History Funny / ToddInTheShadows2022Episodes

** Wanting to get more of an idea about who Mitchell Tenpenny is as an artist, Todd decides to listen to his previous songs. Cut to Tenpenny crooning "I don't deal with bitches no more", in that same syrupy tone of voice, in front of a Gadsden flag. Todd promptly throws up his hands with a strained grin on his face.

** Todd commenting that Morgan Wallen sounds like he's honking like a goose at the end of "Broadway Girls".

* The way Todd feels about his number one worst song of the year is a big departure from how he's felt about his previous #1 entries, which makes it even funnier:
-->'''Todd:''' An umpire doesn't get angry at a wild pitch. He just calls it and moves on. And that's how I felt when I first heard the song that I would eventually put at the top of the list. Just "Huh, the worst song of the year. There it is." I mean, look at me. Do I look angry? I'm not. I'm not enraged, I'm not hurt. I'm just up here like a teacher, looking at a two-sentence essay a student scribbled down before class. No hard feelings. You just failed! You failed the assignment! See me after class!
** The song is then revealed to be "I'm Good (Blue)" by Music/DavidGuetta and Music/BebeRexha, the latter of whom Todd scathingly refers to as "a clip art stock photo of a pop star".

-->'''Gayle''': ''A, B, C, D, E, F U! And your mom and your sister and your job --''

-->'''Gayle''': ''A, B, C, D, E, F U!'' (caption: "4. 'abcdefu' by Gayle") ''And your mom and your sister and your job''
* He shows [[VisualPun a picture of Gayle standing in a pot]] while discussing how Gayle is called an [[AstroTurfing industry plant]].

* Todd starts the list by reiterating a point he's expressed in multiple prior lists: that he feels that the Worst lists are often too negative and he's thought about ending the practice (helped by the fact that he claims that they are the hardest ones to produce). He decided not to end it this year, however, when he realised that a ''Rolling Stone'' writer whose negative reviews inspired him back in the day is now apparently the person in charge of the ''Rolling Stone'' Twitter account, which was writing insipid "YASS QUEEN"-style live-tweets to fluff up popular artists during this year's Grammy Awards. Todd decided at that moment that if his only options are being negative like always or fluffing up the egos of millionaires, then he is not changing ''one bit''.

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* Todd facetiously claims "F.N.F." by [=GloRilla=] stands for VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys, since [[NWordPrivileges he can't say the actual full title]].
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Pop Song Reviews ( [[Funny/ToddInTheShadowsFromTheVaults Pre-TGWTG]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2010Episodes 2010]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2011Episodes 2011]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2012Episodes 2012]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2013Episodes 2013]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2014Episodes 2014]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2015Episodes 2015]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2016Episodes 2016]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2017Episodes 2017]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2018Episodes 2018]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2019Episodes 2019]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2020Episodes 2020]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2021Episodes 2021]] | '''2022''' [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2023Episodes 2023]] | )\\

Pop Song Reviews ( [[Funny/ToddInTheShadowsFromTheVaults Pre-TGWTG]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2010Episodes 2010]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2011Episodes 2011]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2012Episodes 2012]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2013Episodes 2013]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2014Episodes 2014]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2015Episodes 2015]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2016Episodes 2016]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2017Episodes 2017]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2018Episodes 2018]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2019Episodes 2019]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2020Episodes 2020]] | [[Funny/ToddInTheShadows2021Episodes 2021]] | '''2022''' )\\

-->'''Todd:''' It also doesn't help that they gave it to a voice actress who can't sing. Or at least not while doing that character. ''[imitating Darrow's deep, throaty voice]'' ''[[FunetikAksent Urnghdr the surfrrs.]]''

* Comparing Music/HarryStyles [[TitleDrop singing "music for a sushi restaurant" in the song of the same name]] to [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]] singing:
-->'''Todd:''' ''(as Thom Yorke)'' ''This would make good exit music for a film!''

* As proof that Music/DojaCat likely didn't even know whom she was dueting with for Todd's #7 pick, Music/PostMalone's "I Like You (A Happier Song)", he points to her use of NWordPrivileges, and afterwards throws up a picture of Post Malone with “[[Film/{{Elvis2022}} (hwi]][[MemeticMutation te)]]” over it. [[note]]Calling back to her song on the film’s soundtrack and stating earlier that Dr. Luke might be her own Colonel Tom Parker.[[/note]]
* With Music/MeghanTrainor back in the spotlight with "Made You Look", Todd has a new 2022 description for her musical style- "White {{Music/Lizzo}}". Todd then retracts that, feeling it's an insult to Lizzo and also to white people in general.
** Todd comparing Lizzo and Meghan's body positivity-- feeling that Lizzo calling herself sexy with her trademark command makes it indisputably true, while the response to Meghan's plastic posturing would be more of an awkward and unsupportive "I'm glad ''you'' think that..."
** Todd mercilessly, but not inaccurately, compares the song's "plastic Stepfordy version of the early Sixties" to a Christmastime Gap ad.

-->'''Gayle''': ''A, B, C, D, E, F U! And your mom and your sister and your job-''

* He shows [[VisualPun a picture of Gayle standing in a pot]] while discussing how Gayle is called an industry plant.

** Todd commenting that Morgan Wallen sounds like he’s honking like a goose at the end of "Broadway Girls".
** Todd just letting a clip of Music/RitaOra's overwrought version of "[[Music/KateBush Running Up That Hill]]" from Rock in Rio play out, then simply saying "I do not think I need to add commentary to this."

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* Todd admits that, while he likes the ''concept'' of [[{{WesternAnimation/Encanto}} "Surface Pressure"]] (a song he wants to tread very lightly around for how beloved it is, but ultimately doesn't), it's the [[PainfulRhyme awkward lyrical styling]] of Lin-Manuel Miranda that really grates on him.

