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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
  • Last summer, college student and singer-songwriter Penelope Scott uploaded two snippets of her song, “Rät,” to TikTok, calling it a “breakup letter to the tech cult that is Silicon Valley.” The song was still a work in progress at the time, but it quickly took off online and became one of her biggest hits on streaming thus far. The self-produced track, which appears on her most recent album, Public Void, has racked up nearly 30 million streams on Spotify alone. On the song, Scott rejects the assumption that Big Tech has had a positive influence on our society.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 6 тис.

  • @katespaulding4563
    @katespaulding4563 3 роки тому +14499

    the way she just casually said elongated muskrat

  • @boogaloooooo2616
    @boogaloooooo2616 3 роки тому +4069

    This song expresses like all my thoughts I can’t even explain how much this song means to me

    • @boogaloooooo2616
      @boogaloooooo2616 3 роки тому +67

      Also my brain very much appreciates the style of the song

    • @_aconite_cj_
      @_aconite_cj_ 3 роки тому +10

      @@boogaloooooo2616 ikrrr same! I was searching the meaning of these lyrics for soooo long!! ❤️❤️

    • @betsy3096
      @betsy3096 3 роки тому +8

      same it simplifies a lot of my feelings

    • @babygirlbri8949
      @babygirlbri8949 3 роки тому +1

      yes like it’s so complex and gumbled up together but it all makes sense

  • @citiesinruin9435
    @citiesinruin9435 3 роки тому +17678

    *"The human brain is the most complex structure in the whole entire universe"*
    _-Human Brain_

    • @jacobligons5046
      @jacobligons5046 3 роки тому +461

      I peed my pants-
      Human brain

    • @charlie-mf8wg
      @charlie-mf8wg 3 роки тому +126

      wait-

    • @kungen5221
      @kungen5221 3 роки тому +104

      - Human brain

    • @nonoo2157
      @nonoo2157 3 роки тому +301

      **insert meme of Obama giving Obama a medal**

    • @idioting
      @idioting 3 роки тому +117

      ah yes, the human brain
      - human brain

  • @Cozmeeek
    @Cozmeeek 3 роки тому +282

    The fact that part of the song has a callback to Night in the Woods makes my nerdy little heart happy. That alone makes me appreciate it and like it a lot more than I already did.

    • @sylentnote
      @sylentnote 10 місяців тому +9

      Dude same! I heard her say that and had to do a double take

    • @Cozmeeek
      @Cozmeeek 10 місяців тому +9

      @sylentnote So true though!! Honestly, I forgot I commented this. Hah :'} That same opinion still stands two years later. Still so shook by it!!

    • @sebp9882
      @sebp9882 4 місяці тому +2

      Selmers is the bear I will choose

  • @jakeira7228
    @jakeira7228 3 роки тому +2981

    i’ve been waiting for this one...TURN IT UP

  • @alexmauricio2861
    @alexmauricio2861 3 роки тому +21688

    Everyone: *tries to decipher the meaning of rat*
    Penelope: lol it's named after a meme-

    • @lisab9237
      @lisab9237 3 роки тому +273

      PLSS UR PFP I CANT

    • @juliadonati8245
      @juliadonati8245 3 роки тому +158

      @sweeze I’d do the same tbh, if I had any ideas.

    • @shrek2281
      @shrek2281 3 роки тому +6

      Bruh u stole my joke tf

    • @shrek2281
      @shrek2281 3 роки тому +5

      U literally stole my joke my comment has 26k likes and it's literally the same joke I comment when the video came out. Ur so original.

    • @xxastrolightxx4609
      @xxastrolightxx4609 3 роки тому +14

      I literally thought it was about a daughter and a dad making advanced technology in the future 😭

  • @SR-ml6mb
    @SR-ml6mb 3 роки тому +32294

    The song feels like she sang it with a smile and a knife in the hand

  • @TaylorTheOtter
    @TaylorTheOtter 2 роки тому +127

    "I studied code because I wanted to do something great like you and the real tragedy was half of it was true." That line hit me hard. For me it's not quite the same since I thought it was fun so I taught myself to program when I was a kid. I wasted my teenage years in this illusion of creativity until I realized that I hadn't eaten properly for the 3rd day in a row because I was just inputting semi-meaningful characters into a vim terminal for 9 hours a day. Luckily I realized just before I got out of high school so I'm studying to be a piano technician now.

  • @just...a...person1631
    @just...a...person1631 3 роки тому +4867

    Omggggg finalllly she gets the fame she deserves
    edit: geez that is a lot of likes, thanks guys!

  • @gushers2594
    @gushers2594 3 роки тому +20971

    The way she talks she sound intelligent

  • @sj8569
    @sj8569 3 роки тому +20970

    X Æ A-12 is shaking

    • @caseyharrison7174
      @caseyharrison7174 3 роки тому +125

      yes.

    • @cygnus6047
      @cygnus6047 3 роки тому +35

      ok s j.

    • @dearil8007
      @dearil8007 3 роки тому +183

      X Æ A-12 is quaking

    • @Jimmysmum069
      @Jimmysmum069 3 роки тому +187

      When everyone finally figures out how to pronounce it it’s gonna be Adam or something

    • @GALACTICREZZ
      @GALACTICREZZ 3 роки тому +78

      @@Jimmysmum069 i heard somewhere that it's Kyle or smthn

  • @jessicacreed7773
    @jessicacreed7773 Рік тому +73

    Selmers's poem:
    "There's no reception in Possum Springs
    No reception here
    I wave my black phone in the air
    Like a flare
    Like a prayer
    But no reception
    I read on the Internet baby face boy billionaire
    Phone app sold made more money in one day than my family over 100 generations
    More than my whole world ever has
    World where house-buying jobs became rent-paying jobs became living with family jobs
    Boy billionaires
    Money is access
    Access to politicians waiting for us to die
    Lead in our water
    Alcohol and painkillers
    Replace my job with an app
    Replace my dreams of a house and a yard
    With a couch in the basement
    "The future is yours!"
    Forced 24-7 entrepreneurs.
    I just want a paycheck and my own life
    I'm on the couch in the basement
    They're in the house and the yard
    Some night I will catch a bus out to the west coast
    And burn their silicon city to the ground
    (I figure somebody must have already made this comment, but just in case!)

