*16. welcome to heaven* (yeah this one is just forgettable, but it does sound like an ad jingle so it fits)
Always respect a list, and You Didn’t Know is fire. But Alastor has four songs he gets lines in, and only one of them barely squeaks into the top half?! Mindblowing. Also not a fan of mimzy's intro though, i listen to a version that cuts that last bit out.
I actually fully agree with this ranking. I just personally jam out to Loser Baby more often
I love Stay Gone but only Alastor's part.
Maybe hot take: out of love is a really good song and i love it BUT, when you see the lyrics, it... Don't really has something that has directed to Vaggie, besides the fact it is about Protecting the things you love, but Vaggie from i remember, always acted for Charlie and never has maked something because she hates something. (And yes, when Camilla says "Out for Blood" i understand it that she shouldn't fight for Hate)
Again, i love this Song and is good. The only... Not even problem, but more a ick from everything is that
OMG YOU ARE MAKING A VIDEO ON SLAYERS!?
I can forgive Hell's Greatest Dad's placement (I love the whole thing...YES ESPECIALLY MIMSY) because we share a Number 1.
I'll put the pitchfork down for now.
...but only for now.
My UA-cam feed is currently only Hazbin Songs Covers
I was literally just watching hasbin hotel and this video popped up coincidence, I think not
My favorite hazbin hotel is finale because alastor part of the song sounds tim burton theme and respectless
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO APPRECIATES The VALUE OF HELL IS FOREVER 😭
Pretty good ranking.
I agree 100% except Hell is forever is number one because I’m an Adam stand 😂
You didn’t Know feels too « plot expo » for me even though that’s its point
I'd personally put Poison and Hell is Forever above Respectless because Adam and Angel are much more important characters this season than Carmilla and Velvet. Respectless is a banger but it does not hit as hard when I don't care about this characters. You could say that this song serves as a characterization for Velvet the same way Hell is Forever does for Adam, but the difference is Adam is developed beyond that song while Velvet is not. PS :Zestial has the best design in the show and I don't care what anybody says!
i love the mimsy part but i feel like the song shouldve ended better with her. i esp love the "MIMSAYYYYYYYY" party
honestly, this show does not appeal to me at all, but I enjoy your videos a lot so here I am!
I'm free from spotify wrapped by being a yt music gremlin
I get that Hell's Greatest dad needed to end as a draw and neither of them were going to stop on their own but I'd much rather the song ended with Charlie asking them to stop in a way that felt less intrusive to the song than have a whole new character become known primarily for ruining a really good song. I fail to understand what people find appealing about Mimzy outside of people who like that she's annoying.
RESPECTLESS IN TOP 3 LETS GOOO🎉❤🗣️🔥
can someone give me a tl;dr on who the fuck mimzy is? because i too cba to do wiki search on her
Bro stole the whole title of a video goddamn lmao
Respect the hustle tho
Aw, man, snake guy dies? I still haven't watched the show. I guess if you die in Hell, then it's just oblivion after? That almost seems like the more desirable outcome in choosing death (again?) over residing in Hell. Wonder if there's a suicide problem. Idk, I'm so confused. Also, I admit to finding a character attractive, and my natural response is avoidance, and that's why I haven't watched it yet.
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I feel personally slighted
You didn't know actually beat loser baby. YEEES
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Hard disagree i feel like respectless should be at the bottom other than that nice list
I don’t wanna say I have exactly the opposite list, but respect less is notably my least favorite and welcome to heaven is one of my most favorite XD
Actual ranking is hard, but, in tiers:
C:
Respectless
Stayed gone
Whatever it takes
Out for love
B:
It starts with sorry
More than anything
A:
Hell is forever
Poison
Hell’s greatest dad
Ready for this
Finale
S:
Loser baby
Welcome to heaven
You didn’t know
In meh on the vox song too thank you
personally, loser baby can fall offthhhe hazbin hotel 🥰 if it wasnt for the show it wouldve flopped H A R D
Hells greatest dad would be so much better if Mimzy wasn’t in it. I always just end up skipping to the next song after Mimzy pops in
i hate mimzy
Yes! More respect for "You didn't know"!
It's my top song too, not just narratively, but the musical dynamics that the song has.
The song starts of with a positive sounding key with a somber tone of regret with Emily's and Charlies lyrics. Then Lute comes in with a bombastic change to a minor key for "Hell is forever" reprise. Then it bounces back to the prior key when Emily is in shock about the extermination. Then when sera comes down and sings "Do what was required" in a sharper up pitch, it makes her sound sinister. Then Emily finishes the change in "To think that I admired you" And again to a higher octave when she sings "Was talk of virtue just pretention...." all the while she is also flying above Sera with the rising key changes. Then the key changes again to a much more challenging tone as Emily flies down next to Charlie.