--->'''Todd:''' ...No, Lin-Manuel, Hercules was never like: ''[starts doing overacted rap hand gestures]'' "''Yo'', I don't wanna fight Cerberus... homie, my homeboys, word!"
** Todd also criticizes Jessica Darrow's singing abilties:

** Todd mocking the hype Harlow gets as the newest superstar in music by playing a clip of two [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] referees failing to figure out who he is in a game he attended.

* Todd immediately jumping on one of the lyrics from his #9 pick, Music/JackHarlow's "First Class":
-->'''Jack Harlow:''' ''Tryna come the same day as Jack? Rethink it''\\

* One of the lyrics in Jack Harlow's "First Class" is "Tryna come the same day as Jack? / Rethink it", which Todd immediately jumps on, since Bad Bunny's ''Un Verano Sin Ti'' [[HilariousInHindsight did come out the same week, and would go on to crush Jack's album in streaming all year long]].

** Todd just letting a clip of Rita Ora's overwrought version of "Running Up That Hill" from Rock in Rio play out, then simply saying "I do not think I need to add commentary to this."

-->'''Todd''': ({{Beat}}) [[WhamLine ...I didn't tell you to stop.]] ''[[WhamLine Do it again!]]''

* In the run-up to "Victoria's Secret" by Jax, Todd brings up another song she released with a positive message, "U Love U". The song is about being in a relationship that isn't overshadowed by self-esteem problems, but that doesn't matter because the chorus uses the melody from "I Love You"... as in, the song from ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'', a series aimed at preschool children with one of the most infamous {{Periphery Hatedom}}s of any children's media. In short, for some inexplicable reason, she sampled '''a song intended for toddlers'''.

* In the run-up to "Victoria's Secret" by Jax, Todd brings up another song she released with a positive message, "U Love U". The song is about being in a relationship that isn't overshadowed by self-esteem problems, but that doesn't matter because the chorus uses the melody from "I Love You"... as in, the song from ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'', a series aimed at kindergarteners with one of the most infamous {{Periphery Hatedom}}s of any children's media. In short, for some inexplicable reason, she sampled '''a song intended for toddlers'''.

* In the run-up to "Victoria's Secret" by Jax, Todd brings up another song she released with a positive message, "U Love U". The song is about being in a relationship that isn't overshadowed by self-esteem problems, but that doesn't matter because the chorus uses the melody from "I Love You"... as in, the song from ''Series/BarneyAndFriends''.

* In the run-up to "Victoria's Secret" by Jax, Todd brings up another song she released with a positive message, "U Love U". The song is about relationships not being consumed by self-esteem problems, but that doesn't matter because the chorus uses the melody from "I Love You"... as in, the song from ''Series/BarneyAndFriends''.

* Todd calling Music/BebeRexha a "clip art stock photo of a pop star".

** Todd writes out Jessica Darrow's muddled rendition of the title as "URNGHDR THR SURRFRRS".

* The setup for the number 4 section: All throughout the video, Todd was using "abcdefu" from Gayle as the bumper music between slots. [[BrickJoke And once the song ends this time...]]

-->'''Gayle''': ''A, B, C, D, E, F U!'' (caption: "4. 'abcdefu' by Gayle") ''And your mom and your sister and your job-''

** To cap off the entry, Todd comes up with one last explanation that satisfies him on why he dislikes the song--a pretty vicious analogy that it's "[[Music/BrunoMars Uptown Funk]] if it was written by Music/MichaelBuble".

* With Music/MeghanTrainor back in the spotlight with "Made You Look", Todd has a new 2022 description for her musical style- "White {{Music/Lizzo}}". Todd then retracts that, feeling it's in insult to Lizzo and also to white people in general.
** Todd comparing Lizzo and Meghan's body positivity-- feeling that Lizzo calling herself sexy with her trademark command makes it indisputably true, while the response to Meghan's plastic posturing would be more of an awkwardly polite "I'm glad ''you'' think that..."

* Todd admits that, while he likes the ''concept'' of [[{{WesternAnimation/Encanto}} "Surface Pressure"]] (a song he wants to tread very lightly around for how beloved it is, but ultimately doesn't), it's the [[PainfulRhyme awkward lyrical styling]] of Lin-Manuel Miranda that really grates on him, especially when any song of his veers closer to rap.

* Todd starts the list by reiterating a point he's expressed in multiple prior lists: that he feels that the Worst lists are often too negative and he's thought about ending them to be more positive. He decided not to end it this year, however, when he realised that a ''Rolling Stone'' writer whose negative reviews inspired him back in the day is now apparently the person in charge of the ''Rolling Stone'' Twitter account, which was writing insipid "YASS QUEEN"-style live-tweets to fluff up popular artists during this year's Grammy Awards. Todd decided at that moment that if his only options are being negative like always or fluffing up the egos of millionaires, then he is not changing ''one bit''.

* Comparing Music/HarryStyles singing "music for a sushi restaurant" in the song of the same name to [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]] singing:

* One of the lyrics in Jack Harlow's "First Class" is "Tryna come the same day as Jack? / Rethink it", which Todd immediately jumps on, since Bad Bunny's ''Un Verano Sin Ti'' [[UnderminedByReality did come out the same week, and would go on to crush Jack's album in streaming all year long]].

-->'''Todd:''' I don't feel "plant" is a useful criticism, even for Gayle who's such a plant she may as well hop about around with her feet in a pot of dirt. I admire a well kept garden, I don't care who planted it. The problem is that it's just an ugly plant.

-->'''Todd:''' Boy, I hate it when songs sound like commercials! And before we continue, this video was brought to you by Curiosity Stream!