He hasn't gotten canceled cause his fans know his comedy is satire and at the end of a day it's a joke and most his fans know that. That's the reason why I love him and his community of fans so much. 🥰

"He just deepthroated his own microphone!" is something you don't hear every day...

The rule for when you see the "real Bo" is on the mantra he had on What: Art is a lie, _NOTHING_ is real. My rule of thumb for all artists is that, outside of them literally saying "I will be real and not have any act for a while now" nothing you ever see is entirely honest. Like, the end of Can't Handle This, you watch it without knowing, he looks like he is a very good artist going with the beat; you hear him talk honestly about it, dude was literally having a meltdown during that. I think it's best to focus on the message the artist put out than on whether that was something they planned ahead or something that just happened.

Do the "country song" next. He literally explains and tells the problems with the modern Country music like you were saying 6:20. Almost forgot Please Do the RANT first anyways.......

Ever since I have heard this song, I keep noticing the things he talked about in every love song i listen to and it's been driving me crazy for years. Somebody probably already wrote this, but there's a funny story connected to this song: once, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez went to one of his performances of "What." where this song was performed. There's a clip on youtube where Bo tells this story The (not) master list of tracks: - "Sad" - "The country song" - "Kill Yourself" - "Ironic" - "Eff" Fun songs/wordplay songs: - "#deep" - "Oh Bo" - "What's funny" - "Words words words"

You should do country song next, it’s funny af

Bo told a story on a late show that Justin Bieber was in the audience that night

Repeat Stuff is one of my top favorite Bo songs from when he was way younger! So glad you reacted to it! Definitely react to his country song-parody "Pandering"! You'd actually really like it and appreciate it. It's the same idea as Repeat Stuff, but with country music.

It's ALWAYS a scripted act even when you think it's not 👍

I really want your reaction for Pandering now. Every other reaction I've seen only ever finds it funny and no one talks about the germs, so thanks for acknowledging it

Not him setting himself up for being recommended the country song (Pandering) by bo

i love how you predicted the second verse completely thanks for the vid mate

Awesome video as always and if you dislike country music because of clichés then you're gonna LOVE Country Song by Bo.

I'm glad you're doing Rant next. After hearing you comment about country music, you GOTTA do Bos country song Pandering. :)

The music video for this song is amazing. Love your Bo reacts!!

& this is exactly the reason I love TØP so much. Songs without intelligence make my head ache. I taught my kids to actually listen to lyrics of songs and what is actually being said - best thing I’ve ever done for them.

Listen to him on podcasts/interviews. His friendship with Pete Holmes is fantastic cuz the age gap is about a decade but Bo appears to be the elder of the 2. The themes of his act are absolutely his essence, including when he breaks the 4th wall to troll himself and his own craft. Bo has opinions and he doesn't make you suffer through them, he makes you want to hear them. Love it, we need more of it.

Eric Clapton's "You Look Wonderful Tonight" is one of the best love songs ever. It just captures that feeling of looking at your partner with complete thankfulness and appreciation. Just simply being content. Perfect.

With Bo, nearly everything in his shows is deliberate. His shows are more like a curated performance than an interactive comedy act. Like he said in one of his jokes, "Art is a lie. nothing is real." That being said, is is also genuine in that everything he puts in his shows he means completely. Obviously not the literally, much of it is satire, but the messaging.

Is this why he does the whole "I am Satan, lord of darkness" part in the "We think we know" finale of this special? He creates a catchy beat from the three clips of the vocal tracks with enough loops until the crowd can recognize what he's doing...then calls himself out. I think?

I know it's only a snippet in the beginning of the video, but about Bo's harsh words to guy who went onstage, there was someone who asked him on a Reddit AMA in 2016 to talk about the worst instance in which he had to kick someone out of a show, and Bo answered: "There was a drunk guy that wandered on stange in Atlanta and sat at my keyboard. That was strange. I think I told him to kill himself or something. Not my finest hour. [...] Also like, I wasn't totally 'safe.' I was most concerned with just getting the guy out of there, more than doing some sort of subtle take down of him."

The first time I heard this, I went “oof, right in the childhood, but he is right.” 🙃😂

if you're talking about repetitive country, you gotta watch Bo's country song

"We'll stop beating that dead horse when it stops spitting out money!" (Jon Lajoie's "Pop Song" from years ago comes to mind)

Awesome! You should definitely react to his music video of this song that he made a few years later. It’s so good 💕💕

i love every single one of your reactions bro. hella excited for rant too

“That’s pretty funny tho, talking li- Satan Yeah anyways” -Suffi 2021

it's safe to assume it's usually part of the script, if not always. in his specials he even makes explicit jokes about all the meticulously planned details of his performance. that being said, that's a good question you asked.. come to think of it, it's extremely hard to tell when/if ever he is not performing from a specific plan. this is coming from someone who's been watching him for over a decade lol

You should watch "look who's inside again" and "That happy feeling" from inside, they are great.

