I HATE “Guilty Pleasure” Music (A Rant)
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Hey everybody! I hope you liked this video. It’s a bit of a different style than my normal stuff. More casual, more conversational, less “video essay-y”. I hate guilty pleasure music. I hate people not talking about what they like, or being embarassed about what they like. Especially when it’s Billie Eilish. Or One Direction. Night Changes slaps.
@chillahhdudefr
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
0:51 THE CORN RETURNS
@MC-cy6uz
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
Hot take ig but the whole idea of having a "guilty pleasure" sounds pretentious af to me. It comes off as "enjoying this is beneath me, but I enjoy it anyway" okay bro? Nobody cares?? Lol. Like someone mentioned, the only time it's understandable is when the artist is a horrible person. I can also kind of understand if the song is something that is universally shitted on, like Yummy, or if it's something SUPER sexually explicit. Otherwise it's just pretentious behaviour.
@crim-jim6814
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
As a big fan of bass music i’ve learned to not care what other people think, that’s how you create confidence.
@iamseraphimwest
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
It's funny because the area/people my age I grew up around, my enjoyment for Radiohead, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Pixies, Bloc Party, and other great alt bands would probably have classified under the "guilty pleasure" category if I were to have played them in front of/talked about them with my peers at the time rather than hide my enjoyment 😂
@jadencedras6878
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
How the hell is locked out of heaven guilty pleasure 💀
@suprememusicmaster
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
Heck, I listen to smooth jazz, yacht rock, elevator music and really bad pop songs…And you know what??? I don't care ONE BIT if no one else likes those genres or not!!! The only thing that matters is that I like them and because I like them and have expressed that liking, I've met others who dig the same music as I do…So, it can't all be that bad!
@Bailderdash
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
I’ll say it, I love AJR
@Brody24272
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
I doubt alot of ppl who hate on Billie have even listened to her music. Billie is one of my favorite artists of all time genuinely top 10 ever
@AnarchyIsLove
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
it's more shame than it is guilt. I think people are too proud of liking "good" music, and anything that would hurt that pride just falls into the "guilty" pleasures. I also think this works the other way, some people will put others down for NOT liking what they consider is "good", and I think that just bullies people into this mindset in the first place.
@lakuupippu
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
What if I listen to recording of apes screaming and grunting
@mr.selfdestruct5845
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
Thank you for this video now I have a good reason to blast Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven in my car with my friends while I descend into insanity.
But for real though, once I was scared of saying I did like some artists of the early 2010s like Lorde, Lady Gaga or Taylor Swift because pop was seen as "Oh only girls like that stuff" "Real men like rock, rock and only rock"
Now that I'm 18 I listen to a lot of different genres like pop, rap, metal, 90s rock, grunge, experimental hip hop, even international music. I have no idea what I could class a "Guilty Pleasure" besides bands that I hate but have one or two good songs and even then that doesn't qualify one.
@bam577
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
Now I can finally say,
TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY, IS A 6
HAHAHAHAHA
@pigeon_opinion
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
A guilty pleasure should be something you enjoy despite not being technically good
@jessemejia6226
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
I was the exact opposite of the southern white kid. I grew up hearing country music, but not really enjoying most of it. now, ten years later, give or take, I genuinely enjoy a lot more country than I did. (Accidental Racist is still a dumpster fire of a track though.)
is most country music as technical as I would like it be? of course not, but I listen to country music for the stories and emotions it evokes, just like I do R&B and rap
@angel_of_rust
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
I would be more guilty of having to be around people that don't get my objectively correct taste™
@Marlie_553
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
Is Gorgoroth harmful cause I don’t speak Norse
@marionann6746
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
The backlash with Billie Eilish seems to be largely fueled by society's weird hatred for teenage girls and whatever they like. We saw that with 1 Direction and Justin Bieber who explicitly catered towards that demographic, and now we got Billie who has literally been a teenage girl for most of her career.
@atticusmason8788
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
"night changes" would be my guilty pleasure
@shoeshoe4697
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
I've always thought of a guilty pleasure as something that you like even though you know it's not intelligent or well made. Like, you can't stop watching Dr. Phil. You love it, but you know it's trash. Guilty pleasure.