  • @jess-ss9yy
    @jess-ss9yy 3 роки тому +21182

    ELONGATED MUSKRAT

    • @craftycat902
      @craftycat902 3 роки тому +460

      *rät*

    • @parstrike
      @parstrike 3 роки тому +57

      666 LIKES AHAHAHAH

    • @anttoast
      @anttoast 3 роки тому +53

      the fact that this has 1.4k likes and 2 (well, basically now 3) comments. it just brings this together.

    • @jess-ss9yy
      @jess-ss9yy 3 роки тому +4

      @@anttoast yes

    • @jayhawthorne9715
      @jayhawthorne9715 3 роки тому +10

      gated rat

  • @dahani2702
    @dahani2702 3 роки тому +38080

    she sounds just like the song , no auto tune needed.

    • @patrick3616
      @patrick3616 3 роки тому +166

      yea

    • @thegamesthief
      @thegamesthief 3 роки тому +1527

      I always hate watching these because the artist usually just speaks the lines in a normal speaking voice or completely messes it up when they sing it, so it was a nice change of pace to hear an artist absolutely nail their delivery

    • @darkx6869
      @darkx6869 3 роки тому +420

      That’s because she talk sings.

    • @ladydelulu
      @ladydelulu 3 роки тому +349

      probably because in the song she's talking in a sing-song way, not the typical "singing"

    • @joonasseppanen7035
      @joonasseppanen7035 3 роки тому +51

      She don't know how to sing😭

  • @shrek2281
    @shrek2281 3 роки тому +36963

    Are we just gonna ignore she named it after a meme, I'm over here trying decipher it lmfao.

    • @availablecupcake8764
      @availablecupcake8764 3 роки тому +130

      Lmao

    • @jalenperkins8584
      @jalenperkins8584 3 роки тому +791

      when she was still writing the song she was calling it elongated muskrat, then she shortened it to just muskrat and then rät

    • @peachymunmagenta
      @peachymunmagenta 3 роки тому +512

      “Ä” is pronounced as an O, so it would be read as Rot. But it’s a meme. Holy fucking shit....

    • @juniperberryyyy
      @juniperberryyyy 3 роки тому +202

      I thought it was a reference to lab rats, and how we are treated as such sometimes.

    • @ichhabzuvielehobbys1276
      @ichhabzuvielehobbys1276 3 роки тому +124

      @@peachymunmagenta Im from Germany and here we pronounce Ä pretty similarly to how an english speaker would pronounce the letter A (we pronounce the normal A pretty differently tho)

  • @dakotacamacho9781
    @dakotacamacho9781 3 роки тому +6922

    So your telling me this song ISNT about a abusive dad who was a scientist

    • @meyu1468
      @meyu1468 3 роки тому +536

      I say this as respectfully as possible, but thats such a shallow way of thinking about art.

    • @livid7447
      @livid7447 3 роки тому +1145

      @@meyu1468 i mean you can interpret it however you want lol

    • @chadlikespasta3142
      @chadlikespasta3142 3 роки тому +625

      @@meyu1468 interpretations change based on personal experience. A good poem (or song) can be interpreted to mean or be about many different things depending on whos listening.

    • @meyu1468
      @meyu1468 3 роки тому +69

      @@livid7447 never said it was wrong, just said it was shallow. Especially with this particular song…

    • @meyu1468
      @meyu1468 3 роки тому +12

      @@chadlikespasta3142 ^^^

  • @RigbyIsTheMan
    @RigbyIsTheMan 3 роки тому +2132

    Rats, we're rats, we're the rats...

    • @kaydencesullivan2014
      @kaydencesullivan2014 3 роки тому +58

      I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT IN SO LONG OMG

    • @RigbyIsTheMan
      @RigbyIsTheMan 3 роки тому +16

      @@kaydencesullivan2014 go listen to it rn

    • @loveinstars
      @loveinstars 3 роки тому +68

      We prey at night we stalk at night we’re the rats..
      IM THE GIANT RAT THAT MAKES ALL OF THE RULES
      *Lets see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into :)*

    • @cowboyomelet9328
      @cowboyomelet9328 3 роки тому +12

      řäț🐀

    • @strawberrycow7087
      @strawberrycow7087 3 роки тому +3

      It was popular in the year of the rat too BOOOM

  • @dreggpot
    @dreggpot 3 роки тому +8289

    YES OMG PENELOPE SCOTT GETTING THE GENIUS INTERVIEW SHE DESERVED

  • @dayanrocha760
    @dayanrocha760 3 роки тому +6733

    Penelope, thanks for the thought provoking song. My 11 year old daughter played the song and it gave us an opportunity to talk about it. You bring a lot of important topics, hunger, proverty, evolution to other planets, society, economics, Silicon valley. I mean wooow. What I notice in the song is an young adult coming of age realizing how f$^%^&%$up the world is. And I see it. I understand it. Big issues that are here and not being fixed. It is overwhelming for everyone. I like that my daughter has role models like you, intelligent and well educated with a beutiful mind. Keep writing!!!!!

    • @cygnus6047
      @cygnus6047 3 роки тому +56

      👌😏👌

    • @Zoe-fd8ll
      @Zoe-fd8ll 3 роки тому +409

      Thank YOU for being open and listening to young adults :) it means a lot!