I started watching because of the Bo reactions, and then the Taylor Swift reactions.. and then eventually I was like, “I don’t like 1D, but if he’s reacting to them he probably has some insightful things to say” and was happy to be right about that. Like you mentioned alongside the lyrics, it’s great to listen to music that actually SOUNDS good, no matter the stereotypes placed on certain genres or artist. I don’t care if it’s 1D, Taylor Swift, or NF. If I can tap my foot along with the beat, I can listen to it.

Justin and Selena Gomez was in the audience... He talked about how awkward it probably was on CONAN

8:00 his Left Brain and Right Brain are arguing here

you ever hear 4 Chord Song by Axis of Awesome? your description of the money-making formula of pop songs after you listened to the first round of the chorus reminded me of it, because it also talks about the simplicity of pop songs.

Eff is an interesting song by Bo, but it drops the F bomb a lot ... lol (It's literally a long truth bomb) - Also, you should check out The Axis of Awesome YT song "4 Chords." It is pretty old, but shows how just a ton of songs are written with the same chord progressions.

I like your reaction video the most you actually think rather then just be like damn or cool

I love the facial expressions that Bo Burnham does in his songs it makes them so much more entertaining

Justin bieber saw this live, but Bo didn’t know at the time.

Of course I have to request again that you react to that funny feeling from inside. I love your reactions and I would love to hear your thoughts on it!

As an answer to "is it real or scripted" I'd say yes. Everything you see is real, his thanking is real and the message he wants to pass along is real AND everything you see is a performance down to the gesture, to the step he takes on this or that direction. Everything is perfectly scripted, but that means he's intentional about the serious and real parts of it as well as the over the top acting.

One funny thing I haven't seen any reactors call out is that this is one of those four chord songs.

Oh when I hear you complimenting his piano skills, it makes me want to see you react to Tim Minchin. Please react to Confessions :)

Intelligence and realism is a dangerous combo.

After your mini rant on country, you definitely to listen to Bo Burnham's country song now.

Hi! I'm here to repeat stuff, the comments that say you MUST watch bo's country song/pandering now! It's perfect for what you were saying about country music

I know there’s already like 80 comments about it, but definitely check out the Country Song from his Make Happy special. Basically exactly what you were talking about, and hilarious. Its one of my favorites for sure.

There is a talk show clip somewhere. I think Grahm Norton or Conan where Bo talks about that show. Apparently Justin Beiber was their with Ariana Grande snuck in and he found out about it after. If you can find it it's pretty good.

I just found you from a long string of watching people react to Bo Burnham and I love your content, man! I think you're really thoughtful and really articulate when it comes to the meaning of his songs. You've definitely earned a new subscriber! I also noticed that you have a bunch of reactions to TOP and Imagine Dragons, and they're definitely two of my favorite artists, so I can't wait to check those out too! But, scrolling through, I can't believe, you, a reaction channel, hasn't reacted to Pisces by Jinjer yet! It's almost a whole genre upon itself on KZfaq! If you do decide to react to it, go into it completely blind. Don't look up the band or the lead singer, just know that they're a Ukrainian metalcore band, but they're instrumentals and overall musicality is spectacular. Happy listening!

I really think you would love Hook by Blues Traveler. It's the ultimate meta song about writing a hit song, but wanting to be true to yourself, and itself becoming their most popular song. Definitely check it out!!

The Live performance is amazing and has it's better bits, like when he stand up and does the hitler salute to make fun of his audience, but the music video is REALLY well done and the song is longer.

The melody at 10:30 is so good.

Fun fact one time while performing this song he looked out and Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez were in the crowd when they were back when they were dating or whatever and he felt bad about it.

You should react to problematic ! On inside. It *kinda* addresses how he’s said problematic stuff in a lot of his past performances.

Why did I just now realize how much Bo’s voice has changed since this time to inside?

love your reactions as always!!!

At the start of we think we know you which is the song that plays right after this he starts it by saying i should have ended that on a higher note… bc if you listen to the last key notes of the piano it sounds like it should be moving up in scale but his last chord is really low…. Yeah just thought id add that

I think the music video and the produced version of the song better captures what he was going for with this song, but the live is good as well.

the studio version and music video of this song also does a good/funny job at illustrating the points you were talking abt, i dont know if it deserves a new reaction but definitely check it out

8:00 left brain vs right brain

It's not that there was more creativity in the past, it's that there's been more time to select what bits of culture are worthy of surviving

A part of me feels like he doesn't really have a script for any of this he just makes it up as he goes along I think.

YEEEEEEESSSSSS MY FAVOURITE

You should watch his music video version of this song. It's the same lyrics but it sounds really good and the images really add extra meaning.