They roll with that key as they sing their version of Hell's reprise, and this higher octave key is a complete slap in the face to Lute and Adam's. To top it off, it's a kind of irony that Charlie, a demon, takes the higher melody, and Emily, and angel, takes the supporting Alto role.
All the other songs in this show just aren't as dynamic as "You didn't Know", it is so underrated.
I love You Didn't Know so much!! It's so catchy and all the sun gets blend so well together at different times. Truly my favorite
A nitpick I got Vaggie and Carmilla in the show is like, I never really felt what the show was going for in saying that they have their similarities, cause like Idk, protecting your daughters is not equivalent to protecting a girl you've known for three years of your presumably immortal life.
Like I like them but I never understood why they specifically were contrasted together.
i cannot explain how validating this video was. this is the sixth hazbin song ranking video i've watched and this one is far and away the closest to my personal rankings. no one else has taste like us
I love your Winx content and im really excited for that transformation tier list but you've been cooking with these last couple videos too. Your korra videos are my brains current favorites
"Fuck Sera, she gets no rights" -- and just with that, you've earned my like
It objectively agreed that between saving Adam or Sera….. we would save our narcissistic dickmaster and leave Sera to rot 😂😂😂😂
Showing up to the party late. I like what you have to say on Ready For This. I had such a hard time putting my finder on what is wrong with. The verses. Thank you for saying it.
As a musical number it is really important to the story. Showing Charlie’s character grown but how far she still has to go. And the singer does a great job of portraying her anxiety and hope.
I also really like the alow build up of the military marching drums and big royal brass for the final chorus. The instrumentation is not often talked about in the shows songs so i will mention it.
Thats my input on one song. Thanks for the video!
You picked one of the most forgettable songs for number 1 and had "Stayed Gone" all the way down at number 10? I agree with most other parts but seriously? Figure it out
Soooo, Helluva Boss next, right? Right?
I absolutely love the call back to helluva boss cherubs episode. Don't know if its intentional or not but loooove it!
Whats your thoughts on roosterteeth shutting down
I'm the nice nuanced person who was mad at you in your other video for not being a big fan of Stayed Gone. Because I'm like that. Also, I like your videos and this was a cool ranking.
My ranking:
1. Poison
2. Loser Baby
3. Whatever It Takes
4. More Than Anything
5. You Didn’t Know
6. Out For Love
7. Stayed Gone
8. Hells Greatest Dad
9. Respectless
10. Finale
11. More Than Anything Reprise
12. Hell is Forever
13. Happy Day In Hell
14. It Starts With Sorry
15. Ready For This
16. Welcome To Heaven
Hell's greatest dad actually has a reference to The devil went down to Georgia from the Charlie Daniels band, the question is did anybody catch it?
A top 5 for me:
1: Poison
2: Loser, baby
3: Stayed Gone
4: Hells greatest dad
5: Final
Stuff like "Hell is Forever" Sorry... It's good yeah... But I hate Rock, Emo, Punk, Metal, and Adam {He's perfect as an Antagonist} the reason for that is because he shows Rocker vibes, he's a Misogynistic Rocker, which is why I hate him... And I'm uncomfortable with Rock music...
4:09 I had the EXACT same thing happen with "Ready for this" down to the trailer obsessing lol
Im hell forever
READY FOR THIS IN BOTTOM 3!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?
It's a top 3 for me :(
I will become UA-cam member if starting miraculous ladybug content
YEEESSSSSS!!!!!!! WE HAD THE SAME TOP 5 IN THE SAME ORDER!!!!!!!!!!!
So I go back and forth with “Loser, Baby” and “You didn’t know” as favorites meaning they’re basically tied for #1 for me. As for “Ready for this” the parts you complained about are actually my favorite parts in it, I also cannot help but dance to both “Ready for this” and “Out for Love”.
I agree with Mimsey being annoying but still tend to listen to the regular version of “Hell’s greatest Dad” with her in it and I still kinda get what they were going for putting her in it since this kind of dueling duet usually ends with a “winner” but story wise neither can actually win so she has to interrupt it instead.
Finally, I don’t usually listen to the “More than anything reprise” without listening to the main one first so it’s usually both put together for me and they both make me cry 😢
Love your commentary and insight. Obviously my tier list would look slightly different (mostly just Poison is higher up for me, damn it fucks me up and I love that shit), but You Didn't Know was absolutely the climax of the show for me too. So good... I'm gunna watch it again now kbye
First off, I won't hunt you down for tour opinions. That said, I'd like to hunt you down for more Winx season rewrites. Though I won't because one you're still doing the lawds work in all your videos and two I'm lazy. So yea and please take nothing I said seriously
Mimzy is like "the show isnt over until the fat lady sings" as alistor and lucifer were arguing about ending the song in the moment before she arrives.
omg just the first 5 seconds is so true. I was told that my entire top 6 spotify songs of this month are jus tthe 6 hazbin hotel songs I have in my playlist 💀