    • @rin2865
      @rin2865 3 роки тому +256

      thank you so much for being a nice mom and actually listening to the lyrics instead of getting mad about the swearing in it

    • @mars9468
      @mars9468 3 роки тому +105

      please adopt me omg

    • @mud330
      @mud330 3 роки тому +165

      Finally a parent that doesn't get mad a the cussing and actually listens to the lyrics-

  • @amirsyoutube9518
    @amirsyoutube9518 Рік тому +101

    My 9 year old introduced me to this song yesterday, and it really hit home. I've worked in tech for 20 years, and have been pretty successful financially. But I look back at how optimistic I was when I started vs. how my company operates now, and... boy this song really struck a nerve.

  • @kezzir
    @kezzir 3 роки тому +3492

    Bruh she is so pretty

    • @unjustfool12
      @unjustfool12 3 роки тому +43

      I know right

    • @patrick3616
      @patrick3616 3 роки тому +32

      yeaaa

    • @rlarsen676
      @rlarsen676 3 роки тому +20

      She's not pretty but she's not ugly

    • @zumeow
      @zumeow 3 роки тому +238

      @@rlarsen676 shut up

    • @daniaha2480
      @daniaha2480 3 роки тому +143

      @@rlarsen676 you’re blind

  • @k__oo-m1g
    @k__oo-m1g 3 роки тому +31047

    whaaat? a genius interview where the artist actually explains the lyrics?? and its interesting??

    • @hehheh1555
      @hehheh1555 3 роки тому +471

      Wahhh? IMPOSSIBLE

    • @sad_gay_simpuwu7698
      @sad_gay_simpuwu7698 3 роки тому +113

      PSJSJS

    • @capy4765
      @capy4765 3 роки тому +140

      no way!! thats immpossible

    • @MissLilCuteTea
      @MissLilCuteTea 3 роки тому +331

      Even the song itself, you can tell it has a lot of meaning in the song than other songs.

    • @patrick3616
      @patrick3616 3 роки тому +12

      YES

  • @reanna_loren
    @reanna_loren 3 роки тому +508

    She’s so well spoken omggg

  • @_lukawn
    @_lukawn 2 роки тому +269

    It’s crazy how people don’t like her, she is so amazing I’ve loved her music since public void came out❤

    • @richardgutierrez848
      @richardgutierrez848 Рік тому +7

      Those ppl seem pretty relatable to the song😂 Ignorant asfk. I don’t like the beat or anything but the lyrics are completely understandable and I love them

    • @catfaceman1669
      @catfaceman1669 Рік тому

      bc her music is for white dream stans that think theyre autistic 💀

    • @CH.Stories
      @CH.Stories Рік тому

      Well you don’t have to like anyone 🤨

    • @_lukawn
      @_lukawn Рік тому +3

      @@CH.Stories well i made this comment almost a year ago so your comment isnt rlly relevant

    • @CH.Stories
      @CH.Stories Рік тому

      Then why’d you reply lol @@_lukawn

  • @cheyennemcgowan7653
    @cheyennemcgowan7653 3 роки тому +7317

    Can we get cigarette ahegao 😩😩

  • @margiecoleman1334
    @margiecoleman1334 3 роки тому +2177

    My friends: who do you like to listen to?
    Me: Rat

  • @MetobiInc
    @MetobiInc 3 роки тому +16631

    She’s got eyes of the bluest sky as if they thought of rain I’d hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain

    • @cbkmvsicv2359
      @cbkmvsicv2359 3 роки тому +108

      Yea no

    • @laini6175
      @laini6175 3 роки тому +443

      @@cbkmvsicv2359 who do you listen to? NLE choppa, juice? Xxx? 😭😭

    • @cbkmvsicv2359
      @cbkmvsicv2359 3 роки тому +23

      @@laini6175 no what

    • @tpvfrosty2517
      @tpvfrosty2517 3 роки тому +188

      @@laini6175 who do you listen to? Lil peep ?billie eilish? lil uzi vert?

    • @ejwjaka
      @ejwjaka 3 роки тому +82

      YEEYEE SAY IT LOUD ‼️‼️

  • @ch3rr132
    @ch3rr132 3 роки тому +663

    She isn't using autotune, *she IS AUTOTUNE*

    • @paige99999
      @paige99999 3 роки тому +1

      So?

    • @ssm5708
      @ssm5708 3 роки тому +10

      @@paige99999 so, she’s more talented than you

    • @paige99999
      @paige99999 3 роки тому +1

      @@ssm5708 wait I think I read the original comment wrong

    • @ssm5708
      @ssm5708 3 роки тому

      @@paige99999 oh aight

    • @jhnvy
      @jhnvy Рік тому +27

      The 4 replies just summarize internet

  • @epple9804
    @epple9804 3 роки тому +3155

    ok i may be crazy but for some reason, i took this song as a narrative of a test rat being mad at science after its work. it thought it was being helpful and being raised as a child to the scientists until it realized the truth. went into it completely blind and that's what i took away.

    • @_lynnloo9988
      @_lynnloo9988 3 роки тому +279

      that can actually be used as a metaphor for the real meaning of a song

    • @jforjerms1849
      @jforjerms1849 3 роки тому +182

      i really like that interpretation actually and i think art is a combination of intent and interpretation so no matter the “real” meaning behind the song i think other peoples interpretations are just as important to drcipher

    • @tecc9999
      @tecc9999 3 роки тому +70

      on some Promised Neverland shit

    • @amneetthedelicioussandwich8921
      @amneetthedelicioussandwich8921 3 роки тому +33

      I feel like the song really fits that kind of scenario, too! Awesome way of putting it into words!

