i wish that i could wear hats
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- 게시일 2022. 03. 06.
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Hey, it's a funny song again! Boy, I sure hope this one doesn't devolve into existential horror!
Nothing like thst has ever happened. I don't know what you are talking about
Oh boy
It veered into existential horror, just a little bit
@@nathanmcgill7249 We can have a little bit of existential horror as a treat.
Just gonna skim riiiiight along the edge there
“I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all” carries way more weight than it has any right to do. The conflict of wanting to be seen and wanting to be invisible.
I think it's more about being able to be seen and not wanting what you look like to dictate how others view you, or how you think that type of expression would translate to a specific type of person.
Both are correct
@@princenobody5595 both... both is good
I dunno... It felt to me like it was about the dissonance between how you see yourself inside your head and how you look on the outside? How it's sometimes hard to look in the mirror and think, "yeah, that's me"
I personally think of it as the impossibility to just exist, identity-less, in a world where you cannot exist without an identity.
Like you ever wanted to hop on and play a game of, say, TF2, but felt none of the 9 classes fit you? That but real life.
“I wish I could wear hats without looking any way at all” is seriously one of the most profound lines in contemporary music. This is Radiohead-level angst poetry.
"I wish that I could wear hats without looking anyway at all."
@@phoenyck "I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all."
@@gkk116 "I wish that I could wear hats without looking anyway at all."
@@theyabib3323 No, "anyway" is an expression used to say that all context is irrelevant. "Any way" describes a set of all possible ways.
You don't want to have any sort of look while wearing hats, therefore you don't want to look any way at all.
Anyway, I sure do love this line
@@gkk116 No, "anyway" is an expression used to say that all context is irrelevant. "Any way" describes a set of all possible ways.
You don't want to have any sort of look while wearing hats, therefore you don't want to look any way at all.
Anyway, I sure do love this line
As a constant hat-wearer, it’s all about making it yours. The hat might make you feel like you look like a different person, you must overpower the hat with your immense hat-wearing spirit.
this guy hats
Oh yes. That's someone who knows how to hat indeed.
Oh 100%
My brother has this dumb neon/hilighter yellow cap that he got from our dad's work, and it doesnt go with any of his outfits or the way he presents himself bit he wears it all the time and it just works cause like that's his hat
this kind of attitude can make you look good with almost anything
Evil mario odyssey be like:
“I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all” Why does that resonate with me so much wtf… there are some days that I absolutely wish that I didn’t look like anything
I’m going to check on you in a few years and see if you figured it out
@@thetwizard9290 figured what out? turning into mist?
@@zekrua4006 That's usually the enby goal from what I hear.
I feel the same way about my voice
@@SelkieGirl that's fair
Chad's music career is really taking off! Wonder how he manages to make such instant classics while also attending his son's little league and other various small lad activities
I bet he works from home and is his own boss.
he still isn't too good at cosplay though
@@panpolypuff golly gosh if only there was a way for me to do that too!
@Henry the banana hi Henry
His son jake? I hear that kid's great with the camcorder
The background vocals kicking in after the line “my body this size” is so good because it’s the moment it hits you this isn’t a shitpost, and the music hits back.
actually though it's so good
I'm a country dude from Australia. I wore hats my whole life, loud hats too, wide brimmed akubras (cowboy hats, basically) are my favourites. I never feel uncomfortable wearing one, even visiting the city. They look nice, they are sturdy and hardy, they go with my clothes, they keep the sun off my face in the bright hot summers here, and I just like them. I'm young, well, middle aged now, and usually it's boomers who wear these hats outside the country, but one time in the city I was wearing my brown cattleman akubra hat and met someone I knew but not well. They said, lightheartedly, "haha dude, what's with the getup". For the rest of that day from that moment I was hyperaware of my hat, when before I'd never even thought twice about it. The next time I went to the city I hesitated at my hat stand when normally I'd just put the hat on my head without even thinking. I felt this song in that moment and just wanted to go back north where I could wear my hat in peace lol. This song is how I felt in that moment.
nah hats bring joy to the world, you restore someones faith in humanity at the grocery store
Thank you for taking the time to share this. It's a very profound and honest look at ego, it helps me contextualize my own hang ups about image that were and always have been external to who I am.
