Friday, November 10, 2023

What the best song ever is (and why it is Biden by Bo Burnham)


  1. It’s only 51 seconds long yet it conveys the singer’s feelings perfectly
  2. Quite a minimalist song but sounds full thanks to masterful uses of chopped vocal samples and reverb
  3. Expresses many Democrats’ and anti-Trump Republicans’ and Independents’ sentiments perfectly…in short, a universal feeling of “choosing the lesser of two evils” rather than a candidate they genuinely like
  4. Timeless…or at least, timely on two occasions (or, in the worst case scenario, more than that)
  5. Super catchy with simple but nuanced lyrics 
  6. It’s got a dark tone, fitting the supposedly pejorative nickname “Dark Brandon” which Biden himself has apparently embraced
  7. Can listen to on loop 1000 times and not get bored of it
  8. It’s written by only one songwriter and yet it hits harder than top 40 songs written by multiple songwriters quality-wise