    • @abbyr
      @abbyr 3 роки тому +3

      @@tecc9999 woah

  • @cyb3r.em0
    @cyb3r.em0 3 роки тому +2760

    PENELOPE SCOTT HAS SUCH A PRETTY VOICE I CANT

  • @guavagudetama6355
    @guavagudetama6355 3 роки тому +1182

    “The thing that is wild and has always been wild to me is that for a lot of human society the population was dictated by how much food we could produce, and at some point we were able to produce more than enough food, and the next step to that is ending hunger, because they can, and why would they not, but that didn’t happen??”

  • @jolynnneal69
    @jolynnneal69 Рік тому +839

    penelope scott is a lyrical genius. ppl who dont like her just dont get the meaning of her songs

    • @Nico_2202
      @Nico_2202 Рік тому +7

      @kowynnie how is it revolting?

    • @Jalapenoflavor
      @Jalapenoflavor Рік тому +6

      @kowynnie then why watch this video?

    • @icy2783
      @icy2783 Рік тому +3

      @@Jalapenoflavor what do you mean why? read their comment again and think

    • @jolynnneal69
      @jolynnneal69 Рік тому +12

      @kowynnie guys everyone’s opinion is valid. if you don’t like the song you don’t like the song. some people just take it too far and hate and threat penelope.

    • @Evelynium
      @Evelynium Рік тому +5

      ​@kowynnie "Revolting" is a really strong word lmao

  • @camilla8717
    @camilla8717 3 роки тому +6752

    she's just... smart. like it's undeniable, and i love hearing smart people explain their lyrics.

  • @aud_balez
    @aud_balez 3 роки тому +11803

    "We're as flawed as any church" UNDERRATED LINE.

    • @kyriedarko4430
      @kyriedarko4430 3 роки тому +66

      Ikrr

    • @amethyst.mp4
      @amethyst.mp4 3 роки тому +236

      this is one of my favourite lines dude

    • @PETEYBOY954
      @PETEYBOY954 3 роки тому +310

      And yet everyone acts like churches are supposed to be perfect.

    • @HanSolo__
      @HanSolo__ 3 роки тому +17

      Oh, you have no idea how highly rated it is at Thunderf00t or Common Sense Sceptic videos.

    • @user-sk4up8wz5b
      @user-sk4up8wz5b 3 роки тому +9

      Love that pfp

  • @aidang235
    @aidang235 3 роки тому +44

    "...and while I don't necessarily advocate taking trains places and starting fires...." PLS💀💀

  • @aryy
    @aryy 3 роки тому +10773

    im obsessed! she’s so goood

  • @pickme7307
    @pickme7307 2 роки тому +82

    her voice is really nice, like its just so stable and warm and not overdone

  • @brenb9928
    @brenb9928 3 роки тому +2259

    Jack stauber NEEDS to do this.

  • @dantemariposon1209
    @dantemariposon1209 3 роки тому +21473

    so you're telling me i cried to a song made out of a MEME??!!

    • @oasis-j
      @oasis-j 3 роки тому +891

      *sighs* yeah man, we did.

    • @lo_2x99
      @lo_2x99 3 роки тому +182

      sighs

    • @phillipmayer6124
      @phillipmayer6124 3 роки тому +391

      why did it make you cry lol

    • @breysiramos2315
      @breysiramos2315 3 роки тому +267

      Everyone: sighs
      That one person: y u cried?
      Me: Dross but also sighs

    • @Rebeca-tz2re
      @Rebeca-tz2re 3 роки тому +42

      ¿Dross?

  • @_NotSal_
    @_NotSal_ 2 роки тому +60

    she is so down to earth, i live for her energy

  • @bellbottomblues777
    @bellbottomblues777 3 роки тому +293

    Ive always loved the use of swearing in this song , the way she uses it just feels like salt being poured into the wound, like getting your teeth to try and subside the pain but it makes it only hurt more

    • @E4439Qv5
      @E4439Qv5 3 роки тому +9

      Like clenching your teeth and accidentally biting your gums too.

  • @jub1662
    @jub1662 3 роки тому +470

    “He’s a mean little man”

  • @c0d3_888
    @c0d3_888 3 роки тому +198

    To the people making fun of her:
    does she REALLY look like the kind of person who cares? i think not

    • @_ashmason007
      @_ashmason007 2 роки тому +20

      Lmaoooooo exactly the ones triggered are the ones still worshipping.......the rat

    • @kel8658
      @kel8658 2 роки тому +4

      maybe she cares. You shouldnt make fun of somebody, dont matter if they care or not

    • @constanzaconiglioni3273
      @constanzaconiglioni3273 2 роки тому +5

      @@_ashmason007 fr it's insane the amount of rat fans in the comments lmao

    • @Smenchevieve
      @Smenchevieve Рік тому

      @@kel8658 People who make fun of others aren't interested in what they should and shouldn't do. If someone wants to cause harm, a way to counter them is to show that their efforts have gone to waste

  • @neriumdelusion
    @neriumdelusion 3 роки тому +453

    Penelope is one of my role models, she seems like such a genuinely interesting person who makes songs about things that I find relevant and things that don’t get talked about much .

