There's a thing that's been happening each year this decade that makes me worry a bit about Todd's end of year criteria.
Before 2012, he used to have the policy that he would only count songs that landed in Billboard's Hot 100 for the year. He then adjusted it for any song that also hit the top 20 at any point, after songs like "Fuck You!" and "Locked out of Heaven" failed to make the year end list in time.
But in the past five or so years, there's been a tendency for a big name artist (usually Drake or Taylor Swift, though examples this decade also include Lil Uzi Vert, Juice WRLD, J. Cole, Future, Bad Bunny, and just two weeks ago Kendrick Lamar) to release all of the songs on the album as singles and have over five simultaneous top 10 hits that only chart for one week. Which puts a lot of album filler up for contention on these lists while losing track of singles with staying power, which I thought was the original focus.
That's a fair point, but I get the feeling he does still try to focus more on what the artist intended to be the big single instead of just something that was on an album that also charted.
I remember he specifically called out Exile by Taylor Swift in that he doesn't usually do deep cuts but it technically qualified.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though, idk how many non-single-ish singles have made the best or worst of lists.
Not a fan of that green square around the numbers, looks kinda sloppy…
That Jelly Roll running gag was unexpected (mostly because I’ve never heard of that guy before) but by the time he showed up on the Eminem segment I was laughing.
Also seems like the "shitty anti-woke song" entry is now a yearly tradition. Maybe it’s a little slippery to comment that Shapiro "goes where the money is"… or maybe I’m just paranoid…
Edited by Lyendith on Dec 23rd 2024 at 6:51:31 AM
That's just emulating the Stylistic Suck of the BRAT cover.
The Bookends between "Too Sweet" and the credits song got me good
Only really knew the songs Todd discussed and the one he played as the opening rather than the actual entries, shows how I, or at least the radios where I live, must be really distancing from the pop charts (not helped by the list having a lot of country). And need to hear that Dua Lipa song to determine if it was worth an honorable mention, specially when her other single of the year was an absolute banger, "Illusion".
@#8333: He has the right to be proud of that gag and to use it again. Though I notice that this is a reupload from the Patreon version and one of the major differences is that he had accidentally left the Baltimora cover ending song in. I considered making a joke that this was a continuation of his desire to edit the video muted so he didn't have to hear Tom and Ben.
Since MGK likes to switch genres whenever he gets in a feud with someone, someone on the Todd sub put together a tier list of what MGK should do if he feuded with which country singer:
- Don't even try to switch genres anymore dude, just leave music as a whole tier: Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson
- Switch immediately you're not going to recover: Eric Church, Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, The Chicks, Taylor Swift (if she counts).
- Going to lose his (remaining) credibility but can make at least one more hit: Jason Isbell, Darius Rucker, Sturgill Simpson, Zach Bryan, Brandi Carlile, Lady A
- Will make a big scandal but probably nothing mayor will happen (yet): Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, Blake Shelton, Noah Kahan
- Nothing will happen to either side: Luke Bryan, Sam Hunt, Kane Brown
- Unironically on MGK side: Jason Aldean, Aaron Lewis
which one though?
(I'm guessing you mean the Steven Universe one)
What? I'm confused about what you're confused about. I was referencing the number 3 worst song "Chevrolet" which he talks about in the video, which sampled the riff and melody of this classic soft rock song Drift Away:
That's my favorite song ever. The Steven Universe one is good, but this one is my childhood. I was unaware of Chevrolet, this was the first time I learned about this, that's why I'm offended.
Also, I was trying to do a comedic fake-out where I say that I'm offended and you expect it to be to either the number 2 or 1 songs for political reasons. but it's actually toward the number 3 song.
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pop music is getting good again (by artists with 0 business even touching a trap beat freeing themselves from trying to poorly imitate/incorporate it into their music) but hard disagree with Todd on that one. Tipsy by J-kwon is a classic and A Bar Song is...fine. Better than a lot of modern country (see comment on trap beats), but just an okay song imo (proud of Shaboozey though!)
Edited by amathieu13 on Dec 26th 2024 at 8:59:54 AM

That's supposed to be Patreon only, I'd get rid of it.