Tomorrow is a hat day.
what a vivid moment
Everyone in Australia should wear a hat, that's just good self-care. The sun is a deadly laser.
Dude was just jealous he didn't have such an awesome hat.
the line "how can I look how I look and not care" has been haunting me for the entire hour this song has existed
It REALLY emulates that feeling of just hating how you look and nit-picking every ounce of your being, not being able to just "BE"
Brian documenting the modern man's plight too stay stylish really resonates with me
GAGAGAGAGA I just disliked my own face because I am unpretty. HOWEVER: I always like my GOOD videos however. No dislikes allowed where I come from. Don't be mean, dear max
@@AxxLAfriku THE LORD COMETH
Everyone else here talking about the undertones of body dysphoria and their own experience with transness, and you just want a cool hat that suits you. you might be the most enlightened one here.
The line “I come to you now, my hat in my hand” thematically, lyrically, harmonically, and emotionally fucking slaps
It's so strange how easily this song almost creates a panic in me because the Hats could be anything. For BDG it's a hat, maybe for someone else it's shoes, or pants, a whole gender or identity
The worrying about wanting to be understood in the way you WANT to be understood is just terrifying in a much too relatable way
Yeah, i guess for me It would be posting my drawings on social media
the terror of knowing that you are perceived, but never knowing how... that shit sucks
I wish i was not judged and arrested for identifying as a Bank robber.
The fact that we all understand this feeling so deeply, and yet all think brian looked good in these hats, really just proves that self-consciousness is a delusion.
It's always helpful to have someone in your corner when your brain refuses. I got one of those big straw beach hats and I love it a lot! It makes me happy and wearing hats is an underutilized point of daily fashion (even when most of them say more than a piece of jewelry or pair of shoes and aren't that expensive)
Exactly, yes
"everyone looks good in hats except me" - every guy
society needs to fix this
germans have the same word for self-consciousness and self-confidence and i feel like that has to have a huge impact on the way you understand yourself
Absolutely.
Not enough people are talking about the shot where his crying face is censored by his glitchy non-crying face.
I didn't even notice he was crying... That's powerful, thank you for pointing it out
Flew right past me, thanks op
1:00 Here? You think what he's flicking off might be tears?
@@novachromatic I think that's a reasonable inference.
I thought he was biting his nails as a sign of anxiety or nervousness
I don't know why but the line "I wish I could wear hats without sparking something to recall" always just hits me in a special way
that line unironically hits like a freight train every time I hear it
as an artist it can really sting when someone says "this creation kinda reminds me of..." bc you always want to create a unique identity that's solely "you." fashion is a form of self expression.
It starts out feeling like a funny joke song, but then becomes a really deep hitting song about self esteem and self image, it hits hard.
As a owner (and wearer) of MANY hats, the trick is simply to wear multiple hats at once. While cowards may see hat-stacking as an act of hubris, we few practitioners of this forbidden fashion recognize that there is nothing more majestic then a towering pillar of hats.
tf2
@@sage-py6fr hey i was gonna say rhat
in a sea of introspective and emotional comments this is my favorite
This feels like you leaked his next video
We insist on evidence!
So a tiny detail that I really love is that if you try singing this song, you realize all the breaths have been edited out. There is quite literally little to no room to breathe.
It's that little bit extra that sells the sort of anxious racing stream-of-consciousness lyrics.
ok so i dont have lungs the size of microbacteria
i cant tell you how many times ive tried to sing this song and just cant sing every word because i have to breathe
It's up there with his PokéRap - I think he also just has fantastic breathing technique
@@megmo4224 WATER BREATHING, 12TH FORM, CHATTERING WATERFALL!
@@Starrlytts Nice EFT
at 1:09 you can literally hear him take a breath!
I had a friend who had the unfortunate trait of being completely unable to wear any pair of sunglasses without looking like a super douche. He mentioned it once when we were at a store and I needed to nab a cheap pair for the festival we were heading to and then demonstrated the problem by trying on various pairs. It was damn impressive.
