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** What is it that finally convinces Todd to review the song after without 2 years of focus testing? That, as a straight white cis man ([[RunningGag as far as we know]]), the standards are lower and he'll get points so long as it looks like he's at least trying.

* Todd was initially hesitant to review the song because it was written by Music/SamSmith (who is gay/nonbinary) and Music/KimPetras (who is transgender) and he, as a straight white guy ([[RunningGag as far as YOU know]]), didn't want to worry about saying something wrong and putting his foot in his mouth. As an example, he points out how objectively funny it is to see "posh theatre kid" Sam Smith dressed as an auto-mechanic and then worries that "non-binaries are bad at auto-repair" might be some kind of obscure stereotype.[[note]]One helpful commenter informs Todd that it's not non-binary people who are bad at auto repair, it's theater kids.[[/note]] What is it that finally convinces Todd to review the song after without 2 years of focus testing? That, as a straight white cis man ([[RunningGag as far as we know]]), the standards are lower and he'll get points so long as it looks like he's at least trying.

* Todd was initially hesitant to review the song because it was written by Music/SamSmith (who is gay/nonbinary) and Music/KimPetras (who is transgender) and he, as a straight white guy ([[RunningGag as far as YOU know]]), didn't want to worry about saying something wrong and putting his foot in his mouth. As an example, he points out how objectively funny it is to see "posh theatre kid" Sam Smith dressed as an auto-mechanic and then worries that "non-binaries are bad at auto-repair" might be some kind of obscure stereotype.[[note]]One helpful commenter informs Todd that it's not non-binary people who are bad at auto repair it theater kids .[[/note]] What is it that finally convinces Todd to do the song after being reluctantly to do it without 2 years of focus testing? That as a straight white cis man ([[RunningGag as far as we know]]) the standards are lower and he'll get points so long as it looks like he at ''least'' trying.

** Todd says that if he was the friend in the song he response would [[DisappointedInYou not being angry just dissapointed]] that not only is his friend is cheating on his wife, he having such a boring and stereotypical one on top of that.

* Todd was initially hesitant to review the song because it was written by Music/SamSmith (who is gay/nonbinary) and Music/KimPetras (who is transgender) and he, as a straight white guy ([[RunningGag as far as YOU know]]), didn't want to worry about saying something wrong and putting his foot in his mouth. As an example, he points out how objectively funny it is to see "posh theatre kid" Sam Smith dressed as an auto-mechanic and then worries that "non-binaries are bad at auto-repair" might be some kind of obscure stereotype.

** After the video came out, Todd [[https://twitter.com/ShadowTodd/status/1583544216566710273 teasingly noted]] as further "evidence" that many viewer comments laughing about the joke, including ones from supportive non-binary viewers, spelled it as "[[RougeAnglesOfSatin brake pads]]".

* After making the obvious connection between the Senator in the video for #5 (Music/MeganTheeStallion's "Thot Shit") and Ben Shapiro, Todd straight says to "pancake the motherfucker", segueing to the video hitting him with a dump truck.

-->'''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.

* As the lead-in to his #8 pick, "Music For A Sushi Restaurant" by Harry Styles, Todd plays a clip from the 2022 film ''Film/DontWorryDarling'', specifically focusing on Styles's much-maligned performance:

* 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 infamous for having zero appeal outside its target demographic. In short, for some inexplicable reason, she sampled '''a song intended for toddlers'''.

-->'''Gayle''': ''♫ A-B-C-D-E-F U!'' ''[text on screen: "#4: "ABCDEFU, Gayle"]'' ''♫ And your mom, and your sister, and your job, and your broke-ass car ♫''

-->'''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''

-->'''Todd:''' Imagine in 1994 if instead of Music/BoyzIIMen, Top 40 was stuck playing [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing "I Just Can't Wait to be King"]]. That’s the level of desperate we're at right now.

* Comparing Harry Styles singing an on-the-nose TitleDrop in "Music For A Sushi Restaurant" to [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]] singing:
-->'''Todd:''' ''(as Thom Yorke)'' ''This would make good [[Music/OKComputer exit music for a film]]!''

** One of Todd's criticisms with the song is that its subject matter (talking about how Victoria's Secret's long-time former CEO was a man) was too much of an easy target, as not only is the brand on the downturn,[[note]]for example, while not explicitly mentioned in the video, the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was discontinued after 2018[[/note]] but the song even coincided with the release of a documentary more eloquently criticizing the company. Some comments in the video not only corroborated this (some noting that "Victoria's secret is that she's a man" was a long-running joke for years when talking about the company), but also that it feels, in the word of one comment, "like a uni student just came up to me in outrage about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kony_2012 Kony 2012]]."

** In the same segment, Todd finds himself taken aback by the sudden tonal shift in the chorus of "Truth About You;" "Why can't we meet in the middle / Call it even, call it a truce / 'Cause if you quit telling lies about me / I won't tell the truth about you"

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** One of Todd's criticisms with the song is that its subject matter (talking about how Victoria's Secret's long-time former CEO was a man) was a too easy target, as not only the brand is on the downturn,[[note]]for example, while not explicitly mentioned in the video, the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was discontinued after 2018[[/note]] but the song even coincided with the release of a documentary criticizing the company. Some comments in the video not only corroborated this (some noting that "Victoria's secret is that she's a man" was a long-running joke for years when talking about the company), but also that it feels, in the word of one comment, "like a uni student just came up to me in outrage about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kony_2012 Kony 2012]]."

** He then adds that since Smith's character is not the one having sex with the guy in the song, the song is just about a guy having sex with Kim Petras, which he doesn't find noteworthy, considering that her previous album already had the rather demonstrative title of ''Slut Pop''.

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

'''Jack (played by Styles):''' ''[yelling in a very thick [[UsefulNotesBritishAccents London accent]]]'' '''''STOP IT!''''' No, not everyone gets this [[FunetikAksent opportuni'y]].\\

'''Alice (played by Creator/FlorencePugh):''' What if this place is dangerous? What if--\\

'''Alice (played by Creator/FlorencePugh):''' What if this place is dangerous? What if--//

* Comparing Music/HarryStyles singing an on-the-nose TitleDrop in "Music for a Sushi Restaurant" to [[Music/{{Radiohead}} Thom Yorke]] singing:

-->'''Todd:''' I have been waiting to have my Worst list bumper music also be a worst list entry for so long. At last.

--->'''Todd:''' I have been waiting to have my Worst list bumper music also be a worst list entry for so long. At last.

** His comment on "emo girl" by Music/MachineGunKelly ft. [[Music/WillowSmith WILLOW]], where he describes Kelly alongside Music/TheChainsmokers as "guys I stuck my neck out for and rewarded me for it by making bad music even I can't defend", is a twofer when you remember that it can also apply to WILLOW, as he put her "Meet Me At Out Spot" at #1 on his Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2021 list.

** Todd scathingly refering to Rexha as "a clip art stock photo of a pop star".

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'''Todd:''' Peh! That's funny because Music/BadBunny ''did'' drop [his album "Un Verano Sin Ti"] [[HilariousInHindsight the same week as Jack Harlow and then ate his lunch all year]].