@megarat1777
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
People in here saying you simply shouldnt care what people think of you – massive cope. Im not saying you shouldnt live for yourself, but you guys including the youtuber, i feel like just straight up dont know any sociology (im not saying degree level im saying like basic toolset to comprehend for example any problem in society)
@iceyroo
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
Liking Lil Pump IS embarrassing tho
@PatrickStarfishman
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
I think the whole point is that it's not real embarrassment. My whole family hates Phil Collins, I love Phil Collins so he a guilty pleasure. I'm not ACTUALLY embarrassed by that fact bit it's also ecome a bit within the family in various ways. It's also a means to bond over music. I have a group of friends who mostly all hate muse….again, I love muse so in the same way as ano e with them it's a guilty pleasure. But my saying loudly and proudly that I love muse in the middle of one of their light hearted batch fests had another member of the group say me too! It became a source of banter and fun the whole night.
If someone is actually embarrassed, yeah that's dumb….but in its most common usage I think it's not meant to be taken that seriously. It's more of a scouce of having a specific type of conversation.
Think pineapple on a pizza. Of course anyone isnperfectly allowed to like or dislike whatever they like or dislike…..but it's still funny to imply that if youmlike pineapple on a pizza then you're worse than Hitler. BTW…I love pineapple on a pizza!
@armyofmeh
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
I think you lose yourself when you repeat the definition of guilty pleasure & insert the word "should" into it.
A buddy of mine holds this same opinion & I have heard it parroted by others as well. I would ask anyone reading this who strongly agrees with the video's thesis: how many times have you seen someone discussing their "guilty pleasure" physically shrink up, break into sweats, stammer, blush, get queasy, etc.? I.e., feel true shame about it. My guess would be never. Because we should all be able to understand at this point that "guilty pleasure" is a common phrase which communicates a specific type of interest & not actually an interest that someone feels true shame or guilt about enjoying.
If someone DOES feel true shame or guilt about enjoying a piece of media, they likely have more going on than their "guilty" interest in that thing.
@papamaples617
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
I feel like anything I listen to that is outside the norm is seen as a guilty pleasure. I love the Mountain Goats and Modern Baseball, but they aren't radio music so people look at me weird when I tell them to listen to something different
@thadiousmilton
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
You shouldn't just mindlessly like what you like. You should think about it and figure out why you like it. It helps you get to know yourself better.
@XanderShiller
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
Remember "poser shaming" (in rock/goth culture)?
We can be absurd af as kids.
@bakhtawarjehangirhaleem7873
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
Whenever I say I like kid cudi, nas, rakim, tupac, biggie, etc. Peole are fine with me and OK. Whenever I say kanye is a really great phenomenal artist, they have a problem. They will always specifically bring up bad lyrics that's were supposed to be bad.
@kaen_tqk3918
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
If you enjoy music, enjoy it, don't be embarrassed with what you listen to. If you enjoy it, then enjoy it ffs, fuck those whose gonna judge you for it.
@averagejoe6031
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
My friend saw my phone and it still had my Spotify and I was listening to American Idiot (I think it was Whatsername I was on) and she said “ha I see you never grew out of your emo phase” when I literally discovered Green Day that week because I live under a rock. Then I learned more about what people see that band and genre as and I’ve made it a mission to never let anyone see that I’m listening to it. Which is really sad
@DrunkManTF2
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
That ending was ridiculous, you basically said that it’s okay to like a song and not feel bad about except if it is “harmful to society.” By that standard you can’t be allowed to like almost all rap, a lot of pop, some hip-hop and a lot of other songs.
@nomduclavier
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
Nice things about being an adult: you just like things without worrying if it's cool or fits into an image you're trying to present because you give zero shits
@OklamaJr
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
For me a guilty pleasur mean a piece of media (Music, Movies) that i cant help but like despite it having some big flaws (dumb plot, dumb lyrics)
@Kikolonius
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
To me, a guilty pleasure is more about knowing, that the music isn't made with a lot of skill, but I still enjoy IT. Its Not about beeing embaressed, its more about knowing, that the song isn't really good, but still enjoy it, if that makes sense
@holbvgbbbbkfz
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
You should be embarrassed of liking the last Airbender movie I swear to Christmas tell me you love that shit and I will hunt you and all you associates down
Shame on you for liking trash
@joelman1989
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
Most guilty pleasure music really just mean “music teenage girls enjoy.”
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