I expected comedy, but found tragedy. This resonates so much with me. I want to wear hats without others paying attention to it, I want to wear bizarre clothes without getting weird looks and comments. I want to be able to express myself without being noticed. I want to be myself and perceived as normal
Never fear, Brian, you simply haven't found the right hat; "the right hat" of course being one of those propeller beanies with all the bright colours.
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I feel like that would make him look like a little lad
The odd1sout
Start of song "Haha hats make me look goofy"
End of Song "my self image is broken and distorted to the extent that simple clothing accessories spark terrible anxiety. I long to be comfortable and confidant in what I see in the mirror."
In all seriousness this song is so lyrically dense, true poetry.
Just stop being sad
Its literally that easy
@@CunnyMuncher AW FUCK, WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS
@@isthisagoodusername9764 Because you live in a society that fetishizes not taking care of yourself by going to the gym, not denying the pillmill doctors their money, and thinking that drugs and a severe addiction to pornography is not only cool, but will make your life better.
This is known. Develop apathy, give up drugs and limit your consumption of hedonistic desires, and go to the gym, you will immediately become happier and healthier.
@@CunnyMuncher I
Are you being serious? Do you really think thats how this works?
@@thebrandunsafeone7184 That literally is how it works.
You access a new dimension to this song when you try to sing along and discover that there are almost no proper rests
I shed a single tear everytime i listen to this song and he says "I come to you with my hat in my hands" something about the fragility and honesty i think
This exists simultaneously in "it's not that deep" and "there's so much to unpack here". Good job Gilbert
I think it’s because the song itself is really straightforward but the feeling it talks about is very much not.
many hats to unpack
then depressingly try to fit them all back in a box that seems to be several times too small to fit all the hats back in the box that looks but is not too small to fit all the hats back
What's the opposite of being ratio-ed?
melodically and harmonically its super deep which makes the lyrics hit harder than they should.
The epitome of the question: where the fuck did that rabbit came from?
Would this mean that this song is the national anthem of the rabbit hole? Or the creation of a new paradigm, similar to shrodinger's cat, the Gilbert's hat?
So many questions, so few answers.
Brian's specific tone in this song is somehow so comforting despite being an almost haunting rant about how people are more critical of themselves than others are of them. I think that it's because we all try to look our best and when we don't, only we truly notice every discrepancy between clothing, and only we can beat ourselves up about it. Brian showing us this truth is somehow really comforting especially when done in his beautiful voice. Hats off to you Brian!
This speaks to me bc I have a cowboy hat and even though they look rad and lots of people wear them I always feel like I can’t pull it off. Very sad but next time it’s sunny i think I’ll try
@@k80_ its impossible to look bad in a cowboy hat and no shirt, personal favorite
I think the hauntingness of it is great in a way that really makes it feel like the feeling is coming from the depths of our hearts.
It's like "See The Day" but he's going to do the slow worm
This comment feels like Brian’s hand eye boss video, genuine good analysis leading up to a fucking atrocious pun.
Brian understands how I feel about my gender better than I do
Brian looked good in these hats. Just wear yours, it's fine.
@@Kaktanternak Wow that gender looks really good on you! Where did you get it?
Same
@@justalilbugman goodwill 😔✊
@@ALizard damn looks good!
“I wish I could wear hats without looking any way at all” is so relatable and I hate it
He looks the most secure and dope with the hat black and the black apparel. Seems secure and confident. 😇
Okay, so most of the time bdg stuff is like "that's kind of a goofy premise" to "this is kind of catchy" to "oh hey emotions" but this went straight to "what is this bop that I connect to on a molecular level" and man BDG this is breathtaking
Brian's music, even including stuff on the altogether, hasn't hit me this hard since See The Day. I guess I just can't always relate, but this one feels like I've been thinking these exact words for the past few years
I need this song on Spotify immediately. "I come to you now/my hat in my hand" is just. too. good.
this song is honestly the most accurate representation of anxiety of anything online -- closely followed by the "i'm not superstitious but i am afraid to prune my money tree" song.