  • @haley5735
    @haley5735 3 роки тому +3366

    The thing is, Grimes would totally love this song

  • @Youngblood-hb7lv
    @Youngblood-hb7lv 3 роки тому +218

    This is the smartest genius interview

  • @soyxauce_821
    @soyxauce_821 3 роки тому +10288

    Penelope : **literally explain the lyrics**
    Me : *dang, she be hella smart :0*

    • @booklovingpoet5942
      @booklovingpoet5942 3 роки тому +38

      it's so funny that this has 901 likes and no comments, lol

    • @GINSHOTGUN
      @GINSHOTGUN 3 роки тому +12

      Ikrrr

    • @meganjones5887
      @meganjones5887 3 роки тому +62

      literally cuz i have no idea what she’s talking about

    • @kamilah5472
      @kamilah5472 3 роки тому

      Lol

    • @weirdoscreation
      @weirdoscreation 3 роки тому +8

      she made the music of course she knows what she is on about

  • @jackyfalcon6670
    @jackyfalcon6670 3 роки тому +162

    I feel like she's not entirely breaking down all the song lyrics which is awesome because music/art is meant to be open to interpretation...hence, making it more relatable and resonates with a larger audience. Love this song. 🎼🎵

  • @jhitaloe31
    @jhitaloe31 3 роки тому +501

    WE NEED ONE FOR MOONSICKNESS NOW

  • @vivilixa
    @vivilixa 3 роки тому +5393

    DID SHE EVEN USE AUTOTUNE IN THE SONG WHEN SHE SANG WITH NO MUSIC IT SOUNDED THE EXACT SAME

    • @MichaelTurner856
      @MichaelTurner856 3 роки тому +124

      No she didn't

    • @lanny007
      @lanny007 3 роки тому +137

      LMFAOOO UR NAME

    • @Ssylphie
      @Ssylphie 3 роки тому +59

      Love your user btw. Time to be what I eat. ...wait, if I eat a vegan, does that make me a vegan too?

    • @endmysuffering7903
      @endmysuffering7903 3 роки тому +36

      @@Ssylphie veganception

    • @rafhaelgonzales3436
      @rafhaelgonzales3436 3 роки тому +31

      @@Ssylphie wait a minute...cows are vegan. guess im a vegan

  • @willashei
    @willashei 3 роки тому +1886

    she didn’t even need auto tune oh my god

    • @greatestaxolotl4933
      @greatestaxolotl4933 3 роки тому +78

      i think the auto tune is a stylistic choice, tho i agree she does not need it

    • @sillygoosetaur
      @sillygoosetaur 3 роки тому +50

      @@greatestaxolotl4933 IT IS! Real autotune, to make you sound better, is supposed to make.. you sound better. It should be unnoticeable. If you sound like a robot it’s not doing the job correctly

    • @greatestaxolotl4933
      @greatestaxolotl4933 3 роки тому +5

      @@sillygoosetaur yes

    • @chairycola
      @chairycola 3 роки тому +14

      thing is- the original doesn't even have auto tune :D

    • @thouxanbankhan3465
      @thouxanbankhan3465 3 роки тому

      @@sillygoosetaur yea people just assume like Kanye was cheating when he released graduation and 808s but he just used it as a stylistic choice and liked the way it sounded

  • @knogne5073
    @knogne5073 3 роки тому +110

    This song has some of the cleverest lyrics I’ve ever seen in a song. Absolutely loved it.

  • @morganisntokay2604
    @morganisntokay2604 3 роки тому +192

    PENELOPE ON GENIUS IM SCREAMING IM SO GLAD SHES GETTING THE RECOGNITION SHE DESERVES

  • @vodkabrrat
    @vodkabrrat 3 роки тому +747

    i've been crying to this song all day cus of daddy issues, so ironic how this came out today lol thanks genius

    • @phr0gsarep0g25
      @phr0gsarep0g25 3 роки тому +6

      same

    • @Star156zac
      @Star156zac 3 роки тому +32

      Daddy issues gang lol

    • @djfroggyy5375
      @djfroggyy5375 3 роки тому +55

      She didn't even intend it to be that kind of song but as someone with daddy issues it makes me CRY SO MUCH

    • @ins0mniac117
      @ins0mniac117 3 роки тому +8

      daddy issues gang✨ lol

    • @vodkabrrat
      @vodkabrrat 3 роки тому +24

      @@djfroggyy5375 i agree 100%, but when you think abt how the lyrics could be used towards a father figure- it hurts lmao

  • @nahyutarightsactivist
    @nahyutarightsactivist 3 роки тому +91

    things like this, art with roots in stem, are so alluring to me,,,,,,,, arts and sciences are always seen to be completely different things that don’t belong together but they really DO!

  • @uneekuh
    @uneekuh 3 роки тому +219

    first genius interview I’ve sat through all the way

    • @bridget9485
      @bridget9485 3 роки тому +8

      SAME she is so damn smart that i never once even got bored

    • @mixolley7235
      @mixolley7235 3 роки тому +4

      @@bridget9485 same omfg

  • @om0_o
    @om0_o 3 роки тому +1580

    can we talk about how amazing Penelope is at writing...like the lyrics are flawless

  • @iquestionexistence8730
    @iquestionexistence8730 2 роки тому +23

    Literally discovered her 10 minutes ago and already love her music

  • @jaseh4lwrld59
    @jaseh4lwrld59 3 роки тому +2396

    The song gives me adventure time marcelene the vampire queen vibes

    • @m.r.9215
      @m.r.9215 3 роки тому +11

      Yes yes yesss

    • @loluwu581
      @loluwu581 3 роки тому +39

      I LITTERALY THOUGHT IT WAS MARCELINE from the song vibee

    • @elliottfox3581
      @elliottfox3581 3 роки тому +5

      @@loluwu581 bro sameee

    • @j_fenrir
      @j_fenrir 3 роки тому +9

      I have this song right next to Woke Up and that combo slaps

    • @shootinstar9516
      @shootinstar9516 3 роки тому +5

      Finally someone else gets adventure time vibes

  • @lizzyancell809
    @lizzyancell809 3 роки тому +331

    “I went to prep school to prepare you to change the world” and here she is changing the world just not the way she thought she would

    • @Zoe-fd8ll
      @Zoe-fd8ll 3 роки тому +3

      I love this comment omg :’)) you’re so right bestie

  • @Iuxinterior
    @Iuxinterior 3 роки тому +4226

    sounds like a song for former gifted kids lol they really do try to groom us into being little elitist workhorses, im glad that shit didn’t work on me. my friends and i were ib kids and i did about half the work they did and still got my 6 college hours, but they were so convinced and deluded into thinking all of that was necessary

    • @sommeone
      @sommeone 3 роки тому +146

      Hah, gotta love that feeling where you coast through school until it actually gets hard... And now I'm here, 3rd year university, struggling just to match the level of dillegence of a god damn 4th grader...