Yeah I can definitely understand the whole guilty pleasure with some pretty lazy or uninspired songs. I love Blink 182's All the Small Things, despite the fact that the song was taking pot shots at people pumping out uncreative and lazy music by being even lazier and less creative.

ran to the comments to see how many people are recommending Pandering 💀💀💀

YOU SHOULD REACT TO THAT FUNNY FEELING FROM INSIDE

Bruh, you almost have to do Bo's country song. For real forreal

What you're talking about at 6:15 ... well now you have to react to Bo's song "Pandering"

Fun fact bo said that Justin was in the crowd for this song

There is a similar song from the late 80's called Song for whoever by the Beautiful South

Pandering (country song) is the obvious next song to react to, but maybe try a deeper cut soon. Maybe some of his album only songs, like “Nerds”, “Eff”, and “Hell of a Ride” (probably my personal favorite song prior to Inside)

12:59 well thats one way to show the dark side to it

hearing you talk tabout country music is super ironic cause the song pandering by bo is perfect for you the, he literall talks about how cliche country music on the radio is

The music industry can be very... predatory, to little girls in terms of marketing and the songs

You can not cancel Bo Burnham. He is too likeable overall. Like he just says it. And there is no leaving it- you just take it because of the beauty that comes with it. If you want to see a great improv Bo video watch, watch" Bo Burnham Men and Women Apollo"- it's grainy and he's got on a blue t-shirt but it's a fun interaction with the audience. That whole special is amazing. His personality is so natural.

you should definitely check out Panderin', the country song, too

A recommendation just to watch in your free time after this is the Conan clip about Bo insulting Justin Bieber, he talks about one performance of this song where Bieber was in the audience :)

No one: Suffi Reax: We will suck it dry!

justin beaber was accualy present when he sung it

“Why did I play it back?”

You guys, he mentioned that he hates cliche country songs. You guys know what to recommend next...

I highly recommend the music video (studio version) of this! It’s SOOOOO good.

Hits different when you find out justin bieber was in the audience

rant is decent, but after what you've talked about in this video, "Panderin'" is probably the one you should do next. imo Great reaction, as always!!

Alright Wassaaaww dude?! While I agree with the sentiment here and your reaction/critique of it, as a music producer I have to just chime in here and say it is NOT easy to write a "dumb" pop song. It absolutely still has to connect with people on an emotional level if the song is going to have success, and that's just not as easy as anyone imagines.

Wassau dude! Really enjoyed this reaction! Your Bo ones are 🔥🔥🔥 Regarding what you said, the true artists are hard to find in a world filled with ones that are following the same formula/selling out, but when found, you appreciate their art that much more. Speaking of which, someone you’ve probably never heard of before who I think you’d love…Mike Love (not the one from The Beach Boys lol). Check out ‘Permanent Holiday’ from him & your mind will be blown. ✌🏻& ❤️

If you can’t stand pop country, I highly recommend listening to bos song pandering or “country song”. You’ll enjoy it

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I would love to see you react to music that wasn't as, like you said, "drone like". You have a great eye for analyzing lyrics & you're clearly perceptive and creative.. I don't even watch your 1d reactions at all.

Excited about hearing rant.

oh boy if you think thats the wildest thing hes ever said you should see his early early stuff. hes talked about how when he started his career he was just a dumb 16 year old on the early days of when people starting becoming big youtubers and everything was just cringey offensive edgy content. he actually made a song about it in inside that you should check out! its called 'problematic', cuz well, yknow. but also i feel like even when he was being 'offensive' it wasnt ever in a truly mean spirited intention, he was just using the current landscape of the social climate to turn it around and throw it back into peoples faces, sort of holding up a mirror to the masses if that makes sense so maybe thats why hes never been truly 'cancelled'. hes never made a mean joke just to be like haha its funny to say fucked up things about people, its more like 'isnt it fucked up that people find this funny'.

Channel 5 News by Bo might be a good one to react to. It's a studio one, but really good

"teenage girls feed off the need to be loved" _aromantic teen girl B)_

More Tim Minchin! Thank you god is my fav

These vague corporate-style love songs have been around nearly as long as radio. Look at any of the Beatles' albums before 1966, half the songs are generic live songs designed to appeal to the literal hordes of teenage and younger girls that hung on their ever word.

Apparently he found out after one of his shows doing this that Justin Bieber had been in the audience, lol.

For the algorithm

Fun fact, he actually performed this once when Justin Bieber was in the audience but he didnt know

About the small reaction segment (that I'm guessing is on Patreon) about Bo kicking that guy out and telling him to k!ll himself, he has answered on a Reddit AMA regarding that night saying he feels ashamed of having done that (that is what I'm taking from it). Question: “Bo, when is the worst time you have had to kick someone out of a show? [...]” Answer: “There was a drunk guy that wondered on stage in atlanta and sat at my keyboard. That was strange. I think I told him to kill himself or something, not my finest hour. And appreciate the kind words dude!” “Also like, I wasn't totally "safe." I was most concerned with just getting the guy out of there, more than doing some sort of subtle take down of him.”

I think you made the right choice in watching this one first, although the polished music video version is more appropriate for this song.

I just recently found your channel and am loving your Bo react videos, thank you for your thoughtful comments on his songs. Just out of curiosity, I noticed there's a lot of One Direction on your channel, is there a story there or you just really like them? :D Also what is the meaning of what you say at the beginning? Thanks again for your content, I'm really enjoying it and am glad I stumbled on your channel. Thanks for reading my silly questions. :)