Something about the single line being drawn taking the stickperson drawing to a stickperson wearing a hat gives me shivers every time.
as a trans person the line "comparing my clothes to others, much closer to their own goals or some sort of closure" made me tear up a bit
TEREZI ICON but also yeah this is such a good dissertation of dysphoria
I too simply want to avoid looking like a little lad at all costs
YES ME TOO 😭 I know this song probably isn't about gender but god it hit so fucking hard as someone who can only pass as male when I'm dressing "male"
"how can i look how i look and not care" also hits hard
So real
"i wish that i could wear hats without looking any way at all" expresses how i feel about fashion a lot of times... even though i love to wear striking alt outfits that are probably very attention grabbing i very much want to be not perceived 😅
same, I absolutely love bright pastelle and other light colors but I usually wear black or navy
I'm okay with being perceived personaly, but i draw the line at being interpreted...
Mood, i wear basically only jeans, sweatpants, and hoodies because people don't need to see me. Like mind your own business there is no body beneath this
@brocoman
Same, but see that's the trouble, when people perceive they immediately interpret, whether I like it or not.
I would also prefer to not be perceived, to the level that I don’t like being in photos because they record my existence permanently
I feel like his work is slowly descending into Bill Wurtz level madness and now I MUST see them collaborate
Oh man, that would be epic!
unfortunately, Bill pretty much doesn’t collaborate at all
@@waytoobiasedbill doesn’t anything at all
@@marshspy what do you mean? he does so freaking much stuff
@@waytoobiased is there some more modern stuff I’m missing? The last thing I saw from him was the Anthony Padilla interview and he hasn’t posted in a year on his channel
No one will see this comment, but figured I'd say it anyway. To me, this song isn't just about insecurities, but about identity itself. Brian sings about all the different things that the hats make him look like, and how he wishes he could wear hats without looking anyway at all, and that he could wear them with out prompting other people to recall. He also sings about how "others are much closer to their own goals or some sort of closure", emphasizing how those people have an identity, while Brian can't even "have a hat in his hands", meaning he feels like he doesn't have anything worked out. It's not a song just about self-doubt about looking good, but one about doubting who you even are and feeling like everyone else has moved on without you.
...Dang I wish someone would see this. I'm showing it to my lit teacher.
Seen. Nice thoughts. I agree with you.
Strangely enough, I've had these exact thoughts far too often. And even 34 years into my life, I still haven't sorted out "who I am." Everything I do seems wrong or unnatural, and everything I want to be seems like it's for a "different" kind of person.
I see ya. Well said :)
Sick
we see you, dont worry :D
i swear, every time i see a mirror in a bdg video i think "the reflection is going to move. please god let it not move." but it always does and it ALWAYS freaks me out. excellent work sir
also please put this on spotify king i can't stop listening to it
When it comes to BDG I’m more weirded out if it doesn’t move
@@FeaturingLil not sure if you’ve seen but it is on spotify! :D
@@FeaturingLil I'm going to make this my new alarm ring so I can wake up to it every morning
@@camwyn256 then you're going to hate it
this is the exact kind of content we need right now
Hey it’s that woman that does those fast videos
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True ^_^
yes! this song is actually helping me realize a huge fear of mine that's returning now that i must leave the house again to do things outside (after two years of staying inside).
Welcome The Fool
This give me dysphoria vibes, it feels very coded for that. I know it probably isn’t but still it does feel that way.
0:28 - 0:38 is genuinely some of the coolest damn chords/melody interplay ive heard
I really appreciate that BDG content has settled into a lovely niche of "is the a comedy, or an existential horror?"
and it's usually a little sing-songy mix of all of the above, though I always look forward to his skits
the answer is usually "yeah it is"
Hey now, Pumpkin Cowboy was a dramatic masterpiece.
holy shit dude this is so good
Omg it's Drew I love ur videos so cool to see you like bdg too :)
welcome drew
hey look its Danny Gonzalez
Thank you for appearing. Hat vodeo , welcomes you. Have no fear
hat time!
I love hats and have no issues wearing them, but the message still hit me just as hard. It's not about the hats: it's about self image. It's about anything you're self conscious about.
Have you tried wearing a crown, perhaps adorned with red jewels?