    • @sommeone
      @sommeone 3 роки тому +56

      Very much a song for former gifted kids...

    • @number1victoryroyale996
      @number1victoryroyale996 3 роки тому +95

      Yeah and then we get burned out and realize how fucked up everything is. Like I fr didn't have any opinions for myself and did everything someone else said I didn't even know how to pick something to have for lunch by myself, I wouldn't eat until someone told me to

    • @sommeone
      @sommeone 3 роки тому +44

      By the way, for anyone who hasn't seen it, Tiffany Feng made an excellent video called 'The Curse of Being a "Gifted" Student' that I'd very highly recommend watching if you have the chance :)

    • @afsheen792
      @afsheen792 3 роки тому +11

      as a gifted kid currently who’s about to switch to a pre ib school i’m scared for my future, the workload and stress there seems a bit much, but my friend there is handling it a lot better now she’s used to it

  • @plopkinator8175
    @plopkinator8175 3 роки тому +58

    ‘crunchy beat’
    why is this so accurate

  • @gmallln
    @gmallln 3 роки тому +84

    I just graduated with my degree in computer science and I am a creative but tech savvy type. I also feel disillusioned and disappointed by not only about the outlook of my career/ work life but also by most of the leaders in the field. Love this song so much and this was my fav genius vid

  • @raztii
    @raztii 3 роки тому +43

    I cried over this song for an hour because of one of my older friends who is like a father to me. We got into an argument and stopped talking for a while and this song just perfectly captured everything I was feeling.

    • @fimger
      @fimger 5 місяців тому +1

      older friend thats like a father bro u got groomed

    • @raztii
      @raztii 5 місяців тому

      @@fimger LMAO??? No 😭 he barely hung out with me

  • @hannee9203
    @hannee9203 3 роки тому +461

    Well spoken, articulate, concise, and deep. You go girl. You’re the shit

    • @theevilbean
      @theevilbean 3 роки тому +1

      @@lithi_um but it’s funny 😂

  • @idaluvsyou5580
    @idaluvsyou5580 3 роки тому +20

    Fav lyrics: "You promised you'd be Tesla, but youre just another Edison. Cause Tesla broke the patent, all you ever broke were hearts." because Tesla was born in my country!

  • @mushroomladyy
    @mushroomladyy 3 роки тому +243

    I’m glad this exists so I can direct people here when they insisted to me that the song isn’t about Elon Musk 😃

    • @franciszek6846
      @franciszek6846 3 роки тому +2

      It is?

    • @angelinaelchammas2506
      @angelinaelchammas2506 3 роки тому +41

      But she said she didn't intend it to be about Elon Musk and that she just got the title from a meme about him from 2014. That doesn't make the song about him, in fact she said it wasn't intended to be lmao

    • @anna_cox
      @anna_cox 3 роки тому +16

      @@angelinaelchammas2506 when she said it wasn’t meant to be, I think she meant I wasn’t supposed to be interpreted so directly, and more about general elitism. but it’s still about elon musk, just that’s not all it’s about.

    • @angelinaelchammas2506
      @angelinaelchammas2506 3 роки тому

      @@anna_cox Fair enough, I suppose it's up to interpretation

    • @lr1246
      @lr1246 3 роки тому +1

      @@angelinaelchammas2506 the lyrics are about him

  • @atqwee
    @atqwee 3 роки тому +719

    I didn’t understand half the words she said she says so many big word😭😭😭✋

  • @fdssfhtsbfgNgsn
    @fdssfhtsbfgNgsn 3 роки тому +577

    When you realise you were singing it wrong:
    👁️👄👁️

    • @tobiokageyama8773
      @tobiokageyama8773 3 роки тому +29

      "cause tesla broke the pat and all you ever broke were hearts"
      "i lived here i loved here i thought it was new"
      I swear if you didnt say any of those then oof-

    • @pleaseignorethisismyoldaccount
      @pleaseignorethisismyoldaccount 3 роки тому +16

      𓁹𓂏𓁹

    • @demoniclittlegreycat.724
      @demoniclittlegreycat.724 3 роки тому +1

      @@pleaseignorethisismyoldaccount teach me please

    • @evaeii3066
      @evaeii3066 3 роки тому +5

      @@demoniclittlegreycat.724 𓁹 ◡ 𓁹

    • @lanny007
      @lanny007 3 роки тому +1

      @@pleaseignorethisismyoldaccount 😟😟

  • @hectorflores2423
    @hectorflores2423 3 роки тому +66

    I heard the chorus on tik tok, I thought it was another love song that maybe I would like, but after giving it the chance that it deserves, I loved it.