Perhaps, yes perhaps.
Perhaps, maybe perhaps
perhaps, no perhaps
The fact that there are so few pauses for a breathe in the whole song really amplifies the internal feelings of the song. Bc insecurities are always up in our heads and it's a constant droning thought that never seems to go away or stop completely
It also makes this incredibly hard to sing along to
1:09
I'd like to know whether it was in 1 single contnuous take or edited with several different. cuz I really want to sing along to this
@@onionkekw4832 kinda sounds like it could be one take, there's a couple other parts that could be quick breaths
0:55
I guess you could say it’s a
pressure like a drip drip drip and it just won’t stop
Karen Han is a gem, I'm fully convinced that this world would fall apart without her vision and talent. Brian's cool or whatever for a guy who wears jorts.
It wouldn’t be as good, but I think Brian definitely has talent on his own too. They are both essential
@@sasugaainz6824 Agreed
@@sasugaainz6824 yeah most of the stuff she has out is very mellow and smoother but BDG has a very wacky and (ominous?) music style
i wish that i could wear jorts
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 don't worry! there's a tutorial on this very channel!
This is so existential for some reason
Why tf did I almost tear up at this wtf
because it spoke to your own feelings about wishing you could wear what you want and not care about what anyone else thinks about how you look (I know because I feel it too, I'm so fkn self-conscious about how I look in hats)
this song is like a crescendo in terms of lyricism- every line is more impactful than the last. it starts out coming across like fairly average TikTok comedy music, but as the song builds, it gets increasingly introspective, and the last few lines hit me so hard i had to back up a few steps and go "wait when did this get serious, i was looking at the editing". a real sleeper thinker. wait no, that's a weird way to put it
Nah I get the term "sleeper thinker"
The music itself builds incredibly well, it never quite feel resolved and the vocal “mess” fading in slowly from the halfway point on gives me chills.
straight up art
@@SOTPOD literal art.
very poignant comment but if i may ask, what do most people thing a crescendo is /gen
Surprisingly extremely catchy lyrics, a really nice beat, great stylistic choices (brian always being in the same spot in each shot) and a sudden turn to the exsistencal dread
Yup, this is a certified BDG classic
it is noice
I wish that I could wear hats
Without looking like a little lad
Or looking like a little league dad
Or looking like a guy named Chad
But it seems my head will have to stay without a bowler or beret
Lest someone sees me and they say
"Is that his style or bad cosplay?"
I wish I had no fears
About looking like I have no ears
Or that I haven't left my house years
Or I have strong opinions about beers
Or looking like I got confused
In the middle of dressing for a steampunk con
Or looking like I look too long in the mirror
Every time I put a new hat on
Wondering why do I look so bad or not bad
But sad that this hat won't look like I had
A plan for this cap to capitalise
On how my face looks
My body this size
My eyes on my skull
This hat on my hair
The eyes that look at the things that I wear
And how does it look, and how do I look
And how can I look how I look and not care
Comparing myself with others much closer
To their own goals of some sort of closure
How do they do what they want and look planned
I come to you now, my hat in my hand
I wish that I could wear hats without sparking something to recall
I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all
(Wears hats, wears hats, wears hats...)
Doing the work of gods (If you made it this far in the comment section, YOU are loved and are more important than you'll ever know to those around you)
commenting because this needs to be way higher up, it takes waaay to long to get down here
The ending makes me feel like crying for no reason. It just sounds so blessed and beautiful. I wish it would go on for longer, but I get the appeal of a shorter song
“How does it look? How do I look? How do I look how I look and not care.”
These lyrics just hit me right in the feels.
"i wish that i could wear hats without looking any way at all" expresses how i feel about fashion a lot of times... even though i love to wear striking alt outfits that are probably very attention grabbing i very much want to be not perceived
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"the two genders are 'i no longer wish to be perceived' and 'i have to be the most fuckable person at the grocery store' "
~tumblr user itsinjustbeing
@@olliefischer Fuck, why does it make more and more sense the more I think about it?
@@olliefischer I don't say this lightly; that's one of the most relatable comments I've ever read lol
@@olliefischer Thats actually the truest
My top 2 favourite things I look for in an artist are 1- the seamless blending of the silly and the sincere, and 2- an innovative sound which I know I've never heard before. This is A++ material for my friend. Incredible.
Why does this song make me want to cry?
Maybe because it's stunning but also because I feel like I am mourning something I cant quite put my finger on.
This song is about HATS, and funny, while somehow containing an atmosphere deeper than I have felt in YEARS
Thats INCREDIBLE
Wow so beautiful. Two lines that stand out to me are "I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all" and "how can I look how I look and not care?"
Great song writing
"how do they do what they want and look planned?" Is honestly pretty good too
Yeah, that is my constant mood.
This has such an incredible floating sound to it. The way it builds... I wish this was 10 minutes long. I would play it over and over until it lost all its magic completely.
It has strong Caribou vibes - you might want to check out their albums if you liked this!
@@vygatl Thank you for the recommendation, I'll have to look them up!
It would never lose its magic.
you know, this is both one of my fears and also a big desire.
i give it two more days max before theres a 'i wish that i could wear hats (1 hour verson)'
I took me several watches across multiple days (don’t judge me) to realize the camera is constantly zooming in across all the shots.
Brian, please keep making such amazing content.
The cinematography in this is crazy good in general. Like just the floating hat and the mirror image turning around in the background are so cool. Even just the DIY dolly zoom gets me good.
I want to thank this video for convincing me to actually wear a hat. It makes me very happy and I may not have worn it without this. Thank you.
He honestly looks really good in a lot of the hats.
00:14 is my fav
@@suides4810 the strawberry bucket hat at 00:40 is my personal favorite
I like the light-blue hat.
the first blue cap looks good on him
Yeah, the bucket hat looks really good on him!
The true BDG brand, silly and strange but with a heart of genuine emotion and real, relatable feelings. 10/10
Don't forget the sprinkling of existential dread.
Relatable feelings such as zjierb
@@Mekose That's one of the relatable feelings.
Coming back to this months later I realize how much it reminds me of the "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" series. It just carries the same feeling to me.
The visual at 1 minute tho! Your reflection trapped both in the mirror and behind bars, looking at a completely free you, and another version of you that's somewhere in between. Gives me unsettling chills 10/10
I like how this combines all of Brian's themes into one video. It's got a little of his classic comedy, his music talent, his weird surrealism, and a few undertones of existential dread. All it needs is to incorporate cooking in some way and we're all set.
Do strawberries on one of the hats count as cooking
he truly is a man of many... hats
well said
...his tendency to play multiple characters, his "did the prop or the idea for the bit come first" moments, his gjierb gender expressions, one can go on. It's almost as if it was made by the same person who made the rest of the stuff too 😉
Jorts.
The emotion is both so specific and all-encompassing. And damn the melody makes all physical surfaces of my body tingle. The video too holy shit. I am transcending
It reminds me a bit of metronomy‘s „the most immaculate haircut“. Like the title already tells you it’s talking about similarly trivial things. I’m always torn when I’m listening to it, because in a way it’s hilarious, but at the same time it’s a very real feeling that I often find myself relating to.
@@omninuss6847 I need a playlist for songs like these
When people get goosebumps while listening to music it is literally an orgasm of your skin... So..
You must really like this song huh
@@jj277360 A what of my what? and yes I love this song
@@jj277360 wait, is that a real thing or were you just being metaphorical? I get all kinds of physical reactions to sound (frission, misophonia, ASMR) so I'm interested if there's new research out there!
"comparing my clothes to others much closer to their own goals or some sort of closure. How do they do what they want and look planned?"
hittin me like a ton of bricks
the shot composition here is so so so wild like I know what I feel when I hear the music but I feel deeply in a way that I am not familiar with when the shot of his face being plastered over his own upset body whoooo
Hey now. This song IS a metaphor.
Hey now. You ARE an all-star.
@@elleboman8465 get YOUR game on
He didnt say it wasn't!!
@@AJ-kx9mb go PLAY
Maybe, but it really feels like it's just an expression of literally wanting to wear hats.