  • @Loafy2copi
    @Loafy2copi 3 роки тому +847

    Are we all going to ignore the fact that she doesn’t use auto tune and still sounds FLAWLESS

    • @DedRucktheDuck
      @DedRucktheDuck 3 роки тому +17

      thats how singing works

    • @madisynsierra
      @madisynsierra 3 роки тому +13

      @@DedRucktheDuck not everyone sounds good without it

    • @DedRucktheDuck
      @DedRucktheDuck 3 роки тому +8

      @@madisynsierra exactly then they’re a bad singer

    • @madisynsierra
      @madisynsierra 3 роки тому +5

      @@DedRucktheDuck yes

    • @PAWGVTZ
      @PAWGVTZ 2 роки тому

      hey

  • @waveofmutilatios5873
    @waveofmutilatios5873 3 роки тому +1681

    I interpreted this song as a Way to Let out my daddy issues

    • @laylaazzs
      @laylaazzs 3 роки тому +51

      same, but with my mommy issues

    • @dantemariposon1209
      @dantemariposon1209 3 роки тому +10

      SAMEEE

    • @choerryluv_
      @choerryluv_ 3 роки тому +29

      LMAO AND AFTER THIS INTERVIEW I WAS LIKE- damn

    • @thepositivegay8393
      @thepositivegay8393 3 роки тому +19

      Not me using this song to cope with my parent issues (mom left at 3 bc she was prego w another mans baby, Dad is abusive)

    • @sylvinageist8164
      @sylvinageist8164 3 роки тому +2

      Same lol. As well as being in an unhealthy relationship with both my parents

  • @scrumptiousburger367
    @scrumptiousburger367 3 роки тому +120

    So basically…the song has a meme name, and the entire point is “we live in a society.”

    • @E4439Qv5
      @E4439Qv5 3 роки тому +16

      A _technocratic_ society that won't let us go the way we know we need to go.

  • @jiannacv
    @jiannacv 3 роки тому +82

    "When I said, "Take me to the moon", I never meant take me alone
    I thought if mankind toured the sky, it meant all of us could go
    But I don't want to see the stars if they're just one more piece of land for us to colonize
    For us to turn to sand"
    one of my favorite lyrics ever.

    • @ok-xg3kf
      @ok-xg3kf 3 роки тому +1

      literally same bestie

  • @hauntakatt
    @hauntakatt 3 роки тому +1213

    Me thinking this was about a toxic relationship: 👁👄👁

    • @AlysDoesEverything
      @AlysDoesEverything 3 роки тому +270

      yeah a toxic relationship with an elongated muskrat

    • @mirillis6083
      @mirillis6083 3 роки тому +70

      I mean it kinda is?

    • @whknws9595
      @whknws9595 3 роки тому +92

      it is, a toxic relationship with an expectation for yourself

    • @hauntakatt
      @hauntakatt 3 роки тому +14

      @@AlysDoesEverything ELONGATED MUSKRAT AHAHJAJAJAK

    • @fuzzshamim7003
      @fuzzshamim7003 3 роки тому +25

      I thought it was about a toxic and homophobic dad and then she the daughter of the toxic dad falls for another girl I can’t even

  • @Ebathora
    @Ebathora 3 роки тому +179

    This song triggers the hell out of me. It’s growing up in Silicon Valley feeling jaded about the misogyny and elitism of high tech, wanting to go to college as a sociology major to better understand your perspective of the strange microcosm that raised you, but feeling dumb as hell trying to build a path to that future in an education system that’s built to only support STEM minds and careers. It’s not believing your humanitarian interests had any value until you finally left because techies openly stroke each other’s ego, lauding their social-consciousness as a mark of their progressiveness, while hypocritically using it as a reason to sweep difficult conversations about systemic change under a rug. Meanwhile, they avoid admitting that they consider human nature irrelevant, and under their control in scripting computer language. They openly desire to play god, but fail to see that their personal struggles don’t make them benevolent ones if they can’t also openly confront their shortcomings. Even personally I’ve fought over and over again with family about the dangers of the lack of sociological thinking in tech and its perpetuation of all the toxic traits of other industries, but with a frustrating lack of self-awareness because it’s composed of “nerds” who think that because they’re “outsiders” they can’t also be bullies.

    • @okaura
      @okaura 3 роки тому +22

      i dont know what any of this means but go off!

    • @sommeone
      @sommeone 3 роки тому +18

      Damn, I'd somehow never considered that people actually grow up in Silicon Valley, that's absolutely wild... Your research sounds incredibly interesting, though, so I wish you good luck!!!

    • @_ashmason007
      @_ashmason007 2 роки тому +15

      Oh my god. I loved reading this. The way you've perfectly put all of this down. Amazing. Please write a book on this issue. Or something. This view needs to reach more people

    • @lp879
      @lp879 2 роки тому +1

      name another industry that doesn't have similar issues lol

    • @Ilovebrushingmyhorse
      @Ilovebrushingmyhorse Рік тому

      @@okaurareal

  • @lizakamyshanova5929
    @lizakamyshanova5929 3 роки тому +974

    Let’s be honest. You are actually scrolling through the comments while she is talking about something

    • @alicealpiste
      @alicealpiste 3 роки тому +24

      Yes, but at least I'm hearing it

    • @bookprincess13
      @bookprincess13 3 роки тому +1

      hey now I wait until AFTER she finished discussing stuff to scroll through the comments tyvm ;)

    • @Catboya3ther
      @Catboya3ther 3 роки тому +7

      Hehe adhd brain go brrrr

    • @justme860
      @justme860 3 роки тому

      yuh

    • @aubreejamieson153
      @aubreejamieson153 3 роки тому

      Pretty tru

  • @Zupr3m3L3ad3r
    @Zupr3m3L3ad3r 4 місяці тому +3

    yo this is actually the deepest song i've ever heard

  • @lumitygobrrrhrh1827
    @lumitygobrrrhrh1827 3 роки тому +73

    I love how she said that she did little to no research but still sounds like she actually did lmao

  • @pocketcat9049
    @pocketcat9049 3 роки тому +191

    I know the song doesn’t mean this is but the first 3 lines really make me think. Religions demean every scientist that has spent so long trying to figure out what religions make up. Not a bash at any religion- and if a song can make you feel such strong emotions, yk it’s a good one.

  • @p1nkPallas
    @p1nkPallas Рік тому +8

    2:46 I KNEW IT WAS THAT!! I remember hearing this song again after getting into the Night In The Woods fandom, and this line definetly reminded me of Selmers.