There’s something visceral about, “I wish that I could wear hats without sparking something to recall - I wish that I could wear hats without looking any way at all”
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I still think this is your best song, from a musical perspective, but also as a piece of art. It is a painting of social anxiety and self-consciousness
Really cool videography. The way you're maintained in the same section of the frame the whole time, with the feeling of the gradual zoom as the song crescendos over time. :O
Once again an insanely catchy song that seems to be written stream of consciousness. I really wish I had that ability I get so stuck in my song writing because I doubt that anything I think of will sound good. Also I think you look great in the yellow tweed cap.
agreed, i like that one. the beanies are good too. i feel like most of what you need to look good in a hat is to just not tuck all your hair up in it
Would you say his tweed style is nice? 😂
It sounds like you feel about songwriting the way bdg feels about wearing hats
what is with the spam on this post?
I can relate, but catchy?
How is everything he does so good? He executes all of his disparate, off-beat ideas with the same level of excellence and panache that leaves me wondering how I never knew I needed the video.
Probably because it's a team effort between two talented people. Two hats are better than one.
@@Whatlander how about three?
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Lyrics:
I wish that I could wear hats
Without looking like a little lad
Or looking like a little league dad
Or looking like a guy named Chad
But it seems my head will have to stay
Without a bowler or beret
Lest someone sees me and they say
"Is that his style or bad cosplay?"
I wish I had no fears
About looking like I have no ears
Or that I haven't left my house in years
Or I have strong opinions about beers
Or looking like I got confused
In the middle of dressing for a steampunk con
Or looking like I look too long in the mirror
Every time I put a new hat on
Wondering why do I look so bad - or not bad
But sad that this hat won't look like I had
A plan for this cap, to capitalize
On how my face looks, my body this size
My eyes in my skull, this hat on my hair
The eyes that look at the things that I wear
And how does it look? And how do I look?
And how can I look how I look and not care?
Comparing my clothes with others, much closer
To their own goals or some sort of closure
How do they do what they want and look planned?
I come to you now, my hat in my hand
I wish that I could wear hats
Without sparking something to recall
I wish that I could wear hats
Without looking any way at all
Me looking at the entire collection of hats I had that I kept saying 'one day my hair will look right for this', have had for years and haven't worn a single one because I still don't have the face or hair to pull them off in my head.
I found the best way to start is to just do it. it sounds overly simplistic but genuinely one day get a hat and put it on, don't look at yourself in the mirror to check if the hat looks good or not cause you'll think it looks bad and just wear the hat
Once again he captures a feeling we don't usually express in short song.
Also the wide brim and bucket hats looked nice
I shoulda looked at the comments before posting, this was a better way of saying what I commented.
I concur about the wide brims suiting him though
Bump on the wide brim
Was just about to comment the same with the wide brim hats and especially the bucket hat.
I also thought the bucket hat specifically looked nice 🤣
Bump on the bucket
I know this wasn't the point but I feel like the super wide brimmed hats just hit DIFFERENT they look really cool on you!
Yessss
I was about to comment the same thing!
WIDE BRIM HATS HIT DIFFERENT ON EVERYONE DUDE THEY RULE
brian rly can pull off a big ol' goth hat, and i think there's a lot of untapped potential there
He can ROCK the wide-brim hats
this is the most resonating thing ever
why does this one always make me cry?
I thought it was going to be a crazy and silly song but the composition and vocal performance made the silly subject sound soooo cool. That's some deeply emotional stylistic introspection you got there ! Would ride a hundred miles on a bike for that album man ! Cheers
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And I would ride a hundred more.
I love how Brian’s videos document skills he’s been learning. “This song is not a metaphor” was definitely him experimenting with Blender, this seems to be an exploration of effective datamoshing/pixelfucking. It’s very fun!
Ever since the mlm video I’ve been fascinated by datamoshing
@@LemonMoon it was Captain Disillusion’s video from like 10 years ago for me! Hard to believe the concept’s been around for so long yet still feels so unique and new
There's even a bit of Blender in this video with the 3d hat explosion at the end.
pixel WHAT
i love the idea of calling it pixelfucking
Ok but you pulled off every single wide brimmed hat so much
This speaks volumes about self acceptance, and how something as simple as the ability to wear hats can be so overwhelming. Especially when you see others do it so easily. I could write a whole ass essay on the things this silly jingle makes me feel.
I love how this is both a good joke and a shockingly accurate depiction of anxiety at the same time
I keep coming back to this. The chord progression is so fluid and eerie, and the combination of apathy and vulnerability in the vocal line is just unbeatable. Also, as a singer: where the chicken fried heck are the breaths between phrases?? I'm gasping for air the more I replay this, holy crap.
Try his PokéRap it's even worse 😭
Pretty sure he just edited out the breaths. Feels similar to his money tree song where the vocals spiral unendingly into chaos haha
Oh yup I've definitely seen that one
Gosh darn it, why did you have to bring that up? Now I have to go watch it YET AGAIN. I think it's been a few weeks.
I need more music like this, please, if someone knows of what genre this falls into or stuff that's just like it I'd be forever grateful
This year I started wearing a hat. Its just a simple wool hat to keep my noggin warm through British winter. I feel like I am doing a decent job of my hat not saying anything at all other then "It is cold".
This song gave me the strength to do it. Thank you BDG.
Brian meditates... I'm pretty sure.
I could cry to this song if I didn't have such a hard time crying in general. That line, "comparing myself to others much closer to their own goals or some sort of closure,"... just, wow.
There is something strangely powerful about the delivery of "I come to you now, my hat in my hand." Its like a line from a Sufjan Stevens song almost. Simple but delivered like divine prophecy.
Sufjan has definitely worn the lil lad hat at some point
What Sufjan Stevens songs can you recommend that are like that line?
@@_Mr_Riddle it reminds me specifically of the line in "Eugene" where Sufjan says "And he called me Subaru." No specific reason, I think it's just because the sad parts in BDG and the funny parts in Suf feel most closely aligned
@@_Mr_Riddle I'd say listen to his whole album "Carrie and Lowell"
@@_Mr_Riddle These kinds of lines are all over his work, but I think you'll find them in Come On! Feel the Illinoise!, Mercury, and Chicago.
this song makes me feel a uncanny feeling, of repeatability, anger, sadness and hopefulness with an aftertaste of slight fear
Hats be like that tho
After learning how to make over $20,000 a month by Being My Own Boss, all his videos leave me with a sense of dread.
I have never related to a song more, I related to it on such a deep level the line
"I wish I cpuld wear hats without looking anyway at all" is the most relatable thing ive heard, I have freinds who just wear hats and look the same, but when ever I try I just look like im trying a new style, I just want to be able to wear a hat without looking different.
never has there been a song so accurate to the human condition
The horror in a lot of his stuff is that you can't understand it. The horror here is that you already do.
THIS
It's really the horror that's already in our heads.
As someone who also struggles to wear hats I will say this: he’s just like me fr fr
He's just like me fr fr
A friend linked this song saying that it perfectly captures the feeling of dysphoria even though that's not what it's about, and that's a really good summary. The insecurity with looking any particular way and wanting to look like you don't care, wanting to look like you're not trying to look like anything at all. The visual glitches. Top notch.
I've had the exact same thought
i might have body dysmorphia disorder, and this makes sense to that
the chords in this song are delicious; the nonfunctional harmony that never resolves captures the feeling so well
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. It’s like he googled, “how to keep the tension going indefinitely in a chord progression.” The part where it cycles back around and he says “my eyes and my skull” and the background vocals and ambient synths come in gave me chills.
almost as if he's trying on new chords like hats but none of them fit
Frickin masterpiece!
BDG is a jazz cat
i think there's a definite build and release of tension. the song even ends on I
the "I come to you now my hat in my hand" hits fucking hard
The plume in this tricorne hat of a song is that the song isn't about hats at all. It's about self-esteem.
This goes so fucking hard i genuinely love the progression on this
can we appreciate the fact that Brian always puts subtitles on his videos? even the crazy stuff he produces is accessible for all publics, I love it!
I am so grateful to him for that. Also, his subtitles always have such personality on their own, like the way they phrase descriptions of musical interludes. So nice!