  • @marcy6561
    @marcy6561 3 роки тому +892

    all the dislikes are from Elon's boyfriends

  • @notlaxolotl8848
    @notlaxolotl8848 3 роки тому +3001

    Most epic crossovers:
    Trump and jail
    Melanie Martinez and Jazmin Bean
    JACK STAUBER AND PENELOPE SCOTT WE NEED TO SEE IT

  • @yinanali4407
    @yinanali4407 3 роки тому +226

    and the you have "i'll be flossin, i'll be flossin"

    • @stealyourface1226
      @stealyourface1226 3 роки тому +22

      @Solina Tsegai k but at least gucci flip flops be hittin 😩🤚

    • @torimiyas
      @torimiyas 3 роки тому +4

      @@stealyourface1226 innit tho 😳😳😳

    • @musicpeacepairs
      @musicpeacepairs 3 роки тому +1

      😭

  • @wobbles1149
    @wobbles1149 3 місяці тому +3

    I’ve loved her for years and am so glad she’s blowing up now

  • @ccthecreatorr
    @ccthecreatorr 3 роки тому +223

    dude their voice is amazing

    • @thevinyltruffle
      @thevinyltruffle 3 роки тому +5

      Odd choice of words

    • @tiredlittlemoon776
      @tiredlittlemoon776 3 роки тому +36

      @@thevinyltruffle how so? Seems perfectly normal to me

    • @caseyharrison7174
      @caseyharrison7174 3 роки тому +9

      Does Penelope use they/them pronouns?

    • @madisnzz
      @madisnzz 3 роки тому +84

      @@caseyharrison7174 i don’t think so but it’s easier to call everyone they/them’s so you don’t misgender them.

    • @ciaraortega6642
      @ciaraortega6642 3 роки тому +1

      @@madisnzz no not really. you can offend people who are cis gender by using these pronouns. just use people’s correct pronouns.

  • @miette4918
    @miette4918 3 роки тому +209

    As someone who wants to go into a writing job at some point, this song personifies how much I want to yell at J.K. Rowling.

    • @nienkevancaillie2328
      @nienkevancaillie2328 3 роки тому +35

      I really feel u I was so disappointed when I realized that she was a shitty ass human I honestly was heartbroken and it still makes me feel conflicted because I love Harry Potter but not jk Rowling

  • @MmntoMoriMakoto
    @MmntoMoriMakoto 3 місяці тому +4

    I'm going to be honest, every time I hear the line "Let me level with you man, as someone guilty of the game," I always think of The Game, which means I lose The Game every time I listen to this song.

  • @genieboyle269
    @genieboyle269 3 роки тому +819

    She seems so chill when she sings, like she’s just reading an essay to a teacher or something. She fascinates me so much :)))

  • @avapellot8140
    @avapellot8140 3 роки тому +744

    She is so pretty. She has such a fun vibe

    • @icouldntthinkofanything1785
      @icouldntthinkofanything1785 3 роки тому +9

      ikr

    • @siorganism
      @siorganism 3 роки тому +53

      She's the kind of person who would turn a boring party into a fun one

    • @sketch7933
      @sketch7933 3 роки тому +17

      @@siorganism she'd turn a chess club into a frat party.

    • @flakitoes
      @flakitoes 3 роки тому +38

      she hella musty dawg

    • @icouldntthinkofanything1785
      @icouldntthinkofanything1785 3 роки тому +35

      @@flakitoes please find a better way to get rid of your insecurities, I promise you talking bad about strangers on the internet isn't going to make you feel better.

  • @pretzzz
    @pretzzz 3 роки тому +4377

    Hello lgbtq community

  • @betsy3096
    @betsy3096 3 роки тому +753

    she’s such a good influence on this generation

    • @aceinthehole3362
      @aceinthehole3362 3 роки тому +18

      No, no she’s very much not lmao

    • @mrraptor1713
      @mrraptor1713 3 роки тому +3

      No just no……..

    • @pixel8122
      @pixel8122 3 роки тому +4

      No.

    • @LS-ct1tu
      @LS-ct1tu 3 роки тому +41

      why are all these people saying no? this is a crazy intelligent poem

    • @morphy3205
      @morphy3205 2 роки тому +2

      No lmao

  • @AyessaVCruz
    @AyessaVCruz 3 роки тому +5

    This is one of the only songs in Genius where every single lyric has a meaningful explanation

  • @Pain-sr6bp
    @Pain-sr6bp 3 роки тому +90

    this song has many long words I never use

  • @sarahdeeney7200
    @sarahdeeney7200 3 роки тому +7

    Shes actually the most authentic person whose done one of these interviews

  • @Cha0t1c_m3ss
    @Cha0t1c_m3ss 3 роки тому +157

    I need one about American healthcare!!! Y really love this song

    • @shahahahahahh
      @shahahahahahh 3 роки тому +1

      upvote

    • @liyema
      @liyema 3 роки тому +8

      she has a song called American Healthcare

    • @gretchenbragger7514
      @gretchenbragger7514 3 роки тому +9

      @@liyema that's what they were talking about yeah

  • @uswa5105
    @uswa5105 3 роки тому +278

    Notice how Penelope legit still sound so fucking good without and with auto tune

    • @violetamber0956
      @violetamber0956 3 роки тому +12

      she didn’t even use auto tune in the official song, that’s why she sounds so similar. she has so much skill 😭

  • @beantatobeepbeep9683
    @beantatobeepbeep9683 3 роки тому +39

    I feel like some people have voices so nice it's like it creates the instrumental behind it

  • @pedromaldonado2826
    @pedromaldonado2826 3 роки тому +15

    Penelope for president

  • @leefelix9898
    @leefelix9898 3 роки тому +39

    People in the comments of almost every Genius song explanation: "Wow, someone who actually explains the song!"